QuickWords
For almost 2 months I've been working with a 2d games engine for Android called AndEngine. So far I can't say enough good things about it, it's clean and easy to understand and while there's almost no documentation the examples provided are quite amazing and simple to understand. So I decided to make a simple game and sell it in the Android market.
The game is far for being a hit but it's getting good ratings and people seems to like it. This said, you can't really expect that much from a one dollar game.
Twit2go removed from the Android Market
Just a quick update. As many may know, I decided to build Twit2go back in 2008 for the lack of a Twitter client for Android that actually felt native.
But after some time, bigger apps started to get ported to the platform like Seesmic, official Twitter app, etc. and now with the transition to OAuth the application will no longer work. That said, I decided to remove the app from the market and take down the website.
Thanks to all who supported the app.
Manga reader update [update: canceled]
Update and my projects
In January I started in a full-time position at Incite Marketing as a Web Developer. Incite is a local marketing firm with more than 10 years in the field and while my job involves working with a CMS, I had to switch to Expression Engine so I won't be doing much work in Drupal, hence you won't see me posting about it too often. The reason is because I'm spending my extra time working on my Android projects.
The tablet market, Android and Flash
I keep reading more about the iPad. They are usually more complains than anything else because of the bad job Apple did in terms of software, and at the same time I keep reading about the army of Android tablets that are coming. So all this makes me think, do we need a tablet?
My own manga reader
Ok, it's more like a book, pdf, online manga, offline manga reader. Why? Because I tried different applications on the market that could allow me to read online manga and I didn't like any of them.
Android explosion
I've been working for some time in Android apps: Twit2go, Today's Wall and Today's Wall Anime. While they are not the most popular applications they have helped me to learn Java, Android SDK and understanding why people hate Eclipse (specially on a Mac). I'm currently a happy owner of an HTC Magic from Rogers and while Rogers have done a terrible job with Android devices they are slowing getting in track with updates and new devices.
Is Android growing fast?
Native User Interfaces and controls

Twit2go: A few days after the first release
Android Twitter Client: Twit2go
Since a while I've been talking about this OS and how I liked the way it can do multitasking. And now the more I use it the more I like it, so I decided to start building an application for it and give the OS a complete try. I bought the first Android device, the G1 from HTC and even when it's not the best phone out there, it comes with Android OS so that's enough for me.
I started building this Twitter application knowing nothing of Java, which maybe was a bad idea but I managed to get this running in less than a week. As a web developer it's kind of hard to start understanding how phone or desktop applications behave but I'm getting used to it now.
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Hi, I'm Ivan Soto Fernandez (yes, two last names). I'm a chilean web developer living in Edmonton, Canada. I'm also an anime fan, Gundams lover and gamer. Welcome to my blog.
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