The Motorola Backflip gets an update

Motorola + AT&T finally posted an update for the Backflip last week. It isn't the Andriod 2.1 the masses (myself included) have been impatiently waiting for, but it is something... The two part update was a snap and took about 15-20 minutes over a good 3G connection. The camera app seems to work much, much better (faster + doesn't black screen 1/2 the time). Also, it seems to correct an intermittent issue I had with the phone rebooting itself when disconnecting it from a usb data+charge connection. Now if they'd just hurry up and get the Android 2.1 update out there!

Apache OpenJPA Bean Validation primer available

A few weeks ago I decided to write up a primer which explains the basics for using Apache OpenJPA 2.0 with Apache Bean Validation (in incubation as of this posting). The combination of JPA with Bean Validation gives you a standardized persistence mechanism (JSR-317), coupled with a standardized and powerful means to do data validation (JSR-303). A simple example is provided with the primer, with the hope to create an interactive and more effective sample in the near future. Enjoy!

-Jeremy