Poor old Joe Hewitt has been having a bit of a hard time on the internet over the last 24 hours, thanks to the Facebook employee being a little critical of Android’s development environment – which many took out of context as an ATTACK ON ANDROID.
Well, Joe’s just put the record straight in a little tweet. He doesn’t like Android’s UI and isn’t that keen on the development tools. That’s all. “No biggie” as they say.
And a man’s allowed to have an opinion. Call off the hounds.
£30? For a phone case? It had better be good.
Samsung’s official Galaxy Nexus case. Costs a lot. Has a glittery little logo.
Fresh from reviewing the cheap and cheerful FlexiShield case for the Galaxy Nexus, we’re back with another protective offering from industry veteran Case-Mate… Read the rest
Seeing as we’ve just reviewed the brand spanking new Galaxy Nexus, we’re in the mood for some accessorising – and we don’t mean earnings and handbags… Read the rest
Google’s third Nexus is bigger, once again made by Samsung and features the new Android 4.0 or “Ice Cream Sandwich” version of the OS. It’s obviously going to be good. But how good?
The HTC Sensation XL is an odd one by HTC. It updates the screen size of this year’s HTC Sensation to 4.7″ and includes Beats Audio enhancements, but you lose a bit of processor speed – the HTC Sensation XL is powered by a single-core 1.5GHz brain… Read the rest
Motorola’s latest flagship dual-core Android monster is a massive, original powerhouse, that’s a big improvement on previous MOTOBLUR mobiles – but still isn’t a total winner.
A slim and glamorous phone from Sony Ericsson, with the sharpest display around. It’s no powerhouse and the screen’s not the biggest out there, but we don’t mind. Because it’s cute.
LG’s first glasses-free 3D phone is a heavy, fat monster, with a clever 3D effect that works rather well. As a smartphone, though, it’s heavy and underwhelming.
A very shiny thing from Sony Ericsson, with a 3.7″ screen and Android 2.3.3 inside. But is it exciting enough to win fans in today’s spec-obsessed market? Can man live on one core alone?
To accompany our Xperia Neo review we’ve put together this collection of photos taken using Sony Ericsson’s latest Android phone, which features an 8megapixel Exmor R sensor… Read the rest
INQ’s Android phone is an interesting “boutique” piece of hardware, packed with unique interface customisations that go far beyond the headline Facebook integration. We like it a lot.
Herman
/ August 27, 2010Eclipse really is horrible. If you’ve ever used Visual Studio, using Eclipse is like building a house from twigs and feces instead of bricks and cement.
And the OS is functional. It’s not ugly if you as me, but it could be better.
Friday
/ August 27, 2010Interesting,
I have been developing on eclipse and visual studio and I much prefer eclipse. I have to admit that eclipse was not always that good, in the beginning it really was pain. Right now it just is a lot more powerful than visual studio, which of course is not needed by everyone.
The point is that the average visual studio user, and that is my experience, is not really a good developer. A lot of the guys learned programming when c++ was the holy grale in software development.
Visual studio has a lot of bugs, and I have seen bugs, that just aren´t fixed for years. Eclipse is much more dynamic there. But I see that there is a lot of people just doing repetitive stuff and soft programming.
I think google just wants to have professional developed apps and with eclipse and its android related plugins you can do that just lovely.
For java and dalvik-java I think eclipse is the best tool you can find. Not to mention that it is for free. But a guy that finds android UI ugly will most likely also find eclipse ugly.