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[25 Aug 2010 | No Comment | ]
Google Finance app a little bit smarter now

We heard your feedback and are please to announce we’ve launched the new Android/iPhone edition of Google Finance for mobile! The markets don’t stop when you leave your desk, so we’re bringing the markets to you. Our new design gives you a unified experience across desktop and Android or iPhone phones, offering nearly all the same features and functionality on both.

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[24 Aug 2010 | No Comment | ]
Google Earth for Android updated: take the sea with you

The latest version of Google Earth for Android also introduces the “Explore the Ocean” layer, which features hundreds of photos and videos from more than 100 contributors who are excited to share their stories of the sea.

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[24 Jun 2010 | No Comment | ]
Play DivX, XViD, H-264 and More on Your Android Device with RockPlayer

that managed to create a videoplayer that lets you play almost any video file on Android. The only requirement is an Armv6 or Armv7 CPU with vfp instruction set.

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[13 Apr 2010 | Comments Off | ]
Intel adds Android to Moorestown compatibility list, wants to Atomize your smartphone

Even though it’s not new that Android has been ported to run on an Intel processor, this time it’s official, Intel seeks to take back the market share that ARM has been picking in from Intel’s bread and butter.

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[30 Mar 2010 | Comments Off | ]

Those of you that browse the XDA-developers forum have for sure heard of Brut.All. First time I heard of him was when he modified the Google Maps application so that Navigation was also possible outside of the United States.
I guess modifying apps like that brought him the idea of writing a tool that was able to do this.
Development on this tool seem to have really started in the beginning of March, that’s when it first appeared on XDA-developers forum and he also created a project on Google Code.

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[22 Mar 2010 | 7 Comments | ]
Every domain name containing ‘Android’ at risk of Trademark infringement.

Last week we applied for an Amazon Associates Program account so we could put some ads on the site for Android phones, accessories and books.
A few days later we received the following:
Hello,
Thanks for your application to the Amazon Associates Program.
When you filled out our online application form, you listed the URL for your web site as: http://www.androidunderground.com/
We do not allow the use of URLs that include trademarked words. This includes variations or misspellings of any trademarked words. Therefore, we are unable to accept your application. Please review our Operating Agreement for further details:
https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/gp/associates/agreement
Thank you …

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[17 Mar 2010 | Comments Off | ]
Building an Android Donut ROM – Part 2 of 4

As already mentioned in Part 1, here’s the next part of our series ‘Building an Android Donut ROM.

After we complete this series, we will start with a new one, Building an Android Nexus One / Passion ROM. There will be lots of screenshots and maybe some videos. It will be a ‘work in progress’ as I have never built a ROM for my new baby yet. You will see all the errors I make (if any :-) ) and I also count on you to point out stuff in the comments.

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[16 Mar 2010 | 2 Comments | ]
Building an Android Donut ROM – Part 1 of 4

Well, I was planning to write my own tutorial about building an Android Donut ROM (which I successfully managed to do btw), but it took me so long and a lot of messing around with it that I, honest to God, cannot remember which changes I had to make. That is why I asked Chris Soyars if I could blatantly copy his tutorial and he agreed :-) So without further ado, here is Part 1 of ‘Building an Android Donut ROM.

App Development, ROM Development, Theme Development »

[12 Mar 2010 | One Comment | ]

So you want to start developing an Android App, cook an Android ROM or an Android Theme ? (Yes, I do realize that below is a copy/paste from android.com but I am including it for completeness’ sake)

This page describes how to install the latest version of the Android SDK and set up your development environment for the first time.

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[12 Mar 2010 | One Comment | ]

So you want to start developing an Android App, cook an Android ROM or an Android Theme ? First check if your computer has the necessary system and software requirements. (Yes, I do realize that below is a copy/paste from android.com but I am including it for completeness’ sake)

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