I just released an update to one of my Android apps and when I was checking to see i it was listed as newly updated noticed that Pandora has finally been released.

I'm HAPPY!

My Android Phone(t-mobile G1) is pretty awesome. I have been using it for the past 2 months or so and now I can't live without it. It's basically everything My t-mobile wing was supposed to be and a whole lot more.

 I haven’t really done any posts about Android Development as I am usually to busy developing for Android and this is yet another post that is not about android development. Tonight I bought my wife a myTouch and was pretty impressed by the packaging(stay classy myTouch). Not that it matters because I'm sure it will end up on a shelf in the back of a closet but it's pretty damn nice and could easily double as a travel case for when your on the road and want to keep all your accessories together for some reason I guess. Ill post a couple pics when I get a chance. Not only is my wife happy but so is my son(who helps me out with my android projects when time permits) because he got her 3 month old G1! So now were a family of android users and as soon as the Sholes or the Samsung Galaxy get released ill have use my G1 or development only.

anyways...by the way did I mention that this would just be me rambling on?

Here's are favorite things about the phone!

1. Easy to use
2. relatively small yet not too small to hold in fact it feels great in my hand
3. Tons of GREAT APPS!
4. Tons of those GREAT Apps are free!
5. Automatic contact syncing(with your Gmail account)
6. All(well most) of the apps work great unlike my previous Windows Mobile Brick
7. taking pictures and video is easy as hell!(video is even easier if you use QIK, but ill get to that later)
8. Did I mention how easy it was to use:)

Here's what I usually have installed on my phone

1. FartDroid! - who doesnt like farts? okay...I may be a little biased on this one.
2. IP Cam Viewer Lite - A great app that lets you view your IP Cameras in the palm of your hand anywhere that you may be
3. QIK - stream live videos from your phone!
4. K-9 - The best email client I have used. it's the closest thing I have used on any mobile device to a full fledged desktop email client.
5. Obama Cam - Just who doesnt want to have their picture taken with the president?
6. Ringdroid - edit and save files to use as ringtones(or anything else) right in the palm of your hand, even at WalGreens while waiting for a prescription.
7. Layar - This is about the coolest thing I have ever seen. Lets you use Google, Wikipedia visually so to speak. Just check out their site as they explain what the heck it is a lot better than I do. All I know is it worked great on our road trip to Santa Barbara a couple of weeks ago. Used it to find restaurants, info about places we drove through, and even restrooms when the kids had to go:)
8. Google Maps - This is just AWESOME. Turn by turn directions, simple to use, fast as hell. Almost as good as a regular GPS unit but instead of it telling you where to turn your copilot does all the talking:)
9. Real Time Traffic - This little app visually gives you traffic conditions and is very easy to use while driving(not that I condone that kind of thing....but it sure does work great). This app alone saved me at least an hour on the way home.

My wife and I carved pumpkins with the kids tonight.

I have been too busy coding to post a thorough review of the presentations that I watched but I will post it soon...