All Entries Tagged With: "Android"

Miniclip forms Mobile Division to Develop Games for iPhone and Android

Posted by Press Releases | Sep 02, 2010 | Comments View Comments

Neuchatel, Switzerland – Miniclip, the world’s largest website dedicated to online games, is broadening its business to support the mobile gaming platform. With a dedicated audience of more than 57 million casual gamers worldwide and a library of more than 600 online games, Miniclip’s newly formed mobile games division, led by former Skype manager Antonio Sergio Varanda, will develop, publish and distribute its most popular online casual games for mobile operating systems. Consumers can play Miniclip’s online games and then easily purchase the mobile versions on the App Store or Android Market.

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Angry Birds for Android Beta Coming Out Soon

Posted by Paul Balsom | Sep 01, 2010 | Comments View Comments

Do you have an Android phone? Do you want to get a shot at beta testing one of the most successful mobile games in history? Well… lucky for you, the makers of Angry Birds will be launching a massive beta test of the Android iteration of the wildly popular game!

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Samsung Ships One Million Galaxy S Phones in 45 Days

Posted by Paul Balsom | Aug 30, 2010 | Comments View Comments

Today, Samsung announced in a press release that they’ve hit the one million mark with Galaxy S phones. As some of you may know, Samsung made a deal with all of the top 5 U.S. carriers (Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and U.S. Cellular) for the Galaxy S series, and this broad distribution strategy has appeared to have paid off as they have surpassed the million mark in just over 45 days.

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Dell Steps Their Game Up with Android Powered Aero Smartphone

Posted by Jason Coe | Aug 25, 2010 | Comments View Comments

Dell is stepping their game up (kind of like Marcus PSP- video below) and entering the Smartphone octagon with their own Android powered phone called the Aero. Available through AT&T for $99 with a 2 year contract ($299 without), the phone has a 624MHz processor, runs on Android’s Cupcake OS (version 1.5), supports multitasking, and packs a 5 megapixel camera.

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OpenFeint Updates Platform; SMS Invites, Cross-OS Interaction, New Leaderboards

Posted by Paul Balsom | Aug 18, 2010 | Comments View Comments

OpenFeint, one of mobile gaming’s foremost social-gaming platforms, has updated its functionality with version 2.6. Users who play games running the new version will be able to recommend apps to friends via SMS from within the app. Even if your friends don’t have the same smartphone OS, you can text a recommendation and a link to the Apple App Store or Android Market.

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Flash 10.1 Now Available for Google Nexus One

Posted by Jason Coe | Aug 16, 2010 | Comments View Comments

Google announced this afternoon at an Android/Adobe event that Nexus One owners can finally get their hands on Flash 10.1. The app is currently available in the Android Marketplace and is only a 5MB download. As the description reads, you can now “visit m.flash.com for cool Flash sites”. Android 1, iPhone 0.

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Android Froyo 2.2 Update Available

Posted by Jason Coe | Aug 11, 2010 | Comments View Comments

Android users on Verizon’s network received notifications this morning that the latest OS update for the Motorola Droid can be downloaded over the air, bringing the Android ‘Froyo’ build to 2.2.

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IdSideOut 1.0 for iPhone and Android – The Window to your Mind

Posted by Press Releases | Aug 08, 2010 | Comments View Comments

Beaverton, Oregon – Announcing that Mindwarm Incorporated, the developers of Swip, has launched the first Android and iPhone app that reads your innermost thoughts and displays them for you and your friends to see. Shine a light on the dark corners of your mind – expore the outer limits of your inner self!

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Report: Android is #1 Selling Smartphone OS in the U.S.

Posted by Paul Balsom | Aug 04, 2010 | Comments View Comments

The prophecies are true… after only two years in the smartphone game, the Android OS is the top-selling OS in the U.S. (Q2 2010 sales). With 33% market share, Android beat out RIM (28%) and Apple’s iOS (22%), according to NPD’s latest wireless market research (so take that for what it’s worth, since it’s consumer panel survey information from a limited sample size).

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Dictionary.com App for Android Exceeds 2 Million Downloads in 5 Months

Posted by Paul Balsom | Aug 03, 2010 | Comments View Comments

After five short months on the Android Market, the Dictionary.com app has exceeded 2 million downloads.

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Motorola Droid Getting Froyo Next Week

Posted by Paul Balsom | Jul 31, 2010 | Comments View Comments

Yesterday, Verizon left a quick note with the Engadget folks about a big Android update. The note stated that the original Motorola Droid would be getting a full-on Froyo update (Android 2.2) next week. Good news for all you Droid-backers who thought it may never happen!

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No More T-Mobile G1

Posted by Paul Balsom | Jul 27, 2010 | Comments View Comments

Only two short years after its anticipated launch on T-Mobile, the G1 — the world’s first Android-based smartphone — is no longer for sale.

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Juicy Development Updates Police Scanner for iPhone and Android

Posted by Press Releases | Jul 23, 2010 | Comments View Comments

Orem, Utah – Juicy Development announced today the release of an iPhone iOS4 version of popular iPhone and iPod touch application, Police Scanner 2. This critically acclaimed iPhone application allows users to listen to police, fire, and EMS activities around the world.

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Want to write for Appmodo?

Posted by Jason Coe | Jul 20, 2010 | Comments View Comments

Appmodo is growing extremely fast and we would like to expand our coverage. We are looking to hire writers who have experience in tech journalism or reviewing mobile applications for either the Apple iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Google Android, Palm Pre, and BlackBerry platforms.

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