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Weekly Roundup

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While a bit jet-lagged to make it to this week’s BlackBerry Developer Conference in San Francisco, I couldn’t help walking down to the bay and firing up the MiFi to try (key word ;) ) and crank out a few posts.  So, while I try and intake enough coffee — and scenery — to get on a West Coast schedule, let’s take some time to catch up on some of last week’s highlights.   Yeah, I know, you’re probably already sick of hearing about the DROID invasion, but the team had some interesting insights on the Android device.   Don’t worry, though, there was plenty happening beyond Big Red’s smartphone release.  So, without further adieu, let’s jump right in…

So, right off the bat Apple has easily hit 100,000 apps and just continues to skyrocket.  With an almost endless sea of applications out there, how can developers get their applications seen and downloaded in a method easier than hoping or praying that people happen to know the exact application name or are willing to search and sift throught the App Store?  Dan tackled this question with a look at Apptizr.

Since apps certainly seem to be the name of the game for a mobile platform’s survival and success, one thing I’m going to be keeping an eye out for here at the BlackBerry Developer Conference is how developers are approaching multiple device platforms.  Are they quickly putting Android up to #2 for their development, given the new devices released?  Is iPhone still their top pick?  What about Windows Mobile, Palm’s webOS, and Symbian?  Yeah, it may be a little skewed (I’m well aware the event is geared for BlackBerry devices; but I also know most of the developers participating handle more than one platform — so it will be interesting to try and get a candid take on how they’re prioritizing application development in a constantly changing landscape of mobile device an operating system fragmentation.

Back to Android for a second (hey, we can’t ignore it…there’s a lot happening with Google’s mobile OS ;) ), Thomas showed off the new PhotoShop.com Mobile Application for Android.  Looks like iPhone users don’t get all the fun with image editing on the go.

Barnes & Noble vs Spring Design?

Carly covered the latest lawsuit  that could have Barnes & Noble in a bit of hot water if it is determine that they actually copied/stole Spring Design’s eBook own design.

Judie detailed her recent trip to New York for the Windows 7 tour.  Looks like it was exhausting fun for Judie, and to a lessor degree — Wayne, and Dan!

Giveaway Alert!

Dan recently reviewed, and is now giving away a new Moshi Voice Responsive Alarm Clock. Be sure to check it out and enter to win!  Speaking of giveaways, Judie has one for Maghound subscriptions and the Case-Mate Enlighten Kindle2 cover she recently reviewed, while Dan’s got another one for Speck Cases for iPhones, iPod touches and Nanos.

Did we miss anything?  Chime in and let us know in the comments if there are any topics you want covered :)

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