Red Branch

Like a virtual machine for running a version of Android,  the Android emulator is useful for testing. I used it to check how websites looked under Android. After installing the Android SDK run the ./android binary in the ‘tools’ directory and install some versions of Android. Then from the menu bar choose Tools > Manage [...]

I noticed some unbranded Android phones on eBay and I have bought two so far. The first one was a 4.3″ Android 4.0 with the MTK6575 processor, and the second was a 4.6″ Android 4.0 with the dual core MTK6577 processor. I tested the devices using Antutu Benchmark and the scores are shown in the [...]

I purchased an Android Tablet on eBay named the ‘Superpad 8′ or ‘Flytouch 8′ so I thought I would post a few thoughts about it for others. A quick search for ‘Superpad 8′ on eBay or Amazon should get you started. Inevitably any device like this will be compared to an iPad but at £120 [...]

So I wanted to create screenshots of my HTC Hero Android phone from my Ubuntu desktop. So I … downloaded and extracted the android sdk to e.g. ~/programs cd into the ./tools directory run the ./android program Install any version specific stuff required sudo vi /etc/udev/rules.d/90-android.rules sudo service udev restart Unplug the phone and plug [...]

Connection speed symbols on my HTC Hero. There are 4 symbols (shown below in order of speed) displayed in the top bar when using mobile network:G    GPRS ~ 56 kbit/s (171 kbit/s theoretical max)E    EDGE ~ 240 kbit/s (473 kbit/s theoretical max)3G  3G ~ 348kbit/s to 2Mbit/s H    HSPA ~ 3.6-7.2 Mbit/s with current hardware [...]