BaerConsulting LLC Blog

Well, the Bears’ season is over and we’re back to maintaining the blog. We’ve had some interesting developments as far as projects and news for BaerConsulting. First, we will soon be posting a great way to turn an old computer in to a network media server and using it as a media storage server. The best part of that is that it is completely free of charge. The software will not cost you a penny. Depending on the age of the computer, you may want to consider adding or replacing the hard drive in the machine, however.

Secondly, BaerConsult will soon start developing applications for the Android platform. If you are unfamiliar with Android, it is an open source operating system made by Google. They have geared this OS towards mobile platforms for the time being but have been in negotiations with Netbook manufacturers and have already started prototypes for Netbook tablets with Android running on them. For reference, Android is known as the iPhone killer. It will crush the iPhone. Originally, the G1 made by HTC was really the only phone running Android and it was only available on the T-Mobile network. However, HTC followed up with the MyTouch, also only available with T-Mobile. Soon after, the first non T-Mobile Android devices were made publicly available on other networks such as Verizon, Sprint, and AT&T as well. Since Novemeber, Verizon’s/Motorola’s DROID (A855) has sold over 500,000 units. The first 300,000 were sold in the first 2 weeks of retail availability. What makes this platform so interesting is that Google spent quite a bit of time making it the fastest and most stable OS available on smartphones to date. My DROID boots in about 1/10 the time it took my Blackberry Storm to boot. It really is the best platform available. If you own an Android phone, make sure to look for us in the marketplace under BaerConsultLLC for the developer name. Our first project is still being kept quiet at the moment, but it will hopefully hit public beta in the coming months.