The goal of our newest product, "FX File Explorer", is to bring desktop-level file management capabilities to Android devices. The most significant undertaking in FX has been creating an interface that is intuitive for new users and at the same time extremely efficient for those who are more experienced.

Local files can be managed in a conventional desktop-computer like icon or list view. Media files can be browsed using media-specific views; for example, audio files can be categorized by their artist, album, or playlist. FX features rich networking capabilities: files can be transferred via Windows Network, FTP, Secure Shell FTP, and Bluetooth.

A database-backed indexed search system and developer/root-user functionality are currently under development and will be available in near-future beta releases.

FX can be downloaded from the Android market and is very much usable even though it officially has beta status. At this point the product is nearing readiness for the 1.0 release. We greatly appreciate all comments, suggestions, and bug reports. Visit the download page for more information.

SystemPanel 1.1 is now available. This release makes some significant changes to the way processes are presented. There are now four categories of applications: Active, Service-Only, Inactive (Cached), and System. Applications that have no running user-interface, i.e., "GUI" components are now place in the "Inactive" stack. Applications in the "Service-Only" are actively operating, but only as background services. This makes it much easier to distinguish between applications which are really operating and those which are simply cached in memory or operating very occasionally in the background.

The new version also adds the ability to directly open Android's own "Process Control Panel" for any application on phones/devices running Android 2.1 or later. This can be quite useful if you need to "Force Stop" misbehaving applications which are running services in the background, which cannot be terminated by the typical "End Task" method.

This weekend we saw the Android market officially recognize the free version of SystemPanel as having reached the 250,000 download mark! Much thanks to everyone who has reported issues and suggested features!

We have a new major Android product currently in development which will be available this year, with beta versions likely available within a month. I do not want to say much about this app at the present time other than it is a fairly "fundamental" app. More information will be released soon.

During the course of development of this future product, much time has been dedicated to general user interface improvements including look-and-feel updates. These improvements will be making their way into future releases of SystemPanel and WebSharing in the not-too-distant future.

Both SystemPanel and WebSharing have been designed to be fully compatible with Android 2.2 (Froyo). Both apps have been tested against Froyo ever since the initial released build for the Nexus One back in May. All products are continually tested on new phones/software updates.