Android Applications Archive

Applications news, interviews and updates for the Android platform. Including winners and submissions for the Google Android developer challenge.

Interview With ADC Finalists CallACab

Monday, June 30th, 2008

We recently caught up with the creators of the ADC winning application, CallACab. The team discussed the challenges and advantages of developing application for the Android platform along with their thoughts on the Android Developer Challenge and the future of the mobile OS.
Click here to read the full interview with the team behind CallACab!
Previous interviews [...]

Interview With ADC Winners Commandro

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Our series of interviews with Android Developer Challenge top 50 finalists continues, this time we posed our questions to the creators of Commandro - a GPS based social networking device for the Android platform.
Click here to read the full interview with the team behind Commandro!
Previous interviews include, Eco2go, BreadCrumbz.

Interview With ADC Winner Eco2go

Monday, June 16th, 2008

Next up in our series of interviews with the winners of the ADC comes the Eco2go Android application. The application has received a lot of media attention since winning it’s place in the next round of the Android developer challenge, and recently took time out to answer a few of our questions.
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Interview With BreadCrumbz

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

In the first of what will be a series of interviews with the top 50 Android Developer Challenge finalists, we got in contact with the creator of BreadCrumbz to find out a little more about the application, Android and the Developer Challenge.

Google Announce AndroidGlobalTime For The Apps For Android Project

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

Over on the official Android blog, Google have announced a new open source application that will be part of their apps-for-android project.
AndroidGlobalTime, developed by a Google engineer is a simple 3D world clock. The application serves as a solid illustrative example of how to properly use the OpenGL API’s in Android apps.
Apps for Android is [...]

Maps And Location Based Applications Hold The ADC Majority

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Google’s Official Google Android developer blog has revealed yet more information on the Android Developer Challenge as they begin to bring to a close the first round of judging.
A full list detailing the judges used and their respective companies can also now be viewed from the site, along with a slide deck of the Android [...]

Google Reveal The Top 50 Android Applications (46 Public)

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

Here’s a rundown of the top 46 Android developer challenge winners who made the final 50. If you’re wondering 4 of the entries opted out of the public list, but im sure we’ll find out about them shortly. We’ve taken the liberty of matching up the domains/websites to go along with this list, if [...]

Tune Wiki Unveil Android Prototype

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

The hugely popular Tune Wiki has announced has a media player version for the android platform. Key features will include an easy-to-use iPhone style interface along with iTunes syncing support and their well known karaoke-like lyrics functionality.
You can find out more information on the Tune Wiki project by watching the following video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL7ndxjCZyI

[via TuneWiki]

AutoHTN Brings Home Automation To Android

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Here at Talk Android we’ve covered many of the leading Android applications currently in development ranging from simple 2-D video games to more complex mobile social networks. A new application on our radar is Auto Home Theatre Network (AutoHTN) which is sure to be a big hit with home entertainment enthusiasts
If you thought home theatre [...]

7 Android Applications That Will Make Your Friends More Annoying

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Here’s 7 of the best/scariest mobile social networking applications currently in development for the Android platform.

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