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Ice Cream Sandwich & Galaxy Tab 10.1

Evan — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:30:14 +0000

For the last few days, I’ve been running Ice Cream Sandwich on my Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. If you only read this one sentence…you should now its fast!

Ice Cream Sandwich comes to the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 by way of the CyanogenMod team and ROM developer Romanbb. CyanogenMod is the largest custom ROM [...]

Daily Highlights #22: Beatboxing + (Google+) + Galaxy Nexus

Evan — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 05:16:21 +0000

What do you get when you add Beatboxing, Google+, and the Galaxy Nexus?

A very very super dope commercial. As anyone who as been around me for any considerable amount of time will tell you, I randomly breakout and beatbox….not anywhere near this level however.

Oh yea, hit me up on Google+.

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The Verizon Galaxy Nexus Life [Review]

Evan — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 17:55:20 +0000

Once upon a time, Google set out to deliver a pure Android experience. The result of that effort was the Nexus line of Android devices. In January 2010, they released the Nexus One (by HTC), 11 months later, the Nexus S (by Samsung), and just a few short weeks ago, the Galaxy Nexus (also by [...]

Commuting, Time Lapse Style [Video]

Evan — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:21:07 +0000

Things always look cool in a) slow motion & b) time-lapsed. This is my commute with the latter. If only it were this short in realtime.

Shot on my Galaxy Nexus. Definitely recording some more.

First Day Battery Life

Evan — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 04:32:23 +0000

Its always tough gauging the battery life of a phone on the first day because your always playing with it and the battery isn’t fully conditioned yet. Here are the battery stats from the first day. LTE was off until the last fourth of my day.

Samsung Galaxy Nexus [Hands On]

Evan — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 05:08:22 +0000

So, I just took delivery of a Samsung Galaxy Nexus. The latest Android handset (running Android 4.0) from Google and Samsung riding on Verizon 4G LTE. How is it?

Very awesome. The first post is going to be rather brief…I’m definitely finding it hard to put the phone down.

The Galaxy Nexus [...]

The Real Reason Android’s UI Lags?

Evan — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:28:33 +0000

My number one gripe with Android (or at least my Samsung Captivate) is the relative lagginess of the user interface. Andrew Munn, a former software engineer intern on the Android team, lays out his theory, intertwined with tons of facts.

Andrew Munn’s primary explanation behind Android’s UI lagginess…the thread that is responsible for drawing [...]

Android Development: Downloading Files from a Network

Evan — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:50:56 +0000

In GDocs Export, prior to version v2.0.1, I had overlooked a rather serious issue with mobile development.

The issue, limited memory. Android sets a virtual machine heap size, or the maximum amount of memory a process can allocate when running in a Dalvik virtual machine, which all Android applications run on if developed using [...]

GDocs Export News

Evan — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:45:08 +0000

Oi! I have a few points of interest as it relates to GDocs Export.

GDocs Export v2.0.1

I have updated GDocs Export to v2.0.1. This version fixes the crash when downloading files that exceed your devices dalvik virtual memory heap size, which can vary depending on the device. Instead of caching the entire file [...]

Google Music

Evan — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:02:43 +0000

Google unshackled the beta status of it’s music service today and simultaneously announced it has started to peddle digital tracks to the masses.

For those who are unaware, back in May 2011 at Google I/O, Google announced Google Music Beta. It started off as a music locker service. It allows users to upload a [...]

Samsung Galaxy Nexus 1080p Video Sample

Evan — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:27:44 +0000

Last week, I posted a video sample from Apple’s iPhone 4S. It was a 1080p video and I was blown away. Well GSM Arena, in their preview, posted a 1080P video sample shot by the newly announced, Ice Cream Sandwich eating, Samsung Galaxy Nexus. I was blown away again.

I think [...]

Android 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwich”

Evan — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 03:55:18 +0000

Google announced Android 4.0, codenamed “Ice Cream Sandwich” this evening.

The most overarching takeaway I got from the live announcement was “Android is now all growed up”. �

Android 4.0 was released with a brand new Nexus device, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. It sports:

1.2GHz dual core SoC manufactured by Texas Instruments [...]

New Dropbox Beta

Evan — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:23:18 +0000

I’m a big fan of Dropbox. I’m a big fan of cloud storage as it means that I don’t have to mess around with USB cords to transfer files between my desktop PC, MacBook Pro, Tab 10.1, and Captivate.

I learned of a new Dropbox Beta from AndroidPolice. The newly refreshed UI is [...]

What’s Next for Android?

Evan — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 03:29:10 +0000

It’s safe to say a lot has happened in mobile electronics the past couple months. Google’s announcement will be the climax of all that has happened.

The iPhone 4S was announced this past Tuesday…and while its a formidable device, many were disappointed in it because it doesn’t seperate itself enough from the [...]

GDocs Export v2.0

Evan — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:13:22 +0000

It’s been a while since the last update. Here is GDocs Export v2.0. Read on for the changes.

Changes:

New look and feel New application icon Can now access and download every file in your Google Doc’s account Application remembers your sorting changes Additional support for DOCX, XLSX, and PPTX file types (can preview [...]

Quick Look at Gingerbread for the Captivate, Deja Vu Edition

Evan — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 02:32:04 +0000

Way way back (actually only a couple months ago), two Gingerbread leaks (Android 2.3.3) dropped for the Samsung Captivate (Galaxy S for AT&T), I897UCKF1. Improvements included significant performance enhancements, better battery life, and a more Gingerbread-like look and feel. These early leaks while relatively stable for a leak, still lacked the polish needed for [...]

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 [Review]

Evan — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 19:09:44 +0000

I was fortunate enough to recieve a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 nine days ago. I’ve been thoroughly using it. Continue reading to see what I think

I Love The Hardware

Samsung touts the Galaxy Tab 10.1 as the thinnest tablet out. It is indeed thin. How thin? 8.6mm thin. Thats thinner than my Captivate, [...]

When Patents Attack…

Evan — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 19:46:42 +0000

Google’s Senior VP and Chief Legal Officer, David Drummond, has finally put out a statement on where they stand in regards to the IP/patent situation going on between them, Apple, Microsoft, and Oracle in regards to their Android mobile platform.

I have worked in the tech sector for over two decades. Microsoft and Apple have [...]

Well hello there…

Evan — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 17:32:50 +0000

I am making my first tablet optimized blog post from a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. More to come…

GDocs Export 1.2 Available

Evan — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 01:31:47 +0000

GDcos Export 1.2 is available in the Android Market. New to this release include the ability to sort your list of documents and additional last modification metadata available in the document list. I am working hard to bring OAuth functionality to GDocs Export. I wasn’t able to bring it to 1.2, however look for [...]