App Name: Launch X – Free Version by Yuvidroid Description: Launch X is a widget that gives you quick-access to your favourite apps, contacts, bookmarks, etc. The widget takes a single row on the screen (4×1), but you can fill it with more than 4 icons. It can also have multi screens and has the [...]
Top 20 Hottest Apps in past 24hrs Free Handcent SMS UPDATED by handcent_admin Handcent fully unleashes the messaging power for your phone Full SMS/MMS Support Group Sending Options SMS Popup w/Quic … >250,000 downloads, Rating 4.54 (127264) Free Laser Reflections by tripleH This is a laser-light-mirror reflecting and addictive game. You have to redirect the [...]
Intro This phone surprised me, came unexpectedly, not a bad thing either, when is a new phone bad, especially a Galaxy S! This Galaxy S looks different and feels different but is no different inside. Still a Galaxy S at heart. Looks Well, how better to put this? It looks like an iPhone, want an [...]
Places is Googles latest addition to the popular Maps app. Available through an update to version 4.4 on the Market, Places allows you to find restaurants, bars, coffee shops, etc, near your current location. Although the feature is available through a maps update, a dedicated icon is placed in the app launcher for quick access. [...]
Its very easy to think of the Android Software Development Kit (SDK) as being purely for developers. But you don’t need to have a head full of java to make good use of it. There are plenty of neat things we mere mortals can do with it too, like trying out Froyo before we get [...]
Google and the open source development community have been feverishly working on the Chrome Operating System for quite some time now. Said to be released in the fall, Chrome OS will continue to uphold the stability and integration users have grown to love in Android devices. Chrome OS will be available on entry level netbooks [...]
A new NFL Mobile App is available now in the Android market and it looks to be much better than previous versions. The app was pulled from the market weeks ago to get reworked for the new Droid X release and the results are very good. There is an option to select your favorite team, [...]
The Library of Congress has OFFICIALLY made special exemptions for the act of rooting (android, WEBOS) and rules that would keep you from doing so from DMCA will not apply any longer! Computer programs that enable wireless telephone handsets to execute software applications, where circumvention is accomplished for the sole purpose of enabling interoperability of [...]
Been wondering when someone would grab theHTC IME keyboard from the EVO 4G and port it to theDroid X? The posse atXDA are already on it. As you can see from the screenie above, landscape doesn’t match up perfectly, but everything works including the speech-to-text. Portrait mode also looks like perfection. Download: EvoKeyboard.apk Instructions… 1. [...]
Here is an image of a supposed “test build” of Android 3.0 running on a Nexus One and this seems very early in the game for Gingerbread to be seen in the wild. While you can already bet on photoshop being the culprit, Droid Dog has reported that benchmark logs are displaying Android 3.0, 3.1 [...]
I just finished uploading my two part video on theSony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini and Xperia X10 mini pro Androidsmartphones. In spite of the fact that I really disliked the original Xperia X10, the mini and mini pro models, which are much, much smaller than the original, are very nice and left me quite pleasantly [...]
MeritLine.com is selling two android tablets, both are 7 inch tablets and both have similar looks. I decided I wanted to check these tablets out and emailed the site about them, all I got was a VERY snide reply saying that they weren’t the manufacturer, merely the retailer. The fishy thing to me is that [...]
HTC made a name for itself by heavily customizing mobile platforms like Windows Mobile and Google Android. Though Microsoft won’t allow companies to do much tinkering with the Windows 7 UI, and Google is working on making Android 3.0 so good no company will want to, HTC shows no signs of curbing its desire to [...]
I’m not sure how easy or difficult it is for a ROM cooker to make his software false report about the version of Android it’s based on, and I can’t think of any legitimate reason a hacker would go to the trouble without ensuring a big hoopla ensued. So it’s definitely interesting that GreenComputing found [...]
Every Android phone has a standard set of buttons at the bottom. They may be physical — with parts that move — or they may be capacitive, reacting to your touch. The order may change, but the functions are the same. You’ll find: Home: Returns to the main home screen. Hold down to see your [...]
Back on July 9th, Chairman of Mobilicity John Bitove said that Rogers new discount wireless brand “Chatr” is “trying to destroy our success” and should not be allowed to launch because of the “Abuse of Dominant Position” in the Competition Act where it states the “use of fighting brands selectively on a temporary basis to [...]
Rodman & Renshaw analyst Ashok Kumar isn’t just talking about BlackBerry tablets these days, he’s also heard whisperings of Motorola getting into the sizeable slate business. According to The Street, Kumar is warning investors to expect a Motorola rival to the iPad in November 2010, with a 10-inch touchscreen display and running Google’s Android 3.0 [...]
One of the most talked about features of Android 2.1 was the addition of live wallpapers.A live wallpaper is similar to a normal Android application and has access to all the facilities like GPS, accelerometers, network access, etc, thus adding a truly rich and interactive experience to your home screen.The stock Android 2.1 came pre [...]
Are you an Android developer or handsetmanufacturer who wants to optimize Java code performance? Well, I guess you don’t have to look any further, according to FlexyCore, maker of DroidBooster. FlexyCore says they have developed a way to optimize Java performance many times over, by using a specialized way of compiling code. Their testing shows [...]
Game Reviews – E3 2011 – Gadget Pr0n Combining an electronic paper display, large color touch screen and powered by Android, the Spring Design Alex eReader offers wi-fi access to over a million books, web browsing, email and music. Kevin Pereira and Olivia Munn review the device selling for $400. Find the full review from [...]
Last month we ran a story about the front-QWERTY keyboard Galaxy Q phone that Samsung reportedly plans to add to their Galaxy line. More specs have now leaked out about the likely BlackBerry competitor. The Samsung Galaxy Q will have: 3-inch Super AMOLED screen (720×480) 1 GHz Hummingbird processor 8MP camera with LED flash 1.3 [...]
Our pal Robert Werlinger from sister site PreCentral.net has been at the O’Reilly Open Source Conference this week in Portland, Ore., and sat in on the “Your Smartphone May Not Be as Open as You Think” session. And, obviously, that’s been a topic of discussion in these parts, what with the whole Droid XeFuse conspiracy, [...]
Have you ever wanted to use the TV-Out feature in HTC’s Droid Incredible? Well, now you have a reason to. With a simple in-expensive cable, you can hook up your Incredible to your cars monitor in dash display. Your entire GPS Navigation will be a home screen! This video shows some cool things you can [...]
Android welcomes it’s first push to talk phone, the Motorola i1. This is a rugged phone designed for the worker and is carried by Sprint/Nextel for $149.99 after 2 year contract. It’s available online, business sales and telesales only for now, and it’ll be available in stores come Aug. 8. This rugged smartphone sports Android [...]
This is by no means the iPad killer that the Android community has been waiting for but for many, it is a step in the right direction. Affordable, functional and Android based, this tablet was quick to market, well before big companies like HP. Being one of the first is pretty much all this tablet [...]
Many consumers are complaining about the fact that the Samsung Galaxy S has no LED notification light. Well, Madmack over at XDA-Developers has come up with a genius application by the name of NoLED. When your phone receives a notification, it switches the screen on and displays a small red square in the upper left [...]
Google’s Android Market offers the largest selection of free apps (57%) while the smallest selection provided by Windows Mobile Marketplace is 22%. (Data from a mobile app store report by Distimo.) The report looked at tends in the US for may 2010 in the major app stores (including Apple, Android, Blackberry, Palm, Microsoft, and Nokia [...]
Are you a Galaxy S fan? Cant wait for Sprints second 4G handset, the Samsung Epic? Well, I have some interesting news for you. @SamdungMobileUS tweeted this July 23rd …Interesting. Lets move on to SPS TV. If you are a stranger to SPS TV, Let me explain it to you. SPS TV stands for Samsung [...]
If you are Canadian and want a Samsung Vibrant, the Galaxy S phone that found its home on T-Mobile in the US, time to hit up this contest entry form. Bell Canada is giving away one phone a day from July 23 until August 6. They have fifteen phones to give away for fifteen days. [...]
HTC has announced that they are focused on getting new facilities in place where they can keep up with the demand for their phones. HTC’s Jon French – the company’s UK director told Mobile Magazine: “We are catching up. We are still in a position where the demand keeps growing and like any good manufacturer, [...]
Verizon Wireless announced that it has increased total revenues to $16 billion, (3.4% year over year gain) and a 23.8% jump in data revenues. Their operating margin was at 30.3%. Verizon added 1.4 million total net customers during the quarter which includes 665,000 retail postpaid net customer additions. This now puts Verizon at 92.1 million [...]
Looking at those numbers one would assume that I was talking about cell phones being connected to their network. Well, I am not just talking about cell phones here. I am including eReaders, Netbooks, Digital Photo Frames, Personal Navigation Devices, Home Security Systems, etc. In a press release AT&T announced that they have added 3.4 [...]
BBC On The Move Its not an exaggeration to say that one of the biggest stumbling blocks to Rupert Murdoch’s evil pay-wall scheme has been the BBC. The quality and quantity of their free coverage makes paying for news a rather silly exercise. The BBC Trust, an executive group straight from the pages of a [...]
UK Hero Owners Get Vocal If you’re with Orange UK (that’s pronounced ‘Oh-rahnj’ BTW) and you have an HTC Hero, then the chances are you’re fed up with not having received the 2.1 update yet, despite the fact your European cousins have been basking in the glow of their live wallpapers for some time. A [...]
Tapping the tiny button on the side of Samsung Electronics’ Vibrant smart phone illuminates the beautiful, 4-inch touchscreen that, on first glance, looks to be running software from another galaxy. The Vibrant for T-Mobile — and its AT&T sister called Ca ptivate, both of which went on sale in the last week — make up [...]
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