Froyo - How to try it on your computer

Eli Robillard just tweeted this awesome step by step article on gizmodo that lists the steps you need to install froyo on your computer.

http://gizmodo.com/5544988/how-to-try-android-froyo-on-your-computer

Thanks Eli. Hope this saves some of the guild members some time.

If you have any tips, tricks or resources you would like to share please email them to Susan Fischer at susan@clinchportal.com and we will post them here.

iPhone 3.0 is out but upgrading will cost you $10

Some of the service providers are covering the cost but if you have an iPod Touch. (In other words you were an early adoptor for Apple) you are stuck paying or looking for a cracked version all to get something as simple as cut and paste.

It does not seem fair. Let's hope when then next version of android comes out that they make it free. That will give Apple users a reason to switch.

I look forward to hearing comments from iPhone users especially if you have the 3.0 update. I would like to know what else you got for your $10.

So the new phone is out there!

Now that the new phone is out there with Android on it, I was wondering if anyone has found anything that they like or dislike about the phone. I was thinking about picking it up but would like to know more first.

I look forward to your comments. Susan Fischer susan@clinchportal.com

Perpetual Beginner

For those just learning some of the newer technologies such as subsonic, linq, mvc, etc this is going to be fast becoming the place to go. It is definitely a blog to keep an eye on. The perpetual beginner, Jesse Naiman, will soon be a name you will remember.

Here is the link to his blog: http://alt-net-guild.blogspot.com/

Introduction To Android

There has been a lot of buzz over Android. The hope here is to clear
up some of that mystery and help us all start using it for our mobile development.
It is my hope that we can share tips/tricks, assistance, job leads with each other through the guild. First let's start off with a couple questions and answers.

Question: What is Android?

Android is a software stack for mobile devices. The hope is that there will be a standard api that will allow mobile development across a large number of devices with one api.

Question: Why is this so important?

Back when I worked at Classwave Wireless and Bluetooth first came out there were so many phones, stacks, sdks, all programmed in different languages and all having different features. Most of our time was spent trying to make our apps work on all of them. With Android, you can focus on application development not what device you are on. This gives us the ability to create apps faster and have more time to spend on design.

I have only started to delve into the SDK but so far it looks awesome and this is only a first edition. I look forward to sharing and collaborating in this new era of computers. If you have any tips/tricks, ideas for articles please email them to me at chris@clinchportal.com or chrisw_88@hotmail.com or post them as comments on my articles here.