http://twitter.com/chrispirillo – http://facebook.com/chrispirillo – http://chris.pirillo.com – I received an email the other day from a community member who has some questions about the differences between the Apple App Store and Google’s Android Marketplace. He feels that the apps are one of the biggest reasons people choose one phone (or operating system) over another, and wants information to make an informed decision himself. http://live.pirillo.com
Duration : 0:14:52
http://mashable.com/2010/01/20/isites/ wrote about this. iSites http://isites.us/ is one of a handful of companies that are offering services that let you build iPhone apps quickly in minutes. Here we meet with the founders of the company who tell us how iSites is different from their competitors and how a variety of newspapers is already using their service.
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In this video, I continue my series of Google Android videos and discuss the Android Marketplace. The Android Marketplace is Google’s answer to the iTunes App Store. Within the marketplace, you’ll find many applications both free and paid sorted by category. I had heard many stories about how much the Android Marketplace lacked applications, but I really didn’t find that to be the case. When compared to the iTunes App Store, sure it has much less, but there’s plenty there for the average consumer. The controls are simple to navigate, applications include a summary and reviews, and the pricing structures seem decent. I was unable to experience the purchasing process since the review unit I have does not allow one to purchase apps, but downloading free apps was a breeze. Every download occurs in the background and notifies you (via the wonderful Android notification system) when it’s complete. I’ve downloaded quite a few apps, and I plan to try many more using the Google Android Marketplace. Enjoy!
Duration : 0:6:9
Get the Bad Breath Detector app on iTunes: http://bit.ly/5ZZUr4 Don’t have an iPhone? You can also DEMO the app here: http://orabrush.com/bbdetector/?ref=youtubeintro
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Duration : 0:2:15
Google Tech Talk
February 25, 2010
ABSTRACT
Presented by Professor Arno Puder, SF State University.
Smart phones such as Google’s Android and Apple’s iPhone have become popular devices for mobile applications. In particular, both devices allow the development of native applications that can take advantage of special purpose hardware such as accelerometers or GPS. While similar in capabilities, smart phones differ greatly in the way native applications have to be written for them. Google’s Android is based on Java with an Android-specific set of widgets, while Apple’s iPhone only supports Objective-C as the programming language of choice. In fact, Apple explicitly prohibits Java virtual machines on the iPhone per license agreement. Objective-C and Java are two radically different programming languages. While Java features strong typing and garbage collection, Objective-C supports dynamic typing but no garbage collection. In this presentation we will describe a technique how Java-based Android applications can be cross-compiled to native iPhone applications. We will demonstrate how Java can be cross-compiled to Objective-C and how the Android API can be mapped to the iPhone-specific Cocoa API. One specific outcome of our work is that native iPhone applications can also be developed in Java. Several demos will be given throughout the presentation. The source code is available under an Open Source license at http://xmlvm.org.
Arno Puder is an Associate Professor at the San Francisco State University. Prior to his current position, he worked for AT&T Labs Research and Deutsche Telekom AG. His interests include middleware, ubiquitous computing, and applications for sensor networks. He is one of the founders of the Open Source CORBA implementation called MICO.
Duration : 1:9:4
Our monthly 30 second challenge is back! And you benefit with 7 Halloween themed apps on this episode of AppJudgment.
Saw6
Whisper or speak into your iPhone for up to a minute and get your voice to sound just like the creepy Jigsaw dude.
Halloween Box for iPhone/iPod Touch
If you like to associate Halloween with scary sounds from witches and howling wolves and other creepy sounds, then you gotta check out the free Halloween Box for the iPhone.
Dr. Wingman’s Halloween Pickup Lines
On Halloween a woman is not just in costume, shes in character. Typical pick-up lines wont work this evening, so this application gives icebreakers based on the most common kinds of costumes women wear on Halloween.
Pet Sematary for iPhone/iPod Touch
Based on the film, Pet Sematary, use your iPhone to clear the town of menacing undead animals and children after a man buries his son at the town’s ancient pet cemetery in hopes of resurrecting him.
Minigore
Minigore, is a survival shooter with enough blood, gore and monsters for your Halloween gaming needs. Your goal is simply to survive an ambush in the woods from monsters called furries.
Spirit Board
This year, instead of having fake ghosts at your Halloween party, why not conjure come real ghosts with the Spirit Board for the Iphone? It’s a portable Ouija board it works pretty much just like the one you played at your 4th grade sleepovers.
Ghost Hunter EMF
After nearly killing the dog in my dark house after I caught a Midnight showing of Paranormal Activity … Ghost Hunter EMF for the iPhone definately caught Patrick’s eye for this week’s challenge. It uses the hardware in your 3GS to detect the Electromagnetic Fields, ahem, “thought to be associated with ghosts.
Duration : 0:5:56
Your iphone, blackberry or android is more than just a tool. It’s also a great place to play games, prank friends, and just generally have fun. These 7 great phone apps will have you laughing and poking for hours!
Fortune Cookie for the Android
You shake your Android G1 phone. You get a fortune. Fun. Download, why not?
WhatTheFont for the iPhone
Half novelty and half utility, this free app lets the type geeks out there identify fonts around town and on the street. It works by simply taking or loading in a photo, cropping your focus area, then defining letters. WhatTheFont then processes the photo and gives you a list of similar, but not exact matches of fonts. Hopefully, you have decent lighting and a good angle since the app can be a little sensitive… but all in all, it’s a fun, easy to use app that allows you to identify fonts to use later.
Sheep Launcher Free for the iPhone
If the ninety nine cent price for Sheep, Sheep Abduction, Zombies vs. Sheep or Sheep Launcher Plus! is too much to bear… try out Sheep Launcher Free! Kronos games combines a sheep, a WW 1 style flight helmet and your iPhones touch screen into a poke based time waster that distracted me from my undersized seat and total lack of legroom for at least half my last cross country frlight from SFO to EWR before I finally tore myself away. Download!
Yammer for the Blackberry, iPhone, iPod Touch
Yammer is a tool for making companies and organizations more productive through the exchange of short frequent answers to one simple question: What are you working on?
Movie Lingo for the iPhone
This little app resembling a slot machine is free and fun! Shake and get a random movie quote, or browse through hundreds of your favorite movies. Download!
Scramble2 for the iPhone
The game is simple, in your playing space, letters are arranged in a grid as 4 or 5 across and 4 or 5 down. Your goal is to link as many words as possible within a 2 or 3 minute time period. Drag your fingers across letters or press on them sequentially to complete words. The longer the words you get, the more points you get. At the end of each round, you can see a list of every possible word you could have gotten. The total number of possible words is always displayed. If you want to get competitive, and I know you do, not only can you play and pass the same grid to a friend right next to you, but you can challenge friends (or strangers) to play online and see their high scores through integration with Facebook Connect. A definite DOWNLOAD if you are into word games.
IsoBusy for the iPhone
IsoBusy is the most foolproof method to get out of meetings, escape awkward?social situations or exit any situation, whenever you need to. Comes loaded with 23 Hollywood-caliber “accomplices” to ensure your safe getaway. (via isobusy.com)
Duration : 0:5:38
