APRIL 10, 2014 TALK: Android Tablet Update & Intro to Programming Your Own Apps

1. ANDROID TABLET UPDATE & intro to PROGRAMMING YOUR OWN APPS
bring your favorite Android Apps to demonstrate

1a. ANDROID- LATEST NEWS

• [Steve's $1.89- incl shipping from China - keyboard adapter from tmart.com search for ANYTHING]
• What I would buy now - 7in tablet, quad core, android 4.2
• Cheap 7 in tablet: 46 reviews ($40 tablet (10/28/2012 1st review; 3/14/2014 last review)
• Cheap 7 inch tablet 84 reviews ($40-black/pink/white; 4 GB; $50 8GB - incl shipping)
• nomorerack.com daily special - $59: android 4.2; 1.5GHZ; 512MB DDRIII RAM; 4GB Nand
• "100 Best Android Apps of 2014", PC Magazine, 3/19/2014
• Android Security Remains a Glaring Problem
• Ten recommended mobile security apps
• Fairphone's Fair-Trade Smartphone ; Fairphone social values;
  • click "Spare Parts" (top right); click a part (mid-frame); note the diassembly directions

1b. ANDROID APP DEVELOPMENT

• using MIT App Inventor 2 (use only Firefox or Chrome browser). Project examples
• reviews of MIT AI2
• March 15 TCF talks on Android and Google Glass development
• use Java on Eclipse development software (TCF talk .pptx file -by Barry Burd)
• recommended books, written by Burd: (all avail from Amazon.com)
  • "Android Application Development for Dummies"
  • "Java Programming for Android Developers for Dummies"
  • "Eclipse for Dummies"