Google may not be playing nicely with devs chomping at the bit to get the official Android 3.0 Honeycomb source code, but that doesn’t mean ASUS will follow the same path. Interested parties looking to get at least some partial Honeycomb goodness need look no farther than ASUS’ official Eee Pad Transformer page for the goods. The release on ASUS’ site carriers the version of “V8.2.2.6″ and tips the scales at 97MB. While it’s not the...
The often forgotten other open source mobile operating system, MeeGo, just received some fresh support by way of a source code release in the form of an SDK. The MeeGo team hopes that in releasing said code in a more digestible format that developers will more readily accept the MeeGo platform. Thus far, however, few hardware manufacturers have jumped on board the MeeGo train. Instead, the likes of Google and Apple have mostly dominated the smartphone/tablet market that...
Fans of HTC’s longtime developer friendly handsets are getting an abrupt end to their party. Starting with the HTC Thunderbolt on Verizon and again witnessed with the upcoming HTC Incredible S, HTC has begun making use of signature checks. These checks spring into action when a custom recovery image is flashed, and lock things down if a stock HTC key isn’t found. Basically, HTC has turned their back on the developer community. There are a couple reasons for...
We may not talk much about Symbian ’round these parts, but every now and then something news worthy comes through the wire that is worth a nod. Truth be told however, it isn’t because of some new advancement by Nokia or the Symbian backers at large. Instead, a single developer by the name of Asri al-Baker is the star of the day and the brains behind a repackaged Gmail Mobile. Specifically, al-Baker took the iPhone optimized Gmail web page repackaged it into...
Windows Phone 7 developers who for whatever reason didn’t register early on for the WP7 developer program can finally get in on the upcoming action. The early bird-only restriction is now dead and buried. So release away! Before you do however, clear up any remaining questions you may have by visiting the official WP7 App Hub. Any WP7 developers want to chime in on their experiences so far? Source: MSDN, Via: Engadget, WM...
