Cool Tool

This is how I noticed the Nexus S doesn't have an SDCard. Still with 16 gigs internal I'll take one please :P

in reference to: Google Phone Gallery (view on Google Sidewiki)

404

This page is linked to from:

http://books.google.com/help/ebooks/content.html

in reference to: Page not available - Books Help (view on Google Sidewiki)

Olous is harmful?

They always host the best DOTA games, sad for them to be distributing malware.

in reference to: Google Safe Browsing diagnostic page for olous.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

I loved MPlayer

It was my favorite social network, long before there was a myspace, it competed well with Battle net, but had lots of strong casual games.

I want it back, and on my Droid :)

in reference to: Topics - Old Mplayer service and current services (view on Google Sidewiki)

Support for Chrome

Someone needs to start writing a download them all style chrome extension.

in reference to: DownThemAll! » No Google Chrome support (view on Google Sidewiki)

Regular people want smart phones

Everyone wants a smartphone. Even Apple users.

No one wants what was a smartphone last year, 2 years ago, or even 6 months ago.

Everyone wants a new smartphone. It should do everything their current phone does... just as well.

Some want them bigger, some want them smaller. Some want keyboards, some want touchscreens, some want trackballs, some can not understand what purpose a trackball could possibly ever serve.

The form factor isn't important.



My favorite definition of smartphone is also the one I consider most rigourous. A smartphone is a little computer, and it's a phone.

Android Developers Blog: Download Count Problems

Android Developers Blog: Download Count Problems

What's the deal with non English apps in the top market listing on multiple US devices?

Trying Stiqr

Android Developers Blog: UI framework changes in Android 1.6

Android Developers Blog: UI framework changes in Android 1.6

I am glad that they update old blog posts, crossing out sections that are no longer relevant is very good practice. I like seeing what it used to say, because people repeat it, and seeing the line through it clearly shows that its no longer true.

Auspicious Moral Thought: 嘉仁念

I am told that Kanninen in Japanese could be:

auspicious moral thought: 嘉仁念

I figure now that I work at Sony I should know these things :)

Microsoft needs to try and "Embrace and Extinguish" Android.

Trying to stay backwards compatible is Windows Mobile failed.

Reducing backwards compatibility with Windows Mobile 7 would be a sign of taking a huge step towards raising the quality of the Windows Mobile platform.

The old platform was not good.

Microsoft should go out of it's way to help WinMo developers port their code to the new platform.




But what I want is for Microsoft to try and "Embrace and Extinguish" Android. There is no reason Microsoft couldn't build a phone that is "Windows Mobile 8" and also runs most Android apps. They already started putting good JVMs for J2ME on WinMo, and it helped keep the platform alive for a couple more years.


The biggest drawback to running your own Android distribution is you don't get the Google Apps. I don't think Microsoft would mind :-)