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Sep

18

2010

TalkAndroid app roundup: Sept 12-18

by Tyler Cunningham
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Mini Info Mini Info is a great system monitor, which provides you with a number of widgets for keeping track of things like CPU load, RAM usage, battery life, and storage space. Also, when selected from your app list, it brings up a summery of your system, plus icons to toggle WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, volume, [...]

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Sep

17

2010

New shortcuts let you control Android’s music player from LauncherPro without a widget

by Dustin Karnes
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Ever been listening to your music on you Android phone, and wanted to change the song directly from your home screen? Can’t stand the built-in Android widget that handles the music player? Well, it looks like the brilliant minds over at xda-developers have heard your pleas, and they have a solution. New shortcuts available from [...]

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Sep

15

2010

Looxcie – a bluetooth video camera headset for Android phones

by Steve Ginter
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Heres a neat concept – take a bluetooth headset and throw in a camera that see’s everything you see.  Now add an Android app that allows you to  turn your phone into a viewfinder, remote control, and editing tool for creating clips (up to 30 minutes in length), and you may as well be on [...]

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Sep

15

2010

Chunghwa Telecom offering $470,000 in prize money for Android App competition

by Steve Ginter
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Taiwan carrier Chungwa Telecom (CHT) is looking to attract development of Android applications for their online store called Hami Apps with NT$15 million (US$470,000) worth of prize money.  The most innovative apps will receive NT$30,000-80,000 and will be launched on Hami Apps from October 27, 2010-January 26, 2011.  There will also be a top 10 [...]

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