The Grand unification theory of the Web: Utilize the plethora of rich internet applications(RIA) to build a single interface to use all applications in an integrated and seamless way that leverages each RIA's features.  

One Mashup to rule them all.

• I want a application for my desktop and my mobile device that implements every API for every social network I am involved in.  
• I want this application to push my status updates to all my sites (like http://www.tweetdeck.com/).  
• I want my mobile application up update my friends and family my location (like http://www.google.com/latitude/).  
• I want alarms on my phone to tell me when friends are within a certain range of my current location so I can call them and set up lunch.
• I want to text my friend and ask them if him want to go to lunch tomorrow.  I want the mobile on his end to parse the text message check his calendar and let him know he is free.   He then accepts, his calendar is updated, an automatic response is sent and my calendar is automatically updated.
• I want to take a picture of the UPC on gallon of milk I am throwing away with my mobile camera and have it added to my shopping list.  And when my wife asks what I need from the grocery store I can send her that list via SMS, Email, or via webservice from my mobile device.

I downloaded the new 1.5pre Android SDK and gave the emulator a spin.  I am running the latest HTC Magic image on my phone and wanted to see if there was anything from the offical image I was missing on my hacked image.  I found there is an additional tweaking/reporting tool in the cupcake build called Spare Parts. 

 Here are the options:

• Battery/CPU/Network/GPS/Sensor/Patial Wake/Other usage since Last Boot / Since last unplugged / Total
• Battery information
• Usage statistics (app usage by time)
• Window animation timing
• Transition animations timing
• Enable fancy input animations
• Enable fancy rotation animations
• Font size
• End button behavior
• Haptic feedback enable
• Show Compass in Maps

I pulled the APK from the emulator and installed it on my phone.  Most of the options seem to be working.  Give it a try.  And any of you with non cupcake builds let me know how it works.

spare_parts.apk (20.78 kb)