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Episode 129 – A Night to Not Remember

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Guru
– January 7, 2013Posted in: Android Buffet

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Show Notes

Jere’s Setup on Reddit
It’s CES and Blogworld Week. Expect Hardware announcements
In Other News

For Sale or Rent: Used Launchpad – Kennedy Space Center is preparing to sale/rent LaunchPad 39A, space in the Vehicle Assembly Building, the Orbiter Processing [...]

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Episode 102 – Google I/O Superepisode

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Android Buffet
– July 2, 2012Posted in: Android Buffet

Google I/O occurred, and there is lots of news…barely enough to fit into one hour.

Show Notes

  • Next week’s episode, 103, will be on Sunday, July 8th at 9PM
  • Guru goes rack..because once you go rack, you never go back.
  • In Other News
    • Sunday was Canada Day. Happy Canada Day to our Canadian listeners
    • Wednesday is Independence Day in the United States. Happy Independence Day. 
    • Google launches Amazon EC2 rival, Google Compute, still in limited beta.
    • You can buy a special Google Glasses Developer Edition for only $1500
  • Android 4.1 Jellybean
    • and HTC issue statements on Jellybean updates
    • USB Audio Output support, which will allow for new docks that support digital sound, the possibility of audio input for digital recording.
    • Project Butter – Designed to improve UI responsiveness – Triple Buffering in the Graphics Pipeline for more consistent rendering, 16ms vsync timing across all drawing and animation, touch events etc. Attempts to anticipate touch response, and boosts the CPU speed at each touch event. 
    • Enhanced Accessibility – new APIs for accessibility and related improvements
    • Bi-Directional Text Support, which should improve Hebrew and Arabic support. 
    • User installable keymaps allowing you to change the layout of keyboards. This may also work for custom buttons, like Vol +, Vol -, etc.
    • Expandable Notifications – expand and shrink notifications with a pinch, new embedded content, actions can now be embedded in a notification.
    • Selectively disable notifications on a per app basis
    • Automatically resizable widgets.
    • Simplified Task Navigation, allowing for better management of “Up” navigation. 
    • Transitions to Lights Out and Full Screen Modes 
    • Live Wallpaper Previews
    • Higher Res Contact Photos, up to 720×720. 
    • Apps can register for notification when new input devices are attached by bluetooth, USB, or other connection types, or query the capabilities of input devices, control vibrator services. 
    • Android Beam improvements
    • Wi-fi network service discovery using multicast DNS. 
    • Wi-Fi Direct improvements
    • Network Bandwidth Management, allowing apps to know if a network is metered and act accordingly.
    • Media codec access
    • Audio record triggering based on completion of a playback track.
    • Multi-channel audio over HDMI, and internal encoding/decoding of AAC 5.1
    • Audio preprocessing
    • Media Router provides mechanisms for deciding where to play media. Headphones, bluetooth, etc.
    • Browser improvements: Better HTML5 video, improved performance, Javascript, etc. 
    • Google Cloud Messaging replaces C2DM…improved push notifications
    • App Encryption,  will help protect application assets by encrypting all paid apps with a device-specific key before they are delivered and stored on a device.
    • Smart App Updates – Delta APK…only deliver changed portions of APK, to reduce bandwidth
    • Google Play Services – OAuth authentication, Google+ Sign In, +1 button, Google+ History.
    • Face Unlock now can require blinking, to avoid people using a picture
    • Offline Dictation/voice input
  • News from Google I/O
    • Android PDK Could Help Manufacturers Update Devices Faster – Could be given to hardware manufacturers 2-3 months before the code drops
  • Platform News
    • Adobe to discontinue Flash for Android August 15th, will not support Android 4.1. 
    • to offer Save to Wallet functionality…save an offer from a website directly to your wallet. 
    • Google+ History allows apps to submit lists of history to a queue and manually post them to Google+, as opposed to automatically. Still no Write API.
    • Apple v. Samsung: US Judge grants Apple injunction on Galaxy Nexus.
    • Google Now is part of Voice Search, learns from you to predict what you want
    • Google Play now offers purchase of TV/movies.
    • Google Docs now has offline editing. 
    • Cyanogemod 9 RC1 now available for 37 devices
    • Google Plus now supports Events.
    • Google offers Nexus Q, expensive ball that can only by used with Android devices and Nexus 7, $200-250 7 inch Jellybean .
    • Google Play website now allows for updates, viewing system apps, and uninstalls.
    • Android surpasses 400 million total activations, 1 million new activations per day
  • App News
    • Mint to format app for 7 inch tablet and to adopt ICS/Holo Design. 
    • Google Analytics App for Android (Play Link)
    • Google Currents will become part of GAPPS.
    • Currents, Youtube, and Drive updated – Youtube now allows preloading of videos while on wifi. Drive now allows upload and download of all file types…
    • 3 is number one on Google Play. 
    • Netflix now supports Jellybean
    • now supports offline caching.
    • Chrome for Android leaves beta.
    • Foursquare announces connected Apps for Android, allowing you to build your app into the Foursquare app.
  • Developer’s Corner
    • Android SDK Revision 20 launched.
    • Jellybean offers Systrace, to improve app performance
    • Android Development adds Multi-Configuration Editing, a way to visualize your layout on multiple configuration at once. 

 

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Episode 101 – J is for Jalebi

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Android Buffet
– June 25, 2012Posted in: Android Buffet
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Another week of the Android Buffet podcast. Jere has to run to the airport, but we’ll be back next week.

Show Notes

  • Google I/O to start Wednesday, June 27th. News expected.
  • In Other News
    • TruConnect Mobile and Walmart launch broadband with data that never expires. Intriguing backup/emergency option that runs on the Sprint network. For more info, visit their site.
    • and Alitalia pair up, Xoom 2 tablets to appear on board. Unfortunately, to try the , you have to fly Alitalia.
    • Warrantless wiretapping bill heads to full vote. Bill would extend FISA Amendments of 2008, which allow for wireless wiretapping if one of the parties is located outside the US, until June of 2017.
    • Do we want to talk about Microsoft Surface?
  • Platform News
    • NoGAPPs Project – The basic premise is to incorporate all of the missing APIs that would normally come from the closed-source, proprietary Google Applications (GAPPS) and incorporate them into open applications. This would in turn allow AOSP to become truly independent and functional, without the user having to flash additional proprietary content. This includes a market app, a talk app, a maps api and app, etc.
    • Next version of Android confirmed as 4.1 Jelly Bean, version of Nexus to be first phone to receive update.
    • Replying to User Reviews on Google Play now officially announced. Feature rolled out to those with a Top Developer Badge, and will expand in future.
    • Android Developer’s Site redesigned in advance of Google I/O.
    • Traffic now added to 7 new countries and expanded and improved in another 19.
    • Amazon invites developers to ready apps for international expansion. Countries that will be included are the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and Spain, and the expansion should be sometime this summer. Amazon has also announced a change effective July 1st to its revenue sharing program. “you will earn 70% of list price on each paid app sale. This is a change from the prior terms under which you earned either 70% of the app’s sales price or 20% of list price (whichever was greater). To put it differently, starting in July, you’ll receive 70% of the list price for all sales, regardless of whether you monetize your apps up front (paid apps) or downstream (using our In-App Purchasing Service).”
    • Google Developers Live offers a place to keep up with all Google’s live broadcasts, and archived previous events.
    • Android’s power management API can lead to no-sleep energy bugs, according to researchers. A study has been made of the Android wakelock API, for apps that need to run processes while the phone is idle. As part of the research, 187 apps were analyzed, with 42 having these no-sleep energy bugs.
    • Google purchases wireless efficiency beam-forming patents from Magnolia Broadband. These patents could increase data coverage and substantially save on battery life by being more efficient.
    • Motorola ‘Qe’ compares every system file to stock, slows boot time and transmit info back to Motorola.
  • App News
    • Flipboard leaves Beta, now in Google Play, now with Google+. (Play Link)
    • Winamp updated, adds store for addons, including a Pro Bundle that adds equalization, FLAC, and more, and a plugin that fixes metadata.
    • Mozilla promises big news for Firefox for Android this week.
    • Poweramp updated, supports action bars in Honeycomb/ICS. (Play LInk)
    • Taptu for Android is updated, includes a personalized news delivery engine that learns what you like, and delivers more of the same. (Play Link)
    • Dolphin Engine Beta released, touted as highest performing HTML5 mobile browser, showing what the future of Dolphin would be.
    • Tivo for Android tablets released. Do people still have Tivos? (Play Link)
    • Jolicloud for Android seeks to combine all social media content into one place. (Play Link)
    • Google Translate updated, adds improved tablet features, text to speech options for original text, and additional handwriting recognition options.
    • 3 released, on sale at half price. New ICS inspired Holo theme, and Cobalt, larger spacebar, Smart Space(detected missed or omitted spaces), additional languages, dedicated comma key, etc. Product endorsed by Stephen Fry, who recently visited their HQ.
    • Otter Text and Drive Solution formerly $3.99, now free indefinitely. Automate text message replies when occupied.
    • Waze unveils new version, with waypoints, voice control, and real-time gas pricing. (Play Link)
    • Swype Beta updated, adds in features already available in Swiftkey, and you may sync your personal dictionary among devices.
    • Go Launcher Ex wins Most Popular Launcher on Lifehacker, with 37% of the vote. Two of the top 4, are ICS only launchers Apex and Nova.
    • Official WinZip app hits play store. (Play Store)
    • Tasker App Factory turns Tasks into standalone apps, allows you to share them with friends, and to launch them without launching Tasker.
    • XP Mod Launcher makes your Android look like Windows XP. (Play Link)

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Episode 99 – Live from Charlotte

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Guru
– June 11, 2012Posted in: Android Buffet

For our hundredth episode, Guru and Jere appear live and in person at the Southeast Linux Fest, June 7-10, 2012.

Show Notes

  • Guru and Jere were joined by special guest Jonathan Nadeau, co-host of Droid Nation(live Wednesdays at 9PM), and Executive Director of the Accessible Computing Foundation(which we talked little about, but probably should have) and an audience of many.
  • News

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Episode 98 – One More to 100

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Android Buffet
– June 4, 2012Posted in: Android Buffet

Guru and Jere will be attending the Southeast Linux Fest in Charlotte, NC the weekend of June 7-June 11.

Show Notes

  • Final Prep for SELF.
  • Hypercard turns 25. 
  • AT&T CEO suggests the future is data plans, with some traffic ‘toll free’, not counted toward your allowance. Content providers would pay for traffic on their sites. Voice and text would be VoIP/data based services.
  • LTE allowing CDMA users to have a SIM card for the first time, as the industry and Apple consider embedded SIMS, taking away same portability from users who have it now.
  • nanoSIM standard approved. 
  • Platform News
    • up to 7.1% of devices, Gingerbread at 65%, Froyo at 19.1%, others too small to mention. 
    • Google holding Maps Event on Wednesday to show off the “next dimension” of Maps. 
    • Google Drives to offer offline mode in a few weeks.
    • PowerA introduces Moga Bluetooth controller for Android. Will controllers for cell phones allow them to replace handheld gaming devices?
    • Should the Menu Button be killed finally in favor of Action Overflow?
    • Google Voice adds custom settings for callers who aren’t in your contact list
  • App News
    • SiriusXM satellite radio app gets update, still need an Internet subscription
    • Hotspot Shield VPN now available for Android, offers free VPN services(assuming you trust them to protect your data). Free includes basic encryption and ads, Elite version is $1.99/month or $19.99/year and adds private browsing, malware protection, and bandwidth compression. Does not yet support ICS or Honeycomb. 
    • Google Translate updated to ICS design. (Play Link)
    • Official TicketMaster App now available. (Play Link)
    • New 3 Beta released, hopefully soon out of beta, just keeps improving. 
    • updated, adds local tab with Zagat rating.
    • ClipSync syncs your phone and computer clipboard. (Play Link)
    • Evernote Hello remembers who people are so you don’t have to. The app not only allows you to enter a person into your phone and put a face to the name, but it also builds up the context of where and when you met, what you may have had in common, or even what they were wearing. (Play Link)
    • Have you tried Go Backup? Backs up Contacts, Go Launcher settings, and Apps(Root required) (Play Link)
  • Do you want to sync your phone and your fridge? Samsung’s Music Hub seeks to do that.
  • Guru plans to try Food Planner (Play Link), will inventory his cabinets to stop wasting food and plan meals. 

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Episode 96 – Pouf-tastic

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Guru
– May 21, 2012Posted in: Android Buffet
A 512 MB Kingston microSD card next to a Patri...

We pick up where we left off last week. Guru gets a used Rezound, Jere still doesn’t have an Evo 4G LTE

Show Notes

  • In Other News
    • RunCore’s new solid state drive offers built in wipe and nuke settings.
    • London police will soon be able to extract mobile phone data in minutes
    • US Department of Justice states citizens have a right to record police officers on duty.
    • It makes perfect sense that Kodak had a nuclear reactor stashed in the basement
    • Music labels force MP3Tunes into bankruptcy
    • How to save the space program? Build the Starship Enterprise.
  • Provider Press
    • T-Mobile is offering new contractless pricing, 300MB/1-week $15, 1.5GB/1-month $25, 3.5GB/1-month $35, 5GB 1-month $50.
    • ’s CFO announces the end of grandfathered unlimited plans this summer, concurrent with the start of shared data plans. Customers will be forced to adopt new plans when they renew. Will this be better for some customers, or bad for all?
    • T-Mobile states that customers don’t want shared data plans. ”Customers who pay more, should get more…”
    • I paid Verizon $2027.57 to beta test their Galaxy Nexus for five months
  • Jere’s HTO Evo 4G LTE has been impounded at US Customs by the ITC. The issue is over an Apple patent which covers how a smartphone reacts to contextual links for email addresses and phone numbers. By default now, there is a menu setting called App Associations to manually assign these links.
  • Platform News
    • Will Google be expanding the Nexus program to include multiple partners, and selling unsubsidized phones directly from the Store?
    • Google is reworking the Google Play authorization system after issues arising from a new scheme that would only allow deauthorizing 4 devices per year. The system would affect people who continually deauthorize and reauthorize the same device…power users/rommers.
    • OpenSignalMaps releases infographic on the 681,900 Android devices that downloaded the app. 599 distinct brands, 3997 different devices across 195 countries.
    • now dominates Android sales, making it the number one handset manufacturer in the world at 26% of world sales. The iPhone, by comparison, has 23%. Nokia still has 20% of the world market.
    • HTC and Samsung make up 86% of UK Android Sales, which is 50.1% of the overall smartphone market.
    • advises ”… obviously we want the new release to improve our devices. If we determine that can’t be done—well then, we’re not able to upgrade that particular device.”
    • China, the lone holdout, has approved the purchase of Motorola Mobility by Google.
    • Speaking of China, retailers there are offeringa $74 miniature computer only slightly larger than a thumbdrive,with an AllWinner A10 single-core 1.5GHz ARM CPU, a Mali 400 GPU, and 512MB of RAM. An HDMI port on the exterior allows users to plug the computer into a television. It outputs at 1080p and is said to be capable of playing high-definition video. The device also has a full-sized USB port with host support for input devices, a conventional micro-USB port, a microSD slot, and an internal 802.11 b/g WiFi antenna. The computer can boot from a microSD card and is capable of running Android 4.0 and other ARM-compatible Linux platforms.
    • Does my Android smartphone really need 2GB RAM?
    • RIM, Motorola, and Apple seem to have found a compromise on the proposed nano-SIM standard.
    • New DDR4 memory could mean reduced power consumption and performance for new tablets
    • Android Game Developers…Innovate, don’t Emulate
    • Study: Cellular tablets use 3x more data than smartphones.
  • App News
    • Alarm Clock Ultra, offering an array of customization options including puzzle disable, stopwatch, egg tim1er, etc. (Play Link)
    • Turntable.fm is here. (Play Link)
    • CoPilot now offering a free version, CoPilot GPS. No turn by turn directions in the free version. (Play Link)
    • CloudOn released for Android – Create Word, Excel, and Powerpoint documents on the go. (Play Link)
    • Savored launches official app for Android, offers free reservations, discounted dining up to 40% off in select cities. (Play Link)
    • Expensify updated, now with the ability to add trip itineraries. (Play Link)
    • , updated, brings Offers, Indoor Directions, 360 Panorama Views for Businesses
    • Restaurant.com launches official Android app. (Play Link)
    • Lookout updates Ad Network Detector to detect SellARing, which will play a 10 second ad whenever a call is made. (Play Link)
    • Pocket 4.1 update now available, includes Page Flipping mode, improved dark theme and new sepia theme, and more. (Play Link)
    • Evernote updated to version 4.0 with new look. (Play Link)
    • New Firefox beta switches to native framework, now offers flash support. Try the beta. (Play Link)
    • Chrome 19 released, offers tab syncing across multiple computers and Android.
    • Twitter updated to correct sync issues and other bug fixes. (Play Link)

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Episode 89: The Librarian meets Jere Jones

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Android Buffet
– April 1, 2012Posted in: Android Buffet

Guru and Jere count down to their 99th episode.

Show Notes

  • Upcoming Schedule
    • April 16th is our Titanic Episode, in honor of the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.
    • June 11th would be our 100th episode, episode 99. However, June 8-10 is SELF…
  • April Fools Test
    • Google launches for NES
    • Gmail Tap replaces your phone keyboard with 2 buttons
    • RoboBonobo aims to provide a weaponized telepresence robot for Bonobos armed with Android tablets. Donate to the project on Kickstarter.
    • Blind man drives to Taco Bell in Google’s self-driving car
    • Google Voice…for pets
    • Canada decides to end minting of pennies in April. All payments in catch will be rounded to the nearest nickel. This will save an estimated $11 million a year
  • June 6th is World IPV6 day. Unlike last year, companies will turn on their IPV6 compatibility and leave it on.
  • Platform News
    • Flurry Claims Amazon provides 3x revenue compared to but the data was for in-app purchases.
    • Google Play Store experiencing difficulties over the last week.
    • Amazon Appstore app updated, fixes notification settings, adds option for higher maximum download limit over cellular, etc.
    • Linus Torvalds provided a deposition about a newsgroup posting had located that predated a Microsoft patent on long filenames used in a compatible manner with short ones by three years. The patent was one of several being used by Microsoft to force licensing fees on Android handset manufacturers. A judge declared the patent invalid, but it could still be reversed by the U.S. International Trade Commission
    • WSJ claims Google will begin selling tablets directly to consumers.
    • iOS wins over more smartphone buyers as Android holds steady, however, 48 percent of both recent acquirers and smartphone owners had Android phones.
    • Google Play Movies goes live in France
    • European lawmakers to cap roaming data charges in EU member countries at EUR0.20/USD0.27 a megabyte.
    • Google Android Developer identifies an 8 month period between time of release and the launch of new devices with the software.
    • Lenovo to offer Enterprise App Store, which can be customized on a company by company basis.
    • U.S. Army deploys its own Android store.
    • James Kendrick of ZDNet asks if Android is even a platform
  • App News
    • DoubleTwist adds Google Music support and an alarm clock, only works for Google Music songs you’ve set for offline access. (Play Link)
    • Hyatt releases official app, view hotels and book your next stay. (Play Link)
    • Hulu Plus updated, select tablets now supported. (Play Link)
    • Seesmic updated, now with ads. Remove ads, combine views from accounts, with the $3 pro version.
    • Square updates credit card reader to add hardware encryption due complaints reader was being used for skimming.
    • Square renames and updates its Card Case App to Pay with Square. (Play Link)
    • Appbrain releases AppBrain Ad Detector. (Play Link)
    • Cerberus 2.2 released, adds ability to hide GPS icon, remote SMS send, speak command for SMS, etc.
    • AMC Theaters released Android app. (Play Link)
    • Handcent SMS 4.0 released, now with support and new interface. (Play Link)
    • Babbel helps you learn a new language from your phone. (Play Link)
    • Ustream app downloaded 2.5 million times, new version released. Offers in app purchase for ad-free options. (Play Link)
    • Rite Aid launches app, lets you scan your prescription bottle to get refill. (Play Link)
  • Handwriting Note Taking Apps
  • The Door to Door Geek recommends Talkatone as a free Google Voice/VoIP client. (Play Link)
  • Developer’s Corner
    • Google Launches Translator Toolkit to help developers provide localization for apps
    • Google releases class on Transferring Data without Draining the Battery

 

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Episode 86 – Get it On Google Play

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Android Buffet
– March 12, 2012Posted in: Android Buffet

Guru will be out at the Northeast Linux Fest in Worchester, MA this weekend.

Show Notes

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Episode 74 – In the Phonebook under J

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Android Buffet
– December 20, 2011Posted in: Android Buffet

Lots of statistics, some tablet talk, and more…

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Show Notes

  • Zeitgeist’s 2011 Top 10 Searches
    • Rebecca Black
    • Google+
    • Ryan Dunn
    • Casey Anthony
    • Battlefield 3
    • iPhone 5
    • Adele
    • 東京 電力 TEPCO
    • Steve Jobs
    • iPad2
  • NTSB recommending states ban the use of cell phones and other portable electronics by drivers except in emergencies.
  • Platform News
    • Has Android reached its Peak? Ewan Spence of Forbes claims that Android is as good as it is going to get.
    • Android 4.0.3 Kernels now available
    • Amazon Kindle redirects all Android market requests to its own AppStore.
    • Google Translate for Android now recognizes handwriting in seven languages, including Chinese and Japanese, as well as English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish.
    • Facebook more popular than Search, Gmail, and Maps on Android, according to Nielsen.
    • Sprint distances itself from Carrier IQ – has disabled data collection using the tool.
    • Android Market Stats
      • Sunday at 9PM is the most download friendly time, Monday at 4AM is the least
      • The top countries in apps per capita are, in order: South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, United States
      • 25.6 percent of downloads are games
      • 12 billion miles are navigated each year in
      • The 10 billionth downloaded app was Photobucket Mobile.
    • Google Music has lost its Beta tag, and is now open to all U.S. residents.
    • Matias Duarte not troubled by manufacturer skins, but hopes they are lessened by ICS. The hope is the manufacturers will spend less time and more on new features.
    • Online Petition seeks to convince Logitech to unlock the Revue bootloader
    • Nokia’s director of Portfolio, Product Marketing, & Sales claimed that Android phones don’t sit well with young people, and that young people don’t want the iPhone because everyone already has one.
    • British Telecom is the latest major company to sue Google. It filed a lawsuit in Delaware claiming nearly every Google product and service infringes at least one of six patents, including Google Search, Android, AdSense, Gmail, Google+, Google Docs, Google Music, and Google Maps.
    • Developers still heavily favoring iOS over Android.
    • Android may be building a Siri competitor code named Majel.
  • Tablet Talk
    • Tablets Responsible for the Rebirth of Reading?
      • 42 Percent of tablet users regularly read in-depth articles, with another 40 reading them occasionally
      • Tablet readers are 3x more likely to read an article than watch a news video
      • Some users believe the content received in an app is even worth more than content received elsewhere, with a large majority saying they find it easier to learn new things and enjoy the news more when using apps
      • 71 percent of tablet users prefer reading or hearing news over pictures or video, compared to roughly 50 / 50 in the general population.
    • American Airlines adding Galaxy Tab 10.1 to select premium class cabins.
    • TweetComb for Honeycomb, a Twitter client designed for Honeycomb (Market Link)
    • Next week…RSS Readers for Honeycomb.
  • Root Report
    • New Recovery Tool – Team Win Recovery Project 2.0, a touch-enabled alternative to the simple ClockworkRecovery Mod. Essential for the Kindle Fire, which has no buttons.
  • App News
    • Yamaha updated AV Controller app, now supports DLNA streaming.
    • Time Warner Cable launches app for account management. Hopefully streaming, currently offered on their iPad app, is coming soon.
    • Adobe Flash now has support for ICS
    • Grand Theft Auto 3 now available for Android (Market Link)
    • Dolphin Browser now supports Box.net add-on for saving files to the cloud.
    • Facebook’s Timeline now in Android app
    • Sonic CD speeds into market for $2.00. (Market Link)
    • MIUI Releases MiLocker, a lockscreen app, into the Market. (Market Link)
    • Microsoft Lync now available in the market. Lync is an IM/contact management/VoIP client used for Exchange. (Market Link)
    • Plants vs Zombies now in Android Market. Previously exclusive to Amazon App store
    • DroidEdit Free – text and code editor (Market Link)
  • Developer’s Corner – Android introduces Android Training, a collection of classes to help developers make better apps.

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Episode 73 – Welcome Back, Guru

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Android Buffet
– December 13, 2011Posted in: Android Buffet
Google 的貼牌冰箱（Google refrigerator）

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Guru returns from abroad.

Show Notes

  • Travel Report
  • Feedback
    • “you do have a listener in South Korea man!enjoy your show guys! keep up the good work!” -Jeremy from Seoul, Korea.
  • In Other News
    • Alec Baldwin vs. Flight Attendants 
    • Should we be required to turn our cell phones off during takeoff/landing? There is currently a petition(here) at whitehouse.gov to allow airline passengers to use electronic devices in airplane mode during takeoff and landing. 
  • Platform News
    • Currents released. (Market Link)
    • Google Voice to remain free to the U.S. and Canada through 2012. 
    • Coby Electronics to make collections of Android 4.0 tablets – Tablets have arrived when discount electronics maker Coby is making them.
    • HP open sources webOS, what this means for Android…probably nothing.
    • Google integrates movie search on Android, makes it easy to find movies and their theaters…if anyone still goes out to the movies.
    • Pope to use Android Tablet to Command Opulant Christmas Display
    • Family shared data plans could be offered by in 2012. 
    • Motorola updates on Ice Cream Sandwich, and the steps needed to distribute it.Web version of Android Market updated to show/filter by type of device reviewer was using and the version of the app as well as permalinks. 
    • Google adds Arabic and Hebrew to Voice Search
    • CM7 now available for Kindle Fire. 
  • App News
  • Guru tries a new camera app to replace stock – Camera Zoom FX (Market Link) – Offers digital zooming, a shutter timer, geo-tagging, and image stabilization, as well as filters, if you wish. Billed as the fastest camera on Android at 10 shots per second.

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