John Walton

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John Walton

John Walton is a student and writer who spends most of his free time fingerpicking an acoustic guitar and authoring biographical snippets in the third-person. He lives with his wife and their cat, who are, like him, compulsive movers/travelers. He is passionate about open source software, learning to speak Thai, and watching poker tournaments on television (WPT).

Author's latest articles, videos, reviews and more...

Amazon SimpleDB: Android in the cloud

Carmen Delessio's Amazon SimpleDB is an app targeted at developers, but its functionality could be popping up soon in an app near you. It illustrates how Android can take advantage of could services...

VoiceCentral dev talks Apple

For those of you who haven't been following mobile news over the past week, the Apple App Store has eighty-sixed some programs that facilitate the use of Google Voice, which allows users to send...

Citrix running Word on Android

Citrix used the iForum 2009 in Singapore to show off an Android version of their receiver software, which is already available for iPhone. Citrix compares their virtualization experience to turning...

Design the DroidDog logo, win $250!

In the very near future, PhoneDog will be launching a sub-site dedicated to Android. We'll still have all of the big, Android-related industry news here at the main site, but we know the hard-core...

AT&T, Apple, Google, on FCC's to-do

The Wall Street Journal published an article today detailing the contents of letters sent by the Federal Communications Commission to Apple, AT&T, and Google regarding the pulling of an...

A bit of Sense for your Android

So you're in love with Sense, but can't afford (wait for/settle for the US 2G of)  HTC's Hero. Well, LevelUp Studio has what you need in the form of five Hero-inspired beautiful widgets called......

T-Mo's visual voice mail for G1 and myTouch

The release of T-Mobile's myTouch doesn't just mean we G1 owners get new apps (search the Market for "AppPack" and install the T-Mo result to see them all), we get a great new service to compete with...

Motorola Morrison clears FCC

I'm conflicted. I hate grid-style QWERTYs, but I love Android, prefer 3G, and really want UMA calling capability. I'm also on T-Mobile with an @Home router. So the July 29th news of the Motorola...

Creative hatches Zii Egg

Creative's Zii Egg is an HD media player with enhanced 3D graphics and video acceleration that is positioned to compete with the iPod Touch. It is currently available for pre-order at $399 (and...

Official Facebook app for Android

It could be happening by the end of this week, says Tech Crunch. And while the program will be missing some capabilities that the current iPhone version has (let alone what's in the works), many are...

Verizon teases Android fans

It's not an official announcement, launch date, or even a model name, but it's something. Dennis Strigl, VZW's COO, has publicly said that Android is on the roadmap. This was in the context of...

Apple's ban of GV = WIN for Android

Likely attributable to Apple's snuggly relationship with AT&T, iPhone just suffered a serious blow in the form of non-competitive practices. For those who missed the news yesterday, Apple removed...

John's HTC Hero review

Overview What's good: Killer virtual keyboard; Sense UI is inviting and full of wow; gorgeous 3.2", 320 X 480 display with oleophobic coating; design is sophisticated but makes a statement; 3.5mm...

Android Donut rolls w/ multi-touch

Man, oh man. Once you get sucked into the culture of cooked ROMs, it's hard to break free. Don't get me wrong, I don't have the vaguest understanding of how subversive coders accomplish the fruits of...

Sherpa on the loose

I've spent some time with Sherpa, and I have to agree with my source and say that it's the best location-aware search app for Android. It's useful, functional, tight, and fast. You can search around...

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