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 [...]
Android Updates – Evo 4G, XPERIA X10, Fennec
Android has definitely been growing over the last few months. Just do a quick Google search and you are bombarded with Android news. Let’s cover a few items that we aren’t covering in specific posts. What’s happening in Android today.
The Buzz about Google Buzz Android Widget
Yesterday, Google announced via the Google Mobile Blog the availability of a Buzz Android Widget for posting updated Buzzes to the world. The concept is fairly simple, it’s a toolbar style widget that allows for quick posting of a Buzz that includes built in geo-tagging of your Buzz, as well as the option to add [...]
Opera Mini 5 Makes it to Android
Opera announced the availability of Opera Mini 5 Beta for the Android OS today. This brings Opera’s cost-efficient mobile browser to the Android OS and allows for very fast web page loads with less data than typical browsers. The Opera Mini suite utilizes a go-through server to convert full web pages into compressed versions quickly [...]
Gesture Search Your Android
Google released a new “labs” application for Android 2.0+ devices called Gesture Search. It adds the ability to search your phone using your own finger writing skills instead of the keyboard. It will search all through your phone just like the regular search does, but instead of needing to type in letters, you can simply [...]
Recordoid Dictaphone Android Application Review
Ever find your self in need of a recording application for your Android phone? If so, the Droids have reviewed a nice option just for you, the Recordoid Dictaphone application from Android developer Somyac. This is a great example of an Android application done right. To start with, the design of the application, from it’s [...]
Tiledial Makes Quick Work of Web Apps
Tiledial is a very simple idea and as ideas go, usually the most simple and basic are the best. It’s a web interface accessed through your favorite web browser that links to 15 of the most popular web interfaces for mobile devices.
Opera Mini 5 Coming to Android
Well, we reported not long ago that Opera had created an Android version of Opera Mobile 10. The software would only be available to OEMs and we have learned why. The Mobile 10 version utilizes some JAVA features only available via the Android NDK and even some direct Linux libraries not supported by the NDK. [...]
Fring Comes to Android
Fring is a popular social connection application and it’s finally made it’s way to the Android OS. Fring let’s you connect with many different instant message utilities, as well as VoIP services such as Skype, and other social networks like Facebook. I’ll let fring describe itself.
