My name is Alessandro La Rosa, and I'm a freelance software architect for Mobile and Web platforms. I'm living in Rome, Italy.
Feel free to contact me at: info@jappit.com
The Italian TV Guide for Android has just been updated, to include all the Mediaset Premium TV channels. Meanwhile, I’ve published a short video showcasing its main features, check it out!
Download TV Guide from the Android Market!
C’è un problema che dovrebbe risolversi entro oggi: manderò comunque un update non appena risolto!
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I’ve just released a new app for Android devices, that allows to stay updated with the TV listings of the major Italian channels: TV Guide Italy (Guida TV in its Italian version).
The first release of TV Guide Italy, available on the Android Market, includes the following features:
You can download TV Guide Italy on your Android device from this direct link, or by using the following QR Code.
Live Prints, the new Live Wallpaper for Android devices created and presented some days ago by Leonardo, is finally live on the Android Market!
I personally love this wallpaper for its gorgeous graphics and the level of interactivity that it provides. My favorite theme? Bloody hands on sand! 
Just follow this link on your Android device, or use the QRCode below to get it!
I *REALLY* Want this for my new Samsung Vibrang (a Galaxy S phone) but I can’t find it in the Android Market. Is it blocked?!?! Please email me directly to let me know what’s up, because I really want this background!
Time for a quick update about some apps I’ve published some months ago on Android Market.
I want to share the data related to 3 applications (Televideo, APN Italy and Codice Fiscale), especially intended for the Italian market and users. As you can see in the picture below, download counts are not that great. This is someway predictable, as in Italy the diffusion of Android devices is still in an early phase, and has to battle with phone operators that don’t seem to support them at all.
Operators, at least in Italy, don’t seem to care about the fact that the Android platform, being open, could bring them great benefits. Just consider the distribution of applications: operators could easily setup their own Application Stores, pre-installing those into their devices, and have users download their applications without forcing them to pass by third-party stores. This would bring more incomes (no shares to be divided) and more freedom (no third-party policies to follow) to the distribution of their own content.
So, right now, Italy doesn’t seem to be the best market to distribute Android apps in, but what about other countries? Has anyone some data to share?
Those download counts are to be expected considering your target audience is Italian; however, your retention rate is good and I would guess the number of comments users have made are above average. I have an app that has approx 50,000 downloads and has only 400 or so user comments. The retention rate is currently at 40%.
I agree that most operators are missing the benefits Android could bring them. HTC and T-Mobile are the onvious exclusions and as such have been quite successful the last year having jumped on the Android bandwagon so to speak. I do believe Android will be adopted ever more so in the coming year however and in time will be the OS of choice for most manufacturers – it’ll just take time.
Nice blog btw, I have bookmarked you 
Hello Mylo,
thank you for your insights into this post!
I’m not that optimistic about Android for the next year, I just think It’ll take more time to create a clearer identity around Android devices, especially for tech-unaware users. Right now, Android is clearly geek, and people without a minimum of mobile expertise are reluctant to try and purchase it..
During the last month I’ve been studying and prototyping some Android and iPhone apps, trying to find out the pros and cons of both environments.
The first test done with Android was a simple single-screen application that allows users to calculate their Italian TAX ID (a.k.a. Codice Fiscale). You can download it from this link, or find out what other users have to say on Cyrket.
Apart from the app’s rude user interface, here are some first considerations about the Android environment:
), you’ll find one of the most complete programming environments in the mobile ecosystem.I’ll just continue testing and tweaking, and hopefully come back with more detailed considerations in the next posts. Meanwhile, I’d love to hear your opinion and discuss about Android development!
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Mylo are discussing.
ho acquistato guida tv da ovi store. Il programma ha funzionato per due giorni poi basta dà sempre errore