TechCrunch has a preview of the upcoming Dropbox app for Android. I am excited to see more companies pushing an Android version of their software in addition to their iPhone versions. The number of apps I miss from my iPhone days keeps dropping... soon it will no longer be an issue.
Not having a Mac capable of doing software development has seriously hindered my ability to attempt to create legitimate iPhone applications. Titanium makes some big claims and I am tempted to give it a go to see what all the fuss is about.
If it delivers on its promise, being able to build an application that can be used on iPhone, iPad and Android would be pretty great, especially for a sans-Mac programmer.
I am a tad skeptical as to whether or not software like this would actually be useful for anything terribly complicated. But in those cases, I imagine it would make more sense to actually work at the native software level anyway.
UPDATE
Unfortunately, after digging for the FAQ I discovered that this still requires having access to the Apple SDK so this does not actually help anyone build an application on Windows or Linux. This is really too bad.
This Apple-HTC Patent Thing
Apple has the clearly superior product and is winning handily in the marketplace. Whatever benefit in the market Apple hopes to achieve by this suit to me seems likely to be worth far less than the loss of good will and prestige Apple will suffer if they vigorously pursue this case (let alone if they initiate more such suits).
An interesting dissection of the recent patent filings against HTC by Apple.
It has been interesting seeing how these third party apps for Twitter have been evolving. With the exception of maybe IM clients, I have rarely moved from app to app so frequently. I realize that part of that has been because I have had to find apps for web, desktop, iPhone and now Android, but still. The turnover and lack of loyalty between updates has been a new experience for me.
Good news for those looking to replace the stock Android browser on your device. The first beta version of Firefox for Android (Fennec) will be released in February 2010. Currently, Firefox is among the most popular PC browsers, and my personal favorite. We have seen Fennec operating on the Nokia N900, but now with Firefox for Android the company’s plans go even further.
Mozilla’s Fennec browser for Android OS has been in the works for awhile but with its imminent release (beta version), its time to get psyched!
[via AndroidSpin]
I have been using Dolphin off and on over the last month and I finally reverted back to the stock browser after the most recent update. I will be excited to try out Fennec as the stock Android browser (on Droid and Nexus One, at any rate) leave a lot to be desired.
