I haven’t tried this (I use a Mac) but someone has the iPhone syncing on Linux (looks like ubuntu based). There is a lot of info about the iPhone/iTunes pairing and syncing via USB over at the site…
Monthly Archives: October 2008
Boxee
I got my account on Boxee today. Installed it on my mac, and I’ve been enjoying it all day. Really amazing interface with some cool social features. This is what we are working towards at work (but with linear tv). The hulu assets are what really make it compelling…
Android 101 – Part 2
Now that the emulator is up and running, you need to get familiar with adb – the Android Debug Bridge – and start poking around at your device. I found ADB back in the latest SDK, and used it to connect to my emulator. You can start a shell and poke around. I want to…
Starting Android Open Source Emulator
Once you have build Android on your Mac OSX (I have Leopard) following the Google directions, it’s time to start it. This wasn’t as easy as it sounds, as I couldn’t find any docs that talked about this, except for this page that talks about the emulator in the SDK. In your droid repo directory,…
Building Android – Available Now!
Android is OpenSourced, and you can build it yourself on MacOSX or an Ubuntu machine. THis is not the emulator, but real Android OS running on your system. http://source.android.com/download Has the directions. Check out the known-issues page before giving up- there are some rough edges. 10/22 Update: watch out for your file system on the…
Zimbra and new IP’s
So I’ve been happily using Zimbra as my primary mailserver for a couple of years. My host recently changed IP addresses, and I took the time to update zimbra to the latest release. Two things tripped me up. First, this upgrade, unlike any other, refused to complete- the LDAP wouldn’t start after it was upgraded…