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I’ve seen too many “perfect phone” articles from people who really have no idea what they are talking about. I’m going to use this white-space to dispel some ill-conceived myths that uninformed people have generated, as well as list several entirely mandatory features for the “perfect device.” I believe you, the reader, will find my list of “perfect device” features to be entirely reasonable, and I intend to show that some of the desired features are really only a matter of configuration / manufacturer limitation.
Wireless charging at 6ft. — IMPOSSIBLE(for consumer devices): You will not see this technology. In . . . READ ON »
The Oracle and Google debate is back in the news now that their battle in court is finally here. A simple Google, or Yahoo!, or Bing—which ever you prefer—search will lead you to many different experts commenting on the story. In fact one commenter has been ousted as a consultant for Oracle. “Independent” Analyst and Case Commenter Florian Mueller has disclosed a consulting relationship with Oracle. Mueller claims that he won’t have any special access or gain any inside knowledge of the case, and that all of his continued analysis of the Oracle vs Google trail will be based . . . READ ON »
Have you ever been in one of the numerous “Post Your Home Screen” threads here on XDA and wondered how someone accomplished that screen that just totally blows your mind? Or perhaps you were browsing mycolorscreen.com, admiring the artistic beauty presented there, and thought “I wonder how they did that?” Maybe you are just one of those people who likes to tinker with your phone and has crazy ideas about what your phone could do visually, but is afraid to ask/share for fear of someone posting a scumbag steve image to insult you. I may just have the thread for . . . READ ON »
Less than a month ago, registrations opened for Google I/O 2012. It was sold out in 20 minutes. This didn’t go down exactly as planned. According to Google themselves, server load immediately exceeded the number of tickets they had available. Registration was hit-or-miss, and certainly not first-come-first-serve basis, as promised. Google had also hinted that a coding challenge would be part of the registration process, so more developers and fewer swag-hunters would get in. But for reasons unknown, this didn’t actually happen. More than a few of those who managed to obtain actual tickets tried to sell them on eBay . . . READ ON »
Something that has left me speechless just happened this past Friday. I have been at a loss for words about quite possibly the last (note the usage of “last” rather than “latest”) downfall for Windows Phone 7. In case you don’t have a Windows Phone 7 device or simply if you think I am mumbling nonsense (again), let me pull a little background for this so that you understand what is going on before I go into the article itself.
Sometime right around the launch of Windows Phone 7, many developers were concerned about the multiple layers of security that . . . READ ON »
There are times when we decide to take on news that relate more to security than anything else. After all, one of the fun things about being developers and hackers is security research. The dance usually goes somewhat like this: poke around, find a hole, try to exploit it by formulating a theory, generate a PoC (proof of concept) app to test your theory, have some laughs and invite some friends over for beer, and report it to the code developer to have it fixed. This is the way that, most times anyways, this works out. The code ends up . . . READ ON »
For those who don’t know, BlueStacks is a program for Windows PCs that lets you run fully functional Android applications right from the comfort of your desktop. It’s a nice way to test out new apps you’re developing, play Angry Birds Space on your gorgeous 1080p HD monitor, and is an even better way of getting Google+ Huddles on your computer. However, the application is not without its problems and there are several key Android apps missing from the experience.
XDA Senior Member xRepinsSporx has released a tutorial on how to get the Google Play store on BlueStacks so . . . READ ON »
Augmented reality - a live, direct or indirect, view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented by computer-generated sensory input such as sound, video, graphics or GPS data.
We have been tempted in the movies over the years with augmented reality via heads-up-displays (HUDs), from Terminator to Minority Report, and yet it hasn’t really made the leap from the Silver Screen to real life. Even apps like Layar attempt to bring it to your fingertips. The idea is that we live in a world where information is always around us just waiting to be visualized.
Google X Labs has now . . . READ ON »
You may recall back a year ago that Google came out with a rather big announcement during the week of Google I/O 2011. They announced that they would form a coalition group with representatives from the strongest and largest players in the mobile industry where they would discuss the best possible way to push OS updates faster and more efficiently over an 18 month period to Android customers. This also carried the implied message that any device would be guaranteed to be upgraded after 18 months of being released to a newer version of the OS, if available. We are . . . READ ON »
![[April Fools] Apple iOS is Superior–XDA Changing Focus](http://www.xda-developers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/ios-android-war-iphoneindia-238x148.jpg?139d23 "ios-android-war-iphoneindia")
Here at XDA-Developers, we pride ourselves on being able to eke out the absolute most performance and functionality from our mobile devices. And as Portal Administrator / Editor-in-Chief for the site, it is my duty and responsibility to ensure that this information is highlighted through our media outlets.
A month an a half ago, when the XDA Portal reached its second birthday, I took it upon myself to evaluate market standings and determine which platform(s) would have the most meaningful impact in the years to come. Through this, I came to a startling realization:
iOS is simply better than . . . READ ON »
Not too long ago, we shared fantastic news that Qualcomm had released the Adreno 2xx GPU Binaries for Ice Cream Sandwich. However one thing that we failed to consider was that these precompiled GPU binaries were compatible only with ARMv7 devices.
Sadly, this left many users with older and less powerful ARMv6 devices out in the cold. Due to having less powerful CPUs, these are devices that could stand to benefit greatly from full GPU hardware acceleration in ICS. Not content with sitting idly by, XDA Forum Member sweetnsour quickly saw fit to create a global petition asking Qualcomm to . . . READ ON »
It seems that Samsung has made quite a stir recently thanks to several recently released updates and firmware leaks (albeit they are mostly coming from carriers) to most of their lineup, going back all the way to the original Galaxy S. Thanks to the efforts of XDA Forum Member Przekret and Recognized Developer Faryaab, we now have access to the very latest firmware that was released by Samsung for the original Samsung Galaxy S. The new firmware comes loaded with a ton of updates, bug fixes, a new kernel, a new radio, and most importantly, it will update your . . . READ ON »
Just a few hours ago, AOSP overlord Jean-Baptiste Queru announced that he had begun pushing the source code for Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich to the Android Open Source Project servers. While offering “a few hundred changes over Android 4.0.3,” Queru states that this update mainly delivers on the “tweaks and polish” side of the equation. So what is the bottom line for end users? Unless you currently rock a Nexus device lucky enough to be deemed worthy of the update, not terribly much. In fact, as part of his self-proclaimed 15 minutes(though we would argue that his . . . READ ON »
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