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Hi to all peeps on this forum. I am unfortunately still a bit of a newb to this, but am starting uni on a computer pathway in sept this year due to my own driven interest in web development and android platform development. Im sure i will be asking more …

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Hi: Among the following technologies what you consider is the best tool for a developer to achieve more and best payed works? php - css - wordpress - .NET - ActionScript - ajax - android - asterisk - C# - c++ - css - Delphi - drupal - flash - …

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I am testing with HttpGet to simply see if it would download anything from my website, but the application crashes on startup. Anyone know why? [code=Java]package com.httptest; import java.net.URI; import android.app.Activity; import android.os.Bundle; import android.view.View; import android.view.View.OnClickListener; import android.widget.Button; import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpRequestBase; public class httptest extends Activity { /** Called when …

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Does the wikipedia entry below, list most of the languages you would need to know to build your own app for the iphone OS, Symbian, BlackBerry and Android? And will I just have to learn them or can I use a company other than Medl Mobile? [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_development[/url]

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How to move to Legacy Forum as posted in wrong area? Does the wikipedia entry below, list most of the languages you would need to know to build your own app for the iphone OS, Symbian, BlackBerry and Android? And will I just have to learn them or can I …

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[attach=right]13654[/attach]What's small and pink, incorporates a Linux kernel and an embedded ARM compatible processor, and let's you set up your own personal cloud? The answer is the latest [URL="http://www.pogoplug.com"]Pogoplug[/URL] device from Cloud Engines Inc. Combine this insanely easy to set up bit of kit with a free iPhone app and …

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The long awaited unveiling of the latest Microsoft mobile phone OS is happening as I type in Barcelona at the Mobile World Congress. Twitter is all excited, as you might imagine, with tech journalists and gadget watchers alike swooning over the flashy new additions which would seem to suggest that …

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Buried in all the Google Buzz hype today was a[URL="http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/10/google-fiber-optic-network-home/"] little story on TechCrunch[/URL] that Google is planning to offer [I]1 gigabit-per-second[/I], super-duper, high-speed fiber-optic cable in up to 50,000 homes in the US shortly. This is more significant to me than Google taking on Facebook. Think about this for …

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A software stack is made up of the operating system, the middleware and the applications. In short, the Android software stack is all the software that will make an [URL="http://www.sourcinggate.com/smart-cell-phone-c-174.html"]Android phone [/URL]an Android phone. In fact, many Chinese smart phones come with Android. What do you think of the advantages …

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I am new to Android development. This compiles in Eclipse without any errors, but when I run it in the emulator, it crashes, why? [code=java]package com.buttontest; import android.app.Activity; import android.os.Bundle; import android.view.View; import android.widget.Button; import android.widget.TextView; public class ButtonTest extends Activity { int timesPressed = 0; String timesPressedText = ""; …

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this is helper class . i m unable create a second table in my sqlite please observe the following code [code]helper class.java public class DBAdapter { private static final String DATABASE_NAME="satya_db"; private static final int DATABASE_VERSION=1; private static Context context; private SQLiteDatabase db=null; private static String CREATE_TABLE="create table states(_id integer …

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Recently I reported how [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/news/story254897.html"]the US military is using a Facebook-alike social networking system[/URL], and now I can follow that up with a Facebook makes love not war message. But it's not quite the good news it seems. [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/news/story220492.html"]Tony Blair[/URL] has not decided to post a big 'I'm Sorry' message …

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Yes there are 100,000 or so apps for the iPhone, but thanks to Apple policy if it's porn you are after there's not an app for that. The construction of an Adult App Store for Android devices, however, could soon swing this particular market segment towards the iPhone competitor. The …

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For a while it looked like the [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/news/story252590.html"]Google threat[/URL] to pull out of China was just a load of hot air, and pretty late hot air at that considering [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/news/story253371.html"]it had taken years[/URL] for the search giant to realise that [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry4434.html"]state censorship is a bad thing[/URL]. But that has all …

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Hey everyone! I'm developing a website that interfaces with a database for a college senior project that interfaces with multiple types of smart phones to submit information the phones gather. Part of the requirements is to let the user upload a file. The standard HTML form using method=post for input …

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I am old enough to remember the Westworld movie which starred Yul Brynner as a malfunctioning robot cowboy. It also featured sex robots, androids which allowed paying punters to indulge their every sexual fantasy. Of course, Westworld was a big hit in 1973 and I guess it was only ever …

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Google announced the long awaited [URL="http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2010/01/google_releases_its_nexus_one.html"]Nexus One[/URL] today, but the phone itself was only part of the story. Google has decided to distribute the phone exclusively through its own [URL="http://www.google.com/phone"]web store[/URL], a misguided strategy I think will ultimately backfire on them. Frankly, I think it's a mistake for the company …

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Well, this looks like it - all the reports are in place. I think we can safely say it's Googlephone day, particularly when there are bloggers around who've [URL="http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2010/01/the-google-phone.html"]already received a Nexus[/URL]. This only leaves one question unanswered. If the Nexus is going to be the Google phone, what are …

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Persistent rumors have Google scheduling an event for Tuesday to launch its new Nexus One mobile phone. Engadget was even fortunate enough [URL="http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/02/exclusive-google-nexus-one-hands-on-video-and-first-impressio/"]to procure one[/URL] ahead of the launch. Whenever Google makes it official, it's clearly an impressive looking device, but ever since I heard about Google manufacturing its own …

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my task is to create a gui for a list of cars, bus,bicycle etc. and the program should be able to add and remove to the car in store. so i wrote this code below using netbeans IDE. [CODE]package vehicleregister; import java.awt.*; import java.awt.event.*; public class VehicleRegister extends Frame implements …

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Augmented reality has been a bit of a Star Trek thing until now - you know, one of those things that seems a good idea but won't really work outside of a few sci-fi shows. Well, maybe it won't be for long. The [URL="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8421684.stm"]BBC[/URL] is among the sources suggesting it's …

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Everyone has posted their predictions for 2010 but here's the real scoop on what's going to happen in 2010 with Linux and Linux-oriented hardware and software products. Get ready to see the biggest increase in Linux adoption in history. You can say you saw it here first. These are in …

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[URL="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/12/17/google-acquire-buy-yelp/"]TechCrunch reports[/URL] that Google is in advanced stage negotiations to purchase [URL="http://www.yelp.com/boston"]Yelp[/URL], the online local business review service. This is a deal that makes so much sense for Google, it makes me wonder why they haven't done it already. As I [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/news/story247150.html"]wrote yesterday[/URL], mobile is a big part of the …

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Hey guys, Whenever I load up Eclipse it is really slow when I start type code. This is what happens, I'll load up eclipse, and when I make a new Java Project, it takes about 30 seconds to create it. When I want to start righting code, it freeze on …

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The Android has landed. 17 percent of people in the U.S. currently planning to buy a smartphone within the next three months are considering one that runs Google's mobile OS, while 20 percent indicated that iPhone would be their choice. That's according to [url=http://comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2009/12/Android_Crashing_the_Smartphone_Party]a report released yesterday[/url] by analyst firm …

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The news that Google is going to start making its own mobile phones to run the Android operating system might seem odd at first but it's actually quite logical. I should stress it's unsubstantiated as yet but it's appeared on a number of websites. The doubters have pointed out that …

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Tired of parsing all the source code involved in building mobile apps? Or perhaps the approval process for Apple's App Store is getting you down. Or maybe you're an aspiring commercial developer in search of the next must-have platform to tap. If you think Android might be the one, then …

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Google [URL="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/12/07/google-goggles/"]announced Google Googles [/URL]yesterday, an application that uses the camera in your Android-powered phone to take a picture, conduct a visual search, then return results. Google admits that it's very early, but this is extremely intriguing technology and it has the potential to take visual search to a whole …

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Pretty much anywhere you live, it would appear that the iPhone consumes at least 50% of all mobile data traffic. Whereas the Android has a little catching up to do with just 11% of that mobile data bandwidth consumption. Of course, the iPhone entered the restaurant first and is already …

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Verizon made [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37NKnDRPFKU"]an ad[/URL] making fun of AT&T's 3G coverage (and it's manliness). AT&T wasn't happy because it suggested their 3G coverage was spotty. So [URL="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/atandt-sues-verizon-over-theres-a-map-for-that-ads/"]they sued[/URL] saying the ads were misleading consumers, and anyway they had way more customers and their customers loved them, and Verizon just couldn't handle …

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The [url=http://www.blackberrydeveloperconference.com/overview]BlackBerry Developer Conference[/url] concluded yesterday, but not before Research in Motion had the chance to unveil enhancements to its [url=http://na.blackberry.com/eng/developers/]BlackBerry Application Platform[/url], which now supports [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenGL_ES]OpenGL ES[/url], a subset of the desktop graphics API specification for embedded systems. Useful for development of 3D games development and other graphics, it's …

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Now that's what I call an Android phone. Actually, that's what I call an Android phone that might just [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry3944.html"]kick some iPhone ass[/URL]. The [URL="http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/mobilephones/specifications/xperiax10a?lc=en&cc=us#a"]Sony Ericsson Xperia X10[/URL] social networking phone is Android powered and feature rich. How rich? Well, how does 1GB RAM plus 16Gb of flash storage and …

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Cellphone manufacturer Samsung has taken everyone by surprise by announcing its own operating system Bada - Korean for 'ocean' - will [URL="http://www.bada.com/samsung-launches-open-mobile-platform/"]launch in December[/URL]. The intriguing question is why the company wants to do it. The Smartphone arena is at the moment dominated by a handful of players - Google's …

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[URL="http://www.media.mit.edu/people/bio_lip.html"]Andrew Lippman[/URL], who is the Founding Associate Director at the [URL="http://www.media.mit.edu/?page_id=13"]MIT Media Lab[/URL] suggested at a talk last week that we were on the edge of a new third cloud where assistance becomes as important as access. The first cloud was the internet itself. The second cloud provided the services …

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There was a good analysis [URL="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/26/microsoft-google-and-the-bear/"]in the NYT yesterday[/URL] regarding the Google Android strategy, which according to author Saul Hansell, is intended not to make money for Google, but to block Microsoft from getting traction in the mobile space. Given that Google is giving Android away, it's a theory that …

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Hi,Everyone! Have you ever worked with mobile application? Do you have any idea about Building mobile application? Let we all can share our Knowledge about Iphone, Android, Blackberry. Hope we developer have better concept about mobile application!! Thanks Suganya

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Mobile developers will be pleased to learn that Recursion Software has announced the availability of a C++ Toolkits Symbian bundle. The cross-platform, mobile and embedded app development tools specialist took the opportunity at the CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment Expo 2009 to announce that C++ libraries for the iPhone and …

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Can't decide whether to develop for Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, or Symbian? You may not have to, if the latest "write once, run anywhere" claim from Recursion Software bears fruit. The company today unveiled Voyager 7.2 Pervasive Software Platform, and says that developers can use the tool to target those platforms …

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Hello, Been a softie for about 20 years, mainly embedded systems and applications in assembler, C and C++ and Java. Current personnal projects is the Android platform. kaifong

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Occasionally you see something exciting, which is why I'm very pleased to tell you about [URL="http://www.worksnug.com"]WorkSnug[/URL] - a new iPhone app, also coming to Android, I was shown by the founder a day or so ago. It's one of those things that addresses a need you didn't know you had …

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Hi Everyone, I actually stumbled across this site while trying to figure out a piece of my homework. The website seemed to have a better explanation than the teacher or the textbook, so now I'm hooked. I actually work in accounting, but became interested in programming about a yr ago. …

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Hi, I'm (fairly) new to Daniweb, coming in from Linux Today, my favorite Linux info web site. As far back as I can remember, I remember downloading and installing Slackware 95, Download stacks and stacks of floppies over a dialup connection. and then do the "toaster" thing. Out comes one …

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Hi folks, just looking. Maybe responding to misconceptions I see in the blogs/news. Like: Linux Desktop: huh? There are so many, which one do you mean, and, do you distinguish between the Linux OS and its desktops? Also, I'm puzzled by the term "Android OS". After all, from an OS …

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To be honest, these days it takes a new iPhone or maybe the latest Android-powered beast to get my smartphone pulse racing even if BlackBerry is the top of the smartphone pops in [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry4324.html"]raw number terms[/URL]. So news of a new BlackBerry, the Curve 8520 which was also know as …

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The Google Android OS is coming to the Acer Aspire ONE netbook, and sooner than you might imagine. As a happy ONE owner myself, and a keen observer of all things Android, the news that it could be as soon as Q3 this year really pleases me. Jim Wong, President …

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Last week we heard about the first Android-powered Netbook (which I wrote about in [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry4290.html"]First Android Netbook Nothing to Write Home About[/URL]). Then on Friday, analyst [URL="http://gartenblog.net/"]Michael Gartenberg[/URL], who is VP of Strategy at Interpret, and who writes frequently about consumer technology sent the following Tweet: [I]Is Android's future in …

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Looks like Google could be in deep water, along with the Open Handset Alliance and some 40 or so companies, over an apparent trademark infringement. Now you might think that there had been some pretty heavyweight due diligence before Google and the OHA determined to call the open source mobile …

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The Android is about to take the leap from the cell phone to the netbook, and much like the first Android-powered cell phone, the first iteration is a bit of head-shaker. Instead of a dazzling showcase, it's underpowered and small, and although it has some interesting qualities, cost is going …

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May 5th should prove to be an interesting day for tech fans, as it would appear that both the much hyped Windows 7 operating system and the HTC Magic Android mobile phone will be launched to the waiting public. Neowin [URL="http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/04/18/windows-7-rc-coming-to-msdntechnet-soon-public-may-5"]spotted[/URL] that a Microsoft Partners [URL="https://partner.microsoft.com/US/40084742"]web page[/URL] (now replaced with …

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Google's [URL="http://www.androidlinux.com"]Android[/URL] operating system for cell phones, GPS devices and a host of other gadgets yet to be is the topic of much controversy and discussion. Why? [URL="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsembedded/en-us/products/windowsce/default.mspx"]Windows CE[/URL], Embedded Linux, Android...who cares? When you shop for a phone, or any modern gadget, do you ask which operating system it's …

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