Archive for January, 2009
Kogan Down, Not Out – New Agora and Android Netbook on the Way
It would be right about now that the second Android handset, the Agora Pro, would be making its way throughout the world to the homes of those who pre-ordered it. Unfortunately, an almost 11th hour situation arose and Kogan was forced to shelve the phone. But don’t count the Australian company out just yet. Not only is Ruslan Kogan going [...]
Kogan Getting Back On Track
Kogan’s failure to follow through with their timeline on releasing the Kogan Agora was disappointing but almost expected when put in perspective to industry norms. But the whole “indefinitely delayed” label was pure ugh. We knew that Kogan would follow up their doughnut with something else… and slowly more details are [...]
Gimme Cupcake Dawgz
First of all, in tribute to David’s explanation of Android Market’s comment system (first comment of yesterday’s post) we wanted to assure him that, “yo all deez dawgz wants dem cupcakes as badz as u!” And we’ve got proof: Now if you want to see an example of the REAL cupcake - sans dogs, dawgs or doggydawgzyos [...]
Android Cupcake gets Video Demo
More and more developers are getting their hands on Cupcake, the non-official next-gen build of Android, as Google seemingly relax their grip on the software. After we saw screenshots late last week, now it's time for some video: a walkthrough of firmware 1.5. In it, the new portrait-orientation keyboard is demonstrated ... Read more @ [...]
General Mobile DLST1 dual-SIM Android phone coming to MWC
General Mobile have been flaunting renders of their DLST1, the handset they intend to be their first Android smartphone. With a 3-inch touchscreen, 5-megapixel camera with autofocus and flash (made by Sharp) and WiFi b/g, the specs certainly look promising. Still, there's plenty of work to be done before General ... Read more @ Android [...]
AndFTP (Version 1.0 RC1)
AndFTP is a FTP client for Android devices. It allows managing several FTP servers. It comes with both a device file browser and a FTP file browser. It provides download and upload features with resume support. Use device menu to rename, delete, copy, set permissions and create folders. Read more @ AndAppStore.com New Listings
SplashPlay – Mobile Music Maker (Version 1.0.4)
SplashPlay - Android Challenge top 50 finalist provides an easy way to learn, create and share music. View videos, add chords and lyrics and upload back to SplashPlay so others can learn or annotate further. We encourage users to suggest videos they want to learn and add chords and lyrics, to build an extensive library of videos with associated [...]
Timesheet (Trial version) (Version 1.0.2)
Timesheet lets you track the times you spend on your various jobs. Features include: Track "live" or adjust manually. Specify customer, hourly rate, task description. See total duration and costs per customer. Export to CSV format. The trial version is limited to 10 jobs and limited CSV file. You can buy a full license from within the [...]
K9 (Version 0.96)
K9 is an experimental fork of the core android POP/IMAP client. Primarily, K9 is focused on making it easy to chew through large volumes of email. It's our hope that K9 leads to improvements in the core Android mail client. Read more @ AndAppStore.com New Listings
WTFcake: Cupcake hits Market – it’s an absolute joke.
Yes, folks. Yes. Cupcake has officially hit the Android Market. And it couldn’t be soon enough - I was just about to make another ridiculous review comment on another app, asking for an OTA update. Of course, certain other G1 owners have already taken care of that problem. The iPhone firmware update 2.2.1 just hit today, and I’m [...]
