Developer

With the increasing number of Android handsets being available in the Philippines, Globe Labs of Globe Telecoms in the Philippines has started off it’s Android Developer Challenge. The event which is dubbed as the “Globe Challenge for Android™” is being introduced to the mobile developers in the country.

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The Android development team has just made available version 1.1 release 1 of the Android SDK. This is inline with the recent updates to Android devices providing new features and functionality. API changes are quite minor. Several items have been fixed, some new features for the Map and dialer have been added, plus several API changes. You can check out the release notes.

Download Android SDK 1.1 release 1.

When Google released the Android open mobile platform, they have made an Eclipse plugin to be able to develop Android software using the Eclipse IDE. If you’re a Netbeans user, don’t worry because you can use Netbeans for creating Android applications also. Several guys created a Netbeans plugin that makes it possible to do Android software development under Netbeans.

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Wait no longer. If you’re dying to get your hands on a SIM-unlocked and hardware-unlocked Android-based T-Mobile G1 mobile phone, here’s your chance. For just USD 399.00, you can get your own T-Mobile G1 mobile phone that you can use for developing those nifty Google Android applications. You can even hack and create a custom Android OS and install it on the unlocked T-Mobile G1. Great opportunity also for those wanting to have an Android mobile phone and you don’t live in one of T-Mobile’s geographic locations.

If you’re a developer, you can even get your own hacks into the Android kernel and install it on the unlocked Android Dev Phone 1 device to create your own customized version of the T-Mobile G1 cell phone.

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The focus of NetBeans IDE 6.5 is simplified and rapid development of web, enterprise, desktop, and mobile applications with PHP, JavaScript, Java, C/C++ , Ruby, and Groovy. Of course a lot of you are waiting for the PHP support, including me

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MotoDev is holding a summit in beautiful Sao Paulo, Brazil. The one day event includes several sessions and tutorials about the next generation of Motorola devices, platforms and technologies. Christy Wyatt, Motorola’s Vice President of Software Platforms & Ecosystem, will be providing the keynote address.

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Richard Garriot, game developer and publisher (of the Ultima series of video games), is now well on his way to visit the International Space Spacestation onboard the Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft.

I just loved playing his games especially the video game called The Privateer (wonder if I still have the game and if it will run on Wine. He sure made a bundle selling video games ‘coz I think he paid about 30 million US dollars for the space trip. He’s the very first space tourist who is a game developer.

Did you know that he is actually the son of an Astronaut (I previously didn’t)?

T-mobile has recently opened up its developer community site called devPartner. The T-mobile developer provides a way of bridging the gap between it’s subscriber base and the mobile developer community. The developer program, dubbed “stick together®”, provides support for mobile phones used by its subscribers and a testing and certification process for mobile applications.

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Nokia has launched it’s “Calling All Innovators” global developer contest to motivate the growth of mobile applications around the world. The contest focuses on three categories — eco-challenge, emerging markets, technology showcase. Up to USD 150,000 is up for grabs.

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I recently came across this relatively new project called mewt. Mewt is one of those widget toolkit that helps mobile Java developers in creating consistent user interfaces for J2ME software on mobile phones.

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