Are you a developer that loves Android? Have you taken a liking to Android, but Java isn’t quite your thing? Well, if you should happen to prefer Python over Java, then I’ve got just the thing for you today!

Python has been installed on a G1 by one Damon over at damonkohler.com. He managed the install with his buds Manuel and Thomas. This is the first kick at the cat here, so I wouldn’t expect things to work and function absolutely smooth just yet, but kudos to their gang for getting this first version up and running.

From Damon’s Blog:

Here’s an early Christmas present for all those Python fanatics (self included) out there! With a lot of help from my friends (thanks Manuel and Thomas!) I managed to install Python 2.4.5 on my G1. It’s still rough around the edges, but I think it’s a good start.

For more info, instructions and all sorts of programmer talk that I do not fully comprehend, head on over to damonkohler.com. Great work guys!

[Via: AndroidCommunity]

Like Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Calendar but don’t have a smartphone? You may want to try out GCal, a new, free Java ME application, which allow you to manage your Google Calendar appointments from your mobile phone, no matter where you happen to be.

Although it’s still in an alpha stage, the app allows users to filter their data, create new events, search for events and even view events on a map! Not bad for an early release, not bad at all.

Download is available from here, and you can read the “official blog post” from here. While there, feel free to drop your two cents about the features you want to see in the future releases. I’m sure there are many other users who need something similar functions as you do.

Alternatively, you may want to simply sync data from Google Calendar with your built-in PIM app using GooSync. It’s your call.

[Via: Biskero]

Fring has announced that their Java ME-based app, minifring, joins its older, more powerful brother for smartphones to include support for add-ons.

Among the first fringAdd-ons supported are Facebook, Gmail notifier, Orkut and Yandex.mail notifier. More add-ons will eventually hit the fring Add-ons catalog as developers release them.

To get fring Add-ons on your feature phone, you’ll need to download the latest version of minifring, first. Afterwards, go to “Settings” (”More” on Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE) handsets, or “Options” on Nokia (NYSE: NOK) phones) and then “Manage add-ons.” From there you will be able to install all the add-ons you want. It’s that easy!

[Via: fring blog]

We all know about the Facebook apps readily available for the iPhone and BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM)… But what if you’re running another device and simply need that Facebook fix? No need to pout, as today Emoze announced the availability of a new Facebook messaging support for Symbian devices.

The new offering will allow you to read, reply and send messages. It will even auto-populate your friends list for you. If you’re on a Symbian powered device and want to get on this, head on over to emoze.com from your device for full details. Emoze will also have the Windows Mobile and Java clients available at some point this week. That should make just about everyone happy, should it not?

I will keep my eyes open for the Win-Mo and Java version as soon as they become available. Until they arrive, may the Symbian-powered Facebook addicts enjoy themselves more than ever, wasting time away on that beautiful productivity killer we know and love as Facebook.

For more info read the press release from Emoze.

Note: Had to add here… of all the Mobile Facebook apps I’ve tried thus far, the Facebook for iPhone app is killer. I don’t even know where to start… But if you’re a fan of Facebook, and you have an iPhone, you’re going to want to get it. It’s free, and you can download it right here (iTunes link alert).

[Via: BGR]

After becoming the single best weather application for Symbian-based smartphones, Paragon Software decided it’s about time to reach wider audience, hence they launched their Handy Weather app for Java-enabled feature phones.

Here are some of the reasons/features why people buy Handy Weather, despite the fact they can get free weather forecast from a number of other sources:

• Celsius and Fahrenheit options for high and low day temperature
• Only 2.5 Kb per city forecast
• Temperature graph for up to seven consecutive days, and simultaneous forecast for several locations of the user’s choice
• Current condition (for most cities)
• 40,000 preset cities worldwide
• Well-designed animated graphics include traditional weather icons and text
• Wind direction, speed in mph, km/h or m/s
• Current pressure and humidity
• UV index, and other important features

Handy Weather costs $5.95 (3.95 EUR) with a three-month subscription or $14.95 (10.95 EUR) with a one-year subscription service via download. The app is compatible with all mobile phones supporting Java MIDP 2.0 — including Nokia (NYSE: NOK), Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE), Motorola (NYSE: MOT), Samsung and LG — and can work in different screen resolutions: 240×320, 176×220 and 128×160 pixels.

Yesterday Google (NSDQ: GOOG) released a new version of its GMail app for J2ME-enabled and BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) phones. The main goal was to make the application faster and more reliable, hence the code has been rearchitected to push all the processing to the background. In addition, the client-side caching scheme has been improved and “every bottleneck piece of code” optimized.

So what’s the new in the version 2.0, you ask?

• It’s faster – overall you should find the application faster, which includes smoother scrolling and no freezing.
• Multiple accounts management – now you can manage more than a single GMail acount from a single app.
• Multiple mobile email drafts – meaning you could prepare more emails in no-signal areas (i.e. metro).
• Shortcuts – great for QWERTY phone owners, which for instance could hit “z” to undo, “k” to go to a newer conversation, and “j” to go to an older conversation.
• Basic offline support – allows reading of most recent emails even when there is no signal. Additionally, outgoing messages will be saved in the Outbox and sent automatically when you’re back in coverage.

Like GMail? Hop over to m.google.com/mail from your phone and download Gmail for mobile 2.0 now!

A short demo video of the application follows after the jump.

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today announced that their live mobile video streaming product is coming to a feature phone near you. The Java ME-based application is available in alpha, allowing users with select Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE) feature phones to record and stream video from wherever they are.

Initially Qik supports the following handsets: Nokia 5300, Nokia 6300, Nokia 6500 (classic and slide), Nokia 6555, Nokia 8800 Arte/Carbon Arte, Sony Ericsson G502, Sony Ericsson K660i, Sony Ericsson K850i, Sony Ericsson K858c, Sony Ericsson W890i, Sony Ericsson W908c, Sony Ericsson W910i, and Sony Ericsson Z750i. Support for these devices is expected to enter beta in the coming weeks, and support for additional Nokia and Sony Ericsson feature phones is expected soon after.

Qik is also available for Symbian and Windows Mobile smartphones, and it can also work on the iPhone.

Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE) Developer World has recently released Project Capuchin SDK.

The SDK — which consists of a set of APIs, a packaging tool and getting-started tutorials — is now available as a free download at the Sony Ericsson Developer World website.

Sony Ericsson’s Project Capuchin is an API that combines the richness of Flash Lite and Java ME technologies, allowing developers to utilize the best attributes of both software stacks to create innovative and content-rich applications for Sony Ericsson mobile phones. Based on the Project Capuchin APIs, the newly introduced packaging tool makes it possible to package existing Flash Lite content in a MIDlet jar file and the simplest way to utilize the API by using this tool, the advantages of Flash Lite design can be combined with the rich features Java has to offer, including higher levels of complexity, infrastructure access and security.

Again, as we stated before, the Sony Ericsson C905 Cyber-shot is the first phone to support the Project Capuchin API. Developers who utilize the Swf2Jar 1.1 packaging tool will be able to test their applications on the C905 as it comes to market.

Remember Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE)’s Project Capuchin which we covered back in May? Basically, the Swedish-Japanese handset maker developed a Java ME API that defines a bridge between the Java ME and Adobe Flash Lite programming environments, making it possible to use Flash Lite tools while still having access to all phone services through Java ME. Now they’ve come up with a concrete tool called Swf2Jar. Here’s what it does:

The Swf2Jar 1.0 tool automatically packages together a jar containing a Java MIDlet class and a Flash file (.swf). The simplest Project Capuchin application is to package existing Flash Lite content in a MIDlet jar file which applies Java security, distribution methods and installation.

On the downside, though, is that the first phone which is Project Capuchin enabled is the upcoming Sony Ericsson C905 Cyber-shot. That means we’ll have to wait for quite some time to see anything real/massive from this technology. In the meantime, check out this page on Sony Ericsson Developer World for more information about Swf2Jar.

We told ya’ this is coming. Emoze is officially out with the “world’s first push mobile email solution for Java handsets.” The idea is logical – to further expand to feature phone users, who may like the idea of push-email but hate all the hassle and complexity of today’s smartphones.

According to emoze’s official release – Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE), Nokia (NYSE: NOK), Motorola (NYSE: MOT) and Samsung users will be able to get emoze push mail on their handsets. The deployment will be in stages – Nokia feature phones will be the first to be added, followed shortly after by the rest.

Emoze’s Java client is easy to use and supports web-like graphics, flexible layouts and animated screen transitions. Of course, just like the version for smartphones, the Java client also supports a range of personal and corporate data sources including Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) Exchange (Outlook), POP3/IMAP servers, as well as Web mail servers like Gmail.

Enough said, hop over to emoze’s website and try them out for free!