Posts Tagged ‘Application’

Labyrinth for Android

Friday, September 10th, 2010

I really like playing Labyrinth on Android (it is also available on iPhone). However I’ve found though that my son, who is almost three, loves playing ‘ball in the hole’ as he calls it even more than I do. The levels were a bit difficult for him to navigate so I’ve started using the ‘my levels’ feature to make some levels that are easier for him to play. Usually, these don’t have many holes on them but just weaving walls to get around.

Labyrinth Screenshot

Labyrinth Screenshot

I’ve build several of these levels and gradually added a few holes which are easily avoidable and then some trickier levels later on that I help him with. I’m hoping I can share these as a pack for other users to use.

I’m pleased to see that the they are launching Labyrinth 2 (on the iPhone initially) with some fun extras like cannons and magnets. Looking forward to that coming to the Android phone too.

Labyrinth 2

New levels on Labyrinth 2

Here is the QR code for Labyrinth on Android:

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Ocado shopping application for Android

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

I started using Ocado recently and was pleased to see they have an Android application (as well as one for the iPhone). The interface is very clean and simple to use but has some great features.


Ocado on the Go for Android

My favourite feature is that you can scan wrappers before you throw them in the bin. The barcode scanner matches the product in their online catalogue and you can then add the product to your shopping list for the next order. This process generally works seamlessly and makes it very easy to build up your shopping list. You can also do text based search and, for more recent devices, voice based search for products.

Customer services are also great if you have any issues. I had a voucher code that didn’t work the first time around and they added the free item to my next order with no complaints. If you haven’t used Ocado before then make sure you use this voucher (do a search for ‘Ocado voucher’ if it has expired).

I’ve seen some issues where if you do a search or scan a barcode while it is downloading a new catalogue it can hang. Hopefully they will sort this out on future revisions. Currently though it is still very good and worth a try if you are OK to pay a bit more for your shopping. I’ve used Tesco.com before whose own brand products are certainly cheaper. However, they don’t yet have such an elegant solution for Android although based on this link they seem to be taking Android and QR codes seriously.

Ocado on the Go barcode
Download Ocado on the Go from Android Market

[I have no affiliation with Ocado]

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Wordfeud for Android

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

Really enjoying Wordfeud which is a Scrabble lookey-likey for Android. You play against friends or against remote players from around the world. You can take up to two days to take a turn which means games start off reasonably fast but can then last for several days.


http://www.androidcentral.com/android-quick-app-wordfeud-free

I really like the fact that you can set up push notifications to tell you when it is your turn to play. They have recently made some updates to fix some of the bugs but there are still occasional times when you can’t zoom in to the board.

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Security team appeal for experts to focus on Android

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

Google Android’s security team have asked security experts to ‘ethically hack’ their platform and report back privately on what they find. I think this is a smart approach but how they’ll get much of what they find resolved in time for the upcoming HTC Dream release will be interesting.

I think that it will be interesting to compare security on the different platforms given the the ‘openness’ of Android relative to closed platforms such as the iPhone, Blackberry, Windows Mobile and Symbian. Although the iPhone is a closed platform it is generally not considered secure enough for most enterprises to embrace it yet. This is perhaps reinforced by the simplicity of the latest password hack for the iPhone.

Blackberry is generally considered secure (if you enforce the appropriate policies) with the occasional hiccup(!). Windows Mobile is becoming more security conscious with each release and at least has the concept of signing applications as does Symbian.

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