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I want to point out that it is running on certain rooted devices as well. I am running CyanogenMod 7.0.3 (with Android 2.3.3) on the Original Droid and it runs fine.

I could not agree more. That's one thing that I absolutely cannot stand. I understand the need/desire to get to the market first, but an unfinished product is never a good thing.

I don't see how this "really isn't anything". The speeds at Google are crazy fast in terms of the average high speed. For example, my speedtest.net results are 20 Mbps. The link you posted is just another example of how fast these companies' speeds are. To the average person, it's insane.

I actually used it to find this great place in Miami for the next week. While I haven't actually seen the place yet, the service has been great (and cheap!). My host has been very responsive and seems very nice. So, my pre-trip judgement so far is that the service this company offers is amazing.

Now, I'll update in a week, after I leave, to see if I still feel the same way about it.

I don't quite like the hitting Enter to post. Though, I can deal with that. I do, however, like how we can essentially edit our posts. That was something that always frustrated me with Facebook comments.

Thanks guys. I will check those out.

I use Instapaper all the time to save things to read...but have an Android phone. When is the Android version coming?

I dual boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu on my laptop.

I want to check out Mac sometime soon though.

Yes, I was thinking this exact same thing.

I just want to say that this is a very cool idea, and I have found it as addicting as Pokemon was, haha. Thanks for bringing me back to my youth.

I am a college student who is extremely interested in startups and would like to work at one when I graduate. Further on down the line, I would like to start one as well.

I'm 21 and will graduate with a degree in CS at the end of the year. I'm fairly new to the HN community (127 days to be exact!) and just wish I had found this a little earlier on in my college career.

I have and I will again. I just spent $6 on an app called Tasker (great app). I like supporting the developers who make my experience on my phone better.

I'd imagine that the number of iPhones sold are only going to go up now that it's coming to Verizon.

First prize of 50gb for life is nice. A really great incentive.

I am not certain, but I have been interviewed by several companies for internships lately (not sure if the hiring process for jobs are the same for internships) but the interviewer always seemed more interested in my projects outside of class than my school work and grades. So, it would seem that they would be highly impressed by attempting a startup regardless of failing or succeeding.

Today was a huge day for Android news. First the official release of the Android 2.3 SDK, announcement of the Nexus S and now this?

The brief preview of the Honeycomb UI was very nice.

As others have been saying, you don't need school. There have been plenty of successful business people who dropped out of school, or just never went to college in the first place.

I would suggest going to school, however. Not only is it insanely fun, but you obviously learn a lot. Also, the networking potential of college is probably unmatched.

A really good read. I am currently a senior in college and working for a startup has been something I feel like I want to do after I graduate. This article doesn't really do much to scare me away from that, because I am sort of expecting that sort of thing out of working for a startup.

And I agree with conorgil145, the description that the author of this post gave about a company with 15-30 employees sounds like it would be a great work environment.

With GAE would you suggest I use a web framework like webapp or the built in Django?

Wow, these stories about the horrors of GAE are a little bit scary for me. I was starting to develop a project with a friend in our spare time, and we decided to go with GAE. We've only gotten as far as the end of the tutorial and are reading the documentation for GAE, but I have a question:

As a college student who is looking to build a project on the side as a means for experience and a way to handle an issue we have, should I look into something other than GAE? I really do not intend to make our idea a startup or anything. Any help would be appreciated!

I agree. It's a very nice design. Nicely done!

In my opinion, I think you should go for it. The way I'd look at it is like this: you will most likely always have a chance to work for some reputable valley company. However, you may never have the chance at your own start up again. This goes along the same lines as what davidw posted, but if I were in your boat and did not take the job, then I know later on down the road, I would be wondering "what if?" I wouldn't want to have to live with that.

I haven't used a Google TV either, but I believe a keyboard is required for a lot of the use. I don't see how that is a bad thing. If a user needs to type something in, how are they to do that without a keyboard?

"I haven’t used a Google TV, but based on these remotes, I would bet the rest of the interface is just as clunky." - From the blog

I think that's an irrational assumption. Again, I haven't used one either so I cannot dispute the claim, but I think one should hold off their opinion until they try it.

It's kind of old, but that doesn't deter from the fact it is an interesting read. I am not an iPhone Developer, but wouldn't mind getting into it in the near future and it is cool to read about the process.

Side note: As a published Android Developer, the stark contrast between the app submission of the two is amazing to me.

Nicely done. I recently released my first app in the app store, EasySal Calculator. As I live in America, I uploaded both a paid (adfree) version and a free (with ads) version. I noticed that my free version makes more money as well.

I like to hear stories like these. I have been gaining a strong interest in Android Development and these stories make me think that maybe I can be semi-successful at it as well. I don't expect to make loads of cash, not even close to what you're making, but even a little bit makes me feel good.

I am currently in college for my bachelors degree in computer science.

A few things I regret: -As a college student, I regret not learning how to program earlier -Not spending more time learning how to program (I am trying to remedy this) -Not taking as many risks (Mainly having to do with some girls in my life)

These are nice tips. I employ some of them at times, such as testing yourself and mixing it up, but the other ones I haven't. I tend to study either in my room at my house or the same desk at the library. Maybe I should try to mix it up sometimes. And the spacing it out thing...ha. I procrastinate waaay to much for that. Maybe I should stop that.

So, if I just BELIEVED that I could keep studying last night for my algorithms exam today, I could have stayed up all night and had a good study session? I wish I had believed that...