Check out the new Android Market for Honeycomb
The Wi-Fi version of the Motorola Xoom just received an updated Android Market that should eventually it all Honeycomb tablets and shed light on how Ice Cream Sandwich will combine the tablet and phone operating systems into one. The new Market looks exactly like the Market found on Gingerbread phones.
More Carrier Billing Options on Android Market
[This post is by Eric Chu, Android Developer Ecosystem. —Dirk Dougherty] Over the past year, we’ve seen very strong growth in the number of Android users around the world.
Multiple APK Support in Android Market
[This post is by Eric Chu, Android Developer Ecosystem. —Dirk Dougherty] At Google I/O we announced our plans to add several new capabilities to help developers manage their products more effectively in Android Market
A New Android Market for Phones
[This post is by Eric Chu, Android Developer Ecosystem. —Dirk Dougherty] Earlier this year, we launched several important features aimed at making it easier to find great applications on Android Market on the Web
Things That Cannot Change
[This post is by Dianne Hackborn, whose fingerprints can be found all over the Android Application Framework — Tim Bray] Sometimes a developer will make a change to an application that has surprising results when installed as an update to a previous version — shortcuts break, widgets disappear, or it can’t even be installed at all. There are certain parts of an application that are immutable once you publish it, and you can avoid surprises by understanding them. Your package name and certificate The most obvious and visible of these is the “manifest package name,” the unique name you give to your application in its AndroidManifest.xml
Adobe Flash Player updated to 10.3 – bug fixes
The latest version of the Adobe Flash Player has been listed with a few bug fixes and security holes plugged. This brings it to version 10.3, which is available in the Android Market now for updating. The list of fixes is as follows; Enabled NEON optimizations for OMAP4 (Cortex A-9) based devices.
mSpot for Android available – Radio Spotter beta music in the cloud
mSpot has updated their Android app to version 1.4.18.92158, which brings the new ‘Radio Spotter’ beta music functionailty, allowing you to match songs in your device to similar music, something like Pandora or last.fm does. This is a little more tuned to your Android device through the mSpot App, which is free by the way. You get 5GB of online storage for Free, and are welcome to upgrade to 40GB for $3.99 per month for larger collections
Order the Playstation Phone from Amazon Wireless, Get $10 Credit for Amazon Appstore
AmazonWireless hit us up on “the Twitters” to point out that anyone who buys the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play — which just became available via their website today — will receive a $10 credit towards a purchase in the Amazon Appstore. Buyers will receive a promotional code via email that will be redeemable for 14 days, and the credit will then be valid until the end of the year — like any of you will wait that long to spend it! This offer is good until June 4th, so if you’re on the fence, maybe a few free games will help you pull the trigger. Visit TalkAndroid for android news , android guides , and much more! Order the Playstation Phone from Amazon Wireless, Get $10 Credit for Amazon Appstore
No Android Market Movie Rentals on Rooted Devices
With the recent news of update for Honeycomb 3.1, many may consider upgrading their tablets to the latest OS to try Google’s new movie rental service. But for some experimental Android users who have rooted their shiny and new tablet device, this spells bad news. Why
Rooted devices are blocked from Android Market movie rentals; Is Google closing the door on “Open”?
It looks like Google is blocking rooted devices from the new Android Market movie rental service . Google is claiming the reason is due to requirements related to copy protection. Rooting is all about the “openness” of Android. I am not going to go into a rant on Google closing the door on “open” because we don’t know enough.
