Droid Sector

We’ve seen many upcoming Android tablets, but apps from the Market were never showcased. Some people tend to think that the apps will look bad in high resolution, so I’ve decided to check it. Below go the screenshots of apps running on Android 1.6 x86 in VirtualBox. Screen resolution was set to 1024×768.

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If you are interested in writing Android apps, this tutorial is a great place to start:
http://www.vogella.de/articles/Android/article.html

More detailed guide about installing ADB/USB drivers in Windows:
http://theunlockr.com/2009/10/06/how-to-set-up-adb-usb-drivers-for-android-devices/

On Mac, just add path to the SDK to file .bash_profile in your home folder. If you don’t have Path Finder or other file manager that shows hidden files, here is a small guide:

1. Extract SDK to your Documents folder, as example.
2. Open Terminal from Applications/Utilities.
3. In Terminal Type “ls -a” and see if there is a .bash_profile in your home folder.
4. If not, type:  touch .bash_profile to create this file.
5. Now type open -e .bash_profile to open it in TextEdit.
6. Add the following line: export PATH=${PATH}:~/Documents/android-sdk-mac/tools