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When i get my brand new Android G2 (aka Google Ion) at Google I/O Developer Conference @2009 i was started to think about what can i develop on this super funny gadget, it must be interact with Google Maps (of course) and i decide.

Application working with one of free JSON Geo Web Service, when you shake Android find random city and show wiki/map information on screen.

I know its very basic application but just for start. Screenshot :

Hi,
I just finished my first Google Wave Robot, Its about famous "paper, rock, scissors" hand game. Java development was so far from me... Till attending the Google I/O 2009

If you have Google Wave account, you should try. Address of Robot : roshambowave@appspot.com

How to interact :
1 - Add as contact (roshambowave@appspot.com)
2 - Start New Wave or add robot to existing wave
3 - Reply any message as one of the weapon (rock paper scissor)
4 - Have Fun.

Some of wave developer users comments ;
David: Haha -- roshambo robot... Pretty cool. :)
Alex: Hey, sweet. It won the first round and I got a bit suspicious. But then I won some. Nice work!
Rob: Oh, and have you considered the Lizard-Spock expansion ;) Wikipedia Rock Paper Scissors Additional Weapons
Anne: That is great Cihan! :-) I even played rock paper scissors with your robot and invited Eliza too. She said when I said "rock": "I understand" That is soooo deep ! ;-)

You can find here funny screen capture of this moment;

See you in next post...

 Everybody knows Google Maps one of the best utility for Rich Internet Application's (RAI). New Google Maps Api V3 Released at Google I/O 2009

Welcome to the release of version 3 of the Google Maps API. This JavaScript API will look similar to the existing version 2 of the Google Maps API. However, much has changed under the hood: Version 3 (called V3 within this document) has been designed to load fast, especially on mobile browsers such as Android-based devices and the iPhone™. The initial launch has a smaller feature set than that available in the V2 API. We will migrate additional features from V2 while working to keep the size of the JavaScript code small and maintain our optimized loading speeds. We welcome your feedback and comments on this version of the Google Maps API within the Google Maps API V3 discussion group.

We've implemented this latest version of the Google Maps API using a modified MVC framework. Any state changes of an MVC object (such as a map) for example, are handled through setters and getters of a particular format. As well, all state of the MVC objects are stored as properties of that object, and all observation of state changes through event handlers is of a particular format as well.

Special emphasis on enabling reliable and fast maps on mobile browsers has been integrated into this API. We encourage you to test out this API on mobile devices and post issues with specific devices to the group noted above.