Oct

2010

Skype for Android no longer just for Verizon devices, available in Android Market

by Dustin Karnes
tagged 3G, Android, app, application, AT&T, market, Skype, Sprint, t-mo, T-Mobile, tmo, tmobile, Verizon, vzw, wifi

Remember awhile back, when you were pouting and pushing out your bottom lip because Skype for Android was only available for Verizon phones? Well pull that lip in, son, or a bird will make a nest on it. (What, your parents never told you that?) Skype is now available in the Android Market for any [...]

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Sep

2010

Help your battery last longer with Y5 Battery Saver for Android

by Tyler Cunningham
tagged battery life, wifi, Y5 Battery Saver

Let’s face it, our battery is important to us. We want it to last as long as humanly possible on a single charge, which can sometimes be difficult. Well, Y5 Battery Saver is here to help with that. When you leave WiFi turned on, your phone is constantly scanning for new signals to try and [...]

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Sep

2010

Avaya jumps into the Android tablet race with “Flare Experience”

by Tyler Cunningham
tagged Android tablet, Avaya Flare Experience, ethernet, wifi

If I had a dollar for every Android tablet that was hitting the market over the next year, well… I would certainly have quite a few dollars. The new kid on the block is Avaya, and they’re touting a communication and collaboration focused device they’re calling “Flare Experience”. The device comes in the form of [...]

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Aug

2010

Browse your SD card on the Web with WiFi File Explorer

by Tyler Cunningham
tagged SD card, wifi, WiFi File Explorer

If you’re anything like me, there’s times when you just don’t feel like grabbing your USB cable for a quick file transfer. Well, now you don’t have to, thanks to a great little app called WiFi File Explorer, which allows you to browse and transfer files stored on your phone over WiFi. The process is [...]

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Aug

2010

Multicon Widget adds Wifi on/off support

by Chris Moor
tagged icons, multicon, organize, organized, wi fi, widget, wifi

We told you about Multicon about a week ago (you know, the one that plays nice with the S2 Calendar widget) and it’s received a few minor updates. Well today an update was released that naturally had a few bug fixes, but adds the ability to add Wifi on/off into the widget itself. When you [...]

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Aug

2010

WeTab Android tablet slated for September release in Germany

by Tyler Cunningham
tagged 3G, Android tablet, WeTab, wifi

Remember when we said that Android tablets were in the news a lot lately? This time, all the way from Germany, we’re bringing you the WeTab. This device will run on not only Android, but Linux and Adobe Air as well, in addition to featuring USB ports and Flash. From the WeTab website: Its looks will [...]

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Aug

2010

Fine Tune Your Wireless Network with WiFi Analyzer

by Chris Moor
tagged Android, applications, network, System Administration, Utilities, wifi

Many people don’t realize that you can actually fine tune your WiFi access points with some very simple tricks like rotating that base unit around or changing the station numbers. The problem is always figuring out what settings are having a positive or negative effect. To a (very) small extent you could do this with [...]

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Aug

2010

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 software update has wifi bug

by Dustin Karnes
tagged Android, ericsson, sony, update, wifi, x10, xperia

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 charge. Here’s how it works: Basically, any time your cellular signal drops to zero then bounces back, WiFi turns itself off, which is particularly brutal considering that a weak signal [...]

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Aug

2010

Multi-Party, Multi-Platform Video Conferencing Introduced By Damaka

by Chris Moor
tagged 3G, amadeo, Android, chat, conferencing, damaka, EVO, facetime, iphone, video, wifi

Earlier today, Damaka introduced the first Multi-Party, Multi-Platform video conferencing solution to the world: Amadeo. The Amadeo platform allows users to video conference between iPhone, iPad, Android, Symbian, and Windows Mobile devices. They cite matured bandwidths, and enhanced mobile hardware capabilities as the reason why this technology is now possible. Hopefully, the application will provide [...]

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Jul

2010

5 useful Android apps for system & network administrators

by Chris Moor
tagged administrator, apps, file, ftp, management, network, packet, rdp, remote, ssh, system, telnet, wifi

Being a student majoring in Network and System Administration I am always looking for more ways to help me do my job. With the huge amount of applications and the abilities that Android phones have I went on a search and was surprised what I found. There were so many applications designed to remotely control [...]

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