A day in the life of Danny D’Amours

Android Fragmentation : Can it be prevented?

The Android mobile platform has a lot going for it. It has a large mind share thanks in part to its huge backer, Google.  Android also has something that Apple’s iPhone platform lacks: Diversity in devices and vendors.
The Open Handset Alliance which backs the Android platform consists of 65 members from various parts of the [...]

April 13th, 2010 Posted by Danny D'Amours | Android, Tech | no comments

Canada finally get Android paid apps and the Nexus One

After a long wait, Canadian can fully get aboard the Google Android train.  Google has announced that Canada will get paid apps and that the Nexus One is available on Rogers in Canada as well as also being available on AT&T’s network.  The Nexus One is available in Canada for $529 USD from http://www.google.com/phone, As [...]

March 16th, 2010 Posted by Danny D'Amours | Android, Tech | no comments

VMware MVP Mobile Virtualization

Not content to have the dominant position in the data center virtualization market with its VMware Infrastructure products including the widely used ESX, VMWare strikes out on another platform : mobile devices.
Virtualizing mobile devices
VMware MVP(Mobile Virtualization Platform) is a  product which allow mobile operating systems to be virtualized.  A small piece of code (about 20k) [...]

May 27th, 2009 Posted by Danny D'Amours | Android, Nokia N900/N810/N800/770, Tech | no comments

Android Developer’s phones now available

Looking to develop applications for Android but don’t want to get a contract with T-Mobile or like me, can’t sign up with T-Mobile due to geographical constraints  in order to get an HTC G1 Android phone to develop with?
Google’s Android Dev Phone 1
The Android Dev Phone 1 from Google is essentially an HTC G1 which [...]

December 9th, 2008 Posted by Danny D'Amours | Android | no comments

Android is now available as open source

Google has finally open sourced their Android platform and SDK. See what was released and what gotchas might still remain.

October 22nd, 2008 Posted by Danny D'Amours | Android | one comment

Interesting Google Android apps

Google’s Android developer challenge has released its first 50 shortlisted applications. Which ones are interesting and why?

May 20th, 2008 Posted by Danny D'Amours | Android, Linux, Tech | no comments

Google’s Android software stack running on Nokia’s N810

Google’s Android mobile platform can now run on Nokia N810 and N800 internet tablets. Find out more details here.

April 8th, 2008 Posted by Danny D'Amours | Android, Nokia N900/N810/N800/770 | no comments