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With heavy guitar music and much fanfare the first Google Android handset has been released by T-Mobile.
The device looks pretty nice (but not iPhone sexy) and has a ton of features. It will go on sale on the 22 October and retail for $179 US.
Initial reviews are mixed but I suspect that this New York [...]

Well things seem to be heating up in the Android world…
First off the new version of the SDK (0.9) became available. The APIs have undergone some rather radical changes since m15 but apparently they should be mostly stable now. Its going to take some serious work to get Bubbles! up and running again.
Next all sorts [...]

Here are the slides for a quick presentation I gave on Bubbles! Shamelessly pulled content and images from various sources on the web.

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Here is the PDF: Bubbles! and Google Android Presentation

Just for kicks I decided to port the backend services for my Google Android app, Bubbles!,  to use the Google App Engine.
For those of you who don’t know Googles App Engine is a “free” application hosting environment. It promises to be able to scale Google style (as long as you pay of course).
The free account [...]

So Google has released the judge’s scoring for the Android applications.
Bubbles! was in the top 25% in all categories (Effective Use, Polish, Indispensability, and Originality) and in the top 25% overall.
This website pulls together some of the scores that have been publicly published.
The 50 first round winners have also been release and there is a [...]

Just received an email from the Android Developer Challenge team, seems that Bubbles! my Google Android application didn’t make it into round two:
During the past few weeks, 100+ judges around the world reviewed over 1,700
applications. They were extremely impressed with the diversity and the
large number of high quality entries submitted. It is clear [...]

Well working into the wee hours of the morning I finally finished off my Google Android Developer Challenge entry.
Bubbles! allows you to create a pop (point of presence) that is ‘broadcasted’ from your phone. Other Bubbles! users in close proximity (about 50m) get to see your pop and you get see theirs. Of course as [...]