Why Whatsapp is boon and bane at the same time

Posted by Raffael on 01/09/201305/13/2013 Posted in News & Apps, Personal stuff, Web Tips Tagged Whatsapp, whatsapp charge, whatsapp payment, whatsapp removed paypal, whatsapp security

Whatsapp, one of the most widely used messengers for mobile devices, should be known to the most people. I myself use Whatsapp since one and a half years and I have always been satisfied. I never had problems with messages send too late or something similar. Even money I had to pay not yet. And as my smartphone phone contract brings an internet flatrate with it, Whatsapp is a free alternative to SMS for me, which I don’t want to miss anymore.
Well now the payment model of whatsapp should indeed be known. iOS users pay once for the app – users of other systems, so as Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone, get the app for free, but will be prompted after one year to pay for the service. The annual fee is then close to […]

Update: HNBK.plan 1.0.8 released

Posted by Raffael on 01/07/2013 Posted in Downloads, News & Apps, Personal stuff, Programming Tagged Android, download, Heinz-Nixdorf-Berufskolleg, HNBK, HNBK Essen, HNBK.plan, HNBK.plan 1.0.8, representation plan app, substitute schedule app, Untis App, WebUntis, WebUntis App

hnbk.plan-1.0.8_screenshot The last update for the HNBK.plan app is already again a while. Today I’ll present you a new release. HNBK.plan in version 1.0.8. But please don’t expect great innovations. I only removed one silly bug that has been created through the new year. The current version can be found in the main article for the app. (Follow the link below.)
Download: HNBK.plan 1.0.8

For the nerds there’s something to smile. The error, that had crept in, was one to hit your head on the table… But take a look for yourself…
Old line:
String planUrl = "http://217.78.137.198:64004/c/" +kw + "/c" + createClassPath() + ".htm";
Fixed line:
String planUrl = "http://217.78.137.198:64004/c/" + (((kw + "").length() == 1) ? "0"+kw : kw) + "/c" + createClassPath() + ".htm";
Best regards,
Raffi

HNBK.plan – a substitute schedule app for the Heinz-Nixdorf-Berufskolleg

Posted by Raffael on 01/07/201301/07/2013 Posted in Downloads, News & Apps, Personal stuff, Programming Tagged Android, App, download, Essen, Essen NRW, free, Heinz-Nixdorf-Berufskolleg, HNBK, HNBK.de, HNBK.plan, representation plan, substitute schedule, substitute schedule app

May I introduce to you? HNBK.plan – a substitute schedule app for the HNBK (Heinz-Nixdorf-Berufskolleg) in Essen, NRW. Since the online representation of the plan unfortunately is very awkward to reach and the operation via smartphone resembles a true odyssey, I thought it was time for an app. So I took time to learn the Android app development basics. To put it in a nutshell – I created my first native Android app, which can be downloaded by you from now on.
Screenshots and handling
hnbk.plan-1.0.7_screenshot (1) hnbk.plan-1.0.7_screenshot (2) hnbk.plan-1.0.7_screenshot (3) hnbk.plan-1.0.7_screenshot (4)
(Click on the […]

How to run a full-value Linux on your Android device

Posted by Raffael on 01/03/2013 Posted in News & Apps, Tutorials, Web Tips Tagged Linux on Android, Ubuntu on Android, Ubuntu on Android device, Virtual machine on Android

I know, why I love my Android smartphone. It is open, flexible and the opportunities to use it seem to be endless. In times companies don’t let me choose, what software I can use to I transfer my music onto the device (Apple – iTunes), I, as an Android user, can ask myself the question: “Should I install the new Cyanogen Mod or straigt way a full-value Linux distribution on my device today? “.
Yes, you heard correctly, a full Linux distribution on your Android device. Ruan from Androidclone managed it and shares his knowledge gladly with all Android fans. At Androidclone board you can find a detailed tutorial, how to run Ubuntu 10.10 on your Android device.
It can be used […]

How to run Android on PC

Posted by Raffael on 01/02/201301/02/2013 Posted in News & Apps, Tutorials, Windows 7, Windows 8 Tagged android emulator, android on pc, android on windows, android virtual machine, android virtual pc, android virtualbox, android virtualization, android virtualization on windows, android x64, android x86

In the following article I’ll show you how to run Android in a virtual machine on your Windows. The post may appear relatively long at first glance, but actually setting up is really easy. So don’t be daunted by the article’s lenght.
If you reach the end of the article and did all steps correctly, you can work with Windows and Android on the same machine at the same time. And now blathered enough, let’s go!

What do we need?

Microsoft Virtual PC (Download) or VirtualBox (Download)
Android x86 iso-file (Download)

At first you have to install Microsoft’s Virtual PC. Therefore you have to download it (use the link from the above “What do we need?”-list ). But wait – maybe you can spare yourself the download and installation. Take […]