I’ve added an Android topic to my site, including listings of apps I use.

Distinctly incomplete, but better published than not.

Got a nice fluid layout on your web site? Annoyed at how mobile browsers like to assume pages need nine hundred virtual horizontal pixels to display properly? Add this to your , as I've just done across my site:

This tells iPhone and Android browsers, at least, to present the page with a virtual window width equal to the device's actual screen ( Read more... )

I find Dasher an interesting input method, and after getting my Android phone I thought it would be nice to try Dasher on it. However, at the time there was no Dasher port or any information on the Web about the possibility, so I looked into writing one. I found several dead projects and miscellaneous repositories and eventually found that the main ( Read more... )

Yesterday I tried the Android Bluetooth keyboard driver “BlueKeyboard JP” ( Market link) again, and got it to work with my Palm Bluetooth Keyboard. The catch is/was that it will only connect to the keyboard if it's discoverable, not if the keyboard is just trying to connect. Once connected, though, it works fine for all ASCII input, though the Shift ( Read more... )

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  A remarkable feature: “Settings → About phone → Battery use” claims to give a breakdown of energy use over the last period the phone was unplugged. It distinguishes between “Display”, “Cell standby”, “Android System”, and applications. Don't know how accurate it is.
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  Bluetooth keyboard driver experiences:
  • “BlueInput” by Teksoft does not work ( Read more... )

Did buy a Nexus One; have now had it for an hour or so. The following is not a review, but some observations:

• It will work without a SIM card from the start. So if you want a gratuitously expensive wifi PDA...
• The Google Account-based functionality (e.g. application Market, contacts sync) requires a Gmail account - and any Google Account with Gmail ( Read more... )

You may recall my post about looking for a new PDA. I have lately found additional pressure to find a solution.

• Moving about on my own in new locations, I wish for a GPS/navigation device. I am currently borrowing a standalone GPS, but that's Yet Another Gadget
• …to add to the four I already carry about (phone, PDA, watch, iPod).
• My phone is on a ( Read more... )

My Palm TX is noticeably wearing out (power button dead and worked around, cover hinge fraying, direction pad starting to go) and doesn't have a decent modern web browser. I might have gotten a Palm Pre by now if it weren't for the lack of full-size external (Bluetooth) keyboard support (notetaking is one of the major use cases) - though I hear ( Read more... )