Don’t forget the tools

Besides the release Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) software development kit (SDK) don’t forget the new SDK Tools and ADT 14. The new features for the SDK tools and ADT are listed on the Android Developers website. To summarize, those are as follows: Improved Eclipse Welcome wi
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A closer look at Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)

Google has (finally) released its Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) software development kit (SDK). So let’s take a closer look.
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Will HTML5 kill native apps?

A question that is circulating on the web and that I’m hearing ever more often from clients is the following: “Will HTML5 kill native apps?“ Having developed mobile websites, mobile webapps and native mobile apps since the technologies first came out naturally I̵
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Nokia’s and Microsoft’s moment of truth approaching soon

The Nokia world conference is planned on October 26-27. Since Nokia’s Windows Phones are announced for Q4 2011, it is likely that Nokia will announce these at the conference. This would mark a significant moment for both Nokia and Microsoft. Nokia Nokia has announced that Windows Phon
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Good things are coming

While a few committed individuals have been camping out for the iPhone 4S for some time now, others are now beginning to filter toward their local Apple retail stores in their attempts to secure one of the new models.     But wait there is more news… No not about Apple
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DroidconNL 2011

Just a short post to share that I will be speaking at the droidconNL conference next month. The conference will happen in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on the 22/23 of November. You can read more at the official site: http://droidcon.nl. ’ll be talking about Prototyping your Android app
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Is Apple now focusing on the mid-end part of the market?

So far, Apple has only sold 2 iPhone models at the same time: the most recent one and the version before. This has changed after the presentation of the iPhone 4s: looking at http://www.apple.com/iphone/compare-iphones/ you can see Apple selling 3 phones: the iPhone 3GS, the iPhone 4
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Google delays Ice Cream Sandwich

Despite previous announcement, Google and Samsung have announced that they have decided to postpone the announcement of both the Nexus Prime and Ice Cream Sandwich. In a joint statement by the two companies, both Google and Samsung feel this is not the right time to announce a new pro
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Goodbye Mr. Jobs

Apple’s website announces the sad news that Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs has passed away. Jobs was 56 years old, and had been struggling with complications related to pancreatic cancer over the past several years. Apple leaves the following message on their website
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What to expect from Android Ice Cream Sandwich

After Honeycomb, the new Android software development kit (SDK) version is called Ice Cream Sandwich, as announced at the Google I/O event in San Francisco. Is should merge the best of Honeycomb and Gingerbread together. So let’s take a closer look what we can expect.
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