Tag archive: Android Apps

RIM has been promising the PlayBook 2.0 upgrade since the summer of 2011, and today we finally got our first look at a PlayBook tablet with native email, a calendar app, and and a number of other upgrades. While it's hard to say why it took so long and it may very well be too little, too late for the PlayBook, RIM isn't ready to give up just yet. PlayBook 2.0 enhancements we noticed Email: When the PlayBook shipped in April 2011, it… Read More

  With the holidays behind us and Santa unlikely to check his Naughty or Nice list well into the upcoming New Year, now is the perfect time to unleash that suppressed vulgarity you may have built up inside you over the holidays with some choice phrases and expletives. Of course, if you’re feeling particularly offensive, swearing in your native tongue generally isn’t all that impressive. But with the help of the Android Marketplace’s latest… Read More

When T-Mobile launched the very first Android-powered handset – the G1 – back in 2008, the app library to go along with it looked like a minimart beside Apple's Walmart. But the past few years have been kind to Google. The steady release of high-profile, high-power Android handsets like the HTC Droid Bionic, Samsung Galaxy S II and Motorola Droid Razr have turned that initial drizzle of apps into a torrent. Now with over… Read More

If you plan on hitting the Black Friday sales–on or offline–you need to use every weapon in your arsenal. Come prepared with these (and maybe even last year's) best shopping apps that minimize the headaches and maximize the savings.  SaleLocator, iOS If you’re not quite sure where to head for Black Friday sales but now you want to take advantage of the savings, check out SaleLocator. It plots your location and offers a map… Read More

Don't panic, but there's less than a week before Thanksgiving. For those of you in charge of the feast, that means the countdown to logging some serious hours in the kitchen has begun. Of course, Thanksgiving prep takes much longer than a day. So in the interest of simplifying the process as much as possible, these apps could be your ticket to a smoother culinary experience.  Appetites’ Easy as Pie, iOS Recipe apps are a dime a… Read More

It looks as thought Samsung has provided the leaked information on three mystery products to be announced September 1. There appears to be three logos for unannounced products buried inside Samsung’s Android app created for their IFA conference. The product names are Galaxy Note, Wave 3, and Galaxy Tab 7.7. The Wave 3 is most likely Samsung’s next Bada Device which isn’t overly interesting. The Galaxy Note and Tab 7.7 have peaked our interest… Read More

The smartphone market is expected to keep on booming over the next four years and, not surprisingly, those devices will be populated with an increasing array of downloaded apps. By 2015, market research firm In-Stat expects app downloads to come close to eclipsing 48 billion. That's a healthy figure in an increasingly crowded app market. Yesterday, during the World Wide Developer's Conference (WWDC), Apple announced that it currently… Read More

Google has declined to bow to the demands of U.S. senators who want app purveyors to drop apps that promise to help users avoid sobriety checkpoints. A source cited in an International Business Times report said that Google will only remove apps for violating Android content policies. The “DUI-evasion” apps appear to be OK by Google's standards and the company won't be taking any action, according to the report. Fuzz… Read More

Finally, there’s been some confirmation on a very important PlayBook rumor that’s been around for months now. RIM has officially stated that it will open up the PlayBook for BlackBerry Java and Android-based applications – but of course, it can’t be quite that simple. In a press release, RIM explains that the Android Market itself won’t be operable on the PlayBook. Users will only be able to access Android apps via BlackBerry App World. And… Read More

Apple fans get to have a little snicker here. One of the great strengths that Mac platforms offer over Windows PC platforms is their relatively infallibility when it comes to the dangers presented by the modern-day computer virus. It turns out that Google's Android OS is a likely target for malicious programmers as well. Publisher Myournet has been removed from the Android Market by Google, along with its 21 apps that were a malicious… Read More

RIM announced this morning that in addition to the Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + WiMax versions of the PlayBook, it will also launch an LTE and HSPA + model of its forthcoming tablet.

As information about the PlayBook’s launch surfaces, Bloomberg is reporting that RIM will open up the tablet to Android applications. According to “three people familiar with the matter,” the company is developing technology that will allow the PlayBook’s QNX operating system to run Android apps, offering early users a much wider selection. The sources also said that after looking for outside developers to enable this, it’s now working… Read More

With a controller app for the iPhone and iPad, it was only a matter of time before Sonos expanded its way onto Android, and that day has finally come. Audiophile Android owners everywhere can now give up Adronos (the unofficial controller app for Sonos) and pick up the real version, which allows a smartphone or tablet to serve as a multimedia controller for Sonos systems. As with the iPhone and iPad versions, listeners can queue up songs from… Read More

Google has moved a step closer to making us feel like we are really living in the future. Yesterday, the Internet giant announced an update for its Google Translate app that brings live-speech translation to its Android app. Google has tagged the new feature with the decidedly un-futuristic name of “Conversation Mode.” Real-time translation is activated with a press of a button and then a phrase is spoken into the device. So if… Read More

Bump Technologies, maker of an app that lets smartphone users swap information by bumping phones, has announced that it has closed a round of funding that saw the company raise $16 million in venture capital. Andreessen Horowitz — recently cited for its contributions to Groupon's mammoth round of funding — becomes Bump's latest investor, and joins previous investors Sequoia Capital, Sherpalo Ventures and SV Angel, who… Read More