Jun
27
2010
As many of the book-reading Android faithful may know, Amazon is releasing a free Kindle app for the Android platform. While there’s no mention of a release date for the app, that doesn’t mean that you can’t get your e-book reading on using your Android phone. Of the couple of e-book reader apps I’ve used thus [...]
Jun
25
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 announced development on an Android extension of their software. Currently offered on the iPhone as the second-highest revenue generating application in the Apple app store, its services are offered for [...]
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Jun
23
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 personal information. According to the article, “…dozens of apps were found to have the same type of access to sensitive information as known spyware does, including access to the content [...]
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Jun
17
2010
Want to watch, look at, and listen to all the stuff you’ve got at home on your media PC on your Android device? Yes? Well then, check this out. Orb Live, a media streaming service, has recently been released to the Android market (and the iPad, but… whatever). While it may set you back $9.99, [...]
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Jun
7
2010
Have you experienced problems with Qik video chat on your EVO? Well it’s not just you. Apparently, Qik grossly underestimated just how much load a few hundred thousand people wanting to video chat all at once would put on their servers, and as a result, their servers had issues. You probably experienced connecting issues as [...]
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Jun
7
2010
As if there weren’t enough things on your Android phone, Verizon is bringing its V CAST service to Android. At a cost of $10 per month, it’s not exactly cheap. But of course if you can’t stand being bored, then it may just be worth it for you. So far the Droid, Droid Eris, Devour, [...]
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Jun
6
2010
So you just got your brand-spanking-new EVO 4G, what’s the first thing you’re going to do with it when you get it home? Download apps of course!Now the first place that would pop into your head would obviously be the Android Market, but did you know there are actually a bunch of great sources to snag the [...]
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Jun
6
2010
As you may or may not know, Google announced Google TV at their recent I\O. One of the major companies involved with the project is Logitech. A few days ago, via their blog, Ashish Arora, VP & GM of their Digital Home Group wrote about their “Harmony Link” technology. Harmony Link basically is the brains [...]
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