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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 full source code, it’s certainly better than nothing as it will allow devs to begin developing for Honeycomb right now as opposed to whenever Google feels like it. Get to it…
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 MeeGo is designed for. But perhaps a little developer love will help move things along, no?
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 this. One scenario could be HTC (and carriers) getting tired of people bricking their phones with failed rooting attempts and as such are trying to stem the flow of returned handsets. Another according to HTC is simply “carrier interests”. However, the latter doesn’t quite pass the BS test as the Incredible S is an unlocked GSM device.
Whatever the cause may be for HTC’s new heavy handed approach to rooting, it’s not a good one. Previously, HTC was the defacto standard Android manufacturer to support if you were into rooting/custom ROMs. Now that they’re no better than the other big competitors who also have used signature checks and anti-rooting measures (Samsung and Motorola), why choose them?
Hopefully HTC reverts back to their previous ways, because we aren’t fond of this new way of doing business at all.
- November 16, 2010 7:11 am
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 a web app for Symbian devices. With that said, the link itself is just “http://mail.google.com/mail/x/gdlakb-/gp/”. Though you can pick it up already packaged up nice and neat right over here
If you’re a Symbian user, go ahead and give it a shot. Be sure to let us know how it works!
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?
Looks like Palm is really, really serious with this company turnaround thing. First it was the $50 app submission fee. Today it’s the $99 developer fee allowing totally free access to the webOS dev program. A quick trip back in recent memory will reveal Palm has done this before. Except this time it’s final. Pretty sweet stuff if you’re a Palm dev on the fence, no? But even now, with a fast track to “easy money” as they call it, devs aren’t going to be too motivated until they see a collective initiative between hardware and software. We’ve already seen the software is capable. (Though that was before a chunk of the webOS team jumped ship…) Now we just have to wait and see if HP can get the hardware piece of the puzzle up to snuff.
Any devs out there giving webOS another hard look?
The days leading up to WWDC were just as stress-filled as ever, with nerds around the world constantly bickering back and forth as to what Apple was going to reveal. Now that the dust has settled and everything has been ‘splayed before our eyes, it’s time to get into the nitty gritty of Apple’s latest portfolio. So without further fan fare, jump inside for the full rundown of WWDC 2010…
It’s one thing for developers to look at Android and say that any updates can easily be ported to older hardware. But it’s an entirely different story if Android employees themselves get caught saying the same thing under the radar. According to the Android Police, a quick chat session they had with Android employees after the I/O event had wrapped up for the day is pretty alarming, if not somewhat common knowledge.
The HTC HD2 is a wondrous piece of technology with it’s only big short fall being the WinMo ball&chain attached at various limbs. The talented dev community however has something to say — the HTC HD2 is close to dual booting Android goodness.
The video inside outlines all the nicks and nacks of the procedure and should be used as caution to not get too excited just yet as there are still a fair amount of bugs — like an unsightly lack of pretty much all the important drivers.
But once all the bits have been accounted for, this 4.3″ monstrosity will be a happier, bilingual tool that only a true nerd can appreciate…
