Category: Android

Toshiba Thrive Review

A few months ago, I bought a refurbished Toshiba Thrive tablet from Woot. In keeping with my preferences, the Thrive is an Android device, currently running Honeycomb (although an IceCream Sandwich update should come out later this year). In order to provide an easy to read review, I'll be structuring...

Privacy on Android: Importing a Public Key from a Keyserver with APG

Now that you've set up APG and K9 to allow you to send and receive encrypted and signed emails from your Android phone, you've probably found that you need to import OpenPGP keys. Fortunately, if the keys you need can be found on keyservers, APG can download and import them...

Rooting my Phone

As the time left on the warranty on [my phone](/my-new-android-phone-and-eugene_mobile.html) dwindled, I decided it was finally time to void it and root my phone. This experience was best described as an ordeal, taking me a few hours, and requiring the installation of the Android SDK on my computer (as well...

Keepassdroid

Recently I wrote up the password manager Keepass. One of the many qualities I praised was the cross platform nature of the program. Keepassdroid exemplifies this point by serving as a version of the program for Android. Keepassdroid is compatible with the same database format that the main program uses,...

Android, Three Weeks In

Although it has been a relatively short time since I announced my new Android phone, the reality is that today marks the third week since I got it. As you might expect, going from no phone at all to a smart phone was quite a surprising experience. To be able...

Drupal Editor Android App

One of the nicest aspects of having a smart phone is the easy access to the Internet that it can provide for you almost anywhere you go. No more hoping that a coffee shop has WiFi or having to wait to look up the answer to that nagging question up...

My New Android Phone and eugene_mobile

A couple of weeks ago, my family decided to take advantage of the T-Mobile Father's Day deal, which gave away any phone in the store for each line on a new family plan. The result of this being the MyTouch Slide, one of T-Mobile's offerings, that I currently hold in...