Review
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 14, 2012
After several delays, Max Payne has finally made its way to Google Play. Rockstar did a pretty good job with device support, and we got an early look at the enhanced Tegra 3 version. If you're a...
Review
by Sean Brunett
Jun 13, 2012
If you’re a comic fan and you use an Android device, you’re definitely going to want to check out the DC Comics app. Now of course if you’re a Marvel-only guy/girl, this probably w...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jun 10, 2012
We're a day late but worth the wait! Welcome to the latest iteration of our Android Apps of the Week, where we showcase apps that we find interesting. Have an app you think we should take a look...
Article
by Alex Dobie
Jun 05, 2012
Google is to acquire mobile office app-maker Quickoffice, the company has announced on its official blog. Describing its new acquisition as a "leader in mobile productivity solutions" wi...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jun 03, 2012
Turn your speakers up for this one, boys and girls. Zombies approach. Twenty levels, including "rush" and "survive" modes. We'll see you after the apocalypse.
Download: Bloo...
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by Alex Dobie
May 24, 2012
If you're looking for an excuse to pick up some top-notch Android games over the next week, you'll want to check out the "Because We May" sale, which has kicked off today. The sale...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
May 22, 2012
We love Android. And we travel. A lot. And after thousands and thousands of miles and more airports than we can recall, we like to think we've got a handle on the best Android travel apps. Some ...
Article
by Chris Parsons
May 16, 2012
For pretty much a year now, Sprint customers have been able to make use of carrier billing for app purchases on the Google Play Store but now, Sprint in cooperation with Google have gone ahead and t...
Article
by n64kps
May 02, 2012
Voting for the 2012 Webby Awards has come to a close and the winners have been announced. A few of our favorite Android apps inlcuding Google Wallet, SwiftKey X, and Evernote all brought ...
Article
by Alex Dobie
Apr 25, 2012
Rovio's updated its interstellar swine-smashing simulator Angry Birds Space with 10 new levels. The new challenges can be found within the 'Fry Me To The Moon' chapter, which sees the cl...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Apr 23, 2012
Update 2: And they're back. Crisis is averted!
Update: Google's now telling developers that it's aware of the issue. Help is on the way!
Everybody panic! Paid applications have disappe...
Article
by Sean Brunett
Apr 18, 2012
PlayUp is a new application for Android that wants to improve your sports watching experience by making it much more social.
Currently, if you're watching a live sporting event, you can text or...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 17, 2012
Come join the smartest and most friendly Android discussion on the Internet.
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by Joshua Munoz
Apr 17, 2012
Android Central's guide to the best Android applications
Behold, our updated list of the best Android apps around. It's our hand-picked list of the best Android applications around. T...
Article
by Alex Dobie
Apr 13, 2012
It might only be April, but the Angry Birds are already preparing for summer, with the launch of a new update to the original app for Android. Version 2.1 of Angry Birds introduces an additional 15 ...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Apr 12, 2012
A couple of our favorite Android applications are head to head in the running for a win in the 16th annual Webby Awards. Google Wallet currently has a slight edge over keyboard app SwiftKey X. ...
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 11, 2012
The Google Goggles app for Android has been updated to version 1.8, with a couple of improvements for continuous mode -- that's the mode where Goggles continues to scan on-the-fly without requir...
Article
by Sean Brunett
Apr 11, 2012
Google announced this morning that Google+ is set to receive a massive redesign over the next few days that will make it easier to use and much more intuitive. The company has been innovating quickl...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Apr 10, 2012
Tapatalk, the app that makes browsing vBulletin forums a breeze from a smartphone, has come out of its Version 2.0 beta and is now available for downloading. The biggest feature is an improved UI wi...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Apr 09, 2012
There goes the neighborhood. Only a week after finally arriving on Android, Instagram has sold out -- to Facebook. The price, according to a press release: $1 billion in cash and Facebook stock.
Fa...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 05, 2012
Listen up, road warriors. Searching for travel on your phone just got load easier. Hipmunk this morning announced an update that brings calendar integration to its already excellent search app. That...
Article
by Alex Dobie
Apr 04, 2012
Cloud storage provider Dropbox has just doubled the referral bonus it gives users for referring friends to the service. Previously Dropbox referrals resulted in a bonus of 250MB for both the re...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Apr 04, 2012
SwiftKey -- the Android Central 2011 keyboard of the year -- has declared war on the spacebar. Never mind that its April Fool's joke actually was to introduce the world's longest spaceb...
Article
by Android Central
Apr 01, 2012
Just a quick heads up that the Android Central Forums app is now available in the Amazon Appstore, for those of you who roll like that. It's all the same incredible forums content you get right ...
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by Sean Brunett
Mar 31, 2012
The 2012 baseball season is upon us. The opening game has been played in Tokyo already, but the rest of the league doesn’t begin until next week. That’s why we thought it appropriate to ...
Article
by Jared DiPane
Mar 28, 2012
Endomondo is an extremely popular social fitness application that is available on nearly every platform for users to track and share their fitness. While the application is currently feature packed,...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Mar 26, 2012
I'm still looking for my perfect Twitter client. This might well be it. Carbon for Android -- a longtime favorite on webOS and more recently on Windows Phone -- now has a video sneak preview to ...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Mar 25, 2012
We're not gonna muck this up with a bunch of words. Just watch. And wait for April, apparently, for SAWS | The Puridium War. Mechs. High-def Mechs. Or, as the dev puts it:
The year is 2210, ...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Mar 23, 2012
Flight Track -- an indispensable app for those of us who go places to do things for a living -- just got itself a sizable (if slightly cryptic) update. First, the changelog:
Customiz...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Mar 22, 2012
We've gotten a bunch of reports from you fine folks today regarding your Gmail apps causing a screen flicker, and being unable to get to your inbox. We never experienced it here, but that doesn&...
