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Would it cost a lot of money to improve the mobile interface of the forums?

I'm just curious, does it involve purchasing expensive software or something? A website like http://forums.hardwarezone.com has a really nice looking forum for mobile phones, but then again it's a site that generates tons of revenue from their magazines and other services, while XDA-Developer's mobile forums looks a little... Lacking.
So, what exactly is needed? Just want to understand a little more on this optimisation thing.

Article about XDA Developing

Hey, I have created an article on XDA Developing and links to the forum to try to bring some more members to this site and to help out. I tried to post as much information as I possibly could to the article. Maybe you can tell me what you think?
Here is the article:
Techburrow said:
XDA (Xtended Design Architecture) Developing is great to learn if you have a windows mobile device. Reason being is because Windows Mobile is new and still growing, so there is not much you can do with your phone, in this case I have the HTC HD2 which is a great phone with a lot of potential, but you are limited to what you can do on it, this comes in when trying to find apps, as Windows Mobile is very limited on apps and most cost a lot of money. Now you may think a couple of bucks for an app, but no, the most expensive Windows Mobile app I have found in the marketplace was 69.99 for a image organizer/tool. It didn’t do anything magnificent and to me, definitely not worth the money. So I looked around into trying to do more with my Windows Mobile device and found out about XDA Developing.
I visited the Windows Mobile website and came to find that they offer free tools to start creating your own apps for your Windows Mobile phone, even though the tools were free, there is a cost if you want to make money from your app by putting it in the market. So you can create apps for your own liking and use, but if you wanted to put it in the maketplace for others to buy/download there was a one time fee of $99 dollars. Now I thought it was reasonable as long as you get the free tools. So I downloaded the tools and got everything running, but there was a lot to learn. The Windows Mobile website gave some dummy codes for developing but did not have any guides on how to learn how to start building. I was then searching and searching until I found a great website known as “xda-developers.com” which is a website with great forums and discussion on Windows Mobile devices, they also do some discussion on “Andriod” OS as well. There forum is a great place to inhance on what you can do on your phone. As for me I used the forum to find out how to develop my own apps, find apps others have made, they also have custom ROMS and RADIO (cooked) which is sort of like a “Jailbreak” and there are many ways, with a lot of help and support along the way. Thanks to this website I have brought my phone to its full potential and I am very happy with it.
I have fixed a lot of problems I have had with my device as well, such as “freezing, bricking, OS fails, and much more” which got me to thinking my phone would have to be returned. I think that Windows Mobile should have some of the XDA-Developers code a new version of HTC Sense & Windows Mobile, just to make it more stable and bring more customer satisfaction. If you have any problems with your Windows or Android device I would highly recommend using the sites I have listed above. Even if you are just looking to get more out of your phone.
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MOD EDIT: Please do not post external links, it is considered indirect advertising which is equal to spam. Hope you do not do that in the future. I removed the link and copied the article. Any further talk, do PM me.

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[Q] Where do you go for all of your Android news/reviews/etc?

For all of you current Android users, besides xda, what sites do you go to to read up on Android? Where do you get your news, reviews, & all of that stuff?
I go to pocketnow & engadget but I've noticed there are quite a few sites out there that are dedicated to just Android. I'd like to know some of the more popular ones so I can maybe add it to my list of frequented sites.
Thanks

I really don't call engadget a reliable site they do things with android phones that a normal person wouldn't do. Like play music while recording a video in 1080p and says the sound is horrible. Usually phonedog, smartphone envy sometimes and tech buffalo. Usually have good reviews of the phone.
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Android Central is good. Check it out

I check Phandroid because they're local to me, Droid-Life because they'll sometimes do an article on an app that's cool, Pocketnow, Engadget and sometimes Android Centeral or Android Police depending on who the source is for articles I care about. Also, T-Mo News when I want to see what's up with the Sensation

The usual engadget, cnet, phone arena, ars technica. Androidcentral is my favorite dedicated android site. Androidguys and androidandme seem to have dropped when it comes to quality the past few months.
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IntoMobile, AndroidPolice, DroidLife, Engadget, This is my next, Pocketnow, Pocketlint.

engadget, phandroid, android and me, planet android..... a have quite a few in my google reader.
The bad thing when you subscribe multiple websites is, you can be reading the same news 10 times a day.....

Wrong section

I also check out phandroid. Great place to ask questions and get some feedback.

My favorite place for specs and reviews is gsmarena.com but they are not without their occasional errors. Still, my fav place.

Coolsmartphone techradar and pocketnow

Upcomer - a new kind of app to help you stay updated on upcoming tech

Hello there!
So 9 months ago me and some friends wanted to solve a problem. We thought that it was way too difficult to stay updated on all the upcoming tech products that we were interested in, such as smartphones, wearables and software. Because news sites don't have personal content so much of the content is irrelevant to you and there's just too much content out there so it's difficult to keep up. All we wanted was a simple way of knowing what we needed to know about upcoming tech products that we were interested in. Without having to look at cluttered news sites every day.
So for the last 9 months we have been working on a solution, which is an Android app called Upcomer. So basically what Upcomer does is that you can select which product categories and brands that you are interested in. You will then be notified as soon as a new product is announced. You can then follow specific products to get all the relevant updates about them such as specifications, release dates, beta sign ups, giveaways, reviews and so on. You will find all the worlds upcoming tech products in the app, such as HTC One M9, Google Cars, Windows 10 etc. It's not just another news app, its more of a passive background app that makes sure you never miss something about upcoming tech products that you should know, and also that you are the first to know when something big happens.
We have been working our asses off for 9 months and we would love to get some feedback from you guys. And no, this is not advertising. We are all part of the xdadevelopers community and we genuinly want feedback on what we're creating. And we hope that we got something different here that some of you will like
So my question is: Would you use this application? Would it solve a problem for you?
If you want to read more you can do it at upcomer.com

HQ Android - Android review website

HQ Android is an android review website, focused only on applications. My initial plan was to review every major application, and then simply have them updated as time passes.
Besides simple reviews, there will be news about weekly app updates (including changelog), android wear app reviews, mock designs for app redesigns etc.
We were a larger team, but I went inactive for few months due to preparations for my marriage and honeymoon. In that period, some of them left, and now there are five of us still willing to work on this project.
All authors are allowed to put up to two adsense units in their reviews, and there will be no other ads on those reviews. Other ways of site monetization would be paying for review positioning on website (the three reviews at the top, and the wide one, currently Dashclock). In other words, visitors wouldn’t be spammed with ads. I will help out authors without Adsense account to get one, and those that have it ready can immediately add their ads.
Now I’m not a web programmer at all, I’m just pretty familiar with WordPress. I bought a theme on Themeforest, set it up and paid a designer for a logo. The theme itself is pretty good and has all the features a standard review website would need. However, there are some things I’d like to get implemented/changed, so I requested those from the developer. If the site gets fairly popular, I might hire someone to build a custom theme for the website, or build the site on a different framework.
What we need mostly is authors. You don’t need to write x reviews per day, any number of reviews will work. You can write when you have time, without any pressure. We’d like to review every popular app out there, so a large number of authors are welcome. Other forms of support are more than welcome too, like designers, people running the social media accounts etc.
I still need to polish the website a bit, and we need to put average author ratings instead of single author rating. Game reviews and sections need an update too. The site is currently in beta, until we finish those things.
You can visit the website at HQAndroid.com
All suggestions and critiques are more than welcome.

Hi. I am interested in writing for your website. Can you please guide me on how to apply for it and get started?
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Going to send you a message now.
Regards,

Its a fine site mate, well done. Ill visit regularly.
Do you offer devs reviews? If so what sort of audience do you have?

Sure, all devs are free to submit their review. We'll check it before posting.
Well currently there is hardly something you can call an audience. We haven't advertised anywhere (prior to this XDA post or reddit) so we're slowly trying to build it.

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