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Android Developer Hackathon Award Candidates

Posted by DavidCao01 on March 17, 2010

  • Here are the details for our Clipboard History app. App name: AndroClip, by Ted Munnich, Matt Kanninen, Edward Leung, Kenneth Ng Description: A tool to keep track of your clipboard history Details: We took the sample NotePad application, and integrated it with the Clipboard Manager system service. The result was a database to store and access your clipboard history. -MK
  • Vinh
    1. ShowUsLive by Vinh Lam and John Dell’Aera. 2. Have you ever been in Location A but want to know what’s going on at Location B? What do you want to see? 3. This is a social app that enables you to ask the world to show you what they see live.
  • Francisco J. Carriedo
    App: “Personal Timing Asistant”, By: Francisco J. Carriedo, App that leverages the Speech Recognition and Text2Speech APIs to work as a Personal Timing Assistant., You can engage in a small conversation with your Androidy Timing Assistant to achieve your timed goals.
    • Important: Candidates, please bring one page of introduction of of you app to stick on the wall around dinner area during the event. So people can see you app beside the demo.
  • Posted Mar 16, 2010 5:57 PM
    App Name: Handwriting Tutor TagLine: Proper Lettering for Kids By: Pramod Rustagi, Roberto Colecchia, Robert Sloan Description: Handwriting Tutor is an engaging game-like app to teach kids how to write the alphabet. Early stage learners have a difficult time writing properly, especially the correct order of letter strokes, and sometimes producing a mirror image of the letters. Handwriting Tutor rewards kids with 3D eye-candy, giving both audio and visual reinforcement.
    • lawrence
  • App Name: Personal Genomics By: Melanie Swan, Michael Kolb, Lawrence Wong. App Description: Side-by-side comparison of consumer genomic services (23andme, deCODEme, & Navigenics) by loci and variants for 20 conditions (diabetes, cancers, heart disease, etc.)
  • App Name: CallerInfo; Creators: Ben Luu, Laura Klemme; Desc: Beside the phone number (and caller’s name if in contact list), this application displays additional data for the incoming call such as city, state, and anything that users want to display. Here are some examples: “CA, Mountain View”, “CA, Mountain View, my home town”, “CA, Mountain View, my home town”, “CA, Silicon Valley”, and etc, Basically users have control of what they want to display or even disable the feature.
  • Word Magic, by Senthil Pandurangan & Anuradha Raja A fun application for kids to identify missing letters for the picture shown. Word Magic is an excellent application for kids to have fun with words and their spellings. A picture is shown and the kids should select the missing letter for the picture. There are three flavors. You can choose missing letter at the beginning or in the middle or in the last or a challenge mode. The app is loaded with lots of fun features http://android.anusen.com
  • gillesde
    Virtual Kaleidoscope by Gilles de Bordeaux, Joel Marty, Stephan Branczyk My app displays a kaleidoscope image using a subset of a picture from your camera or from a file. Shake the phone for new kaleidoscope effects. Move the phone up for more light and a brighter picture, or down for less light and a darker picture. Use built-in color filters to change the ambiance of the image. When you like what you see, save the image. http://www.flickr.com/photo…
  • S Sriram
    Posted Mar 16, 2010 11:53 AM
    Shortcuts (highlighting the “callme” Abbreviated app) by S. Sriram. Shortcuts is an android client that allows one to use any one of hundreds of abbreviated apps that activate various web services. The callme abbreviated app allows one to type in a shortcut i.e. “callme-twittername: “which then a) composes a message with a url and tweets it and b)allows the twitter user to access the senders google voice embed widget and c) have google place the call http://www.qcolon.com/demo/…
  • Jian Zhang
    App name: Xeekunote Creator: Jian Zhang Desc: Feature rich personal info aggregater supporting voice memo, camera, photos, location, map, and an elegant content browser. web: http://xeeku.com
  • TimeMap, by Siamak Ashrafi Mapping your Google Calendar on a Google Map on Android Send alarm if someone is going to be late because of traffic [time/location/distance]. Show them points of interest on the route. [grocery store, hardware store, restaurants ] http://www.YLabz.com
  • Karl Pohl
    the application I would like to demo developed as part of android hackathon 1. Name: FractCalculator Developer: Karl Pohl 2. one line description: to calculate the size of woodworking projects i.e. cabinets using fractional values 3. The user can use any number (fraction or full numbers) to calculate the physical size of a woodworking project i.e. Cabinets etc. and to store the information in a database for future maintenance/reference

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    Google Android Developer Lab Day world wide schedule release

    Posted by BeyondSoftConsulting on January 22, 2010

    Google just published its world wide Android Lab Day event.
    The Android Advocates are going on a world tour, traveling to locations all around the globe! Hear about the state of the Android platform, get hands-on with the latest version of the SDK, meet like-minded Android engineers, play with the latest Android devices, test your apps, and ask your questions directly to Android team members.

    Date Location Time * Status
    Feb. 4, 2010 Austin, Texas, USA 5pm-9pm Open! Register Now!
    Feb. 8, 2010 Seattle, Washington, USA 2pm-6pm Open! Register Now!
    Feb. 8, 2010 Waterloo, Ontario, Canada 2pm-6pm Open! Register Now!
    Feb. 9, 2010 Washington D.C., USA 2pm-6pm Open! Register Now!
    Feb. 10, 2010 Mountain View, California, USA 2pm-6pm Open! Register Now!
    Feb. 11, 2010 Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA 10am-2pm Open! Register Now!
    Feb. 12, 2010 New York, New York, USA 2pm-6pm Open! Register Now!

    The detail date may change. Please visit official Google site fore more detail:

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    Google Announced Android Developer Challenge 2 Winners

    Posted by DavidCao01 on December 1, 2009

    Google announced ADC2 winners

     

    Overall Winners

    icon SweetDreams
    SweetDreams is a revolutionary tool that will finally allow you to go to sleep without worrying about changing your phone settings in order to avoid unwelcome late night calls. You can even use those inactivity periods to save battery power as well, and of course forget about enabling WiFi, Bluetooth or ringtones volume …
    icon What the Doodle!?
    ‘WTD!?’ is a real-time online multiplayer game where one player tries to draw out a given phrase and others try to guess it. Features FFA and Team games, Global Highscores, Personal Face Doodles, integrated Voice Recognition and more! Real-time drawing!? Built for performance, you’ll really see the magic at first doodle!
    icon WaveSecure
    WaveSecure is a complete mobile security solution that protects your device, data and privacy. 1. Track your phone’s location and who is using it 2. Lock down your phone remotely, making it worthless to the thief 3. Backup all your data 4. Wipe out your data remotely 5. Restore your data May the phone be with you!

    Education/Reference Winners

    icon Plink Art
    Plink Art is an app for identifying, discovering and sharing art. Take a photo of a painting, and the Plink Art servers will try to identify it. You can also browse our database of artwork by keyword or timeline and share your discoveries with friends.
    icon Word Puzzle
    The Word Puzzle is designed to provide a fun way to learn basic English words for preschool children. Kids can study spelling and pronunciation with flash card and check achievement with word puzzle. Interesting visual and sound interaction with awarding system helps kids to keep learning. Let kids play with your Android.
    icon Celeste
    An educational augmented reality app that displays the Sun, Moon, planets and their paths through the sky onto your camera view. You can navigate through the sky selecting celestial bodies to display interesting information about our solar system. See the exact spot on your horizon where the sun will rise and set.

    Entertainment Winners

    icon A World of Photo
    Loosely inspired by the traditional “Spin the bottle”, A World of Photo is a casual, geographic worldwide multiplayer online game with a social touch. Players spin their phones and will receive a photo from whomever in the world they pointed to. For best play experience, let the app run in the background.
    icon SongDNA
    Need any information on a song? Practicing for a big karaoke gig? Music quiz coming up tomorrow? The SongDNA widget allows you to quickly look up your favorite song’s detailed information. It includes the lyrics, artist’s bio, homepage, highest chart rank and video. Handy when you’re training for your next karaoke gig!!
    icon Solo
    Solo is a great, easy to play and feature rich pocket guitar for your phone. A must for all guitar enthusiasts! Features include -Huge chord library with 380+ chords & diagrams -Load/save chord layouts -Play along with music on your phone -Overlay music & lyrics from the internet -Various strum modes, including shake strum

    Games: Arcade/Action Winners

    icon Speed Forge 3D
    Speed Forge: Heavy duty hover vehicles, normally used for mining are now seen in illegal races organized in abondoned factories and dark Marsian alleys. The rock crushing explosives once used in these machines now serve a different purpose…
    icon Graviturn
    Tilt your phone to move the red circles out of the screen while keeping the green circles. Infinite levels from very easy to nearly impossible. Compare your performance with other players after each level (online highscore and statistics).
    icon Moto X Mayhem
    Jump, lean, and race through seven levels of amazing motorbike action in the best side scrolling bike game! Lean forward and back on your motorbike as you climb hills and fly through the air using accelerometer technology. Witness realistic physics as your shocks recoil when you land jumps! Or just flick your rider around!!

    Games: Casual/Puzzle Winners

    icon What the Doodle!?
    ‘WTD!?’ is a real-time online multiplayer game where one player tries to draw out a given phrase and others try to guess it. Features FFA and Team games, Global Highscores, Personal Face Doodles, integrated Voice Recognition and more! Real-time drawing!? Built for performance, you’ll really see the magic at first doodle!
    icon Totemo
    Unloose the spirit. Break the spell. Uncover the mystery hidden between the realms in a unique puzzle game. Storm your brain and relax your mind solving over 60 mind-soothing logic tasks. Play the survival mode for extra challenge and write your name into the on-line leaderboards. http://hexage.net
    icon Mazeness
    The goal of the game is rather simple – you need to bring all the balls ( up to 4 per level!) to their goals at the same time, with help of barriers, teleports and holders. It seems simple at first, but it’s not that easy. The difficulty is growing steadily from level to level.

    Lifestyle Winners

    icon SweetDreams
    SweetDreams is a revolutionary tool that will finally allow you to go to sleep without worrying about changing your phone settings in order to avoid unwelcome late night calls. You can even use those inactivity periods to save battery power as well, and of course forget about enabling WiFi, Bluetooth or ringtones volume …
    icon SpecTrek
    Improve your fitness with this revolutionary augmented reality ghost hunting game. Walk or run around using GPS and your phone’s camera to find and catch virtual ghosts. You will experience a new adventure each SpecTrekking session. The game offers statistics, awards, titles, records, and most of all a whole lot of fun!
    icon FoxyRing
    FoxyRing makes your phone smarter by analyzing the ambient noise and adjust the ringer volume. Also: – Sleeping hours to silent your phone during the night. – Geolocated ringer profiles, change ringtone or make your phone vibrate only at work! – Widget to silent your phone for a timed period. – Great interface

    Media Winners

    icon Buzz Deck
    BuzzDeck is the quick and easy way to get all the web content you care about most. Flick through your daily hit of favourite news topics. And get Twitter & Facebook updates alongside. BuzzDeck learns what you like and recommends cool new stuff. Simple, elegant & fast. NB: No landscape mode yet. http://mippin.com/buzzdeck
    icon SPB TV
    SPB TV is a highly usable IP-TV solution, optimized to run on mobile devices. SPB TV provides users with lots of channels in multiple languages with easy-to-use features and settings. No subscription fee! Requires a reliable 3G or WiFi network connection for proper streaming. Full-featured 60-days trial.
    icon FxCamera
    FxCamera enables you to take a picture with various effects. – ToyCam (Toy Camera Emulator) – Polandroid – Fisheye – Warhol (Andy Warhol-izer) – Normal *this app requires SD card*

    Productivity/Tools Winners

    icon WaveSecure
    WaveSecure is a complete mobile security solution that protects your device, data and privacy. 1. Track your phone’s location and who is using it 2. Lock down your phone remotely, making it worthless to the thief 3. Backup all your data 4. Wipe out your data remotely 5. Restore your data May the phone be with you!
    icon Hoccer
    Hoccer is your application for ad-hoc data exchange. Use gestures to “throw” your data through the air and let the recipients “catch” it. There is no need for prior exchange of contact details.
    icon Tasker
    Tasker let’s you link any Task (action set) to the Contexts (application, time, day, location, event, widget press) where it should run. Send an SMS at 3:15 Monday, make per-app settings or locks, map camera button to a menu, launch music app on headphone insert, timelapse photos, encrypt on-the-fly, the list is endless!

    Social Networking Winners

    icon Ce:real – Everyday trends
    Ce:real, What’s happening in this world? Are you curious about real world? How about North Pole or an edge of Africa? Also, it can be your neighborhood. It is offering to you hot photo stories with Twitter trends keyword which has speed of lights. Enjoy millions of happenings in real world and you participate in it as well.
    icon SocialMuse
    Check out what users on the other side of the world are listening to! Find people with similar musical taste, or just explore the world through music. Browse other users’ music libraries, listen to previews of their songs, and buy them if you like them. Check out their profiles on MySpace, Facebook and Last.fm.
    icon SpotMessage
    SpotMessage is a communication tool using GPS. Send a message designating a spot with Google Maps then the message will be notified when the recipient arrives at the spot. SpotMsg finds various uses; as an alarm reminding you of a task at a certain spot or for sending your friend a surprise message on his or her arrival.

    Travel Winners

    icon Trip Journal
    Trip Journal is the ultimate trip tracking and sharing solution currently available on Android powered Smartphones. Impress your friends by sending them real time updates from the places you are visiting. GPS route tracking, record waypoints, photos & notes, trip statistics, KMZ & Picasa exports, incorporated Google Maps.
    icon iNap: Arrival Alert
    Ever wanted to get some sleep during a train ride, or a quick powernap on the bus to work? You either hoped to wake just in time not to miss your station, or set an alarm to wake you far too early… Using your phone’s GPS it will determine where you are, and wake you when you are close to your destination!
    icon Car Locator
    Save your location whenever you park, and Car Locator will navigate you back to your car should you ever have trouble finding it. – Points in direction of your car using GPS and compass – Radar view, map view, and split view – Parking timer alarm GPS and compass must be enabled. This free version expires after 25 runs.

    Misc Winners

    icon Rhythm Guitar
    Plays like a real 6-string, 5-fret guitar. Strum and pick chords, make new chords, string them together to create songs, transpose songs to fit your vocal range. Great for songwriting, chord reference, learning radio hits, or even plugging into speakers and pedals.
    icon Andrometer
    Andrometer allows you to measure the approximate distance from you to an object that you can see. Uses GPS, accelerometer and geomagnetic sensor. Tips: – Keep as steady as possible – The further you walk, the more accurate the measurement – Must be outdoors with clear view of sky – Works best under 1 km
    icon Calton Hill GPSCaddy
    GPSCaddy allows golfers to quickly and easily map any golf course either out on the course using GPS or in the comfort of home using satellite imagery. Then, when they are playing the course, it uses GPS to tell them exactly how far they are from the significant features of the hole they are playing (green, bunkers, etc).

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    Google Android OS as a strong player in embedded filed?

    Posted by DavidCao01 on July 9, 2009

    With new Google’s new announcement of Chrome OS for netbooks, many which hoped Android to move this space disappointed deeply. However, that is not to say Android’s future can only be limited to mobile devices.  Right now, embedded world is dominated by Windows Mobile and Linux. Android have great future in this field, like automobile control panels, TV control box,  kitech panels and so on.

    With more powerful but cheaper CPUs, embedded systems not have the opportunites which never so big. Plus, with now more powerful and popular Android OS, it is a new generation of embedded world. Lets roll!

    -David

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    David Gave Speech about iPhone 3.0 VS Android 1.5 at FountainBlue meeting of “Mobile Applications: Hot Technologies and Business Models”

    Posted by brianzhou on May 13, 2009

    ExtendLogic CEO David Cao gave speech about iPhone 3.0 VS Android 1.5 at FountainBlue meeting of “Mobile Applications: Hot Technologies and Business Models” on 11th May.

    Below are some notes quoted from FountainBlue Meeting Summary(The notes below are copyrighted by FountainBlue in 2006-09 and all rights are reserved.

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    “There has been phenomenal progress over the past year or two on the mobile
    application business, from the paradigm-shifting emergence of the iPhone and
    all the touch-screen and user interface functionality it enables, to new
    business model options opened up through Apple’s approach to iPhone
    application sales, to the emergence of cloud computing and its implications
    for mobile applications, to the ongoing advances in bandwidth, developer
    communities, and technology in general.

    In thinking about mobile application technology development, consider the
    following factors:
    * There are choke points between the mobile device and the base
    station and also between the base station and the cloud, and therefore
    opportunities for developers and providers to address real market needs.
    * The network bandwidth constraints caused by pipeline and sharing
    issues are being addressed with technology advancements, so bandwidth will
    soon no longer be as much of a barrier for mobile applications.
    Entrepreneurs should consider the implications of this for applications and
    markets. Which bandwidth-intensive applications would this make possible?
    * With that said, bandwidth-intensive applications such as video would
    be better suited for countries such as Japan and Korea and parts of Europe.
    In the US, there are many inconsistencies where different areas have
    different levels of network access. Consider these factors as you strategize
    about your mobile application business model and markets.
    * With 70% of the iPhone app revenues going to developers and 30% to
    Apple, Apple’s game-changing approach to selling apps has carriers thinking
    creatively and scrambling to see how they can get their share of the $1B
    plus market. You will see cell phone manufacturers, providers, and others
    experimenting with their own twists to the new business models. The big
    players such as Google’s Android, Apple’s iPhone, the open source Symbian
    option, etc., will likely dominate, but the game is still in play and Palm’s
    PRE, for example, may surprise us!
    * There will be an explosion of new applications as more iPhones and
    other similar devices get into the hands of customers. Costs-per-app, which
    have gone down from around $6 each to around $1 each, may still trend down,
    but the volume of users will continue to make this a fertile opportunity for
    the right applications, developers, organizations, and providers, like
    Apple.

    The panel advised on some hot opportunities ahead in the mobile application
    space:
    * The touch screen revolution initialized with the iPhone will open up
    new possibilities for mobile applications with richer user interface
    capabilities. Consider not only how your application can take advantage of
    what’s happening in this space, but also the broader question of how are you
    interacting with your phone now and how COULD you be interacting with your
    phone with this new functionality?
    * Flash applications, especially for Location Based Services, will be
    hot.
    * Gaming will be hot, perhaps games which allow interactivity between
    players.
    * Special buttons may appear on devices which make it easier to play
    games – perhaps a joystick for example.
    * The techno-philic tendencies, health consciousness, and financial
    security of the aging boomers population may trigger the development of
    hand-held devices for medical diagnostics

    Resources:
    * Operators Band Together for New Standards Initiative, By Teresa von
    Fuchs, WirelessWeek – July 01, 2008
    http://www.wirelessweek.com/article.aspx?id=161094
    * Silicon Valley Android Developers Meetup
    (http://twitter.com/sv_android), http://meetup.com/silicon-valley-android

    * iPhone for Business Meetup (http://twitter.com/iPhoneBiz),
    http://www.meetup.com/iPhone-for-Business/
    * David Cao’s blog, with information on IPhone 3.0. VS. Android 1.5
    http://mlogy.com/category/android-iphone/
    * David Cao’s LinkedIn discussion regarding iPhone 3.0 VS. Android
    1.5,
    http://www.linkedin.com/answers/technology/wireless/TCH_WIR/472868-6565911
    ******************************************************************

    What are your opinions regarding iPhone 3.0 VS Android 1.5?

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