Monday, October 6, 2008

Android Emulator

I did not realize that there was an emulator for Google’s Android platform. I’m impressed. It looks pretty solid.

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The Android SDK includes a mobile device emulator -- a virtual mobile device that runs on your computer. The emulator lets you prototype, develop, and test Android applications without using a physical device.

Google’s Android Emulator Download

Thursday, October 2, 2008

iPhone SDK NDA RIP

image Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock you already know about this, but it worth repeating just in case:

[Source: iPhone Developer Program]

To Our Developers

We have decided to drop the non-disclosure agreement (NDA) for released iPhone software.

We put the NDA in place because the iPhone OS includes many Apple inventions and innovations that we would like to protect, so that others don’t steal our work. It has happened before. While we have filed for hundreds of patents on iPhone technology, the NDA added yet another level of protection. We put it in place as one more way to help protect the iPhone from being ripped off by others.

However, the NDA has created too much of a burden on developers, authors and others interested in helping further the iPhone’s success, so we are dropping it for released software. Developers will receive a new agreement without an NDA covering released software within a week or so. Please note that unreleased software and features will remain under NDA until they are released.

Thanks to everyone who provided us constructive feedback on this matter.

Monday, September 1, 2008

SunCom and the iPhone (Internet Settings that Work)

So I have an iPhone, and I’m currently have SunCom as my cellular provider.

SunCom has great rates, and the iPhone is a great phone. But I had a hard time figuring out how to get my iPhone to use my SunCom data plan.

Here are the settings I had to use to get it to finally work:

To get Internet access on SunCom on an iPhone you have to go to Settings > General > Network > Edge

APN (Access Point Name): mobileinternet
USER: empty
PASS: empty

And I had to reset the device to make the settings take hold:

Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button on top of iPhone for a few seconds until a red slider appears, and then slide the slider.

Hope it helps!

Saturday, August 23, 2008

Let’s get this party started…

image I’m looking forward to learning development for Apple computers.

This is all new to me, and I’m just getting started with a lot left to learn.

I hope you’ll join me on this new adventure:

And with that let’s begin…