Archive for May, 2009
YouTube Downloader (Version 2.0)
Version 2.0 - new and improved! Now you can download all your favorite YouTube videos on the go, right to your phone (or other Android device) - with one tap. Just click on a YouTube video link in the browser and select Download. Presto, the video starts downloading in the background. Playback your videos with the included video player (with [...]
Google Wave: Full Video Of Keynote Presentation
Today was an incredible day for Google as they announced Google Wave at Google I/O and it drew tremendous excitement and applause. We frenzily blogged and posted about Google Wave as the event was going on… LIVE (thanks MikeDG). For those that couldn’t attend, we hope Phandroid could kind of be your eyes and ears. Now you can watch the [...]
Google I/O 2009: Making Your Apps Better, Stronger, Faster
Later in the day at Google I/O 2009, we had Romain Guy’s presentation, “Turbo-Charge Your UI: How to Make Your Android UI Fast and Efficient”. UI performance not only can affect users directly, in terms of how quickly they can use the activity, but also indirectly, in terms of battery life or affecting other applications due to garbage [...]
Google I/O 2009: Debugging. With Nunchucks.
Next on Android at Google I/O 2009, we have Justin Mattson and “Debugging Arts of the Ninja Masters”. Despite the title, this is not about using the Eclipse debugger, but rather other tools that can help developers diagnose problems, such as poor performance. He started off with logcat, which gives you access to the logs emitted by Android. Of [...]
Rock On Music Player (Version 1.2.10)
RockOn is a music player for Android. It has a nice all-graphic UI interface making it the player of choice if you prefer browsing your music library by album art. The main features are: * Cool album art navigation UI * Location-aware concert info of your library's artists (uses Last.FM API). * One of the most effective album art [...]
Verizon Says Yes to Android Too
You didn’t think Big Red would let the other three companies run around with Android and not want to get in on the fun, did you? AT&T became the largest carrier in the US to offer Android handsets earlier this week, albeit in an unofficial way. With three of the top four providers now slated to carry Android handsets, all eyes turned [...]
Android 1.5 Cupcake rolling out 4 realz guys
We’re getting reports that American G1 owners are getting the Android 1.5 update for their devices. The update will bring numerous improvements, UI updates, new widgets, an onscreen keyboard and all the other goodness that those of you who have taken the initiative already know about. We’ll see if our G1 has had the update pushed down [...]
Social Networking Buddy Lite (Version 0.2)
Keep in touch with your social or business network. Social Networking Buddy checks if and when you last contacted someone and notifies you of people you are due to call. Set reminder frequencies directly on your regular contacts. The app is particularly strong in integrating with the Android system's Contacts app, and is fully compatible with [...]
Verizon Android Phones Are Officially Coming
We don’t have any type of official timeframe, manufacturers, devices or any other details, today marks the first time Verizon Wireless has gone on record saying they WILL produce an Android Phone. Verizon Wireless customers are now free to rejoice - you may have to wait but if you didn’t hear me (can you hear me now?) Verizon has [...]
