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Android™ 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich for unlimited potential and more control

Cell Phones : [ Samsung Repp™ (Generic CDMA) Android Smartphone ]

Customize with Android™ 2.3, Gingerbread and a full range of Google™ services

Cell Phones : [ Samsung Transfix™ (Cricket) Android Smartphone ]

Android™ 2.3, Gingerbread + 800 MHz processor

Skate to Where the Puck Is Going

Businesses implementing Android apps can learn from what Web developers have done to handle browser variations, to handle the similar variations in Android OS versions. In this first post of a three-post series, we will examine what Web developers have done to simplify their development efforts and what the Android analogues are.

Easily Access Files on Your PC with AirStream

Dropbox is an extremely popular application. It’s available for multiple platforms, and easily allows its users to access files from anywhere with an Internet connection. It’s quite convenient, but limited storage space is an issue for those with large libraries, and of course only synced files can be opened.

Imagine a mixture of Dropbox and SSH. Many of you will point out that such thing a thing (SSHFS) already exists. However, this typically requires typing a lot of commands, unlocking ports, and more. XDA Forum Member jrprules made a tool to easily access your PC from your Android device. With AirStream, it’s possible to browse the files on your PC like from your mobile device, just like your favorite file manager. Another great thing in this tool is that PC version is written in Java, which can be launched on every operating system with a graphical UI. There is also a native Windows client, which will be uploaded in the near future.

AirStream is divided into two parts: an Android client that needs to be installed on the device, and a PC client that can be launched on your desktop computer. It will use WiFi or mobile data to get access to files available on the remote machine. And of course, your phone doesn’t need to be rooted for this to work.

If you would like to access your files from almost anywhere without the need for SSH, you should consider visiting the application thread and giving AirStream a try.

SQLCipher for Android, and You!

Full-disk encryption is fine as far as it goes, but it does not go quite as far as you might think in terms of defending your data. If you are considering encryption at the application level, in addition to the device level, SQLCipher for Android makes it easy for you to add AES-256 encryption to your local databases.

With a whirr of gears, and a whiff of code, the little robot trundled on...

Android-powered desktop robot that's open source? Sign me up!