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I'm starting a trip to Silang today. - http://www.dopplr.com/travell...
I'll be there from November 6th until November 12th. See more in my Dopplr profile.
- Kiran Jonnalagadda
I'm starting a trip to Manila today. - http://www.dopplr.com/travell...
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I'll be there from November 3rd until November 5th. See more in my Dopplr profile.
- Kiran Jonnalagadda
PLoS ONE: EpiCollect: Linking Smartphones to Web Applications for Epidemiology, Ecology and Community Data Collection - http://www.plosone.org/article...
"Epidemiologists and ecologists often collect data in the field and, on returning to their laboratory, enter their data into a database for further analysis. The recent introduction of mobile phones that utilise the open source Android operating system, and which include (among other features) both GPS and Google Maps, provide new opportunities for developing mobile phone applications, which in conjunction with web applications, allow two-way communication between field workers and their project databases."
- Kiran Jonnalagadda
I can finally reveal to the world that I've been testing the Motorola/Verizon/Google Droid for the last month. It is awesome!
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Awesome! How is the hardware? Moto software was never that good, but I was in awe of their hardware engineers while I worked there.
- Ashwin Nanjappa
Yeah, how's the hardware? And is the Droid running 2.0?
- Kiran Jonnalagadda
Kiran: From the Droid leaks on the Internet, it looks like yes, Droid will be the launch phone for Android 2.0.
- Ashwin Nanjappa
Suddenly my Hero looks obsolete. I hope HTC and Google have learnt a thing or two from Apple and will put out software updates for all older Android phones. HTC already seems a bit fidgety over it.
- Kiran Jonnalagadda
Kiran: HTC Hero will be getting an update to 2.0 :-) http://twitter.com/htc...
- Ashwin Nanjappa
@ashwin h/w is fast and beautiful display. very responsive UI. feels slightly heavy, but no biggie. the qwerty keyboard takes a little getting used to, but now cannot live without it.
- Thaths
@kiran: Yes. it is running Android 2.0 (aka Eclair). I used the GPS navigation thing a lot. Very convenient and re-routing is done in less than a few seconds. Voice search and layers is great. The satellite view and street view interfaces, I found less useful. The fact that all these maps were downloaded real-time over 3G without any noticable lags, I found amazing.
- Thaths
@kiran: the problem with the HTC handsets was how little ROM they had. To really get the benefit of Eclair, you have to have better hardware. Wait till the new year to see what other GSM hardware comes out. I am sure you will find a Droid-like handset in GSM flavor.
- Thaths
Can I open and edit spreadsheets and MS word docs?
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
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Thaths: Droid has 2x the display pixels of the iPhone. That is *very* impressive, considering the extra demands that this will place on the graphics hardware.
- Ashwin Nanjappa
How's the camera/flash/video recording?
- Rodfather
@MVB: You can preview Word and Excel docs from Gmail.apk. No editing in any of the apps I have installed. If there is a need for it, I am sure someone will write such an app.
- Thaths
@Rodfather: Camera and flash are perfectly acceptable for casual photography. The camera is ~5 megapixels, iirc. Have not tried video recording as it is not my thing.
- Thaths
Well, that's better than nothing, but a drawback for me.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
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MVB, Documents To Go should do the job. http://www.dataviz.com/product...
- Rodfather
True, Rodfather. I remember it worked well enough on my Palm T5.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
Thaths - how long did it you to get used to the keyboard? It seems to be the one real negative in the Droid reviews so far. Still, very excited by this phone - waiting for Moto to release the GSM version now!
- Balaji Dutt
Thaths, I have the Hero, which is HTC's top-of-the-line handset. They haven't even announced anything better coming up. If even this isn't good enough for Android 2.0, that's very poor planning. But I guess we'll have to wait and see what comes next.
- Kiran Jonnalagadda
The HTC Dragon(Passion) is rumored which may come with the Snapdragon processor.
- Rodfather
Rodfather - I really wonder about putting a 1 Ghz processor on a cellphone. Sure the OS may fly, but I'm guessing the average phone battery won't last more than couple of hours with that processor running at full-tilt...
- Balaji Dutt
@Balaji: The keyboard takes a week or so get used to. Also, you don't HAVE to use the physical keyboard. If you are comfortable with the on screen keyboard with haptic feedback, you never have to slide the physical keyboard open. Based on threads I have read, the world seems to be split evenly between the 'must haves' and the 'mehs' wrt to the physical keyboard.
- Thaths
@kiran: I don't know much about the Hero. But judging from the tweet that someone pointed to earlier, if it runs Android 2.0 (Eclair), it should be good.
- Thaths
Thaths, does Android 2.0 have a face proximity sensor? That has got to be my single biggest annoyance with the Hero.
- Kiran Jonnalagadda
Balaji, I'm sure the same was said about processors used in phones today. As long as the idle power drain is fine.
- Rodfather
@Kiran: Android 2.0 is the OS. The face proximity sensing is a feature of the hardware (the actual sensor) and the software (responding to what the sensor senses). I don't know if the Hero has the hardware sensor. The Droid (and the G1) has it.
- Thaths
Thaths: Good to know. I currently carry a phone with a physical keyboard and one with a on-screen keyboard with feedback and I have to say, I prefer the physical keyboard. I've used physical keyboard with funky layouts before, so I'm not too worried about that bit :)
- Balaji Dutt
Rodfather - well yes, but networked smart phones like the iPhone or Android family aren't really idling for very long. Even excluding background tasks, these phones tend to be busy all the time connecting to the Web, being used for gaming etc. That makes me wonder about the usability of having a huge processor tied to not very good battery technology.
- Balaji Dutt
I'm returning to Bangalore today. - http://www.dopplr.com/travell...
See more in my Dopplr profile.
- Kiran Jonnalagadda
I'm starting a trip to Mysore today. - http://www.dopplr.com/travell...
I'll be there from October 26th until October 28th. See more in my Dopplr profile.
- Kiran Jonnalagadda
1-Mean Sea Level, GPS, and the Geoid - http://www.esri.com/news...
An explanation for why GPS altitude readings tend to be off by as much as 200 metres.
- Kiran Jonnalagadda
World's biggest open-source company? Google | The Open Road - CNET News - http://news.cnet.com/8301-13...
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On open source as infrastructure, and how otherwise competing commercial organisations are active contributors.
- Kiran Jonnalagadda
I'm starting a trip to Udipi today. - http://www.dopplr.com/travell...
I'll be there from September 5th until September 10th. See more in my Dopplr profile.
- Kiran Jonnalagadda
Malpe beach! Diana hotel!
- Bharat Shetty
Indian Press: The Price Problem | Monday Note - http://www.mondaynote.com/2009...
About the cover price of an Indian newspaper and what that means for editorial independence and reliance on advertising revenue.
- Kiran Jonnalagadda
I'm returning to Bangalore today. - http://www.dopplr.com/travell...
See more in my Dopplr profile.
- Kiran Jonnalagadda
I'm starting a trip to Delhi today. - http://www.dopplr.com/travell...
I'll be there from August 25th until August 28th. See more in my Dopplr profile.
- Kiran Jonnalagadda
I'm starting a trip to Dharmsāla today. - http://www.dopplr.com/travell...
I'll be there from August 22nd until August 25th. See more in my Dopplr profile.
- Kiran Jonnalagadda
Hey Proggit, here's my 1-year old pet project: similarity search engine for Wikipedia. Works by grouping articles in the eigenspace of the link transition matrix. Details are in the first comment. : programming - http://origin.reddit.com/r...
Details on how the Wikipedia similarity search engine works.
- Kiran Jonnalagadda
Smart Wiki Search - http://www.smartwikisearch.com/
Similarity engine for Wikipedia
- Kiran Jonnalagadda
I'm starting a trip to Delhi today. - http://www.dopplr.com/travell...
I'll be there just for the day. See more in my Dopplr profile.
- Kiran Jonnalagadda
Skulpt - http://www.skulpt.org/
Python implementation in Javascript
- Kiran Jonnalagadda
Lakshadweep trip report - India Travel Forum | IndiaMike.com - http://www.indiamike.com/india...
A useful discussion thread on how to get to Lakshadweep.
- Kiran Jonnalagadda
Society for Promotion of Nature Tourism and Sports - Lakshadweep Tourism - http://www.lakshadweeptourism.com/
Perhaps the only way to get to and around Lakshadweep by sea.
- Kiran Jonnalagadda
Lacadives Lakshadweep Andamans Havelock SCUBA Diving CMAS PADI Snorkeling Certification SCUBA Center SCUBA Operator SCUBA India - http://www.lacadives.com/
Scuba diving courses in Lakshadweep and Andaman. Costs a bomb.
- Kiran Jonnalagadda
Coding Horror: Software Engineering: Dead? - http://www.codinghorror.com/blog...
Tom DeMarco: "My early metrics book, Controlling Software Projects: Management, Measurement, and Estimates [1986], played a role in the way many budding software engineers quantified work and planned their projects. In my reflective mood, I'm wondering, was its advice correct at the time, is it still relevant, and do I still believe that metrics are a must for any successful software development effort? My answers are no, no, and no."
- Kiran Jonnalagadda
Ahmedabad on modernity bus, says BRTS pioneer - http://www.dnaindia.com/india...
"It should be clear by now that what creates traffic is not the number of cars in a city--that is only one variable. What creates traffic is the number of trips people make in different vehicles and the length of the trips. For that reason, more roads or bigger roads never solve traffic jams. Bigger roads, flyovers and so on, beget more and longer trips and thus more traffic. Trying to solve traffic with more road infrastructure is like trying to put out a fire with gasoline."
- Kiran Jonnalagadda
I'm returning to Bangalore today. - http://www.dopplr.com/travell...
See more in my Dopplr profile.
- Kiran Jonnalagadda
I'm starting a trip to Dharmsāla today. - http://www.dopplr.com/travell...
I'll be there from July 28th until July 29th. See more in my Dopplr profile.
- Kiran Jonnalagadda
I'm starting a trip to Manāli today. - http://www.dopplr.com/travell...
I'll be there from July 25th until July 27th. See more in my Dopplr profile.
- Kiran Jonnalagadda
I'm starting a trip to Mone Leh today. - http://www.dopplr.com/travell...
I'll be there from July 15th until July 24th. See more in my Dopplr profile.
- Kiran Jonnalagadda
I'm starting a trip to Manāli today. - http://www.dopplr.com/travell...
I'll be there from July 13th until July 14th. See more in my Dopplr profile.
- Kiran Jonnalagadda
I'm starting a trip to New Delhi today. - http://www.dopplr.com/travell...
I'll be there just for the day. See more in my Dopplr profile.
- Kiran Jonnalagadda
Using the official Flickr uploadr on Ubuntu - http://blog.sandipb.net/2009...
Guide to installing the official Flickr uploader under Wine on Linux.
- Kiran Jonnalagadda
I'm starting a trip to Pune today. - http://www.dopplr.com/travell...
I'll be there just for the day. See more in my Dopplr profile.
- Kiran Jonnalagadda
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