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A few people have asked me how I’ve been getting on with the SmartWatch2 from Sony … The tldr is that I like it, and more than I thought I would.

I’ve often wondered if people who recommend importing devices which are only available in specific countries realise it’s a self-defeating practice.

So in the last couple of months Google have released the Google Play Edition HTC One, the PE Samsung S4, Nexus 7 (2013 edition), ChromeCast, and the MotoX all only in the US, adding to Google Glass’s continued US-only availability.

The details of what I believe to be Android bug 8219321 (master keys) are below.

Nearly 8 months ago I met with a few software engineers working from some rented desks in San Francisco.

I got a call from Skills Matter asking me if I’d be interested in going to droidcon London 2013…. well, it’s already certain I’ll be there, and here’s why; There are going to be several tracks at #DroidconUK13 , and each track has a track-master, a person…

So if I understand this TechCrunch article correctly; Overdose Caffeine stopped developing for the OUYA because they don’t want to implement a control system which works well with an OUYA controller (and the article reads very much like they may have rece…

Maybe I’ve been looking in all the wrong places, but it seems no-one has raised an issue with the current iteration of Project Glass hardware; The uncertainty over the future of its’ CPU.

I know this is going to be unpopular, but I think Facebook have got their Developer Relations working pretty well.

So it’s been confirmed; #io13 will be yet another free-for-all with the freebie grabbers :( This means I’m now definitely going to give it a skip it in favour of Droidcon Berlin and droidcon London later in the year.

So now people are expecting a Chromebook Pixel and an X-Phone as giveaways at #io13 .

Some of you may remember that, back at the end of 2010 I decided to sell AndAppStore to the Seavus group who, in turn, launched a “beyond apps” Android store called Soc.io Mall in 2011.

Looks like Google have done it again; Completely f’ed up when writing a simple order management system.

“Close Account” buttons are unpopular mainly for marketing reasons; They give users an easy way to leave your site, and so your user count goes down and your site looks less popular, but, in many countries, not allowing users to close their account can get

It charges from a Micro-USB connector which is, for Samsung, a huge step in the right direction.

Closing down my other projects.

At #io12 Hugo Barra announced the new Android Platform Development Kit.

One phrase from last nights Amazon.com Kindle launch makes me think they’re going to take over the #Android tablet space and have big consumer support; “…people don’t want gadgets anymore.

This is the P&L; for Diaspora, a project which raised two hundred thousand dollars on Kickstarter (http://goo.gl/Yf3Pi) and has now decided to turn it over “to the community” (http://goo.gl/yH9W9) (read; all the money has gone, they’ve not managed to crea…

One of the changes in #IceCreamSandwich was the introduction of a lower SMS usage monitor rate which restricts how many SMSes can be sent by any application in a given time.

TL;DR: Implementing it in your apps is more hassle than it’s worth.

After a comment on a previous post from George Medve on Flash I though it best to share my take on it.

The #Ouya Kickstarter has nearly crossed the US$5million mark.

Building AOSP JB on OS X 10.7 with XCode 4 takes just a little tweak to your build.

It’s always fun when you can pull the birds on a new device :) Hopefully my posts messing around with the NexusQ have shown you that it is just an #Android device and that most apps would work on it with little to no effort as long as they don’t require t…

If you enable USB debug mode on the Q, then use adb shell you can start the settings app using the command; am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n com.android.settings/.Settings Once you have done this you can “configure” it using; input keyevent xxxx…

After chatting with Billy Rutledge yesterday I’ve got a few ideas spinning for how people could use the #NexusQ so I thought I’d put them out there as they seem to revolve around one theme; The Q as a hub device.

Did I mentioned I was told yesterday that Googlers already have some Android apps running on Project Glass?

Sometimes you have to put your money where your mouth is….

t’s now over 6 months (OK, 6 months and 1 day) since the #GalaxyNexus was launched in the UK.

Seems to be the day for rumours about Google selling the next range of Nexus devices through the Google Play store.

I really wanted to like the HTC One V.

I’ve been asked how I tracked down an AOSP build issue on OS X (http://goo.gl/J9mOL), so I thought it might be worth putting the process up here so others can get an idea of whats involved; I picked the first error which was stopping the build.

I’ve been asked how I tracked down an AOSP build issue on OS X (http://goo.gl/J9mOL), so I thought it might be worth putting the process up here so others can get an idea of whats involved; I picked the first error which was stopping the build.

After spending 3 weeks not having a house (due to legal delays during the purchase) I should be reunited with all my tech this weekend in the new house, so I thought it might be worth reflecting on some of the changes made to accommodate life on the road.

Today I found out that the AppsLib Android application directory is distributing one of my companies apps against our wishes.

After making yesterdays post on how to build the Android Open Source Project master branch using Mac OS X 10.7 and Xcode 4 I’ve tracked down what’s necessary to get the Ice Cream Sandwich branch of AOSP compiling on the same platform.

[Update: The patches have been merged into the AOSP master branch, so as of the 22nd of December AOSP master should compile on OS X 10.7 with Xcode 4 straight from checkout] My company has worked on some Android firmware projects in the past, but, due to…

If been playing with the Xbox360 and its voice control using the Kinect and it’s sparked an idea in my head which I thought I’d post here for comments; What would people think if there was a setting in Android which took you straight into a voice control…

Yesterday Jean-Baptiste Queru announced that Android 4.0.3 had been open sourced via the Android Open Source Project, which is bigger news than you might think.

Over the course of a week I compared the Lumia 800, iPhone, and Galaxy Nexus.

As you’ve probably guessed, I’m impressed with the iPhone.

I’d be interested to hear peoples thoughts on going to IO next year.

I know some of the people who follow me work for companies who make/brand/sell Android devices, so I’m going to put this out there and hope it’s useful to them.

Some tips about the ICS emulator; Don’t expect it to run well on any machine with less than 3GB of RAM.

We all know social networking is only as useful as the people you socialise with.

Yesterday I went to the Microsoft/Nokia Windows Phone 7 development event so I could get a feel for the platform from a developer perspective, and I came away a lot less positive about WinPhone 7.

Given the announcement due tomorrow I think we’re going to be looking at consumers being able to get their hands on an Ice Cream Sandwich device before developers have had a good chance to play with an SDK, which, just like the last time this happened, is…

Great Android Developer Lab in London, Good to talk to Richard Hyndman Nick Butcher and Sparky Rhode .

I’m interested in seeing how well the Fire sells because to me it seems a good test of which consumers value more; Content or technology.