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).

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Multiplayer Quake is coming to Android

Last month, androidandme.com issued a bounty: some cash and bragging rights to the coder who could realize the concept that got the most votes from the site's readers. The call went out, and the code...

LG Xenon, in the real

It's not a tumor! I mean... it's not a rumor! Well, the details may be, but we now have some fair photos of the LG Xenon. The snaps are making the rounds today, along with the date 04/09/09, and some...

What the Android Market needs

Android Market alternatives are out there. If you are a developer who wants to avoid Google's copy protection in favor of a different flavor (or no protection at all), you could sell your apps...

Waiting for Torrent Droid

This isn't really news, but I can't wait for the app to be released before mentioning it. Recently, Androidandme.com started their own developer's challenge called Android Bounty. You can read all...

Opera Mobile 9.7 Announcement

Next week at CTIA, Opera Mobile 9.7 will be unveiled. It utilizes the Opera Turbo server-side compression technology and full support for Ajax and Flash. Turbo compresses data by up to 80%, which...

Android app review: Mother Feed

I've never been a social website junkie. Well, that is if you discount user-submitted news sites. I only got into Facebook about six months ago, and thought it beat the baggy, sagging pants off of...

aHome, revisited (already)

I have to drop a quick update here to my lukewarm post on aHome. Three days after I reviewed it, mAPPn released version 1.4.0 of the program, and almost all of my complaints have were addressed....

Face detection for Android (and iPhone)

It may not be available for a little while, but don't be jealous, Android fans, when your iPhone buddy starts bragging about the inevitable face detection app headed to their phones in the next few...

An alternative to the Android Market

There's been a gap between selling/shoping/sponging via the Android Market, and doing the same from random, disparate websites. Those two options may be fine if you've got the time, live in the...

Android app review: Open Home

Of the Android home replacements I've tried Open Home wins the most unique customization award. Searching the Market for Open Home, you'll find twenty-or-so professionally-designed, extremely...

Android software keyboard options

In anticipation of the keyboard-free Android devices sure to ship this year, I thought I should cover the current Market offerings designed to hold us over until we get the "Cupcake QWERTY." I should...

Android app review: Loquacious

Coming into the world as the first priced Twitter client for Android carries with it some inherent expectations. Twidroid has never disappointed me, and the interface is as sleek and professionally...

Android app review: aHome

I've tried various versions/incarnations of all of the Android home replacements I'm aware of: dxTop, Open Home, and aHome. I settled on aHome lite as my favorite because it was exactly that - lite....

An Omnia running Android? Yes please!

It's nothing official of course, but seems a pretty reasonable speculation. The buzz about Samsung devices running the 'droid has been floating around, and even growing to a subtle roar with the...

Calling all hard-core pre-Pre enthusiasts

Wanna get in early on the action and play around with the WebOS interface long before the phone comes out? Well, it's too early for that. But it's not to early to get your system prepared so you can...

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