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Now, there are many free applications out there already, like Gmote. Gmote is a cool app that turns your phone into a remote control for your computer. Is this useful? You tell me. But it sure D5318 laptop battery is nifty.

Another application that caught my eye is Orienteer, written by a group called Deafcode, LLC. Apparently, they are a consortium of hearing-impared developers. Neat! Their application turns your phone into a compass. Double Neat!

There are pay apps, too. And being the 310-6322 laptop battery curmudgeon that I am, I want to know if this is kosher. Somehow, in the back of my mind, I think that these apps should also be open source, or at the very least, free to use. Being a developer myself, I'm very aware of the need to make an income. But there's also a part of me that remembers why I enjoy doing it: to create new and (hopefully) interesting code. A kind of knowledge for knowledge's sake thing.
Having an open-source SDK is a great way to lure talent (see my opening remarks). Perhaps it is because I am not one of these genius developers that I ponder the 310-6321 laptop battery chivalry of it all.

Mark my words: This point won't be lost on the open source community. Android may now be a minor presence in the handset world. But this is changing. Samsung announced plans to launch three of their new phones with Android in 2009. T-Mobile is even putting Inspiron 9400 laptop battery Android on non-mobile gadgets, such as a tablet computer.

I'd like to think that this is a good trend we're seeing. I'd like to have different OS options available for my BlackBerry. I doubt we'll ever see Android on iPhones, but perhaps something new and better will come along. And it will be built by the people, for the people Inspiron 9300 laptop battery (apologies to A. Lincoln).