Interviews

Interviews with leading Android developers.

02/06/2010
Interview with NitroDesk, the team behind Android Exchange client, TouchDown
Posted By Nick Hoddinott

Interview with NitroDesk, the team behind Android Exchange client, TouchDown

We recently had the chance to put a few questions to NitroDesk Inc., the development team responsible for the superb and hugely popular TouchDown, an Microsoft Exchange client for Android. Here’s what they had to say:- Can you tell us a little bit about NitroDesk and your development background? NitroDesk was founded by Goutham in … Read more

05/04/2010
Q&A session with Myriad Group, the company behind Dalvik Turbo
Posted By Nick Hoddinott

Q&A session with Myriad Group, the company behind Dalvik Turbo

Myriad Group are the company behind the Android performance boosting VM Dalvik Turbo, and the recently annouced tool J2Android, which converts Java MIDlets to run on Android devices. They can also boast that they created the best selling mobile browser of all time in Myriad Browser, which has so far shipped on over 2 billion phones. Myriad Group are Europe’s biggest mobile software company, employing over 700 engineers worldwide. The organisation have had a hand in some of the most successful Android devices to date and will undoubtedly have a major part to play in Android’s future going forward. We were delighted to be given the opportunity to put a few questions to them on their thoughts on Android, and what we can expect from Dalvik Turbo and J2Android. Click the link for more. Read more

05/04/2010
Interview with People of Lava, manufacturers of the Scandinavia, a TV with Android built-in
Posted By Nick Hoddinott

Interview with People of Lava, manufacturers of the Scandinavia, a TV with Android built-in

Following on from the news that People of Lava are going to be releasing a TV with Android 1.5 built-in, we thought we’d put a few questions to them. People of Lava’s Marketing Director, Martin Ljunggren kindly took a few moments out from his day to answer our questions. Read all that he had to say by following the link. Read more

24/03/2010
Interview with tenCube, the development team behind WaveSecure
Posted By Nick Hoddinott

Interview with tenCube, the development team behind WaveSecure

Way back at the tail end of last year, I reviewed a beta version of a great security app called WaveSecure. At that time, despite a few niggly flaws, it was obvious that this was a special app. Those niggly flaws have all been resolved and WaveSecure went on to become one of the overall … Read more

18/03/2010
Interview with Swiss CodeMonkeys, the team behind AppBrain
Posted By Nick Hoddinott

Interview with Swiss CodeMonkeys, the team behind AppBrain

We here at This Android Life have, of late, been messing around with a free app called AppBrain. AppBrain comes in two parts: a webpage (at http://www.appbrain.com) and a free Android Market app. From the site, you can browse the Android Market, viewing the apps that others have been downloading, see screenshots and check out … Read more

09/03/2010
Interview with Kyu Lee, President of Gamevil USA
Posted By Nick Hoddinott

Interview with Kyu Lee, President of Gamevil USA

Following on from Gamevil’s recent announcement that an Android version of Zenonia will be released later this month, we thought we’d take the opportunity to find out a little bit more about the company and their plans for their Android titles. Gamevil have a few Android games on the market already, including the very popular Baseball Superstars. Kyu Lee, President of Gamevil USA, kindly agreed to answer a few of our questions.
Click the link to see the full interview. Read more

17/02/2010
Badlogic Games – Interview with Mario
Posted By Nick Hoddinott

Badlogic Games – Interview with Mario

Mario of Badlogic Games has agreed to answer a few of our questions. Badlogic Games are the people behind the physics puzzler Newton, which has recently broken 10,000 downloads on the Android Market. No mean feat.
As well as developing in Android, Mario writes a blog detailing his experiences with developing Android games. As part of the blog, Mario has let his readers in on his next Android project, which is actually pretty exciting – an Audiosurf inspired procedurally generated game which uses the player’s music to generate gameplay.
Click the link for the full interview. Read more

29/01/2010
Interview with mobile 3D game developers, Polarbit
Posted By Nick Hoddinott

Interview with mobile 3D game developers, Polarbit

With an enviable back catalogue of titles containing some seriously big name games such as SSX, Krash Bandicoot and Tiger Woods 07, Polarbit are a major player in the mobile gaming industry. Over the past few months, they’ve released a number of 3D titles to the Android Market, such as the excellent Raging Thunder. We put a few questions to their development team. Click the link to read the interview in full. Read more

26/01/2010
Bendroid, the team behind the Mystique games, answer a few of our questions
Posted By Nick Hoddinott

Bendroid, the team behind the Mystique games, answer a few of our questions

Bendroid are currently one of the leading Android games developers. With their own 3D engine, a number of popular games under their belt and more to come, the team look like consolidating their strong reputation. The guys at Bendroid kindly took time out from their busy schedule to answer a few of our questions. Click the link to read the full interview. Read more

21/01/2010
David Johnston, the creator of Beebplayer, answers a few of our questions
Posted By Nick Hoddinott

David Johnston, the creator of Beebplayer, answers a few of our questions

Beebplayer, a media app which ties in to BBC’s iPlayer service, has been one of my favourite apps since I first started using Android. So I was delighted when it’s developer, David Johnston, agreed to answer a few questions for This Android Life. (Apologies to my non-UK based readers, this probably won’t mean much to you!). Click the link to read the interview in full. Read more