Archive for October, 2009
Android’s DUI Issues
The “D” is for “Different,” silly people. Back to the real purpose of this article: there are several issues with different UIs for Android. The first of these being the confusion it creates for the uneducated user. The second is the wait for these custom UIs to be updated to include changes made to the Android platform. [...]
Android Starting to Appeal to Business Users
Think back to this about this time last year when the G1 was announced and Android 1.0 features were shown off. One of the first questions asked from the crowd was whether or not Android (or the G1) was going to have Exchange support. The answer was something along the lines of “No, but we won’t stand in the way of anyone else from [...]
Newbtorial: Hi I’m Android, Pleased to Meet You! (Part 1)
Okay, so this probably should have been Newbtorial edition number one, but not unlike most people who are engrossed in fanaticism over their favorite game, band, book, or you name it, I took for granted that most people know what Android is. How inconceivable that there could be some one out there who has not been made aware of this revolutionary [...]
More Droid Eris Details Coming to Light
Well, now that we got “droid” out of our system (or did we?), we’re ready to move on to the next thing. In this case, the next thing happens to be droid eris, also headed for Verizon. Very little has been gathered about this device considering it will arrive in just over a week. Verizon has been mum so far so everything [...]
NewsRob (Version 3.2.6)
NewsRob is an Android news reader that has offline capabilities and synchronizes with Google Reader. It provides seamless access to the river of news in your Google Reader account. Articles are downloaded in the background, so that when you pick up your phone you can start reading news, not downloading them. http://newsrob.com Read more @ [...]
App Review: Service Tattler
I was a heck of a bartender back in the day. I could sling drinks as fast as anyone and chat with random people about anything. This resulted in a great group of regulars most nights. Still, my mix-master skills and charm couldn’t please everyone, like the girl who wanted Midori and Squirt. I remember her because not only was it the [...]
Will Verizon have its own Hero in the form of the DROID Eris by HTC? Apparently, Yes
Apparently, the DROID by Motorola is not the only Android phone that Verizon will be launching in November. According to the latest batch of leaks, the Verizon DROID Eris by HTC will be big red’s second Android phone and will be priced at $99.99. According to a leaked screenshot over at AndroidGuys, it appears that staff over at Verizon [...]
Confirmed: HTC Hero to get Android Eclair
For those of you who don’t have Sense UI in their Android phones, and got jealous about the Taiwanese HTC Magic getting that update, well, there’s more to be jealous about. The HTC Hero will be getting an update sometime soon in the form of the Eclair (2.0). HTC have confirmed to our good freinds over at SlashGear that they’ll be [...]
HTC Magic In Asia to get Sence UI
According to many people, the custom HTC Sense UI makes the HTC Hero the best Android phone currently on the market. So is no surprise that HTC Magic owners want to have it, unfortunately, it has been available only to Taiwan’s Chunghwa Telecom subscribers. As we all know, the HTC Sense debuted on the HTC Hero – which by the way, has been [...]
SMS Popup (Version 1.0.0)
A simple app that shows a preview message dialog when an SMS is received (similar to the iPhone) but also includes their contact photo (if available). Read more @ AndAppStore.com New Listings
