Lifehacker posted the news about Cyanogens latest Rom (6.0) for Android phones. I am still running 2.1 on my Desire. His rom is based on 2.2 with reported speed increases and of course the ability to install apps to your sd card. You will need a rooted phone to apply the rom using this tool also available free from unrevoked
Samsung’s Galxay Tab Teaser Video
Samsungs Video Teaser for the Galaxy Tab
Looks nice, I have played with the Dell Streak and found it wanting, Samsung’s mini tablet will be shipped with Froyo (2.2) which will make a difference – Dell shipped with 1.6 which is ahem a little out of date. The Dell is reviewed here http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/mobile-phones/7940624/Dell-Streak-review.html
Looking at the video it has a front facing camera which have not been prominent on HTC Android devices this coupled with the 7.7″ screen make it (even) more web friendly, Skype works better with video. Flash will also feature heavily no doubt on the advert front with the 2.2 version of Android having this built in.
It’s down for release on the 2nd September.
Lifehackers Pack for Android
With the latest pack from Lifehacker containing purely Android applications it is well worth a look, even if you have had an Android phone for a while it might prompt you to use something new or a better way of doing the same thing.
AppBrain over Market is a case in point. The AppBrain pushes the software to your phone or tablet with the Fast Web Installer app so you can browse choose and install from the computer your are using then when you pickup the phone its ready for you. The best of the list? Google Maps and Navigation which really do work – as long as you have data cover This comes with Places! which is not mentioned but based on your location will give you a choice of restaurants, fuel stations, camp sites, cashpoints (ATM’s) and anything else you search for. It will then let you look at reviews or ratings and navigate to them for you. It shows how far away you are and using the compass the heading.
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wordpress update
The broken import plugin was fixed so I imported all of the old posts from my blog and here they are.
Added a twitter widget for my neal account and changed the default theme to a new one. Expect tinkering over the next few days.
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wordpress
So wordpress 3.0.1 is out and about in the wild
I have installed this version as it seemed to promise a little more than the blogger (beta or new) that I used every now and then.
Won over by it’s ease of use and ability of importing my old blog www.nealshouse.blogspot.com only to find out that feature is broken.
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Royal Windsor Wheel (HDR)
Old School Friends photo of the Royal Windsor Wheel.
Fantastic Pic
Great one Rob!
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Glastonbury 2010 & 2011
Glastonbury Festival 2010: Wed June 23rd to Sun June 27th
Glastonbury Festival 2011: Wed June 22nd to Sun June 26th
http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/information/
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Ben Sims Glastonbury Festival 2009 (G Stage)
Ben Sims Glastonbury Festival 2009 (G Stage)
www.myspace.com/theoryrecordings
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