Be aware of ”Tap Snake” and app from the Android Market that seems like a harmless version of the classic snake game, but it is not what it seems. F-Secure said recently, “the ancient “Snake” game serves as a front end to a commercial GPS spyware program, called GPS Spy.” Turns out the developer of the [...]
HTC is in the headlines again. They already have several immensely popular phone out, and according to cens.com, two more are on their way. The HTC Vision and HTC Ace are set to debut in London, the U.K., in mid September. Both of these new models are based on Android 2.2 (Froyo) and are expected [...]
For all Android users who also carry GEICO insurance cards in their vehicle, this should be some pretty cool news to you. As you can tell by the screenshot from my phone, GEICO has not left much out when it comes to providing quick assistance should you ever find yourself in an auto-accident, or on [...]
SwiftKey is a 3rd party keyboard app that is able to predict your next word with incredible accuracy, based on what you’ve already entered. SwiftKey enables a person to write up to 50% faster by predicting up to 1/3 of next words instantly. SwiftKey learns and adapts itself to suit you. SwiftKey Keyboard has recently [...]
Amazing! You can now start your car from your Android smartphone thanks to the Viper SmartStart app! No longer do you need to carry an extra remote or be within a certain distance to start your car. The SmartStart system is genius! You get the following features with the app from Viper: Lock/Arm Unlock/Disarm Remote [...]
This is the story of two polar opposites. It is the story of the Google everything I touch is gold, and Microsoft’s horrible attempt at a new mobile phone. Let’s start with the Kin. There is something interesting that ties these two together; Andy Rubin. Rubin was a co-founder of a company called Danger which [...]
If you are a Sprint phone owner, then you have probably noticed that when you open the market, where your Download tab used to be now says Sprint. Don’t fret, you can still get to your downloads by pressing menu and then downloads. This new tab is so that Sprint can have a tab to [...]
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 [...]
Data from the Android developers site suggests that lots of phones are running 2.1 – but there’s something missing from what we’re being told which may mean it’s exaggerated. How fragmented is the Android platform? Google knows. And it’s quite interesting. The problem is that it’s not quite ready to tell us in detail. Only [...]
Interestingly enough, the country that first had froyo pre-installed on new Nexus Ones still doesn’t have access to paid apps on the Android Market. A statement issued by Google stated quite clearly that Korea was to receive paid apps, was taken off their blog an hour later. Many users and media outlets were left confused, [...]
Google’s open-source phone platform has plenty of quality free apps for your phone. Google’s Android OS is now a major player in the smartphone world. The Motorola Droid was the hot phone when we first released our “Top 100 Free Apps For Your Phone” list in 2009. Now we’re seeing “super phones” like the HTC [...]
Vlingo continues to improve its voice-activated apps and the Android version will now include a “SuperDialer” to make calling easier. Vlingo SuperDialer is sort of like the Genius button on the myTouch 3G Slide on steroids: tap the widget and then tell it what you want to call. Voice dialing is nothing new but this [...]
App Name: Appoke by The Appoke Team. Description: Discover your friends’ Android appsby browsing their installed apps. Recommend apps to your friendsby sending them instant notifications. Subscribe to your friends updatesand see their comments and likes in real time. Install apps in one clickfrom yourWeb browseror directly from yourphone. How it works: Appoke is an [...]
Samsung’s first go round with Touchwiz was an utter disaster. It was hated by just about everyone. Gizmodo even commented, “Samsung’s Behold II is the most impressively ugly Android phone in existence. The custom interface is so bad, so gaudy and so confusing it turned my brains into ooze.” Sales of the Behold II were [...]
In September 2009, Android had just over 10,000 applications and now just ten months later, Android is at 90,000 applications. Android is on pace to surpass 100k applications by the end of this month. Some would argue that quality is better than quantity and that Apple has better quality applications. I have noticed a trend [...]
A trend’s been revving up around the Android-related blogosphere lately, and as a huge supporter of quality work from all of Android’s hard-working developers, I would love to help get the word spread about the Paid App Pledge. I recently joked about me not taking the pledge (and it was just that: a joke. I [...]
AppBrain – the guys who are constantly innovating how you can use the Android Market away from your phone – just pushed an update to their Android app. The app will essentially allow you to install applications that you find in the market from AppBrain at the click (or a few clicks, in some cases) [...]
DVD Jon, aka Jon Lech Johansen, blogs that “Google does far too little curation of the Android Market, and it shows.” Johansen is the co-founder and CTO at a company called double twist. double twist is an iTunes like application that was developed for managing and synchronizing content on several different devices such as Palm, [...]
Google’s Android is the best bet for companies trying to stay competitive with Apple. But the open OS has its share of pitfalls. A lot of people at PC and consumer electronics companies tell me about the problems and opportunities they see for new products. One challenge all companies face at the moment is the [...]
Android phones are taking over in the U.S. market, but troubles with the app market could slow down the pace. Google’s Android smartphone OS is starting to look like an unqualified success. Right now I’m seeing more Android smartphones arriving in the U.S. than any other platform. On Tuesday night, I went to the launch [...]
AT&T does not allow an application to be installed on its android phones from outside the market. AT&T was asked why and this is what they said. Q. Why can’t apps be installed from sources outside of the Android Market? A. Android Market, managed by Google, is open to all developers. There is no approval [...]
We noted recently that Android seems to be becoming a popular mobile banking platform. Surveys have found that users of Android are more active mobile banking customers than users of the iPhone and BlackBerry. But banks seem to be slow in adapting. So slow that a frustrated bank customer recently built his own bank app, [...]
This week has been full of huge announcements such as Droid X and product releases with the new iPhone 4 hitting the streets yesterday. As I sit back and reflect on what has been going on, I took note of something big. Even with the iPhone 4 hitting the streets yesterday, Apple and AT&T are [...]
We first heard that 100,000 Android devices were being activated every day back at Google IO in May. Well, at the Droid X launch today Google’s Andy Rubin announced that 160,000 Android devices were being activated every day! Also, the Android market now officially hosts over 68,000 apps! This is great news for Android users. [...]
It’s no secret that the stock android keyboard leaves much to be desired. Users of android based phones were quick to seek out a third party keyboard shortly after typing a few lines on their smart phone. ShapeWriter was one of the first and most popular but alas the app can no longer be downloaded [...]
Just like Google won’t be opening up the source code of Google TV until some point in the year following its launch, the Android Market will too have to wait for it’s big screen debut. You won’t be able to get all of your favorite apps on your TV just yet, nor will third-party installs [...]
The HTC Aria is the best chance at a home run with Android AT&T has had yet. But somehow they continually find ways tosabotage their best chances.In an increasingly characteristic move for AT&T, they have limited their newest phone to apps only in the Android Market. There is no longer an option to load apps [...]
Recently Google has been experiencing problems with their Android Market, it started out with Applications not being listed in the market. They finally fixed that problem, however, the market continues to have problems. Many developers, have noticed the market has lost track of their download counts and that they have actually started to go down. [...]
Google’s official Android app store is getting some competition as upstart, independent challengers create their own app stores to lure users with the promise of more freedom, better access to apps and increased revenue. But it’s all kosher because, unlike Apple, Google allows for multiple app stores to exist on the Android operating system. A [...]
App Name: World War by Storm8 Description: It’s the year 2012. A nuclear war has broken out. 5 countries have emerged as the major superpowers in the devastating war. Which one will you be? How it works: World War is a mission based Massive Multiplayer Online for the Android platform. The object of the game [...]
One thing we have all wished for in the Android Market is suggested search. Having the Market anticipate what you are looking for not only makes searching easier, but also helps find apps you may not have realized were there. Also if you misspell the name it will do it’s best to provide correct suggestions. [...]
Recently xScope Browser Got Faster,Much Faster!! As matter of fact it is now the fastest Browser available on Android.xScope’s latest update released this past weekend on the Android Market pushed this already speedy browser passed all the rest. In Independent testing it blew the doors off Android’s stock browser and left Dolphin HD in the [...]
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