Remember Larva Labs, the Android development team behind the awesome home replacement SlideScreen? Well, they're back and working on SlideScreen 2.0, a more advanced version of the original. With 2.0 (a beta preview is now available, get it here), things have been taken up a notch. For example, developers will now be able to write plugins using an API and release them on the Android Market - which means you no longer have to wait for the Larva Labs team to add new features.
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carrier-billing-androidThat's right, carrier billing is now available for some Android users on the least Android-friendly wireless carrier in the US. Huzzah. I guess I shouldn't be so cynical - I am an AT&T customer, after all. Unfortunately, I also run CyanogenMod 6 on my AT&T Nexus One, and have not yet received any Market update to allow me to use carrier billing, and doubt I will until an official Gingerbread build coaxes me off my custom ROM goodness.
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Before / After
Dalton Gore - better known as @colormeandroid - is responsible for gathering the individual mods and creating the guide.
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- Support for complex scripts (i.e.
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- Finger Physics by PressOK Entertainment
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- Galaxy NGC3D by HyperBees Ltd.
- Super Drill Panic by OrangePixel
Additionally, the following six games have just been updated with OpenFeint compatibility:
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From 1998 to 2002, a gentleman by the name of Erich Specht ran a company called "Android Data." Android Data went bankrupt in 2002, and Erich hasn't used the name since. However, when he heard of Google's use of the "Android" name, he put together a website to "prove" that Google had infringed on his trademark.
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Here is a table showing the previous and new categories (new categories are in green, modified in yellow):
| Previous app categories | New app categories | Previous game categories | New game categories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Books & Reference | Arcade & Action | Arcade & Action | |
| Business | Brain & Puzzle | Brain & Puzzle | |
| Comics | Comics | Cards & Casino | Cards & Casino |
| Communication | Communication | Casual | Casual |
| Education | Sports Games | ||
| Entertainment | Entertainment | ||
| Finance | Finance | ||
| Health | Health & Fitness | ||
| Lifestyle | Lifestyle | ||
| Multimedia | Media & Video | ||
| Medical | |||
| Music & Audio | |||
| News & Weather | News & Magazines | ||
| Personalization | |||
| Photography | |||
| Productivity | Productivity | ||
| Reference | |||
| Shopping | Shopping | ||
| Social | Social | ||
| Sports | Sports | ||
| Themes | Themes | ||
| Tools | Tools | ||
| Transportation | |||
| Travel | Travel & Local | ||
| Demo | |||
| Software Libraries | Libraries & Demo | ||
| Weather |
A shot of the Developer Console:
Thanks, yuku
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The AT&T mobile network has been criticized heavily for some time because of connectivity issues which have caused poor service for its iPhone users. The iPhone uses more data than any feature phone and most smartphones (but not Android phones), so having exclusivity over the phone has put a severe strain on AT&T's network.
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The game's dedicated page lists it at $4.99, but this special url offers the freebie in exchange for your phone number, which Gameloft promises to use exclusively for sending the download link.
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