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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 14, 2010
Opera Mobile for Android has been in beta for what seems like forever -- we first got a look at it at Mobile World Congress way back in February. But it's nearing completion, and the popular mobile b...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 13, 2010
Tweetdeck -- one of the most popular Android Twitter clients -- has wrapped up a two-month beta test period and is now available in the Android Market. It's a free app, has widgets and basically is a...
Review
by Jared DiPane
Oct 08, 2010
It's that time again folks, when we share a few of our finds over the past week. So have a look at what some of your favorite Android geeks are using, and hopefully we can narrow the choices down for...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 08, 2010
How easy is it to push an Adobe AIR app to the Android Market? Let's watch Adobe's Lee Brimelow create a very simple test app for Adobe AIR, compile and distribute to the Android Market -- in ab...
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by Kyle Gibb
Oct 08, 2010
AppBrain has just updated its website and Android app to allow users to send text, URLs, and even wallpapers right to their phone from their browser of choice. Sending text or URLs copies it to ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 08, 2010
We showed you video last month of what Adobe has in store for Android with Adobe AIR apps. And AIR is now available for Android, downloadable in the Android Market. This opens up a whole new se...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 07, 2010
Android 2.0+ The development of Firefox for Android -- for all mobiles, actually, has been a long one. And today, it's finally reached beta status for Android. Again, that's beta -- not a full-f...
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by Andrew Melnizek
Oct 07, 2010
Look what happens when you release Skype to the masses. They go ahead and change it so anyone can make calls over 3G. The app once exclusive to Verizon customers only, went live the other day for any ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 06, 2010
Good news, folks. The long-awaited full version of Angry Birds (we've been going nuts playing the limited beta over and over) finally will drop next week, developer Rovio announced on Twitter this mor...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 06, 2010
The Android Market may soon be getting a pretty big boost -- from online payment system PayPal. The Street reports that a deal is in the works and may be announced as early as Oct. 26 at P...
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by Dallin Hampton
Oct 05, 2010
Late last month Fring announced fringOut calling -- cheap calls to regular telephone numbers from the Android client. And it's now available (coincidentally on the same day Skype opened up to th...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 05, 2010
Once upon a time there as a little rumor that Skype was going to shed its exclusivity with Verizon and once again be available to everyone else. Friends, that day has come. Chat and call all you want...
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by Andrew Melnizek
Oct 01, 2010
Don't worry, you weren't sent back to the year 1999. It's still 2010. The original peer-to-peer music sharing service as hit the Android Market. Only now, it's legall. The app is free, but to access ...
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by Sean Brunett
Oct 01, 2010
Google continues to put their applications in the Market, which allows for easier updates to be pushed out to users. Car Home is the newest to join the bunch and is now available to download in the Ma...
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by Andrew Melnizek
Sep 30, 2010
Everyone's favorite stalking application just received an update. The new Foursquare 2.0 update allows users to access foursquare's "Tips and To-Dos" much easier within the app than previous...
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by Kyle Gibb
Sep 30, 2010
Fennec, the codename for Mozilla's mobile version of Firefox, is getting a bit of a name change to bring it in line with the current version of Firefox. Fennec 2.0 is currently in alpha and is s...
Review
by Phil Nickinson
Sep 30, 2010
You begged. You pleaded. You yelled at us. (More than usual.) And so we now present you with the Android Central Android Application -- or ACAA for short. (Hey, it's better than Sideload Wonder...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 29, 2010
Google Maps just got itself a little update to add weather to the live wallpaper. Haven't actually seen any weather yet in Version 4.5.1, but I've been accused of living in a vacuum before. Get...
Review
by Sean Brunett
Sep 22, 2010
One of the greatest iterations of the smartphone industry has been the cameras that are attached to the devices. They have become sufficient enough to leave a separate camera at home or forget buying ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 21, 2010
(Twitter pre-update, left, and post-update, right)The official Android Twitter app -- cleverly named Twitter for Android -- just got another updated. There's no changelog just yet (it'll be here...
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by Dallin Hampton
Sep 21, 2010
What do you get when you take an application we’ve all fallen back in love with (since the Skype gaffe) and add worldwide calling for mere pennies? You get Fring’s brand-new, fringOut ser...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 20, 2010
Adobe has patched a critical security flaw in Flash Player 10.1, closing a gap that could have allowed an attacked to gain access to your phone. Version 10.1.95.1 fixes the following:A critical ...
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by Kyle Gibb
Sep 20, 2010
Google has begun rolling out much-improved account security features for its Google Apps Premiere, Education, and Government customers. The system features the standard "username and passw...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 19, 2010
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition -- Unrevoked Version 3.21 has returned after a short stint on the sidelines for extra testing, bringing the latest in one-click rooting and NAND unlockin...
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by Kyle Gibb
Sep 19, 2010
The folks behind DoubleTwist promised that support for internet radio was coming, and here it is. You can browse every genere imaginable, and each major genere has a bunch of sub-generes so you ...
Review
by Phil Nickinson
Sep 17, 2010
Bash Bing for Android all you want. Go ahead. We'll wait. For we share your frustration that Verizon set it as the default search service on the Samsung Fascinate (and that's why we worked so h...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 17, 2010
Remember how a change in the Froyo code has borked the audio for a good many apps? That included the Sirius XM satellite radio app (read our review here), which has left us hanging for a good m...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 17, 2010
The Angry Birds game for Android just got an update. Repeat: The Angry Birds game for Android just got an update. OK, it's still in beta. And that means there may (and likely will) be bugs. And...
Review
by Phil Nickinson
Sep 16, 2010
Longtime software developer Hiplogic this week released a beta of its *Spark Android launcher (that'll be the last time we put the asterisk in Spark, by the way). Emphasis on the beta party, is it's ...
Review
by Phil Nickinson
Sep 15, 2010
That's right, folks, it's Fruit Ninja on Android. No longer is it just for the iPhone. And better yet, with Open Feint, you can compete against your friends and join leaderboards as you slice a...
