Testing 3500Mah Battery on Samsung Galaxy S2

I just purchased a 3500Mah battery for my Galaxy S2. I had been using a 2450Mah battery for the last year but lately it feels like this batteries been losing it’s capacity as I’m finding I have recharge more often.

I’ve opted for a cheap one off ebay for £3.99 including a cover. It looks like two batteries stuck together and makes the phone quite a bit thicker. My case doesn’t fit anymore, but I’ve order a bumper case to fit around the phone instead (only £2.49 on ebay, can’t believe people who spend £25 on cases).

It’s charging right now, but I’ll post updates over the next few days giving my impressions.

So far, all I can say is it’s taking longer to charge up than the old battery, which is a good sign!

BlitzPlus is free!!!

Currently Blitz Research are offering the full version of BlitzPlus for free!

Goto http://www.blitzbasic.com to get your copy now. This also gives you full access to the Blitzbasic forums where you’ll find hundreds of helpful developers able to help you with any problem you have.

I’ve done a little YouTube video to celebrate:

First Basic4Android tutorial on Youtube

Basic4Android Tutorial 1 Uploaded to YouTube

I have uploaded the first video in the beginners series of videos teaching Basic4Android onto YouTube

Release of our new Android App – Romance Reminder

We’ve just released a new Android app. Something for the forgetful partner, it’s called Romance Reminder

Download it from the Google Play store now for FREE:

Romance Reminder on Play Store

Written using Basic4Android

Purchase Basic4Android Now and start writing your own Android apps.

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My first experience with Youtube Monetization Adwords

I’ve had a number of videos on YouTube for several years now, some of them are quite popular, for what they are. So I thought I’d try enabling them with Google for adverts to see if I can make a little money from them. Here’s what I’ve had happen over the last four months.

I enabled adwords on my most popular videos at the end of 2011. these were the videos getting around 150 – 500 views per month. My channel overall gets around 3,500 views per month.

With adwords, my current revenue since enabling it at the end of December 2011 is standing at around $23 over four months. And that’s for 15,500 views. So I need around  675 views per dollar.

Android Games written using Basic4Android

I’m planning to start a beginners series soon on YouTube on writing Android games using Basic4Android. But before that, I wanted to post some links to games written using it on the Google Play Market for you all to download and try.

Playing these has given me the confidence that Basic4Android can handle pretty complex game designs before you have to move onto anything bigger and more expensive.

If you want to buy Basic4Android, you can buy it through this link and save 30% off the full price by entering voucher code andymcadam

So try the games and see if you agree:

FlaTank

Shoot your enemies to clear each level, this very simple looking game is really addictive and captures most of what you get in the other overhead tank games on Android.

Market Link

Hangman ML Free

Excellent Hangman game that works in both English and German. I can’t vouch for the German mode, but the English mode works really well.

Market Link

Match Mania

A great little tile matching game.

Market Link

Slow Racer

Tap the screen like crazy to get your snail to win the race!

Market Link

Minesweeper Classic+

The classic Minesweeper game.

Market Link

I’ll update this post and add more games as I find them, or people tell me about them. I want to use this post as a showcase for the best games written so far using Basic4Android.

If you want to buy Basic4Android, you can buy it through this link and save 30% off the full price by entering voucher code andymcadam

Fieldrunners HD – Android games review on Youtube

I’ve finally got around to uploading a short review of one of the Android games I promised to do a while ago. One of my favorite tower defense games; Fieldrunners HD. Check out the video below:

Find it on the Google Play store here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.subatomicstudios&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5zdWJhdG9taWNzdHVkaW9zIl0.