Mobile Devices

T-Mobile and Android – All Quiet on the Western Front

Jun 20th, 2010 | By Christian Donner | Category: Mobile Devices, Smartphone

The mobile providers’ device lineups are ever-changing, and the forces that create the dynamics are difficult to understand. Six month ago, when the Google Nexus One was announced along with T-Mobile as the initial service provider, this subsidiary of the German Telekom appeared to be on the cutting edge of the promising Android market and [...]



SQL error: not an error

Jun 15th, 2010 | By Christian Donner | Category: Mobile Devices, Smartphone

“SQL error: not an error” is an odd SQLite error message that can be confusing. It stumped me for a moment. The fix is quite simple: C:\Android\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb -e shell # sqlite3 /data/data/com.pod.tripsnmiles/tripsnmiles/tripsnmiles sqlite3 /data/data/com.pod.tripsnmiles/tripsnmiles/tripsnmiles SQLite version 3.5.9 Enter “.help” for instructions sqlite> select * from trip; select * from trip; SQL error: not an error [...]



Trips’n'Miles now on Android Market

Jun 6th, 2010 | By Christian Donner | Category: Mobile Devices

Trips’n’Miles for Android is available for download from the Android Market. Simply search for “tripsnmiles” on your device. Unlike with the Windows Mobile version, no separate database installation is required, which makes it much easier to install and use. Trips’n’Miles for Android has the same feature set as the Windows Mobile version and most of [...]



Android 2.2 Froyo – Love it

May 28th, 2010 | By Christian Donner | Category: Mobile Devices, Smartphone

I followed the upgrade instructions in this post. There were no issues with my Nexus One. Everything worked as described. Rebooting took a while, but once it was back up, I was blown away. The performance is much better. I am working on my first Android app, and while I use the emulator for development [...]



T-Mobile Customer Support at It’s Best

Jan 29th, 2010 | By Christian Donner | Category: Mobile Devices, Smartphone

This morning, my Nexus One stopped receiving emails. When I tried to refresh my Exchange inbox on the phone, I got a “cannot connect” error. Powering down and rebooting did not help. Any attempt to browse the web would just bring up the page shown below. I called the T-Mobile Customer Support number while at a restaurant waiting for [...]



Top 10 Android Issues – For Future Nexus One Owners

Jan 19th, 2010 | By Christian Donner | Category: Mobile Devices, Smartphone

Please note that the list below was compiled based on functionality in Android 2.1 on the Nexus One when it became available. Many of these issues have been addressed in Android 2.2, such as WPA-2 Enterprise support, Exchange Calendar sync, Bluetooth tethering, etc. My Nexus One was listed on eBay twice, but I cancelled the [...]



Bye-Bye Nexus One

Jan 12th, 2010 | By Christian Donner | Category: Mobile Devices, Open Source, Smartphone

I guess it was too good to be true. A phone that does everything that I want and need and could possibly ask for and is not an iPhone? Not the Nexus One. Or at least, not yet. Mine went on eBay today, and I hope that I will be at least able to get [...]



Google’s Nexus One for (potential) Windows Mobile converts

Jan 10th, 2010 | By Christian Donner | Category: Mobile Devices, Smartphone

If you, like myself, resisted all the peer pressure out there for joining the iPhone crowd, and instead held on to that funky Windows Mobile device, this may be of interest to you. Microsoft had an opportunity with Windows Mobile 6.5 to set the first step of the many needed for maintaining the gap between [...]



Why it is worth waiting for the Google Nexus One

Dec 27th, 2009 | By Christian Donner | Category: Mobile Devices, Smartphone

Time has come to replace my T-Mobile Shadow. I am no longer under contract, and the phone is no longer cutting-edge technology. My wife needs a new phone as well. The Verizon Droid has been creating some buzz for a while, so I started looking into what I’d be able to get for my money right [...]



Samsung Blackjack 2 and T-Mobile

Jul 29th, 2009 | By Christian Donner | Category: Mobile Devices, Smartphone

A user of my TripsnMiles mileage tracker software for Windows Mobile reported display issues on a Blackjack II phone running Windows Mobile 6.1. I was curious to see the problem myself and bought a used phone on Ebay. My application turned out to run just fine on it, so I could have re-sold the phone. [...]