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https://code.google.com/p/adb-fastboot-install/
Package containing the adb and fastboot binaries and a handful of simple shell scripts to drop them into the appropriate places on mac / linux. Nice.
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http://lifehacker.com/5643460/how-to-track-and-potentially-recover-your-stolen-laptop-or-android-with-prey
Install this, prey, on phone (and laptop?). It's remote wipe, track, etc software, and it's free up to 3 devices apparently.
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http://www.oneswitch.org.uk/1/AGS/AGS-switch/1/switches.htm
Switches for wheelchair users and other disabled uses.
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http://komodoopenlab.com/tecla/tecla-for-android/
A remote control for Android that allows the entire device to be operated with as little as a single switch.
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http://westhoffswelt.de/blog/0046_from_revelation_security_to_android_password_managers.html?_=1344537066
Useful article about exporting data from revelation into a CSV ready for import into secrets, an Android password manager. Useful PHP script Revtrans which can decrypt and read the native revelation file format. Very handy.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=883032
Really useful guide on how to unock and root the Nexus S. Easy enough to follow, and it actually works!
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http://www.randomphantasmagoria.com/firmware/nexus-s/
A list of ROM packages for the Nexus S, migrated from the xda-developers forum.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1445570
A list of ROM packages for the Nexus S, the post says it has been migrated to a new location on a blog.
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https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/786035#answer-142961
How to get an SSL client certificate into Firefox on Android. Copy cert9.db and key4.db from phone's SD card Androiddataorg.mozilla.firefoxfilesmozillaprofile.default to dir. Then `pk12util -i file.p12 -d sql:dir`
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http://how2i.com/1493/how-to-use-amazon-android-app-store-outside-us
Tips on how to use the Amazon Android google market alternative outside the US. It centres around proxying the IP into the US. Might be possible to tether to a proxied connection, could be simpler.
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http://www.phonegap.com/
Seems to be the best way to build cross platform mobile apps around. It's open source, free, and includes a cloud based build platform that will build an app for multiple mobile environments all "in the cloud". Easy.
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http://www.wunderlist.com/
Funky open source web app around task management that syncs and has a client across Mac, Win, iPhone, Android. Apparently no linux support. Built on top of Titanium from appcelerator.
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http://www.appcelerator.com/
Incredibly interesting app development platform that builds apps for all platforms (desktop & mobile, including linux, yay!) quickly with a single API. Open source, free, pay for premium support. Very, very interesting business.
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http://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2010/09/combining_meta.html
Nerdtastic article on using meta tags and CSS to optimise site widths for mobile devices. Delves into a vastly deep amount of detail that explains why a simple principle will usually work. Useful.
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http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mobile/releases/
Download apks of mobile firefox directly and skip the Google market bs. Very useful, was a pain in the ass finding this.
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http://code.google.com/p/android-notifier/
Connect an android phone to a computer so that incoming notifications are sent to the computer. Very nifty, ultra nerdtastic, probably not really necessary!
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http://appbucket.net/
Some kind of alternative app market based on subscription, starts from $9.99 a year.
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http://www.cyrket.com/m/android/
Access to the meta data of the Android Market on a web site. Includes links to other sites, but no download facility.
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http://www.wipconnector.com/index.php/appstores/tag/android
List of android and other platform app stores. Includes the major ones.
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http://peter.pisljar.si/projects.php
A Windows desktop client that allows downloading from the Android market. Requires Google username / password and some other data that appears to be sniffed off the device.
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http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Full_Update_Guide_-_Nexus_One
Step by step instructions on how to flash the rom of the Nexus One. Only missing part is the udev rules for Ubuntu.
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http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Fastboot
Used these instructions to unlock the boot loader of the Nexus One.
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http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=ADB#Linux
I installed the udev rules from this page on Ubuntu to get the HTC Google Android Nexus One properly recognised by Ubuntu.
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http://developer.htc.com/adp.html
I downloaded fastboot from this page for the HTC Google Nexus One.
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http://arcriley.blogspot.com/2010/06/using-android-without-google-part-1.html
Useful article on using an Android phone without google's services. Nice.
