Tip for unit-testing: loading Resources for a specific screen orientation
It used to come up several times here: while writing my unit-tests I missed a way to test resource bitmap sizes (and maybe some other options) not only in the current emulator/device orientation, but in the alternate one. For example if I had my emulator window opened in portrait mode, then BitmapFactory.decodeResources(…) would load bitmap from res/drawable/ folder, but (obviously) not from res/drawable-land .
Mechanized Android Figure
Hacked Android figure. It is triggered by sound, moves it’s head and sends out Morse Code. Detailed build instructions are now available at: www.instructables.com
2x Tips: A Brilliantly Easy Way To Generate QR Codes In A Split Second… And An Even More Brilliant Way To Do It Even Faster
In today’s Android-enabled world, QR codes play quite an important role because, face it, who wants to type that long, pesky URL on your phone’s keyboard when you can just quickly scan an image and have the URL decoded in a split second? Why do I say with such confidence that QR codes are now a commodity
DROID X Commercial Gets the Marketing Stage Under Way
Looks like you don’t have to wait for that marketing material for the DROID X. Verizon’s got their hands on one of the greatest Android phones out there, so it shouldn’t be that big of a surprise to see a commercial of this magnitude showcasing the new king of the throne
F-Secure biedt verbeterde bescherming voor Android-platform
Operators kunnen nu de F-Secure-beveiligingsoplossingen voor het Android-, Symbian- en Windows-platform aanbieden.
T-Mobile verlaagt tarieven voor bellen in het buitenland.
T-Mobile is de enige provider die vakantiegangers ook buiten de EU bescherming biedt tegen hoge kosten voor mobiel internet.
KPN verlaagt tarieven bellen en voicemail in het buitenland
KPN verlaagt per 1 juli aanstaande zijn standaardtarieven voor mobiel bellen en gebeld worden in de 27 landen van de EU, plus IJsland, Noorwegen en Liechtenstein
Samsung’s ultralichte netbook N230 combineert klasse en design met mobiliteit
Het dunste en lichtste netbook dat op dit verkrijgbaar is
