Creating playlists on Android is quite cumbersome.  I found a blog post with some quick steps on creating the playlist, and it works great on my mac!

Here’s how:

1) Plug in the phone
2) Open a terminal window, and navigate to the folder containing the audio you would like to make a playlist.
3) Type the following command (replace .mp3 with the format of your audio files):

find ./ -name “*.mp3″ >> myplaylist.m3u

4) Unmount the drive and unplug the phone.
5) The playlist will now show up under the playlists tab in the Music player app on the Android device.

If I want to modify the order of the audio in the playlist, I just connect the phone and edit the playlist file directly. No more messing with the playlist using the phone UI.

Windows users, check out the instructions mentioned in the blog linked above.

I’ve been using Apple’s Mail application as my primary email client ever since I switched back in 2004.  There have been many improvements in both Mail.app and Thunderbird since.  My question to you guys is, which is better, Mail.app (latest is v4.3) or Thunderbird (v3), and why?

I was pleasantly surprised when I woke up this morning and found a Locale update waiting for me in the Android Market.  For an app, which many thought was abandonware, here’s what’s new:

• Location condition improvements
  • New Wi-Fi location training feature available under the Menu of the Location condition. Use only if you’re getting incorrect location results
  • Faster algorithms that allow Locale to stop searching for location more quickly, improving battery life in certain environments
  • Location accuracy improvements
  • During periodic Wi-Fi scans, association with known access points will no longer occur. In earlier versions, such association could cause brief disruption of Internet connectivity
• Android 2.2 (Froyo) Improvements
  • Improved compatibility with Android 2.2′s Wi-Fi tethering feature
  • Bug fix for weird location data under Android 2.2
• UI enhancements
  • New Launcher icon for Android 2.0
  • New Notification icon
  • Improved trackball support on the Home and Edit Situation screens
  • Added a note to the Orientation condition UI regarding incorrect battery usage reporting on certain HTC phones
  • Missing plug-ins are now shown in the Edit Situation screen
• Orientation Condition accuracy improvements
• Workarounds for Wi-Fi bugs on the HTC Desire
• Localizations
  • Japanese localization
  • Vietnamese localization
  • Updated Dutch localization
  • Updated French localization
  • Updated German localization

Since the app made the jump from beta to paid status, it has been widely known as not working well.  I’m going to give this new update a try again and see if the above mentioned improvements really do work.  Do you use Locale? What device, and what’s your experience with it?

There are reports that the big G is gearing up to release its own tablet to compete with the iPad. While that sounds really exciting, one has to think whether our not Google will attempt to support the device like they tried with the Nexus One. As many know, they couldn’t quite handle the support issues that arose around that phone’s launch.

What do you guys think? Will Google attempt to support the device or will they hand that off to whomever is manufacturing it?

After getting the Froyo release on my nexus one a few weeks ago I noticed that there were apps no longer appearing in the Android Market. I contacted one of the developers about it and found out that the version doesn’t support protected apps.

Unfortunately the leaked Froyo ROM does not support protected apps, the only thing to do is wait for Google to release the official OTA Froyo ROM to your phone.

That’s a major bummer if true. So when do you think we’ll see the OTA?

One feature I’m really happy to see in Android 2.2 is the ability to specify individual signatures for each account that is setup. No longer do I need to use the CopiPe app to copy/paste sig lines into my emails!

Now, I just wish native screenshot support was added.

-Sufian

I am an avid user of the Google Voice service and app on my Nexus One phone.

There are two features I’d love to see implemented in the Google Voice app:

1. Ability to specify, through my contacts, which number is dialed using GV and which isn’t. An example of this would be setting up my wife’s contact record to always be called from my mobile number by default, but for ClientX to always be called using my Google Voice number. This setting would save time spent selecting the contact and selecting whether or not to use GV for the call before the actual call is initiated.
2. When a call comes in, it’d be awesome to know (visually) that the incoming call was to my GV number.

Do you use Google Voice? Wouldn’t these features be useful and increase productivity?

I noticed that Skype Lite was no longer available in the Android Market so I went over to Skype’s website and saw a version for Android was available for Verizon users. Tried accessing the link on my Nexus One and I get a message telling me it’s not available for my phone, and that I should switch to Verizon. Bah!

Why?!

Sorry about image quality, I didn’t have my data cable so I couldn’t take a screenshot.

Just got my hands on the Official Nexus One Car Dock and decided to do a quick video review for you guys.

If you have a Nexus One, you can purchase it from Google for $55.00USD.