Several weeks ago Google has released the source code for the current generation of Android, called Froyo or version 2.2. The open source code allows the development of community firmware version of Android Froyo. After several alpha and beta versions CyanogenMod has released their stable version with support of a lot of different Android devices.
The list of official supported smart phones range from the G1 or HTC Dream, Motorola Droid or Milestone and the Nexus One. With this ROM a lot of devices with no official Froyo release can be updated to the newest Android version.
Especially phones with legacy hardware such as the T-Mobile G1 will profit from a download to CyanogenMod 6 respectively Android 2.2. Task will run more smoothly and include new features known from Android 2.2 such as WiFi teetering or the cloud-to-device-messaging-framework. In CyanogenMod is the home screen visualized via ADWLauncher. Additioal there are new software packages for music and contacts as well as a ROM manager, which will actualize the software version of the device.
CyanogenMod can be downloaded from the homepage of the project, where additional information can be found in the forums section and wiki of the site. There is a detailed instruction how to install this custom ROM on your device. Please keep in mind that with an installation, the device theoretically could be damaged and there is no warranty any more.
What is the difference between TFTs, AMOLED and the new SLCD displays. HTC has changed the screen type of the HTC Desire from AMOLED to SLCD due to shotages of Samsung at the production of AMOLED screens for mobile phones.
In the following video ai.rs Blog has tested these different screen types under various light conditions. The test includes the new HTC Desire with Super LCD, the HTC Desire with AMOLED and the HTC HD2 with normal TFT display. Continue reading →
Today Google has released version 1.1 of Google Earth for Android. The app has a size of 5.39 MB and is only available for phones running Android 2.1+. Now one feature known from the PC version of Google Earth version 5.0+ is included: Google Ocean. With Android 2.2 (FroYo) it is possible to move the application to the SD-Card. After installation the application requires approximately 20 MB of storage.
Google Earth can be navigated via the motion sensors of the phone. As alternative the user can also press on buttons on the screen. Continue reading →
Delta Payday loans is a leanding company similar to many others available on the internet.
There are no precise description about payable fees which are charged by the company. In the frequently asked questions your can read something like this:
Our fees are competitive and in compliance with all applicable state and federal laws. Depending on the lender the fee can range from $15 to $25 per $100 borrowed. So if you borrow $300 the fee will be between $65.00 to $85.00.
Fees should be 15% to 20% of the borrowed amount. But in the given examples the fees are more than 28%. Some requirements to qualify for receiving a boorowed amount of money are:
You must have an income of at least $1000 per month.
You must be employed at your current job for at least 3 months.
You must have an active checking account for at least 3 months.
Your paycheck must be direct deposited into your checking account.
You must be at least 18 years old.
Citation from the site:
Unlike other lenders, DeltaPaydayLoans does not subject our customers to a credit check in order to qualify for a cash advance loan. If you have been rejected by other lenders because of poor credit, lack of credit, or bankruptcy, you already understand how frustrating and time-consuming it can be to secure a loan when a credit check is required. Because DeltaPaydayLoans solely provides short-term lending solutions typically lasting two weeks, there is no need to perform a credit check due to the short lending period.
The blog fast weight loss diet is a relatively new blog about loosing weight. It contains 6 categories including Diets, Featured, Six Pack Abs, Weight Loss, Weight Loss Products, Workouts. It is also possible to sign up for a free newsletter about special diets. The last post includes 15 Non-Traditional, Muscle Building, Fat Scorching Workouts: Staircase Workouts, Wind Sprints and Hill Sprints, Kettlebell Training, Bodyweight Workouts, Ring Training, Swimming, sandbag Training, Mountain Biking, Indoor (or outdoor) Rock Climbing, Stick Wrestling, Strongman Training, Rope Climbing, Bag Boxing, Rope Skipping, Jumping exercises.
These types of workouts are described within the post.
One citations:
Workouts at the gym should be fun and engrossing, especially with some innovations of your own when you feel that you get bored with the same dragging routine. If you have been reading my newsletters regularly, you know that I have some exciting ideas in my kitty…
The blog is based on wordpress and does not have any information about the author or publisher of the content. The fist posts of the blog started in August 2010.
There are a lot of LBS and Mapping applications for the iPhone or Android phones for downloading in their markets. But since now real mobile GIS software is not common yet. iExtMap tries to go one step further and includes not only geolocation capabilities but also visualization of different map layers from different sources, which can be overlayed. It is planned to include first anaysing functions like identify and query. We will see which mobile application will be the first full featured GIS for an iPhone or Android device, including capabilities to store, manage, visualize, edit and analyze geographic information.
iExtMap is a mobile GIS Viewer for iPhone, IPod Touch and iPad devices. It is a free viewer for ArcGIS Server, WMS and KML/GeoRSS. Users can also see static map tiles with iExtMap. Continue reading →
More fun with numbers! Roughly 88% of the world’s population lives in the northern hemisphere, and about half the world’s population lives north of 27°N.
Taking the northern and southern hemispheres together, on average the world’s population lives 24 degrees from the equator.
Today in its San Francisco office Google has held a press conference about news regarding its mobile operating system, Android. Hugo Barra, Google’s Director of Product Management for Mobile discussed about the evolution of mobile computing capabilities.
The focus of his talk was about Voice Control. He stated that 1 out of 4 queries on Android 2.0 devices in the US are being made using voice search. He emphasized Googles efforts to investigate in the field of voice search to generate search queries. Continue reading →
HTC is currently working hard to add several new smartphones to the mobile market. This week a lot of photos from different and not yet released models are shown on the web. Following details considering the HTC Android modell Desire HD and the Windows 7 phone HTC Schubert are the most creditable:
Desire HD
The Desire HD will be the replacement for the HTC Desire. The phone will include a 8-Megapixel camera, which records HD Videos and includes a dual LED Flash light. The heart of the phone is a 1-GHz Snapdragon processor and a 4,3 inch touch screen. As operating system Android 2.2 Froyo is running. Several blogs assume that the Desire HD will support 4G and will be the first 4G phone for the European market.
HTC Schubert
The name of the first HTC Windows Phone 7 sounds strange. But there were also rumors about a phone called HTC Mozart. Maybe HTC will name all their Windows 7 phones according to famous composers.
The HTC Schubert should have an aluminium unibody alloy, similar to the Android counterpart Legend. Nevertheless the design should be very different to the HTC Legent.
Prices and availability are not officially known but the new phones are expected in October 2010.
Researchers at the University of California at San Diego have set themselves the goal to remove people on street view images. The system, introduced by the team led by Serge Belognie and Arturo Flores have developed a precedure which automatically hide people waking on the road.
The introduced technology detects people in pictures and can automatically remove in from the photographs. In addition the background will be replaced with adjacent parts of the image. Street view services such as Google Street View should primarily benefit from this technology.
Google has been criticized repeatedly in the past for privacy reasons for the in-house street-view services. For this reason, the U.S. Internet company has developed a technology that blur out the faces. Apart from this, however, no changes are made. Consequently, the clothes, the shape and size of the body are still visible. Continue reading →
