Phil

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Name: Phil Haigh
Date registered: June 24, 2009
URL: http://www.surfsoftconsulting.com

Latest posts

  1. Galaxy Nexus ICS 4.0.4 – Regaining su privileges — May 20, 2012
  2. Google I/O 2012 Verdict: Must Do Better. — March 27, 2012
  3. Dear Samsung… you’ll never be Apple — March 24, 2012
  4. The Joy of JSF — February 4, 2012
  5. Social Apps on Android — December 14, 2011

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Sep 22

Android, Grails and Heroku

Having published a first Android application Audio Clock in the Android Market my attention has turned to developing something new. Audio Clock was simple but this new application is on a whole other scale. Audio Clock had a minimal UI – in fact just some configuration views and a notification bar entry – and ran in the …

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Jun 19

Galaxy Tab 10.1 USB File Transfer Issues Explained

Having struggled, cursed, been derided by iPad owners and got really irked over the synchronisation issues with the Galaxy Tab 10.1 I have spent some more time in the last few days looking into the problem in more detail. I was prompted to do this by the arrival, over the air, of Android 3.1 – …

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May 16

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 (Google I/O Edition) – First Impressions

At Google I/O this year I was lucky enough to receive a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, one of the latest Android tablets to ship with Android 3.0 (Honeycomb). However, being a Samsung item it does have its downsides. Samsung for some reason known only to themselves have endowed it with Samsung Kies, a synchronisation utility …

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May 05

Using Maven for Android Development

As a habitual Maven user I’ve got used to the ease with which I can run through a build and test process and get a deployable artefact out at the end of it. I’ve been playing with Android for some time, and now I’m ready to do some serious development it is only natural that …

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Jan 08

OS X Account Migration Sleight of Hand

I recently discovered that my MacBook Pro had developed a fault whereby the DVD drive would read any DVD I cared to insert but would no longer accept blank DVDs. This turned out to be a known issue with certain brands of drive that Apple use, or just dirt on the lens (take your pick …

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