Archive for February, 2009
Two Acer Android’s Sketched Out
We’re not exactly sure how to categorize this rumor but “reputable” probably isn’t one of the first words that would pop into our heads. Goofy, Sherlocked and Suspicious are 3 that would probably qualify. An Engadget Spanish writer pushed an Acer rep for Android rumors and said Acer exec supposedly sketched out Acer’s [...]
Presidents Love Roundups
From VDay Eve through Presidents Day, I was on a bit of a vacation. Trusted Phandroid staffer Spencer Gardner picked up some slack but a few tidbits still slipped through the cracks that we wanted to catch everyone up on. So stop your gasping at how I could abandon the phandroid for the first days of MWC and understand that the Roundup asked me to [...]
NetMeter (Version 0.98)
Measures network traffic and CPU utilization. Can be used to see if something is going on in the background, which might be draining the battery. Additional screen (menu: show tasks) displays CPU utilization of active tasks. Data is not persistent and only valid for as long as the application is running - indicated by the icon in the status bar. [...]
CadreBible (Version 1.7)
Bible study tool including: - Multiple translations including KJV, NASB, Greek New Testaments, Septuagint and Vulgate - Matthew Henry's Commentary (others coming soon) - Full text search with history - Bookmarks - User preferred colours and font size - Cross References and Footnotes - Highlights - Personal Notes - Browsing History and Sessions - [...]
The vOICe (Version 0.57 beta)
The vOICe for Android translates live camera views into sound that you hear via the phone's speaker or headset, thus targeting augmented reality for the totally blind through sensory substitution and synthetic vision. The vOICe uses pitch for height and loudness for brightness in a left to right scan of any view. Includes a talking color [...]
K9 (Version 0.100)
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
Google Outs Pricing Guidelines for Android Market
Google: The maximum price point of an application is $200. Me: So, $200…you mean, if I create an app called “I’m Rich, Snitch” that simply shows a chest of treasure, and I let a user purchase it just to show off, that you’ll “accept” it. Google: Of course! As long as we get a free copy to show our friends. [...]
SEVEN Now Supports Android (PRESS RELEASE)
GSMA Award Winning Mobile Messaging Solution now Available to Operators and Device Manufacturers on Android Platform GSMA Mobile World Congress Barcelona and Redwood City, CA - February 16th - SEVEN®, a global leader in mobile email and messaging software, today announced the availability of its award-winning mobile messaging solution for the [...]
Tegra APX Series to Bring HD to Android Handsets
Finally a little bit of confirmation on the rumored marriage of NVIDIA’s Tegra chipset and Android! We’ve been pining for this day for quite some time and a few of you regular readers will be over the moon with this announcement. NVIDIA’s Tegra APX will deliver 720p video capture and playback, advanced 3D technology and much [...]
HTC Magic is Heir Apparent to Europe’s G1
Let’s just start with, “Boy, do we like the looks of this handset.” The HTC Magic will be coming to Europe courtesy of Vodafone. Looking a tad more sophisticated and sleek than the G1, not much is known beyond the fact that it has HSPA, WiFi and GPS connectivity along with a 3.2 megapixel camera. Look for this to obviously have [...]
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