08-06-2012, 04:33 PM
android ppt
Android_Slides.ppt (Size: 266.5 KB / Downloads: 14)
Android Features
Application Framework
Dalvik virtual machine
Integrated (webkit) browser
2D and 3D graphics APIs with HW
SQLite
Video and audio codecs
Bluetooth, EDGE, 3G, and WiFi
Camera, GPS, compass, and accelerometer
Opportunities
100s of millions of mobile phone users
Very high growth, esp. in Asia
"Wild wild west" of application development
think 1985 on the desktop (if you were born by then)
no dominant 3rd party developers.... yet
what will the killer app categories be?
what does it mean to have any app + the internet in your pocket?
You can develop for it today!
Project Suggestions
Web Scrapers [movies, weather, sports, <topic> news]
Find multiple web sources
Scrape them for the relevant information
Present in a custom UI on the phone
Asynchronous games [chess, poker, risk]
Develop an API for all games to communicate through
Establish connections by phone number
Send and receive game data
Ability to reopen connections
Planner/To-do list with location data
Decide route to next class, meeting, etc
Find a order/route for non time-critical tasks
Connect to campus directory to find teachers/classmates
Android_Slides.ppt (Size: 266.5 KB / Downloads: 14)
Android Features
Application Framework
Dalvik virtual machine
Integrated (webkit) browser
2D and 3D graphics APIs with HW
SQLite
Video and audio codecs
Bluetooth, EDGE, 3G, and WiFi
Camera, GPS, compass, and accelerometer
Opportunities
100s of millions of mobile phone users
Very high growth, esp. in Asia
"Wild wild west" of application development
think 1985 on the desktop (if you were born by then)
no dominant 3rd party developers.... yet
what will the killer app categories be?
what does it mean to have any app + the internet in your pocket?
You can develop for it today!
Project Suggestions
Web Scrapers [movies, weather, sports, <topic> news]
Find multiple web sources
Scrape them for the relevant information
Present in a custom UI on the phone
Asynchronous games [chess, poker, risk]
Develop an API for all games to communicate through
Establish connections by phone number
Send and receive game data
Ability to reopen connections
Planner/To-do list with location data
Decide route to next class, meeting, etc
Find a order/route for non time-critical tasks
Connect to campus directory to find teachers/classmates
