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Android has a pretty neat development environment utilising java as it's main base with a few quirky bits thrown in for good measure. I found similar to my earlier attempts at programming for mobile devices you have to turn the good practices of programming upside down to exploit the small memory and power of devices. The syntax for programming for Android is slightly familiar to me and it's all coming back quite nicely. Today I decided to do an hour or so on my Android project. It's a location thingy and that's all I'm saying for now. It allows a simple sign up and a very thin social network model. I have created the user input for creating an account with validation and was at the stage of needing net connection to send the sign up information. After five minutes of searching I found an example which detailed exactly how easy it is to do these complex tasks in Android / Java. I'm glad to say I will be moving on to JSON formatted data posts in my next encounte...

If you have been here before you will have seen a blog that was dedicated to all things windows mobile. Over time I became frustrated with Microsoft's failure to move with the times and update their O/S. So I have switched phone and now this blog will be featuring my adventures with Google's Android technology and the G1 phone from T-Mobile. I have been programming and generally getting immersed in the Android developer world and I am happy to report it's a refreshing and inspiring world indeed. There will be more blog posts, detailing the cool stuff I have found to do with Android. Also will be developer chat and example code. So if you were expecting windows mobile stuff I'm sorry, Windows has been eaten by an Android.