Android Mobiles

In a post on LWN.net, Brian Swetland reveals the name of Android’s next release.

“We maintain a set of patches on top of Linux, which we periodically rebase to the latest released Linux kernel. We’ve been doing this roughly every other kernel release since about 2.6.14. This week we’re finalizing our move to 2.6.32 for the Android ‘Froyo’ release, and we’ll likely be on .33 or .34 for ‘Gingerbread.’”

So what do you think “H” will be? Hamburger probably won’t work, as it doesn’t fall under the “sweets” category. Maybe they’ll use Hersheys, Hot Fudge, or possibly Hollow Chocolate Bunnies.

Yummm…. Bunnies.

In a post on LWN.net, Brian Swetland reveals the name of Android’s next release.

“We maintain a set of patches on top of Linux, which we periodically rebase to the latest released Linux kernel. We’ve been doing this roughly every other kernel release since about 2.6.14. This week we’re finalizing our move to 2.6.32 for the Android ‘Froyo’ release, and we’ll likely be on .33 or .34 for ‘Gingerbread.’”

So what do you think “H” will be? Hamburger probably won’t work, as it doesn’t fall under the “sweets” category. Maybe they’ll use Hersheys, Hot Fudge, or possibly Hollow Chocolate Bunnies.

Yummm…. Bunnies.

Following the huge success of their popular application for the IPhone, the travel site TripIt has released an application for Android. The app is free and can be found in the Android Market, but requires users to sign up for a free account on TripIt.com to actually use it.  The app will provide Android users access to names of airlines, hotels, or other locations that are included with travel plans.  Personally, I think TripIt is a great site and can’t wait to get this on my phone as I am going to overseas very soon.  If you get a chance to use it let us know what you think.

This is the kind of preferential treatment we’ve been hoping for since Android was announced.  Google just announced a pair of new features that help blur the lines between your PC and Android experience. Using your Google account, users can now pull up previous searches and starred/favorite places in the latest version of Google Maps. More specifically, you can pull up a search on your Android device that was initially done on a computer. Did you save a few local hot spots in Google Maps while on the laptop this morning? Bring ‘em up on your (insert Android phone) tonight!

Both of these features are available in Google Maps 3.4. The brand new Nexus One update going out this week will already bake in the new version. For the rest of us, we’ll have to wait a bit until it’s rolled out in the Android Market. We can’t wait to see where they go with these features and especially how Latitude gets integrated!

We’ve received a couple of emails over the last week from a gaming studio called HyperDevbox who has alerted us to two games of theirs. Both of them, LoveCatch and the brand new ExZeus were written to take advantage of OpenGL and 3D gaming capabilities.  As you may already know, Android, in general, hasn’t been lavished with recognition for its games.  If companies like HyperDevbox are doing this with today’s Android phones, we can’t wait to see what the future holds.  These look just as good as anything else we’ve seen on a mobile device.

I asked them to give me an idea as to what they might charge for a game like ExZeus.  Their responses was that it should be around 350YEN for ExZeus arcade ($3.80 US).  As of today, that’s the same price that LoveCatch goes for.  They plan to publish it to not only the Android Market, but also the new SHOP4APPS from Motorola.  In fact, they’d like to have it listed in every market where the games could be delivered in a “secure” manner.

Both games will depend on the microSD card for app storage as it gets downloaded directly from their local server.  For instance, LoveCatch installs 22MB to your memory card.  HyperDevBox states that this should free up the local memory quite a bit, not exceeding 2MB worth of space!

Take a look at the videos for both games below!  Still pictures do not do either of these justice.