Archive for March, 2010
Removed Jw52637 50.592 Run from TOP10
Mar 11th
Ok, sorry Jw52637. I decided to delist the 50.592 run from the Top10 list. I’ve received and seen lots of comments from people that the run was faked, that you hacked into the list or I just made it up. From what I can tell it was a legitimate Linpack run since I have a check for fake uploads. I also doubt the site was hacked to add it since it also had the right check value. About the only thing I can think, that it didn’t run correctly and thus had an incorrect MFLOP number. I say this since his runs the day before topped out at 9.269
So in the next version, I’m going to check for an invalid run so that it can’t get uploaded.
The Inventor of the Mobile Phone Loves Android
Mar 10th
I saw a post on Android Central that the Inventor of the Mobile phone has switched from the iPhone to a Motorola Droid. The blog points to his twitter page (Yes he tweets at 82 years old), that “I love my MOT Android but wish it had some features of the iPhone screen. I will revisit iPhone and reportafter working Droid for a month.”
Now it shouldn’t be too much of a surprise that he would like the Motorola Droid, he was the corporate director of Research and Development for Motorola a few (many) years back.
I hope I’m playing with the latest tech at 82.
Google Launching Business App Market?
Mar 7th
There is buzz that Google will be announcing a new Business App Market next week. A business market for Android could greatly enhance its reputation. This is an area dominated more by Microsoft than Apple. This would be another indication that the true target for Google is Microsoft, not Apple. What is good for the Android developers is that business users are more willing to pay for good, useful apps. What is great for Android users is that the developers will have other resources (read money), so that they can put out more fun apps that cost little to nothing.
Friendly little Linpack War
Mar 6th
Taking a few days off from here because of my “real” job was hitting the fan. I see that we have a Linpack War going on. If you look at the Top 10 list and the Nexus One device list you’ll see lots of movement. AndroidSpin has done a nice job of covering all the bases on the reasons behind the friendly competition.
“Originally this was just a “friendly” little bet between WootRoot and TheDudesAndroid that a 2.0GHz kernel would or wouldn’t work on the Nexus One. Somehow WootRoot convinced Kmobs to build the kernel (I have a feeling Chris Soyars also played a part in that) and WootRoot bet TheDudesAndroid $50 that he could boot his Nexus, send a tweet and play a video before his phone melted.
WootRoot tried. It didn’t work. But it also didn’t melt. Kmobs got curious and toyed around with frequencies and voltages and they went from 1.113GHz (which was supposed to be the stable max) to 1.267GHz. Of course, it wasn’t until Acsteffy87 decided to run the kernel on his Nexus as well, that TheDudesAndroid found his “courage” and booted it on his too. (I think I’m going to be in trouble for that, lol.) At first, only The Dude’s Nexus would overclock to 1.267GHz and for that reason, it was dubbed the “JesusPhone” or JP1.”
Google Device Seeding Program
Mar 2nd
I hope it’s true: I received an e-mail from Android Market Seeding stating that “we would like to present you with a brand new Android device as part of our developer device seeding program. You are receiving this message because you’re one of the top developers in Android Market. You will receive either a Verizon Droid by Motorola or a Nexus One.”
Wow, what an honor. Now, it doesn’t appear to be too legit. I smell Phish. But, according to to Mark Murphy of commonsware.com, that “Yes, it is” legit.
I sure hope so, I could sure use a new Droid or Nexus One. I would prefer the Nexus One, but beggars can’t be choosers.