Category Archives: Android

groovecoder: Packaged HTML5 Apps: Are we emulating failure?

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Andrew Davis

groovecoder: Packaged HTML5 Apps: Are we emulating failure? ‘When we discussed Sencha’s Fastbook app on the mozilla.engagement.developers list Robert pointed out that Sencha compared their HTML5 app running in mobile web browser to Facebook’s HTML5 app running in an iOS WebView…
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Ubuntus Quixotic Mobile War: HTML5 – Not Linux – Is The Key

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Andrew Davis

Ubuntus Quixotic Mobile War: HTML5 – Not Linux – Is The Key “Making the Web a first-class citizen on mobile devices? That would be a Very Big Deal, and it’s one that Canonical has already started to deliver on, as Shuttleworth…
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Developer suggests that Facebook was the problem with Facebooks app, not HTML5 | The Verge

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Andrew Davis

Developer suggests that Facebook was the problem with Facebooks app, not HTML5 | The Verge “When Mark Zuckerberg said that “the biggest mistake we made as a company was betting too much on HTML5 instead of native,” web tool developer…
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WebRTC hits Firefox, Android and iOS

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Andrew Davis

WebRTC hits Firefox, Android and iOS “getUserMedia is available now in Chrome with no flags, as well as Opera, and Firefox Nightly/Aurora (though for Firefox you’ll need to set preferences). Take a look at the cross-browser demo of getUserMedia at simpl.info/gum—and…
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H.264 video in Firefox for Android

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Andrew Davis

H.264 video in Firefox for Android “Firefox currently supports H.264 playback on any device running Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) and any Samsung device running Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). We have temporarily blocked non-Samsung devices running Ice Cream Sandwich until we…
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HTML5 Does Have A Mobile Future: Mozillas Chris Heilmann Goes Mythbusting

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Andrew Davis

HTML5 Does Have A Mobile Future: Mozillas Chris Heilmann Goes Mythbusting “The onus for HTML5 performance and capabilities really has little to do with the HTML5 development community (presuming a developer’s code is well done, of course) but rather the individual…
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New Samsung Cortex A15-based chip opens door to “Retina” Android tablets

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Andrew Davis

New Samsung Cortex A15-based chip opens door to “Retina” Android tablets “Samsung’s new Exynos 5 Dual SoC [...] includes ARM’s new Mali-T604 GPU designed to power Retina-class displays and support high-performance connectivity options like SATA and USB 3.0. These improvements…
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$99 Ouya wants to bust down console gaming’s walled gardens | Ars Technica

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Andrew Davis

$99 Ouya wants to bust down console gaming’s walled gardens | Ars Technica “Those are the kinds of business developments that are motivating the team behind Ouya, a $99, Android 4.0-based TV game console project launching on Kickstarter today. Ouya…
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Mozilla’s B2G to be called Firefox OS, will ship in 2013

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Andrew Davis

Mozilla’s B2G to be called Firefox OS, will ship in 2013 “The lightweight architecture of B2G makes it an ideal choice for affordable devices with lower hardware specifications than conventional smartphones. The idea that a Web-based technology stack could be…
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Firefox for Android Reveals the Future of the Mobile Web

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Andrew Davis

New Firefox for Android Reveals the Future of the Mobile Web. “It is remarkably fast. It renders the mobile Web extremely well and “snaps” to websites without a significant amount of load time. Users tend to notice when a browser…
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