Archive for September, 2009
Puzzle Blox Arcade! (Version 2.0.0)
THIS IS A BETA RELEASE NOT PUBLICLY AVAILABLE YET! Proof your reaction and combinatoric skills with this brand new game. Inspired by classics like Tetris, Bubble Breaker and Bejeweled, Puzzle Blox Arcade! add a totally different twist. Literally! Clear the levels just by tapping, twisting and tilting your phone. - Unique touch & tilt game [...]
Sprint HTC Hero Unboxed
I’ve got the Sprint HTC Hero in the Phandroid PhanCave… I’ll be putting it through the paces and publishing a full length review later in the week. I probably won’t rehash all the HTC Sense stuff since the review from the original HTC Hero applies perfectly well… but I will try to provide a thorough and complete look [...]
Acer A1 Gets Unofficial Pre-Order Page
Look what has just popped up for pre-order at Expansys, the folks who perpetually leak lots of lovely devices month in and month out… it’s the Acer A1 Android Phone! This thing has seen MORE than its fair share of leaks and rumors over the past year, so to see this latest development is encouraging to say the least. Earlier this year [...]
CadreBible (Version 2.3.0)
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 - [...]
1-800-FLOWERS.COM Adds Android to Platform Portfolio
The biggest name in online florists has announced a downloadable storefront app for Android, thanks to a mobile strategy based on Digby’s Mobile Commerce Suite Platform. This version follows in the footsteps of the web client as well as iPhone and BlackBerry apps. 1-800-FLOWERS.COM is an innovator in cross-channel retail and [...]
Android Performance (Version 1.0.1)
Client-server android application to collect metrics on your android device. It collect metrics (Memory available, CPU, Battery charge, GPS data) on specified intervals and send it over tcp/ip to server for analysis. For more details please visit http://androidperformance.dyndns.org Read more @ AndAppStore.com New Listings
App Review: PicMe (Screen Grabber).
PicMe is a tool to capture the screen from your Android device, however it can only be used on rooted devices. It has been tested on Dream, Magic, Hero, Galaxy. To get a screenshot from your Android device, you can install the Android SDK, connect the phone via USB and use the Dalvik Debug Monitor (ddms). Or you can use Screenshot (only rooted [...]
The Way Forward [CYANOGATE '09]
![The Way Forward [CYANOGATE '09]](http://www.theandroider.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/d9266_34ce2b07d72078fdb02a50eec48cfaaa.jpg "The Way Forward [CYANOGATE '09]")
When I heard about the cease-and-desist order Google sent to Cyanogen, my initial thought was to take a wait-and-see attitude, assuming that something would be worked out. But I’ll admit, seeing what Cyanogen himself had to say had me pretty pessimistic about the future of custom ROMs. I should have stuck with my initial thought. First, A [...]
Have Android Will Travel
This is the first week I have traveled with my iPod and not used it at all thanks to my G1 and the myTouch 3G. As posted in a previous article I have an extended battery for the G1 so it has an actual standby of a week now and after watching several movies the battery meter only went down 25%. The culprit of the G1’s battery strength is [...]
Fight the Fights Worth Fighting For
The whole Cyanogen ROM brouhaha has seen a whipsawing set of emotions from all corners of the Android ecosystem. Directly, I have no horse in this race, insofar as I do not use Cyanogen ROMs and have no near-term plans to do so — I need factory-fresh devices in order to develop and teach development on the standard platform. The good news is [...]
