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The London Android Group.

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Past events

• Pre droidcon meetup!

  Thu, 19 Nov 2009, 18:30 - 20:30 in London, United Kingdom

  This meetup will be a bit different. We will discuss the upcoming droidcamp/con in December the 1st/2nd. More information can be found here: htttp://www.droidcon.de This will be followed by an open discussion ala barcamp on where the community is going and how we can improve it. If you have a subject you want to discuss or an already prepared presentation, bring it along!

• October's meetup

  Thu, 22 Oct 2009, 17:30 - 19:30 in London, United Kingdom

  In-Field Data Discovery through Location Based Services Presented by Gobe Hobona from the Centre for Geospatial Science at the University of Nottingham Historically, a student or researcher conducting fieldwork was only able to search for datasets relevant to their study sites after downloading data from their mobile devices into a computer back at their laboratories.

• How to improve your driving skills with Android; OAuth and more

  Thu, 17 Sep 2009, 17:30 - 19:30 in London, United Kingdom

  During the course of September’s Android User Group, we will present 3 talks of 15 minutes on the following subjects: Using Android GPS to measure race car performance Presented by Dr Paul Thomas Paul will talk about using GPS hardware on the G1 to turn the phone into a datalogger for lap times, G-forces and car positioning on the track. From this data we can inspect tyre and engine performance, and also see which parts of the track can be taken faster in order to reduce lap times.

• Podcast app, NDK, ADC2 and more

  Thu, 20 Aug 2009, 17:30 - 19:30 in London, United Kingdom

  During the course of August’s Android User Group, we will present 3 talks of 15 minutes on the following subjects:Lesson learned: building a podcast application Presented by Robert MunroeRobert will release his Podcast application shortly. He will first present his newly created application and discuss the difficulties he encountered while developing the app.Topic will be updated shortly Presented by Leslie DreweryTopic will be updated shortlyWhat is on the edge with Android?

• The London Android Group. July Meetup

  Thu, 16 Jul 2009, 17:30 - 19:30 in City of London, United Kingdom

  During the course of June?s Android User Group, we will present 2 talks on OpenGL and Widgets.Richard Hyndman will present the widget framework, the new exciting presentation layer which offers application developers the ability to present dynamic data on the home screen. Richard will give an overview of Mippin.com's Android applications and a run through of the Ultimate Stopwatch and Battery Widget.

• The London Android Group. June Meetup

  Mon, 22 Jun 2009, 17:30 - 19:30 in City of London, United Kingdom

  Android is an Open Handset Alliance (OHA) project sponsored by Google which offers a software stack for mobile devices that includes an operating system, middleware and key applications. People interested the innovative network effects of opensourcing mobile device applications where the experience will surpass the web, and more importantly where immersive, location aware mashups, virtual simulations, metaverse services start to emerge should be interested.

• Does Open = Free? An afternoon at Open Mobile Summit, an evening with maddog

  Thu, 11 Jun 2009, 13:00 - 15:00 in City of London, United Kingdom

  We?ve teamed up with the organisers of the Open Mobile Summit to create a special presentation for the Android User Group led by one of the Summit?s speakers, the infamous open source visionary and chief advocate of openmoko, Jon 'maddog' Hall. In addition, the organisers are offering 30 qualified apps developers FREE access to the afternoon sessions of the conference on 11th June. For those that would like to attend the whole 2-day conference, we have 10 passes at £500. (retail at £1495).