All Entries Tagged With: "Android"

Reminder: Receive Daily, Weekly, or Monthly Updates Via Email

Now you can have updates from Appmodo emailed to you directly on a per post (for those who cannot live without the latest), daily, weekly or monthly basis! You can also select specific categories as well, whether you have an iPhone, BlackBerry, Android or Palm phone, or just want to receive the latest gaming news, photography, music and more. All you have to do is subscribe with your name and email address.

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Opera Mini 5 Beta for Android Launched

Opera has just released Opera Mini 5 for Android into public beta. The difference from version 4 to version 5 is a huge leap. It introduces a handful of features that Opera says “makes your mobile browsing experience as close as it can be to your desktop experience.”

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Malware and Trojan Virus Found on HTC Android Phone From Vodafone

Researcher Pedro Bustamante an employee of Panda Security a Spanish antivirus firm stated they received a new Android based Vodafone that contained malware. When the phone was plugged into a PC with a USB, Panda Cloud Antivirus went off, detecting both an autorun.inf and autorun.exe files as malicious.

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Receive Daily, Weekly, or Monthly Updates Via Email

Now you can have updates from Appmodo emailed to you directly on a per post (for those who cannot live without the latest), daily, weekly or monthly basis! You can also select specific categories as well, whether you have an iPhone, BlackBerry, Android or Palm phone, or just want to receive the latest gaming news, photography, music and more. All you have to do is subscribe with your name and email address.

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Free Photoshop Mobile for Android Released

If you love taking photos with your Android device, you need to check out the new and free Photoshop Mobile app. The app will allow you to edit any photo on your device, whether it was captured through your camera, or saved to the device. From within the application you can crop the photo, change the brightness along with other color features of the photo, add various color affects, like sepia, black and white and more, as well as add a soft focus affect.

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Video: Meet the New Skype, Exclusively on Verizon

Skype and Verizon Wireless have teamed up to deliver a full Skype experience for Android devices and Blackberry on Verizon Wireless. If you’re unfamiliar with how Skype and how the whole Voice over IP (Internet Protocol) thing works, Verizon made this handy cartoon video to explain what this is all about.

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Motorola Backflip Now Available at AT&T

AT&T’s first Android device, the Motorola Backflip is now available. The Motorola Backflip can be yours for $99.99 after mail-in rebate and a 2-year agreement. The Backflip has a reverse flip design and 3.1-inch touchscreen which packs GPS, WiFi, and a 5 megapixel autofocus camera with flash and camcorder function that neatly integrates with social media sites like Facebook and Twitter or photo sharing sites like Picasa. It is also filled to the brim with pre-loaded AT&T stuff: AllSport GPS, AT&T Maps, AT&T Music, AT&T Navigator, AT&T Wi-Fi Hotspots, Mobile Banking, MobiTV, MusicID, Where, and YPmobile.

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Android Bootcamp – San Francisco Bay Area, May 10-14, 2010

If you are looking to get into the Android developer market here is the perfect opportunity. An Android Bootcamp course is being held in the San Francisco Bay area from May 10-14. The course will be a five day hands on bootcamp course that is designed to jumpstart your entry into the Google phone market. The cost of the course is $1200 unless you register before April 20th and use the discount code: Earlyandroid, using the code will save you $100. This price includes the course, training materials, food and drinks.

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New AT&T Motorola Backflip Will Feature Yahoo Search Not Google

AT&T is getting ready to launch one of their first Google Android powered smartphones within the next few days. This Android handset will be slightly different than other models released in that it will feature Yahoo as their default search provider. Because the Motorola Flip uses Google’s Android platform naturally you would think the default search on the smartphone would be Google but that is looking not to be the case.

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HootSuite, Twitter Client for Android Released

If you are still in the market for a Twitter client, you may want to check out this app. The popular Web-based HootSuite for Android was released for Android yesterday and it’s already proving itself to be one of the better Twitter clients out there. If you’re already signed up with HootSuite, simply log-in, and it brings your multiple accounts with it.

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Admob: Apple Users Twice as Likely To Pay for Apps Than Android Users

AdMob has recently uncovered some interesting stats about the purchasing behaviors for applications and specific devices. They surveyed iPhone, iPod Touch, Android and WebOS users and found that Android users love their free apps. Apple and Android users each download around nine apps per month, the big difference is Apple customers are twice as likely to pay for those apps. In fact, 50 percent of iPhone users and 35 percent of iPod Touch owners buy at least one app a month. When compared to Android users who only 21 percent are likely to purchase an app in any given month. WebOS users download about 6 apps per month. Of course, the Apple App Store has thousands more apps on offer compared to Palm’s storefront, which could add to the difference in behavior.

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Xbox 360 Live for Android, Access Gamer Profile

If you spend as much time on your Xbox as you do your phone, you may want to check out Xbox 360 Live for Android. The app provides access to your Xbox Live gamer profile and your friends’ profiles as well. Check out gamercards, profiles, the games attached to their profiles, and send and receive messages.

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Rumor: Nexus One Coming to Verizon, March 23rd

According to an anonymous tipster who spoke with NeoWin, the Nexus One is coming to Verizon on March 23:

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Video: Quake 3 Ported to Android

Quake 3 has just been ported for Android devices. The project called “kwaak3” is based on Quake 3 ports to the iPhone and Nokia N900. The developer has everything running on a Motorola Milestone (a GSM Motorola Droid with multi-touch) and makes use of the phone’s keyboard. According to the project page, it won’t work on your Nexus One or other phone at this point.

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Recognizr Facial-Recognition App for Android, Links Photos with Social Media Accounts

Here’s an interesting app for Android. Sure, there have been facial recognition before on Android, but this is quite unique. With Recognizr, a prototype app by The Astonishing Tribe, you can basically take a picture of someone and if they’re in the database, you can be linked up to all of their social media accounts.

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Epocrates Now Available for Android as Beta App

For Android 1.6 and up owners looking for some prescription drug information, the popular Epocrates service is now available in a beta app. While clinical content isn’t being updated in the beta format, the basic service is still there. This includes:

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Better Keyboard App for Android Updated to Version 5.0

Better Keyboard, one of the better keyboards available for Android phones just received a major update to Version 5.0. Here’s the breakdown:

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AT&T Features Appmodo’s Motorola Backflip Article On Site

It appears that AT&T Mobility have been watching our website for some time and after contacting me yesterday, the company has featured one of our articles, Motorola Backflip, AT&T’s First Android Phone Coming March 7th (posted by Mary Ann) on the Backflip’s website, backflipnews.com. Thank you AT&T for the feature!

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SportsTap for Android, The Ultimate Mobile Sports Portal

If you’re searching for the ultimate in sports applications, look no further. SportsTap for Android enables you to get all your scores and game details straight into your device. Check the latest standings, team stats, player stats and get your updated scores and data every minute for all your favorite teams.

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Video: Android-Powered Motorola Devour Demoed

Motorola just posted a video demonstration of the latest Android-powered, Motoblur-running Motorola Devour. The demo looks fairly familiar but what really sets this device thus far is that the Devour appears to be amazingly well-built. What Motorola has done with the device is quite impressive from the materials chosen down to the small touches. How well it will be received remains to be seen.

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