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For those of you like me that have totally missed the Publishing page, here is how to create a link to your Android application in the Android Market:

market://details?id=<packagename>

OR

http://market.android.com/details?id=<packagename>

So for Remembory, I have this:

market://details?id=com.gbott.remembory

The “old” way was to link to the search page by using this:

market://search?q=pname:<package>

… but the details page method saves the user a click, or a tough decision when there are two applications both called Remembory.

When I first told my wife about Google releasing a phone, the very first words out of her mouth were:

“I would never buy a phone from Google. If something went wrong, I’m screwed! Its not like I can take it into a shop and get it fixed”

How right she was. According to Slashdot, Google is facing a deluge of customer complaints about the Nexus One. Are you having problems? Use the hash tag #fixgoogle if you are on Twitter. All tweets with that tag will appear on fixgoogle.com when I get the site up and running.

I am please to announce to all my fans (haha) the AWS Start-up Challenge video shot at Motally is finally live! This was my first ever professional video shoot – they spent 5 hours at our office to edit it down to 2 minutes. Motally was one of the 7 finalists, out of more than 1000 entries. Congratulations to GoodData and Bizo for taking the top prizes!

I also want to call upon all of the mobile application developers out there. Motally is running a mobile analytics contest called Trackappalooza. Here you can win a pass to MWC in Barcelona, or up to $15,000 just for tracking your Android, iPhone or Blackberry app. Motally is the mobile analytics powerhouse providing tracking capabilities for mobile websites and mobile applications.

Good luck!

I have successfully unlocked my T-Mobile G1 for free? How you ask? After 90-days, T-Mobile allows you to unlock almost any phone you have purchased from them with the T-Mobile branding, and all for FREE. The process can take about 2 weeks (as it did for me), but it worked. Here is how:

1. Call T-Mobile on 1-877-453-1304 from another phone (not your G1). I got that number from their Contact page
2. Its the standard voice prompt thing, so say English, enter your G1’s phone number, then when they ask what you want help with, say the magic word “Agent”
3. Then they ask what you would like to talk about, and say “SIM Unlock Request”
4. My experience with T-Mobile has been pretty good, within a minute I was talking to the real person. At this point, you verify your identity, and explain to them you want to unlock you phone because you are going overseas and want to use another SIM card.
5. They will ask you for you phone’s IMEI number. This is a sacred number, so be careful who you give it to, as you can report the phone stolen, give them the IMEI number, and have the phone permanently disabled. You will find the number:
   1. on the side of the box your phone came in,
   2. on the G1 itself under Settings -> About phone -> Status, or
   3. by dialing *#06#
6. Give them your email address, and within 14-days, you will get an email from T-Mobile with your unlock code.
7. To unlock the phone, power it off, insert a non-t-mobile SIM card, and power it back on
8. At the prompt, enter the unlock code from the email and you’re done!

The reason for writing this post is I had no idea this could be done for free with any T-Mobile phone after 90-days has past. There is no need to pay $25 to any scam site, just do it legit, for free, and without issue.