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I’m happy to announce that Sprint has listed Key Ring™ as a recommended app for android. We feel this is significant accomplishment considering there are 20,000 plus apps for android and Sprint has only selected 32 to recommend! Thanks Sprint, we greatly appreciate it!
Here’s a link to the list of recommended apps.
The Problem. If you’re an android developer, you probably realize the value of being able to test your code on multiple android devices. The problem is, buying every new android phone released just isn’t economical. Here at Froogloid we have 2 G1’s, 1 MyTouch, 1 DROID and 1 Nexus one which helps us cover several of our testing needs, but certainly not all. There are tons of other android devices out there such as the Hero, Moment, Cliq, Galaxy, Eris, Behold II etc. To test these devices I used to have to do what I referred to as the “wireless carrier 500″. I would literally drive to a T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon store to physically test each device. As you can imaging this is very time consuming, not to mention the retail associates think I’m crazy! Once I told them what I was doing everyone was pretty cool about it and many would start asking questions about our apps / android development. As much as I love showing off our products, this process is wildly inefficient. More »
Happy belated New Year everyone! I thought I’d kick off our first 2010 post with latest Key Ring review from DailySmartPhone.com. Thanks Mitch for the very informative review!
Today I ran across a very informative, unbiased user review for Key Ring that I just had to share. The production quality blows away anything I’ve recorded! Special thanks to folks over at Revision3 Internet Telivision for making such a great video!
Google recently rolled out an update to Google maps which now supports voice turn by turn directions. Finally REAL GPS on my phone! Since a2b leverages google maps for turn by turn directions this means we also benefit from this update. Unfortunately, the google maps update is only available for 1.6 firmware users. If you’re not sure which firmware version you’re running go to settings > about phone > firmware version. If you haven’t done so already make sure you go the android application marketplace and download the latest latest build of google maps (3.2.1 or higher). Search “google maps” in the marketplace. After you’ve updated you should be good to go! I’ve provided screenshots below on how to trigger navigation via your saved location in a2b. More »
Chris Pick and I had the opportunity to participate in an interview with Priya Ganapati from Wired magazine late last week regarding fragmentation in the android marketplace. Priya did a phenomenal job writing the piece, but after reading it I could see how some may take our point of view regarding android out of context. So, I thought I’d provide a bit more context here.
First off, we are not anti-android and by no means do we want to intimidate others from getting involved in android mobile application development. We were very early adopters More »
At Froogloid we love publicity! With all the great android phones being released lately; HERO, ERIS, DROID, CLIQ, MOMENT, etc…, many of the top technology sites have been taking notice of the great apps available via the android platform. Well, I’m pleased to say that PCworld has rated Key Ring as a top 10 app for android users! More »
I was pleasantly surprised to receive an email from T-Mobile USA this morning letting Froogloid know that they have recommended our Key Ring Reward Cards app to all android G1 users. Sweet huh? We’ve been working with T-Mobile team for quite some time and have been anxiously waiting to find out what they had planned re: Key Ring marketing. We very excited about More »
