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Google Maps Mobile Placemark Icon

joesonic — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:54:48 +0000

It was very hard to find the new stylish placemark icons of Google Maps Mobile 3 (GMM 3) in the web. Therefore I tried to create a icon which look like those optimized for mobile devices. In my opinion they look much more modern like the traditional placemark icons of Google Maps. You can download [...]

Android 2.0 (Eclair) Update very soon.

joesonic — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:32:08 +0000

Recently the SDK for Android 2.0 was published. Developers can now adapt their applications to Android 2.0. Watch the video to get an impression about new features. This video was embedded using the YouTuber plugin by Roy Tanck. Adobe Flash Player is required to view the video. I assume someone will generate an updateable ROM for actual [...]

Manual Update of HTC Magic to Android 1.6 (Donut)

joesonic — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:20:52 +0000

Follow these steps to update Android manually: Check Version of your phone in Settings->Telephone (for example CRC1, CRC24, … ) Update corresponding ROM. (CRC1 here, CRC24 here) Rename file to “update.zip” Copy file to root directory of your sd card. Turn off your phone. Press and hold “home” button then press power button. Wait until the exclamation mark inside the triangle appears. Press [...]

Video integration in driving direction of route planners (Google has StreetView, Microsoft videos)

joesonic — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:21:53 +0000

Google integrates StreetView in their driving directions to give the user an impression about the calculated route. Microsoft tries now tries to integrate videos in their driving directions and synchronize them with the map. According to the official research paper Microsoft Research Redmond and the University of Constance are working on this research project, but [...]

10 out of 10.000: Remarkable Android Applications

joesonic — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:03:59 +0000

The Android Market is now nearly 1 year old (starting with end of October 2008). Googles Strategy to enter the mobile market was not so clear and it was very hard to appraise their success in this area. Starting only with one single handset, the T-Mobile G1, there was only a limited number of customers [...]

How Japan understands Google StreetView :-)

joesonic — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:11:24 +0000

With following video Google explains Japanese users how StreetView works. This advertising video focuses on the fact that Google blurrs out faces and car plates. Obviously Google uses a different marketing campain in East Asia. This video was embedded using the YouTuber plugin by Roy Tanck. Adobe Flash Player is required to view the video. [via GWB]

Google Maps as platform for online games

joesonic — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:18:35 +0000

Monopoly City Street is a worldwide game of Monopoly using Google Maps as the game board. It will start on the 9th september and will be the biggest live game of monopoly in history. The goal to the classic Monopoly has not changed: Play to beat your friends and the world to become the richest property magnate [...]

Augmented Reality Navigation System – A car navi without maps

joesonic — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 12:48:04 +0000

Today Mobilizy GmbH reveals a preview of it’s augmented reality navigation system. They claim to introduce the first fully functional mobile Augmented Reality (AR) navigation system. The software should be available for the iPhone and Android phones. Wikitude Drive was developed by the Mobilizy Research & Development group in Salzburg, Austria. Wikitude Drive is a [...]

Apple’s Change in Software Development – MacOS 10.6

joesonic — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 09:04:57 +0000

The first release of software products mainly starts slim and easy. But developers try to add functionality to make a 2.0 version of this product, and sell it again. Why should new versions of software products always have to be better in case of functionality than their predecessor version? Will customers also appreciate new software, [...]

Favorite Places with Google Maps – Locals are experts in location

joesonic — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:00:33 +0000

The Google Maps team tries to organizing local places and businesses that can be found online. To show local information, they try to find local experts around the world to share some of their favorite places. They realized that everyone is an expert in location around a their proximate surroundings. An impression can be found [...]