From what I have gathered reading numerous forums and blogs, finding a good media player has been somewhat a quest for the holy grail for Android users. DoubleTwist has been popular as it can be paired up with client software on a regular computer for content management however it has not been without its problems …
Category: Android
Oct 22 2010
WINAMP for Android Released!
- By Boydo in Android, Apple, iPad, Operating Systems, Technology, Wi-Fi, Wireless
Oct 19 2010
Facebook Privacy – Check Your Facebook Phonebook
- By Boydo in Android, Apple, Communications, Facebook, iPhone, Legal, Operating Systems, Privacy, Social Networking, Technology
These days, Facebook is very much the social hub for the digital life for the average connected person. What people may not realise is that Facebook makes it keep by finding ways to use our personal information, be it for targeted ads or suggested content. It probably goes without saying that the more detailed information that can …
Oct 10 2010
Google Engineer on Windows Phone 7: The World Doesn’t Need Another Mobile Platform
- By Boydo in Android, Apple, iOS, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Technology, Windows Phone 7
In a PCMag interview, Andy Rubin (a Google Engineer) made a statement in response to Windows Phone 7 in that “the world doesn’t need another mobile platform”. Of course, a statement like that is like rattling a hornets nest for fun and has certainly created some conjecture about the topic in general. What has drawn …
Oct 05 2010
Skype Arrives on Android – Finally!
- By Boydo in Android, Communications, Connectivity, Instant Messaging, Mobile, Skype, Skype, Technology, VoIP, Wi-Fi, Wireless
Just a quick one for tonight. For a while, many Android users have been left out in the cold without an official Skype client. Instead, users have had to resort to hacking crippled clients from other Android handsets that were originally bound by various carrier restrictions (such as limited Skype minutes). Well, Skype has literally …
Oct 01 2010
Tethering – Should it be a Fundamental Feature in Smartphones?
- By Boydo in Android, Apple, Bluetooth, Connectivity, Interfaces, Microsoft, Mobile, Operating Systems, Secure, Technology, VPN, Wi-Fi, Windows Phone 7, Wireless
Tethering with mobile phones has been around for a while although back in the early days of GPRS it was often worse than dial up (not to mention an order of magnitude more expensive). These days with USB, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity it seems odd that some smartphones have been slow to allow users the …
Sep 28 2010
Samsung Galaxy S – Where’s the GPS Fix?
- By Boydo in Android, Apple, Connectivity, Facebook, Google, GPS, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Location Services, Maps, Mobile, Operating Systems, Social Networking, Technology, Wi-Fi, Wireless
Samsung have had no shortage of heat with regards to its flagship Android phone over the last few months. Issues with the lag attributed to their proprietary file system (RFS) have been an ongoing problem prompting the user community to come up with their own solutions such as the Voodoo Lag Fix which I wrote …
Sep 20 2010
Samsung Galaxy S – A Less Hacky Way to Restore the Three Button Modes
- By Boydo in Android, Operating Systems, Technology
Another quick one for the folks with Samsung Galaxy S handsets. A few days ago I wrote about how you could do a registry hack to update the firmware on your Samsung Galaxy S to a Canadian version that specifically fixes the missing download and recovery modes on affected devices. Over on XDA Developers, some …
Sep 17 2010
Samsung Galaxy S – Reclaim the Missing Three Button Modes
- By Boydo in Android, Operating Systems, Technology
No doubt if you have been following this blog you would have been aware of my problems with the missing recovery and download modes (AKA three button modes or three button combinations). Thankfully, Samsung Canada released a solution today which users of the international version of the Samsung Galaxy S (model number GT-I9000) can utilise. …
Sep 15 2010
Voodoo Lag Fix for Samsung Galaxy S
- By Boydo in Android, Flash, Operating Systems, Storage, Technology
Another quick one for this evening. The stock installation on the Samsung Galaxy S does suffer from lag and there have been a number of fixes that have gone some way to treat the symptoms but not the cause of the problem. Having said that, solutions such as “one click lag fix” in the Google …
Sep 10 2010
Samsung Galaxy S – Why Download and Recovery Modes Are Missing
- By Boydo in Android, Interfaces, Linux, Operating Systems, Technology, USB
I’ve had some time on my hands the last couple of days due to the flu so I thought I would put some of that time toward working out why the download and recovery modes are seemingly disabled in some Samsung Galaxy S units around the globe. It’s been established that the download and recovery …
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