One of the best features that Android provides to the users is customization. Since it’s inception, Android has provided the capability to customize the UI to the hardware manufacturers as well as app developers. Often called “Home Screen Replacements” or “Launchers”, there exists a large number of apps available that can provide a high level [...]
Angry Birds – Rio Available in Amazon App Store
Amazon and Rovio have released the latest Angry Birds app via the Amazon App Store and as of this posting, it’s free. We’ve read about many improvements to the app itself, with some user interface and game play changes that enhance the game. If you have an Android phone, head on over to the App [...]
Retro Camera Android App Review
Sometimes I stumble upon what I consider to be great apps and I just want to share them with others. Retro Camera by Urbian, Inc is one such app. I’ve tried a number of camera apps out there, and many have done the duty they claim to do, such as produce vintage style photos and [...]
How to ActiveSync Hotmail Mail, Calendar and Contacts with Android
Just a few days ago, Hotmail completed it’s upgrade to be able to sync utilizing Microsoft Exchange services. This means syncing your Hotmail account, including your contacts and calendar is now much easier. There is one catch. Your phone must be capable of supporting Microsoft Exchange services. If your phone has Android 2.2 you are [...]
Android App Inventer Makes Average Joe a Developer
The Android team has a new toy available, for a select few at the moment, that enables some browser based application development using simple block diagrams. The idea seems straight forward enough, no need to even install the SDK. Just install some helper files (small download size) for either a Mac, Windows or Linux PC [...]
Android 2.1 Takes the Lead
Google recently updated their Resources page for Developers highlighting the currently in use platform versions of Android OS. For the first time, Android 2.1 takes the lead with a 3% boost over second place Android 1.5. However, Android 1.6 is right there in the running as well at 28%, which basically means about 1/3 Android [...]
Dropbox App for Android – Review
The Dropbox application for Android was quick to go from beta to release and at first, I couldn’t have been happier, but after using the application for a while, I wish they’d worked out the features better first. I have been using Dropbox for a little more than a year now and I have found [...]
Future Release of Android OS with Support Apps on SD Card
One area where Android is lacking has been in memory and on board storage of Applications. The first iterations of Android phones came with 256MB of on board memory (HTC Dream / G1) and that was used to store the base operating system as well as the applications users downloaded from the market. Not long [...]
Android 2.2 to support Flash 10.1 Directly
Image by Joi via Flickr More excited news from Android’s Andy Rubin, you know, the engineer in charge of Android OS. Android 2.2 will come with built in support for Flash 10.1 he tells New York Times. He didn’t go into great details on how exactly that will be implemented, but my guess is through [...]
Flash and Air Mobile Apps Port to Android Quickly
When Apple officially killed the ability to build apps utilizing Adobe Flash and Air that are then compiled to run as a native iPhone App, they opened a door for Android. The Flash and Air developers who have made a number of iPhone apps have been able to quickly move their apps from iPhone to [...]
