End User License Agreement (EULA)

This End User License Agreement (“EULA”) contains the terms and conditions regarding your use of the SOFTWARE (as defined below). This EULA contains limitations to your rights in that regard. You should read this EULA carefully and treat it as valuable property.
1. Agreement between You and André Rabold
This EULA is a legally binding agreement [...]

Privacy Policy

André Rabold is committed to protecting the privacy of our website visitors. This policy sets out how we will treat your personal information.
What information do we collect? How do we use it?
We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal data:
(a) information about your computer and about your visits to and use of this [...]

Android Market Observations Part 1

It is now eight weeks since the initial release of Puzzle Blox and Puzzle Blox Lite to the Google Android market…
Let me first state that the Google Android market is a great opportunity for all you independent software developers and people like me who do programming as a hobby. Since Apple launched their iPhone and [...]

20 Best Free or Freemium Alternatives to Popular Paid Software Programs

Android is an open platform and most developer tools can be obtained for free. That’s great especially for hobby enthusiasts like me and a lot of other developers out there
So if Eclipse and the Android SDK are free to use why pay a lot of money for Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe Illustrator, Microsoft Office [...]

No Internet, No Fun – Android USB Tethering

Doh! Since Sunday morning my DSL modem is gone. Seems to be related to the thunderstorms we had in our area recently. Bad luck. Time for me to check out tethering applications for my Android phone…
A quick search on my G1 brought up to promising results for use with non-rooted Android devices: PdaNet and azilink. [...]

About

Hi! My name is André and I’m the maintainer and owner of this website. The girl next to me on this photo is my lovely wife Christiane. I’m working as a department manager and software engineer for a well-known software company.
This web site and blog is dedicated to my work with the Google Android platform. [...]