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Android games will have better graphics thanks to Android NDK r3

The quality of games on Android has greatly improved on 2.0 devices, and users can count on even more advanced games thanks to the latest release of the Android Native Developer Kit (NDK). The Android NDK can be used to target Android devices with 1.5 or higher, and includes a number of enhancements; however, what’s [...]

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57% of Android Market apps are free, Android Market growing faster

According to Distimo, an "app store analytics" provider, 57%of applications from the Android Market are free. This is compared to iPhone's only 25% and Blackberry's 24% of free applications in their app stores. Does this mean that the Android Market will eventually push developers away because of the lack of money making opportunities?

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iVdopia set to bring pre-app and in-app advertising to Android

Developers are constantly looking for ways to monetize their apps through advertising. A new option comes in the form of pre-app or in-app videos. iVdopia is bringing its mobile advertising platform to Android, adding social features and sponsorships to its mobile campaigns that are integrated into the phone. iVdopia runs pre-app videos that advertise products or [...]

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Nav4All shuts down, provides warning sign to developers

Nav4All is dead; at least for the foreseeable future. The multi-platform, multi-language, navigation software with 27.5 million users in 56 languages has to stop working after 5 years of operation. The app has earned more than 250,000 downloads in the Android Market, but all of those users will have to switch to a new navigation [...]

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Google to host Android Developer Lab at Mobile World Congress 2010

Mobile World Congress is one of the biggest events for the mobile phone industry, so it’s only right that Android will have a prominent presence when MWC begins next month in Barcelona. Aside from the new phones slated to appear, count on several developer resources available from the Google Android team. Google will host an Android [...]

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Google recommends new website and chart to help Android developers

Google recently gave Android developers a few tools to help them decide how they will build apps and what to do when they run into problems doing it. First, Google added a Platform Versions chart to its Resources page, and then announced that it will be outsourcing some of its Q&A help needs to Stack [...]

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How does it feel to be an ADC2 $50,000 winner?

Florian Heft knows. Florian is the developer of Graviturn, a game that just won 2nd place and $50,000 in the Games: Arcade/Action category of Google’s ADC2 awards. Florian is also a 21 year old college student from Mühlacker, Germany, a small city of 26,000 people in the southwest portion of the country. He currently majors [...]

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What do you think of the Android Developers Challenge Winners?

The Android Developers Challenge concluded yesterday and the winners of the cash prize and instant name recognition that come with it have been announced. Are you impressed or disappointed? When the winners were announced yesterday, I was rather surprised. Some of the winners seemed like obvious choices, but other apps I never noticed claimed the top [...]

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Android developers unhappy with Android’s financial rewards

According to a small survey conducted by Skyhook Wireless, Android developers aren’t happy with the Android Market. Developers don’t like the small number of downloads or the even smaller profit margins, and they blame the Market’s design and Google Checkout for the problem. Developer disappointment has been a theme in recent weeks after Gameloft said it [...]

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Synthesis SyncML client for Android coming in 2010

In a move that should take away one of the longstanding thorns for many Android business users, Beat Forster of Synthesis AG confirmed that his company is actively working on an Android SyncML client which should be released in Q1 or Q2 of 2010. Synthesis AG is a Swiss company that has been a leader [...]

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