App Inventor for Android - Create Apps in Your Browser

Google are have announce that App Inventor (beta) is now available in Labs to anyone with a Google account!

I've just been playing with it this afternoon so haven't fully used all the functionalities but it's awesome! Can you spot my application running on my HTC Legend?

If you're lucky enough to have a Google account, get app developing now!

http://appinventor.googlelabs.com/about/

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Testing Android Applications on the HTC Legend

After hours trying to get the right drivers for my HTC Legend, I've finally managed to do the following -

1. Able to test applications developed using Eclipse straight on my HTC Legend without having to install them via the market or otherwise
2. Able to take screenshots of my HTC Legend through connecting to my laptop

It's been important for me to get this all set up correctly because I'm wanting to develop some applications for my personal research project.

I encountered problems installing things because I'm using a HTC Legend smartphone. For others who might want to do the same, here are the site that I've used to get it all set up -

• http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/device.html
• http://www.cellphone-reviews.co.uk/2010/04/htc-legend-usb-drivers.html
• http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-take-screenshots-of-android-device/
• http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/what-is-adb-and-how-to-install-it-android/
• http://www.dkszone.net/setup-install-adb-android-debug-bridge-windows-7
• http://androidforums.com/application-development/235217-ddms-cannot-find-adb.html

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Black Eyed Peas - The Time (Dirty Bit) ...Can you spot the Augmented Reality app?

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2:14 - Augmented Reality app being used on the new BlackBerry PlayBook?

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Adobe Flash coming to iPhone, thanks to Skyfire

Adobe Flash is finally coming to the iPhone … thanks to Skyfire.

Skyfire is a web browser for the iPhone platform, but with a difference. It offers the ability for iPhone users to view Flash video content by transcoding it into HTML5 on the fly. Skyfire for iPhone was built in accordance with Apple guidelines, including the use of a WebKit browser core shared with Safari, and h.264 adaptive streaming and has been approved by Apple for inclusion in the App Store.

As well as transcoding Flash video, Skyfire offers several features not offered by the built-in Safari browser:

• Related Content – The “Explore” icon recommends relevant content (news, video, tweets, etc.) based on the page they’re viewing at the time.
• Sharing – The “Share” icon lets users share any article or video easily with their friends on Facebook, Twitter or e-mail.
• User Agent Switching - load pages for either mobile or desktop.

• Privacy - Keep your browsing private, with no data trail.

Skyfire will be hitting the Apple App Store this Thursday, priced at $2.99.

via zdnet.com

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TAT Augmented ID, The Future of Business Cards

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I've spent my evening checking out some more Augmented Reality apps and this one really caught my eye. The app uses the Flickr facial recognition technology of Polar Rose to identify a person’s face and pull up info like their online profile and contact info. You can create your own profile and select what other people can pick up form you. This would be prefect for presentations, talks or conferences and an alternative way of networking without having to hand out business cards to everyone.

This is just a prototype at the moment but I think this could be an awesome app! I know some think 'Oh no! Someone's going to point their camera phone at me and steal my bank details' but it's not like that. Firstly you have to create your own profile and then you select what information you want to display, for example Facebook, Youtube, Twitter or general contact details.

All I can hope is that this app actually comes to pass! ...Although there could be alternatives out their that I haven't come across yet. If you do know of any apps like this one let me know!

For more information about this app and more check out the TAT website - http://www.tat.se/site/showroom/latest_design.html

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