Ubuntu One Music on Android just got a whole lot better

The Ubuntu One team are feeling the joys of Spring, because after several months working hard we’ve got some great news about updates to our Android Music app, which don’t forget works anywhere in the world!

The first thing you’ll notice in the new UI is album art so you will now see any saved album covers. Managing your playlists is now even easier as you can create, edit and delete playlists straight from your device. Those of you with lots of music will notice the overall speed improvement, meaning you can enjoy your huge music collection without any long waits. Plus, we have also added support for non-DRM iTunes songs so that you can stream songs you’ve purchased from iTunes just as easily as your MP3s, bringing all your music together.

  

In addition many of you requested this next feature so we’re sure you’ll be pleased that we now support songs in Ogg Vorbis format so you can stream your collection of Ogg music natively, without the need to convert it to another format. If you’re a developer you may be interested in knowing that playlists are stored in your CouchDB database allowing you to write applications that read/write to them.
So that’s faster access to more of your music wherever you are in the world. The latest version 1.2 is now available in the Android market, happy listening and watch this space for upcoming updates to our iPhone app.

And... We are back!

Sorry about the downtime, I had switched hosts and couldnt afford the hosting due to financial problems, I'll be pushing out content soon.
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New iGoogle For Android! + Screenshots!

Via : Official Google Blog
"This new version is faster and easier to use. It supports tabs as well as more of your favorite gadgets, including those built by third-party developers. Note that not all gadgets — like those with Flash — will work in mobile browsers.

One of our favorite new features is the in-line display of articles for feed-based gadgets. That means you can read article summaries without leaving the page. You can also rearrange gadget order or keep your favorite gadgets open for your next visit. None of these changes will mess up the layout of gadgets on your desktop computer, so feel free to play around and tune your mobile experience.

The new version of iGoogle for mobile is available in 38 languages. To try it out, go to igoogle.com in your mobile browser and tap "Try the new Mobile iGoogle". Bookmark the page or make it your home page so you can return to it quickly. Finally, please fill out our survey by clicking on the "Tell us what you think" link at the top of the new home page. We'll continue to use your feedback to make iGoogle even better."

Turn Your Android Phone into a SIP Phone Place/Recieve Free Calls with Google Voice or Use other voip Service.

Did you know you can turn your phone into a SIP phone with sipDroid?

Sipdroid is an open-source SIP client implemented in Java. The project was based on:

• Mjsip contributing the original stack,
• initial port to Android emulator and development of a Test SIP Client by Hughes Systique Corporation.

Sipdroid can be used with Asterisk or any other sip phone system, even free systems like Gizmo, or ipKall

I have added my Gizmoproject phone number to my GoogleVoice account, GoogleVoice is currently private beta without invites, so you may want to try ipKall or another cheap voip/sip service.

The nice thing with this setup is it allows you to either use your unlimited data plan or wifi connection to make/recieve calls.

First you need to login to gizmoproject.com or create an account then find the SIP phone number to add to GoogleVoice:

1. Sign in to Google Voice.
2. Go to the Settings link at the top right of the page.
3. Click the Add/Edit Number link right above your phones, to the right of the page.
4. Click the Phones tab.
5. Click Add a new number.
6. Select Gizmo in the Phone Type drop-down menu.
7. Enter your SIP number without 1.
8. Enter a name for that phone, if you want.
9. Click Save.

Once that is done, click here to download sipdroid, and install that on your Android
SipDroid only works with cupcake/adp roms

Run SipDroid
Press Menu->Settings:

Press Server, and enter: proxy01.sipphone.com
Then enter your Gizmo login information where Username/Password are
Press Use WLAN, and Use 3g/Edge and leave the other settings alone, press back then you are ready to use Google Voice to place all call :)

Head over to https://www.google.com/voice/m/phones
Make sure gizmo is checked, then go to http://www.google.com/voice/m and input a number in quick call and press call.


Enjoy your free Sip calls without using airtime over 3g or wifi :)





Example Incoming SIP Call:

The Dudes Cupcake 1.3 RC1 Released

The Dude Of Life just released a new rom with the following fixes:

• Switched to cyanogens boot for improved kernel/aufs apps2sd method (till i get my kernel worked out with aufs )
• Modified a2sd script to mount auto but not automatically convert to ext3
• upgrade_fs binary to convert ext2 to ext3
• fix_permissions script from cyanogen
• New a2sd script from marcus/cyanogen that fixes permissions and doesn't have any issues with installing applications, lack of free space.
• Louderv5 from Meltus once he releases it.
• Updated libhtc_ril (from hero, should make latitude happy)
• hero port theme with green status bars and hero animations (no rosie)
• Waiting for new services.jar update with headphone fix...
• Moved 3rd party apps / dev apps to separate update.
• Added Wiftether 1.51 from http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/
• created odex files and removed classes.dex from system apps (won't fit on original spl...working on it..)For a full overview of his rom checkout my review here included all the changes and screenshots!

Click Here to download

Introducing GV - Google Voice App For Android!

I have been a Google GrandCentral user for over a year, and a few months back Google Voice was released! Before Google Voice was even released Evan Charlton an Android Developer that created successful android apps like FML, Mileage, and G1 Central released GV to the Android Market!

GV is an Android front-end to the Google Voice service.

This application is free and source is available under the Apache 2.0 license.

• Easily configured to route all calls from your Android device through Google Voice.
• Or selectively dial contacts (or ad-hoc numbers).
• Use visual voicemail to listen to, download, delete, or reply to your voicemail messages.
• Send SMS messages from your Google Voice number, and receive the(free SMS!)
• Browse your call log (placed/missed/received calls) in a visual way.
• View Voicemail Transcripts on the Fly before listening to the actual message
• Full SMS support (conversations, replying, much better composition view, etc).
• Faster loading
• Recursive loading of voicemail, call logs, SMS
• Delete call log entries
• Restored callback dialing. Due to user feedback, I revamped and restored the callback method of initiating a call. This works when calling from GV as well as when GV is set to route all calls through Google Voice.

Version 2.2.3: Introduces Faster loading, voicemail transcripts, *full* SMS capabilities!!!
Added some nice auto-text features on the SMS composition text area and fixed a bug with the unread-checker service (caused when the net connection couldn't find google.com)

Search for "GV" in the market or click here from your Android Device to me directed to the market!
Follow GV Development Here

Cyrket.com - Android Market Browser for your Desktop/Laptop or Netbook!

Cyrket.com is a nice site that allows you to browse the android market while on your desktop pc, laptop, and netbook. Some of the features I love is that it is easy to search , QR-Codes, app ratings and recent reviews! My favorite is the QR-Code capability, you can simply find an app on Cryket, open the barcode scanner app found in the market on your android device and point it to the QR-Code and your android device will be directed right to the app you found at your desk. Its great for work and to impress friends :) You can even keep up with the latest apps with your favorite RSS reader!

Checkout Cyrket.com

Introducing Twidgit, The First and Best Twitter Widget for Android!

Its only been a few weeks since cupcake has been released to everyone and Twidgit The very first Twitter widget appeared in the market by a talented 22 year old named Matt Woodfield

Twidgit is A Twitter homescreen widget that updates with your most recent timeline feed,
views the last 20 tweets, allows you to reply to each & set your status in an instant without having a resource intensive app running that slows down your G1

Twidgit Already has great potential to beat the top twitter apps on the market like Twitdroid, Twit2go, and a few others.

It looks like Twidgit 1.1.6 was removed off the market anticipating a new 1.1.7 release!

Matt just posted this announcement on Twitter!

Here is 1.1.6 if you want to check it out, download like any other app within your G1 browser and install, and longpress your homescreen->Widget->Twidgit Lite
IMPORTANT If updating, please remove existing widget from home screen before install

[EDIT] Lite 1.1.7 released to the android market. Update includes text correction, char counter & tweet timestamps. More coming soon…

Click Here From your Android Device to Download
More info Here
Follow the Developer on Twitter

Android Unleashed is now optimized for your Mobile Experience!

Android-Unleashed.com Is now optimized for your mobile experience at m.android-unleashed.com
Enjoy!

Introducing G1 Central, GrandCentral Dialer App for The G1!

OMG Im so glade I got a google G1 phone, now I can make free calls
with grandcentral with the G1 Central Dialer!

G1 + Myfaves + GrandCentral # = free calling

Keep in mind Grand Central does not allow invites at this time so you will be unable to make a new account for now, the best thing to do is set a google alert to find out when they open up to the public

G1 Central is an application for Android-based phones which allows you
to place calls to any number from your GrandCentral number. It
supports both Dialer mode as well as reading from your Contact list.

Version 1.01 is in the App Market, but there is updates and svn access here:
http://evancharlton.com/projects/g1central

2008-11-26 1:03	G1 Central version 1.0.3	Fixed a very minor usability issue.
SHA1: 156ed6d2d1da433642e11d8c5970aefa502cfd61 MD5: 94d779225d8de410ab624d0cdfc94239
2008-11-25 17:02	G1 Central version 1.0.2	Fixed the bug with multiple calls in a row crashing the application.
SHA1: 33bd0b2befc1b1262837144c8b9594b94e718c16 MD5: 6bd76184301b9e17c3f074d9bf08d63f
2008-11-24 23:12	G1 Central version 1.0.1	Fixed a very minor bug with the Contact list
SHA1: e28bfbd0ad1f9730bedc4d3f2b699203ae1cb821 MD5: e69417ba96cf45d21087787718478a6c
2008-11-24 22:38	G1 Central version 1.0.0
SHA1: ccdb9d873623d87f8cd8c32fdead89268352c2ac MD5: 1017b6e9e2d1826b4048aa8c7fd377a4

Opera Mini 4.2 For Android G1 Released!

Download from within your Android Browser from Here

OperaMini 4.2 Beta Hits The Android Platform!

cnet:
Opera Mini 4.2 beta, a test version released for Java phones just two weeks ago, on Monday became the first third-party browser available for Google Android.

Opera Mini 4.2 is the first browsing alternative for Google's Android mobile operating system.

(Credit: Opera Software)

Opera Mini for Android, which was previewed in April, includes most of the familiar Mini 4.2 features: zooming, saving, bookmarking, and searching for in-line text has stayed intact, as has syncing via Opera Link and swapping skins.

We couldn't make the video playback workaround that debuted on other Java phones work in this build, though T-Mobile's USA's G1 phone does support video playback (see our review on TuneWiki.) We hear that Opera will address this issue when the mobile browser comes out of beta.

What's distinctive and commendable of the Android-optimized build: fast speeds over T-Mobile's 3G network, a very crisp display, and quality that approaches the iPhone when it comes to viewing a zoomed-out Web page, thanks to both screen size and image clarity. The G1's two menu keys also enhance the experience, making Opera Mini's controls easy to access and navigate.

Google Android was low-hanging fruit for Opera. It would have been better, of course, if the browser had been available when the G1 began selling, but of all third-party developers, Opera still managed to bring its free browser first to Android's market--and a very able version at that.

We're hoping that Opera will port its more robust Mobile version to Android next, and as always, that Opera will release a version that lets users type directly into a text field without pulling up an intermediary screen.

New: "Neocore" App hits the App Market with Stunning OpenGL-ES GFX

RyeBrye:
Qualcomm has posted an application on the Android market that showcases the OpenGL-ES capabilities of a phone… Screenshots don’t do it justice, but since I like taking screenshots of android stuff, I will post them anyway.

None of the games currently look this good, and I can only imagine that once a game comes out that does use OpenGL ES, it wont be free. This app does provide a good preview of what kind of graphics we can expect on these phones - and they are every bit as impressive as the graphics that I’ve seen on other platforms.

Although I only got 24.5 FPS - one of the engineers inside of Google mentioned that: “this benchmark made us discover an issue with our GL stack… our graphics guy said we could almost double that number with the proper fixes”

So… Bring on the FPS, baby!

Conversation with Meebo Developer

Back on November 10th I sent an email to the Meebo IM Developer for the Android G1 platform, here is the response I recieved!

Great work with meebo on the android, do you plan on adding features? Also when should I expect a new release? If you need a beta tester let me know
Thanks,
Kyle

Hey! Yes we plan on adding new features, and hope to have a new
release every few weeks. We don't have a way for people to beta test
right now, but we'll let you know if we set something up. Also, we
just released a new version to the market. The changes are:
* Stays connected longer (still not perfect, but we're working on
making it better, please bear with us)
* Lets you close IM windows
* Notifications are more specific
* Phone numbers, email addresses and links in the IM window are clickable

There are many features we're planning on adding. These are the ones
we'll be working on over the next few weeks:
* Ability to set your away message
* Ability to set your buddy icon
* Saving account information and auto-sign on
* Configuration of sounds/vibrate when receiving an IM
* Adding/removing/blocking people on your buddy list
* Viewing other people's entire away message

Electronic Arts makes games for Android mobile phone

Videogame titan Electronic Arts on Wednesday unveiled titles tailored for play on freshly-launched "Google phones" running on Android open-source software.
Globally popular "Tetris" is available for the first of what is expected to be an array of mobile telephones based on a free, open software platform created by a Google-led Open Handset Alliance.

US telecom carrier T-Mobile last week began selling G1 smart phones made by Taiwan-based HTC Corporation. Alliance-member Motorola is believed to be on the cusp of rolling out Android-based mobile phones of its own.

EA said that puzzle-game "Bejeweled" and a videogame version of the real estate empire-building game "Monopoly" will be available for G1 handsets in November and that more games are "in development."

The games will be sold in US stores and online at http://www.eamobile.com.

"Android is another exciting new platform to offer customers great games with enhancements like touch and tilt capabilities," said EA Mobile vice president Adam Sussman.

EA Mobile has versions of "Tetris," "Bejeweled," and "Monopoly" and other games available for BlackBerry handheld devices and smart phones built with Microsoft's Windows software.

The California company has customized mobile versions of "Spore," "Tetris," "Sudoku," and "Scrabble" for Apple's hot-selling iPhones.

Google phones have been heralded by some in the industry as possible "iPhone killers" because of the potential for them to be offered at low prices and feature service plans supplemented by online advertising woven into Internet services.

© 2008 AFP

Wal-Mart to sell Android G1 for $148.88

If you were planning on buying T-Mobile's Android G1 directly from the carrier, we suggest you change that plan and head over to Wal-Mart instead. Starting tomorrow, the retailer will be offering the handset at its top ten stores in each market with a $31.11 discount.

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