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Google's Android sinking further and further into quicksand (blogs.sun.com)
When a technical project like Google's Android is mired in the quicksand of slipping delivery dates and bailing developers (who are abandoning Android faster than rodents from a sinking Titanic), it's hard for all those still stuck in that quicksand to see all the struggling just makes them sink faster into the pit.
See:
HTC rumored to be slipping delivery of Google Android
Here's a quote:
Handset maker [HTC] is "having structural problems to incorporate Google?s demanded feature set"; HTC is "demanding a guaranteed minimum revenue surety from Google", from which Chowdhry concludes that "Probably HTC does not think there will be enough demand for GPhone." ssBut, I'm sure a company like Google can pull out of this. No problem. Just like Google Video, right? Oh, wait... bad example. They canned Google Video (for YouTube), didn't they? :-)
Hinkmond- Java ME and J2ME
myPicks Beijing 2008 and more (blogs.sun.com)
Happy Friday readers! It has been a long week of getting things done, but I am happy to say that I have checked many things off of my to do list this week. My awesome team and I had a fabulous planning and brainstorming meeting yesterday and it was awesome to be able to spend the day in one room with everyone. About half of my team work remotely or in another state, so when we get together for these meetings, its always good to see the girls! And we had an awesome team dinner at one of my favorite restaurants in downtown Palo Alto called Junnoon. I have one things to say. YUMMY!
In any case, I am super excited about the Olympics starting today and even more excited about this really cool new application (ok... really, its a game!) that was launched on Facebook called myPicks Beijing 2008. What is myPicks Beijing 2008 you ask? WELL... it is a game that allows users like you and I to predict winners at the Olympics. And, if your predictions are correct, you win points. All points we accumulate are credited to the country we choose when we sign up and you can challenge your friends to competition predictions and more. Whats even more cool about this is that the game was created on Zembly - the worlds first and easiest Facebook application development environment. Zembly is built from the ground up on Sun's technology (both hardware and software...sweet!).
My partner in crime and all around fabulous friend, Heidi (aka SDNGal) and I shot a video today for Sun Total Access Network to talk about myPicks Beijing 2008. Make sure to head over to SunTAN and to Heidi's blog as well to find out just what we have to say about all the cool stuff that is happening in our worlds. Heidi, I am ready for our Olympic challenge. GAME ON! Happy weekend everyone! Enjoy your day!
Flash Magazine > Tutorials > Flash 3D Basics (www.flashmagazine.com)
Nandini Ramani Introduces the JavaFX Preview SDK (blogs.sun.com)
A screencast illustrating some features of JavaFX Script and its language using the JavaFX SDK preview and the NetBeans IDE
The JavaFX Trap (gnu.wildebeest.org)
"You would hope that Sun would get it by now, but apparently not"
A Teris Game in JavaFX | Ajaxonomy (www.ajaxonomy.com)
javafx tutorial sobre un tetrix