Google showed off the new Android user interface in San Francisco during a developer conference. The demo has been done using a prototype device provided by an unamed manufacturer.

The interaction between user and device is in IPhone style...everything is drivable with a finger.

Watch the Steve Horowitz (Engineering director) presentation video:

In the Sony-Ericsson developer website we can find an useful article about their JP-8 platform that at the moment includes 14 devices.

 The most innovative supported API by this family are the Content Handler APIs(JSR-211) and the Mobile Sensor APIs (JSR-256).

Sensor APIs can be used to get the network signal or the battery level.

Battery
SensorInfo[] infos = SensorManager.findSensors("battery_charge", null);
String sensorURL =infos[0].getUrl();

Network signal
SensorInfo[] infos = SensorManager.findSensors("network_field_intensity", null);
String sensorURL =infos[0].getUrl();

The Content Handler APIs can be used to launch the native music player to play an audio file.

Registry registry = Registry.getRegistry(this.class.getName());
Invocation invoc = new Invocation();
invocation.setID("com.sonyericsson.musicplayer");
invoc.setURL(file:///..../playlist.m3u); //optional, if not used a resume play will be made.
invoc.setResponseRequired(true);
boolean mustExit = registry.invoke(invoc);
if (mustExit) {
// App must exit before invoked application can run
destroyApp(true);
notifyDestroyed();
} else {
// Application does not need to exit
}

You can read more about this topic in the Sony-Ericsson Developer Site

Roma ends the season with the victory of the Italian Cup beaten Inter 2-1 in the final played Saturday in Roma.

Mexes and Perrotta scored the two goals for Roma. Pelè scored for Inter. A little revenge for Roma after Inter Scudetto victory.

The two teams have demonstrated to be the best Italian teams of the last two years.

After a month of beta-testing, the new Opera Mini 4.1 is available for the download (Opera Mini website).

It is possible have a guided tour of the software:click video tour.



The new features, described in the Opera website pages, are:

More speed

Prior to this release, we upgraded our servers and Opera Mini now receives your requested Web pages up to 50% faster. So you can now access sites like Facebook, BBC, and any of your other favorite Web sites even faster, with Desktop-like speeds. 

Find things faster

The new Opera Mini 4.1 lets you search for text within a Web page so you can get to the information you need even quicker than before.

Get to your Web sites faster

When typing Web addresses, Opera Mini 4.1 will recognize and suggest completions for you based on your Bookmarks and browsing history, making address input faster, easier and much more intuitive.

Download and upload files

On phones with File connection API, you can now upload and download files using Opera Mini 4.1, without being re-routed to your phone’s native browser. Update your blog while on the go. Upload photos to your Web site or social network. Add attachments easily to Web-based email, and download other non media-rich content to your phone using Opera Mini 4.1.

Save it for later

On phones with File Connection API, Opera Mini 4.1 lets you save pages for offline viewing so you can quickly access and read your desired Web content, even when you’re on a plane, in the subway, or in other places where you can’t get network reception. Depending on your phone, you may need to choose a destination folder for storing pages for offline viewing.

Now, we have only to try it!

 

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