tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127741847312258461.post219271508471890194..comments2023-09-10T07:11:42.506-07:00Comments on Open Source to Go!: Just a Few News Items That Caught My EyeLeftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08971976622291862537noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127741847312258461.post-26139957031449289812009-03-16T12:41:00.000-07:002009-03-16T12:41:00.000-07:00Hi Lefty - Thanks for the shout-out to The Open Pl...Hi Lefty - <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the shout-out to The Open Planning Project and OpenPlans.org. Wanted to mention a couple of interesting ELGG like projects: BuddyPress, CrabGrass, Cloud27<BR/><BR/>-Vanessa<BR/>theopenplanningproject.orgvhamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17936856300479971241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127741847312258461.post-31643436954048496852009-03-01T03:03:00.000-08:002009-03-01T03:03:00.000-08:00Also, note the explanantion from Ash, "a Google em...Also, note <A HREF="http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=107185eea74e4005&hl=en" REL="nofollow">the explanantion from Ash, "a Google employee", of the change</A>:<BR/><BR/>"If you're using an unlocked, developer phone, you'll be unable to view any copy-protected application, including Shazam and Calorie Counter. <I>This is a change that was made recently."</I><BR/><BR/>(Emphasis mine.) So, I'm not sure where you're getting your information from, but it's not the information that Google's handing out.<BR/><BR/>Which is, as I said, pretty typical of the whole thing.Leftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08971976622291862537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127741847312258461.post-32924961347940715382009-03-01T03:00:00.000-08:002009-03-01T03:00:00.000-08:00By the way, the following is quoted from an email ...By the way, the following is quoted from an email on the Android developer list posted today:<BR/><BR/>"> > I was looking at the site for documentation, but I can't find a simple<BR/>> > description on how to update my phone to 1.1. any pointers would be<BR/>> > appreciated..<BR/>> The ADP1 is supposed to be updated by you, compiling the source on<BR/>> your own. There are many guides out there that can help you get there<BR/>> (or just to install a preconfigured build of 1.1).<BR/><BR/>Nobody knows how the upgrade process will actually be when Google<BR/>finally figure out how to perform it. But you may compile the source<BR/>and install it - but some of the functionality and programs you may be using will be missing! Google has not released code for (as far as I remember): WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, GMail, Calendar and other things! You may extract binary versions out of your Android but that may not be compatible with the firmware version you are installing!"<BR/><BR/>Again, excruciatingly poor communications with, and support of, its developers has been a hallmark of Android since Day One.Leftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08971976622291862537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127741847312258461.post-45166217317702152952009-03-01T02:33:00.000-08:002009-03-01T02:33:00.000-08:00Well, the discussion of the situation is still goi...Well, the discussion of the situation is still going on on the official Android mailing lists, last I checked. And Wired quotes an official statement from Google: "The developer version of the G1 is designed to give developers complete flexibility. These phones give developers full permissions to all aspects of the device, including the ability to install a modified version of the Android Open Source Project. We aren't distributing copy protected applications to these phones in order to minimize unauthorized copy of the applications."<BR/><BR/>The link you cite certainly isn't anything official; it's a statement on a fan site derived from reading check-in logs.<BR/><BR/>In short, Google's still ignoring and belaboring its own developers. That's fine, it'll be a (continuing) learning experience for them. I enjoy this stuff because it makes it so clear that Google had about zero notion of what it was actually getting into here...Leftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08971976622291862537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127741847312258461.post-10819956504522762972009-02-28T20:50:00.000-08:002009-02-28T20:50:00.000-08:00The bit about Android developers not being able to...The bit about Android developers not being able to use applications from the Android Marketplace isn't actually quite correct - you can quite easily do it if you grab a different/newer firmware version: <A HREF="http://andblogs.net/2009/02/new-adp1-update-official-with-google-voice-and-more/" REL="nofollow">http://andblogs.net/2009/02/new-adp1-update-official-with-google-voice-and-more/</A>.<BR/><BR/>To quote from a comment on Slashdot: "The ADP1 does not come with support, the original ADP1 firmware does not update automatically. As a developer and ADP1 owner one should be able to keep up with the news and figure this stuff out for oneself."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com