Displaying articles for: December 2009
To our developers in China and around the world, we have just announced the latest Android devic with China Telecom called the MOTO XT800 (pictured to the left). The new phone is a touch tablet running Android 2.0 with a 480 x 854 (FWVGA) capacitive touch screen, 5 megapixel camera, supports GSM and CDMA, WiFi-enabled, and is ready for your Android applications. Come check out this product at the MOTODEV Summit in Beijing, China on January 13 and learn more about the developer opportunities. Registration is free and we hope you can make it. For more info on the MOTO XT800, check out the product specifications on MOTODEV. If you have any questions let us know by commenting on this blog post or asking them on our discussion boards.
-Randy from MOTODEV
It seems as though lots of technology software companies are releasing Android updates right before the end of the year and one that we love is Mercury Intermedia who created the USA Today Android application. We'll be chatting with the team from a developer and design perspective on December 23, 2009 at 9am pacific / 12pm eastern time. Join us to learn about the behind-the-scenes and ask your questions to the team.
When: December 23, 2009 at 9am pacfic / 12pm eastern time
Where: Streaming live and archived at blogtalkradio.com/motodev
Who: Android developers, companies interested in Android, mobile experts, and anybody else interested
Questions: Call in to 347-826-9350, tweet @motodev with hashtag #usatoday, or join the blogtalkradio chat
Update (12/28)
Click below to play the archived podcast:
On the podcast in addition to myself will be the following people from Mercury Intermedia:
- Stephen Tallent: Owner and CTO
- Mike Ligon: VP of Operations
- Rusty Mitchell: VP of Creative Development
Thanks to the Mercury Intermedia team for the above screenshots.
-Randy
Being a first time blogger here’s a quick intro, my name is Jen Pataki and I am responsible for Developer Outreach Marketing for Motorola’s Ecosystem and MOTODEV program. I wanted to get the word out today that together with Motorola’s announcement of our latest OPhone OS-based 3G smart phone in China of the MOTO MT710, we also announced we will be bringing the MOTODEV Summit to Beijing in January 2010.
MOTODEV Summit is a one-day event that will bring together today’s most creative and innovative application developers to gain access to the latest Google Android and OMS developer tools, receive advanced training, understand market opportunities and get exposure to the next generation of Motorola device experiences. Check out our Summit site in the coming weeks at http://developer.motorola.com/summit to see complete Summit agenda details and registration information.
If you aren’t already a member, join MOTODEV today to get all the latest updates on the Summit, our products, interact with our community, and download the latest development tools.
-Jen
This past Wednesday we chatted with Mathieu over at Seesmic who is the mobile product manager. In the past couple of weeks Seesmic launched their mobile app for Android and have received over 10,000 downloads of their Twitter Android application. Matthieu chatted with me on the following:
- About the company
- About their mobile strategy
- About their social media strategy
- What they think of Android
- What tools they used to build their Android application
- How they tested?
- What events they are planning on goign to?
- and how they deal with product feedback from their team Seesmic group
- plus many more audience questions from our blogtalkradio chat
