Category: Software (Android)
Look how many Google Android apps are showing up over on AndroLib. It's less than a month since we ran a story showing 50,000. Further proof, if needed, that the Android Market growth shows no signs of slowing. Link - AndroLib.com
The official Dropbox app is now available in the Android Market. It's the mobile app which allows full read / write access into your online account. You simply sign up for 2GB of space, then upload stuff, link to it, download it or even stream music a...
OK, I slightly pooh-poohed Skyfire 2.0 the other day after it crashed on me, but hey - it's a beta. I had a few tweets telling me that I should try it again, so I did. It ended up being turned into this video demo, so click on …
The official Twitter client is now available for Android. It features trending topics, real-time search and maps to show what's happening nearby. You can share videos, links and pictures all over the world and it seems great but... ..it's only availa...
The beta version of Skyfire 2.0 is now available for Android users. Get it for free from the Android Market and test it out yourself. It features full Flash video integration, a related content icon for exploring video and images from other sites base...
Just a couple of weeks ago we told you about the 44,000-odd apps in the Android Market and that, despite the "quality vs quantity" argument, more choice is generally a good thing. Microsoft need to ensure that developers are busy beavering away on Win...
In the US a cool service called Sirius XM exists. I tried it out in Florida in a hire car and it was pretty weird listening to BBC Radio 1 whilst cruising around Disney World. A stereo in your car picks up the signals from the Sirius XM …
Last month we mentioned the official Dropbox app for Android. It's on the way to a phone near you and, although there is a "read only" web-app on the Market already, we're after this official one with the ability to upload files from your handset to t...
Google Maps appears to have been updated this morning and now, here in an ash-covered Britain, version 4.1.1 should give us the fully-functional Google Maps Navigation. Some users are having to reboot and this is a beta but it does appear that the UK...
You're almost spoilt for choice when it comes to Android applications. Our regular App Review Show from Tom Ranson is already proving popular and now Chris Pratt is on board with a full written review of the Handcent SMS app. Handcent SMS is a free a...
So there we are, desperately looking around the HTC website for SOME SIGN of the HTC Hero Android 2.1 / HTC Sense upgrade (hellooooo!!!!) and instead we find this, an updated version of the HTC Sync software. Get this if you've got the HTC Legend, HTC...
Here's a very interesting blog post from a computing student in London. It details how Andrew, a computing student from London, located and retrieved his stolen belongings using WaveSecure on his HTC Hero. The app will let you backup and restore your ...
The Orange Wednesdays app has been around for the iPhone for some time but wait, the Android version is now here too. With Orange Wednesdays you get 2 for 1 cinema vouchers and this app will tell you what's on near you and will let you read reviews, …
Every now and then I tend to write a "warning" post and this, I'm afraid, is another one for Microsoft. One of the first came in 2007. I said that
Google have once again joined in the April Fools fun with the Animal Translator. It's available for your Android phone right now (although we couldn't find it on handsets running Android 1.5) just do a search for "Translate for Animals" in the Market....
Last month the BBC announced that official iPlayer and news / sports apps would be available for Android. This will now be postponed with the BBC Trust deciding to take a look at the business case. The Trust has been urged to block plans to launch a n...
The much-anticipated upgrade for HTC Hero owners may still be a month away if this Plurk post is to be believed. HTC in Taiwan has now mentioned a date of April 26th, which should signify a roll-out to the rest of the world about the same time. The …
Have you used Dropbox ? Put simply it's an online file-store and you get 2GB of space for your files. Login anywhere, grab your stuff, upload some stuff. Done. An official Android client will be coming soon after the guys caved in to a huge amount of ...
Opera Mini 5 beta 2 is now available to download on your Android device. Head over to m.opera.com/next on your phone or click here. It includes tabbed browsing and a speed dial function for getting your favourite sites in just one click. In our brief ...
Tom Ranson has been cranking out the Android App Review episodes and now, complete with tripod, episode 10 is online. This week Trimble Outdoors have given Tom their Allsport GPS app to review. It's a great app that'll turn your phone into a GPS-enabl...
We've got a few blurry shots on the Twittersphere of Erik Huggers this afternoon promising that an official BBC iPlayer Android app will be available soon. There's no news on Windows Mobile unfortunately, but Blackberry will get an app too. Click the ...
One thing that didn't really get mentioned today was the HTC Hero upgrade. Now, come close, because I need to tell you something important. The HTC Legend is fantastic. We've had a hands-on with it once again today and there's plenty to love about the...
Alcatel are busy at this years MWC event and have announced the OT980 which is a touch screen with slide design featuring a QWERTY keyboard and Android 1.6. A quick hands on with the device just now and although not the best device, you can see Androi...
Have you heard? There's a new Twitter client on the block for Android users and it's already going down a storm across the web. TweetCaster is now available and there's two versions - a free version with an ad at the bottom or the "Pro" version for $4...
All too often we hear that "Android doesn't have many games". Sure, there might not be quite as many as other platforms but this video shows off 50 of them. AndroidHD demo a lot of very fine games here, you can get the full list below along with …
Every now and then we take a look at some of the cool apps out there. We're having another look at the latest free Android apps, but if you'd like to redress the balance with Windows Mobile apps, let us know and you could be writing right here …
One thing Android doesn't have as default is a decent music store. Luckily Phil Thorner has just spotted the Amazon MP3 Store on the Android market and there's more info about it here. It's pre-installed in some handsets, but just do a search for "Ama...
Slide Screen is an app for Android that's probably best seen and we'd heartily recommend this video which shows it in action. It's a home screen replacement that creates a "meaningful hierarchy" out of a your info. Just drag the centre bar up and down...
We've managed to get a look at those HTC Espresso shots from yesterday and have uploaded the whole lot here. This is the new Android interface from HTC, building on the success of the HTC Sense GUI. Click on to see the pictures in all their up-close ...
Some weeks ago we spotted the new HTC Espresso UI. It was met with mixed response - some even calling it ugly compared to the existing HTC Sense interface. Now there's more shots and, whilst the glass-effect buttons are still there, there's a lot more...
A new version of the HTC Sync software has been added to the HTC support site today. V2.0.18 is for the Magic, Hero and Tattoo and enables Outlook contact sync'ing with your Android handset. This is purely for installation to your PC and is designed t...
The Android version of the HTC Sense UI has already impressed us greatly but there's yet more to come with a new version (codenamed "Espresso") now appearing on the web hacked into the Hero. In the vid below you can see the new chrome-effect icons and...
HTC have turned on their widget listings within the Android Market today. Four are listed so far and it shows just how far HTC have travelled - the hardware, the GUI and now extra software for the GUI and the OS itself. Although these are fairly simp...
We've raved about the mighty HTC Hero quite a bit. It is, quite simply, a fantastic phone. HTC have already made it faster and then announced that an even newer version of the OS (Android 2.0) would be coming pretty soon. However, things have just bec...
If you've got Android 1.6 (have a look in Settings->About Phone->Firmware version) and you're in the US then you can now get the new version of Google Maps, complete with the navigation system we saw launch in version 2.0. There's already a hack to ge...
I'm a little shocked that I've never really carried a story about Fring. It's an excellent piece of software that'll let you make calls over your mobile data connection / WiFi. Not only that but you can chat / text too. It intergrates with Skype, MSN,...
HTC Europe have just added an update for HTC Sync. The updated version, 2.0.8, is for anyone using the HTC Magic, Hero or Tattoo and includes media enhancements, syncing contact pictures and time sync'ing for a more accurate phone clock. Grab the upd...
Would you believe it ? T-Mobile have finally posted the HTC Hero / G2 Touch ROM upgrade. It's arrived some time after the Orange update and the long delay has upset quite a few T-Mobile customers. The download, available here should at least go some w...
OK, we've been following the "on again, off again" HTC Peep problems for some time now. If you've got the new HTC Hero then you'll probably have switched to another Twitter app by now but, according to HTC and our own tests it appears that yes, finall...
Android users may well have heard about the CyanogenMod. It's an optimized and tweaked build of Android based on bits of Donut and some excellent contributions from xda-developers.com. Now, whilst ROM cooking and tweaking has been going on for years w...
