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Securing Android applications with the License Verification Library
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
A while back, we brought you a story about the Android Market licensing server, and the ways in which it can help developers protect their
Love the HTC weather widget? Get it for your Vista/W7 PC
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
HTC’s SenseUI definitely has its positives and negatives, but most people have good things to say about their weather widget. Some people even like it
Flash on Android ‘Shockingly Bad’ According to Website
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
GigaOM’s website, NewTeeVee.com, posted an article today demoing Flash running on Android via a Nexus One. In the article they end up describing Flash for
DoubleTwist adds new features and website
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
DoubleTwist, the application with the ability to be to Android devices as iTunes is to iPhones, has announced a slew of great new features in
SRS 5.1 Virtual Surround on Samsung Galaxy S phones
Friday, August 27th, 2010
All of you Galaxy S owners out there may have noticed that audio sounds amazing on your device. Well, that audio quality can be enhanced
Verizon pushing Droid OTA update for Flash 10.1 compatibility
Thursday, August 26th, 2010
Droid owners everywhere have been enjoying their long awaited serving of Froyo, but with one small catch: the initial release was not compatible with the
Galaxy S reported to have new software bug
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
The Galaxy S, one of Samsung’s most popular current devices and possible plot to take over the universe, is not without issues. You may have
Samsung Galaxy S gets vanilla Android 2.1
Saturday, August 21st, 2010
Love your Galaxy S phone but hate TouchWiz 3.0? Fear not Galaxy S users, for there are some very crafty people working on getting vanilla
Four great Samsung Vibrant mods
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
The Samsung Vibrant is certainly an awesome phone right out of the box, but why not make it leaner, meaner, faster, and louder right? Below
Trillian for Android released as open beta
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
Trillian, the popular multi-protocal IM client, released an Android version today in the form of an open beta. Some of the IM protocols include, but
NetQin Mobile Inc becomes largest mobile security company in China
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
Chinese firm NetQin Mobile Inc has captured the largest mobile security market share in China, according to research group Frost & Sullivan. In addition to discovering
Bug in Calender on HTC EVO 4G Running Froyo
Monday, August 16th, 2010
In case you haven’t noticed yet those of you who have a Spring HTC EVO 4G and are running the Froyo update, there is a
Adobe Air for Android coming Q4 2010
Monday, August 16th, 2010
In case you’re not following our live coverage of the Adobe / Android conference in San Francisco, you’re missing some good stuff. One of those
TalkAndroid Live from the Adobe / Android Conference
Monday, August 16th, 2010
Welcome to TalkAndroid’s live coverage from the Adobe / Android conference in San Francisco, California! Not everything covered here will be 100% Android related, but
How to install Android on an HTC HD2
Sunday, August 15th, 2010
All phones deserve a bit of Android love, right? The HTC HD2, a T-Mobile offering which runs Windows Mobile 6.5, can be served up with
Samsung officially announces GPS updates for September
Saturday, August 14th, 2010
Yesterday we reported that a Samsung employee tweeted about optimization software being tested to solve the infamous Galaxy S navigation woes. Well, Samsung decided they
Samsung testing GPS optimization software for the Galaxy S
Friday, August 13th, 2010
Carla Saavedra, Web Product Analyst for Samsung Mobile Support, tweeted today that Samsung is busy testing optimization software for GPS on the Galaxy S. No
Dell Streak Android 2.1 update leaked
Friday, August 13th, 2010
Well, that didn’t take very long. A leaked 2.1 update for the Dell Streak, which comes with 1.6 out of the box, has found its way
Vodafone Removes Branded Apps Due to Demand
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
Some of you may know that last week Vodafone rolled out a surprise update last week for its HTC Desire. Many customers, expecting an update
Google to support older audio codecs to address recent Froyo sound issues
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
As Android 2.2 is slowly being pushed to more and more phones, people are discovering that the streaming audio quality in programs like Pandora and
Universal one-click root comes to the Nexus One
Monday, August 9th, 2010
What’s better than rooting? Easy rooting, of course! Looks like the one-click method, same exploit used for the DROID X, has come to Google’s newly-claimed
BioLock brings iris and facial-recognition security to Android
Monday, August 9th, 2010
I bet you thought retina scans were something only done in the movies Blue Planet Apps, makers of the new BioLock Android app, will soon
Android BSOD Live Wallpaper
Monday, August 9th, 2010
Live wallpapers can be pretty hit or miss sometimes, but I must admit this one is pretty clever. It begins as a BSOD (Blue Screen
Tablet makers waiting for Android to support higher resolutions
Monday, August 9th, 2010
Many of you might be wondering why Android tablets haven’t been flooding the market like some had predicted. The reason for this particular case of
5 things still wrong with Android
Monday, August 9th, 2010
The Android OS is a lot like people (or anything else for that matter) in the sense that it is by no means perfect. There
BlindType ComingSoon To Android Devices
Monday, August 9th, 2010
It looks like BlindType, the very error-tolerant keyboard, is coming to Android very soon. On their website, they said “Chances are, no matter what smartphone you
Google Interview: Future of Android
Friday, August 6th, 2010
Over at LifeHacker Australia, one of their own did a short interview with Yu-Kuan Lin, Android Product Manager. Yu-Kuan was asked about things like upcoming
Pandora having spat with Froyo, problems processing audio
Friday, August 6th, 2010
We’ve gotten a ton of notices from our readers out there that Froyo and Pandora aren’t exactly playing nice, and this writer can confirm the
Android Development 101 – Part 5:DroidDraw & Information Tracker
Thursday, August 5th, 2010
Well we’re now on part four of the Android Development series but in case you haven’t been following along, here’s what you’ve missed:
Android Development 101
The four main Android flavors
Thursday, August 5th, 2010
As you all know, Android has different verisons of itself, for example, 2.2 Froyo, 2.1 Eclair, 1.6. and 1.6 Donut. But what some of you
Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 software update has wifi bug
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
Reports are rolling in that the latest OTA update from Sony on their XPERIA X10 phones has a very annoying wifi bug included, free of
Customized Droid X Live Wallpapers
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
We can’t all have a DROID. Like me, for example. I use an HTC Hero, but have always loved what the DROID line has to
myTouch 3G Slide to receive OTA updates on 8/4
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
No, no… not Froyo. While we wsh we could tell you that T-Mobile’s myTouch 3G Slide was getting the coveted Android 2.2 update, we can’t.
uTorrent for Android now available… sorta
Thursday, July 29th, 2010
uTorrent is no doubt one of the most popular torrent clients. One of the more recent features have enabled you to view your uTorrent program
Suspicious Android apps may be stealing millions of users’ data
Thursday, July 29th, 2010
Alright, before you panic, let’s all calm down and take a look at what’s going on here.
A security team named “Lookout”, who does have antivirus
Super Customizable App Creator Launched by Mobile Roadie
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
Have you been wanting an app to connect with a particular audience? With the growing number of smartphones, the potential is certainly there to do
Boot Android on your 32-bit PC
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
Over at PocketNow, they have released an article, letting all us Android fans out there know how to boot into Android on some x86 PCs.
CTIA reminds users about reasons for DMCA restrictions
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
You may have heard that yesterday, the Library of Congress made a few exceptions concerning the legality of jailbreaking or rooting your handest. CTIA, however,
Gingerbread to Not Do Away with HTC Sense
Saturday, July 24th, 2010
For all you HTC lovers out there, there’s some good news. While there was fear that Android 3.0 (or Gingerbread) would completely disable manufacturer skins,
Flash-based video conferencing for Android video demo
Saturday, July 24th, 2010
What’s that? You want the ability to have cross-platform video conferencing with a theoretically unlimited number of participants? Oh ok, no problem. Let me just
How to be an Android power user
Saturday, July 24th, 2010
The fact that Android is growing, and growing fast simply cannot be ignored. They’re activating 160,000 Android devices a day and apps that were previously
TouchWiz launcher now available for Nexus One users
Saturday, July 24th, 2010
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The TouchWiz launch, commonly found on devices like that T-Mobile Vibrant and AT&T Captivate can now be installed on your un-rooted Nexus One with simply
doubleTwist Gets an Update
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
If you haven’t heard of doubleTwist before, it is a iTunes-eske program for your computer that is said to cure iTunes envy. The program features
Android Development 101- Part 3: Introduction to Databases
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
In case you missed part 1 and part 2, Hackaday is in the process of an Android Development “course” if you will that is
Droid X Update OTA is Live
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
There’s been a lot of talk about this Droid X update that was supposed to launch today…and it did! If you’re a Droid X
LauncherPro: Now with widgets and a price
Monday, July 19th, 2010
There’s a lot of options when it comes to launchers for your Android device, but the most popular options seem to be ADW and LauncherPro.
Privacy Concerns Raised For Droid X
Monday, July 19th, 2010
Well it couldn’t remain invulnerable forever! While nothing close to the EVO’s little secret, Droid X users have discovered that just deleting a text message
Tether Your Droid X Without Cables
Monday, July 19th, 2010
Sure, there are programs out there like PDANet that allow you to tether your phone and get internet, but until now that seemed the only
How to install the official Droid Incredible boot animation
Saturday, July 17th, 2010
What is it with people an boot animations? We only see them for a few seconds, maybe only once per day or not even at
Windows 95 on Android
Thursday, July 15th, 2010
I remember when Windows 95 was state of the art. And I remember some of the awesome games I had that ran in Windows 95.
Fring Brings Cross Platform Video Chat
Saturday, July 10th, 2010
On Thursday Fring released a new version of its mobile application that can now allow for two-way video chatting over Wi-Fi and 3G on (and
Hacked Froyo Downloaded Over 37,000 Times
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
37,642. That is how many times the “BuglessBeast” version of Android 2.2 (Froyo), made be Peter Alfonso, has been downloaded. Thanks in part to the
Flash on the Droid X
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
Obviously we know all about this phone right now, but here is a taste of things to come from Adobe. Oddly enough, the Droid X
HTC Evo and HTC Hero kernel sources released
Monday, July 5th, 2010
HTC has officially released the Linux kernel source code for the HTC Evo and the HTC Hero (GSM and CDMA). What does this mean? For
Android growing strong? Report shows 33% Market Share.
Saturday, July 3rd, 2010
A report released by big advertisement guru AdMob shows that the Android OS share of the market is growing… and even surpassed Symbian OS for
Droid X Theme For Droid
Friday, July 2nd, 2010
Good news for those of us still using the original Droid. The new Droid X Froyo theme has been ported to its older brother. The
Rumor mill says Google is sending Froyo OTA to Motorola Droid test group
Monday, June 28th, 2010
More from the rumor mill… We’ve heard that Google is handing Froyo 2.2 out to a very special subset of DROID users over the air.
Evo 4G software update goes live
Monday, June 28th, 2010
We have received quite a few notices this morning that the awaited software update for the HTC Evo 4G, Version 1.47.651.1, is now live and ready
Flash 10.1 Beta 3 for Android in the wild
Saturday, June 26th, 2010
With Andorid OS 2.2 out in the wild, I am sure some proud owners of the new OS have gone out and downloaded the Flash
MobiTV Coming Soon to Android
Friday, June 25th, 2010
So, along with the Slingplayer Mobile app, there’s apparently some more tasty media happenings in store for the Android. Well known mobile television provider MobiTVhas
A fifth of Android apps malware? Not quite…
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
Recently, CNET reported on a study that was done by security-firm SMobile Systems involving Android apps, purporting that a full 20% of Android apps have access to
AT&T releases infamous “Mark The Spot” app for Andriod
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
Got an Android phone on the AT&T network? Dropping more calls than a man in the Sahara? If so, you can now head on over
SlingPlayer Mobile for Android released ahead of schedule
Monday, June 21st, 2010
Slingbox fans: break out your wallets and prepare to be $29.99 poorer… but many TV channels richer. The SlingPlayer Mobile Android app is now available
Wireless N hacked onto the HTC Evo
Monday, June 21st, 2010
The guys over at xda-developers have unlocked wireless-N capabilities on the HTC Evo. You heard right, unlocked… apparently, the capability was there along along, but
A closer look at Froyo’s new User Features
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
With the release (or anticipated release for most Android users) of Android 2.2 aka ‘Froyo’, comes some really exciting features especially user features.
New on the
Android version for Xperia X8 delayed
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Sony Ericsson is asking it’s customers what version of Android to release on it’s new Xperia X8.
When the Xperia X8 was announced, the OS was
Android on AT&T
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Why would you want to do that! Especially if the Motorola Backflip on AT&T, is anything to go by.
The problem seems to stem from AT&T
How to Install Firefox aka Fennec for Android
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
While Firefox (or Fennec) might not be officially available from Mozilla yet, one of the Mozilla Dev’s has posted on his personal site, info on
May Mobile OS Share – Android the biggest winner
Monday, June 14th, 2010
Quantcast last week released the relative share of web consumption attributable to the manufacturers of mobile devices. And while iPhone OS leads the way, the biggest
Android 2.2 – Are you getting it?
Monday, June 14th, 2010
Since Froyo was announced, there hasn’t been a definite answer by manufacturers or carriers as to who will be receiving Froyo. From different sources, here’s what
Android Apps now included in Google Search
Friday, June 11th, 2010
As more and more apps come online for Android, Google have made it even easier to find them. Since the beginning of the month, Google
With Android, Adobe sees a brighter future with Flash
Thursday, June 10th, 2010
Some of you may have heard this already, but Steve Jobs isn’t too keen on Flash. Apple has been shoving – er, attempting to move
ITV catch-up TV application – Android bound for UK users?
Thursday, June 10th, 2010
While the BBC iPlayer is available as a browser-based application only, ITV (channel 3 for the old school) is apparently in talks with Apple, Blackberry
Nexus One Does 720p With a Few Tweaks
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
Man, is there anything developers can’t do with a Nexus One? We’ve already showed you Sven Killing, who wrote his own USB Host driver for
Video Guide to Text Input Options on EVO 4G
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
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You would think that entering text into a smartphone could be done three ways.
Via on-screen keyboard
Via physical keyboard
Via voice recognition
Now with #1 and #3, you can have
Dell Streak Reviewed – CNET UK
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
Now that we have the X10 Mini, the smallest Android phone to date, it only seems fitting that we go the other way and look
HTC Hero – Android 2.1 upgrade for UK – truth or tease?
Monday, June 7th, 2010
It would seem that the long-awaited Android 2.1 upgrade may be making the journey towards the West sooner rather than later – if recent reports
10 Reasons to Not Buy iPhone 4
Monday, June 7th, 2010
Well we don’t even know for sure what Apple will announce at WWDC, but Matt Warman over at Telegraph.co.uk has put together this list. While
Motorola Droid Running Flash Player 10.1 Video
Monday, January 11th, 2010
Last week Adobe released a demo video showing their Flash Player 10.1 software up and running on the Google Nexus One. Well this week it’s
HTC Sense Interface Update For The HTC Magic?
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
It appears that the HTC Sense interface could soon be made available to existing Android handsets.
According to Pocket-lint, HTC’s CEO Peter Chou confirmed to them
MyScript Handwriting Recognition Software For Android
Thursday, June 11th, 2009
Vision Objects are currently developing one of the first handwriting-recognition solutions for the Android platform. Known as “MyScript”, the system is capable of recognizing all
Gmail For Mobile Now Includes Label Support
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
Google have added label functionality to their Gmail for mobile client. Only available for Android powered handsets and the iPhone, the new mobile feature enable
Adobe Announce Flash 10 For Android
Monday, February 16th, 2009
Adobe have announced that Flash 10 will be making it’s way to the Android platform by the end of the year. In an announced at
Opera Mini 4.2 Available – Now With MicroSD Support
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
Opera have today released a new version of their mobile internet browser on the Android Market. Opera Mini 4.2 includes a number of fixes and
Skype Lite For Android Announced
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009
News from CES 2009 is that Skype are set announce the release of Skype Lite for the Android platform and other Java-enabled handsets.
We have it
Android ‘Cupcake’ Update G1 Onscreen Keyboard Video
Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Last week saw Google announce the new ‘Cupcake’ update that will be heading to G1 handsets in early 2009. The Android update will bring added
First Android Antivirus Software Launched
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
SMobile Systems have today launched the first Antivirus software application for the Android platform.
The software, called VirusGuard, will help to protect the Android powered devices
Sling Player Coming To Android?
Friday, September 26th, 2008
Sling Media are currently preparing to port their TV streaming software to the Android platform.
In a recent interview Stuart Collingwood, Sling Media’s vice president for
Divide and Conquer Game Added To The Apps-For-Android Project
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
The ever expanding apps-for-android project has a new adition today, Divide and Conquer.
Written by Karl Rosaen of the Android developer team, Divide and Conquer features
Photostream Added to Apps-For-Android
Thursday, September 4th, 2008
Google have today announced a new additionto the ‘apps-for-android‘ project. The new application, ‘Photostream’, is a simple Flickr photo viewer.
Photostream aims to highlight several of
Google Chrome Coming to Android
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
In a recent interview, Google co-founder Sergey Brin spoke about the relationship between the Android platform and the newly launched Google browser Chrome.
Brin mentions that
QuickOffice For Android Revealed
Friday, April 25th, 2008
QuickOffice have revealed a version of it’s Microsoft Office editing software for the Android platform.
QuickOffice for Android will allow users to edit various Microsoft Office
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