Archive for November, 2009
Announcing the Winners of ADC 2
Back in May at Google I/O, we announced ADC 2 -- the second Android Developer Challenge -- to encourage the development of cool apps that delight mobile users. We received many interesting and high-quality applications -- everything from exciting arcade games to nifty productivity utilities. We also saw apps that took advantage of openness of [...]
Gameloft is a Buncha Idiots
EDITOR NOTE: This post was originally scheduled to go up earlier in the week, but was pushed back due to a server migration. We understand Gameloft’s position has changed somewhat since the original news, but still feel obligated to share our opinions on Android gaming as a whole. When I heard that Gameloft would be cutting back on [...]
Here are Your ADC 2 Winners!
Congratulations to the winners of the Android Developers Challenge 2! As promised, the list of top apps was announced just moments ago and we’re only pleased to share the names with you. The Top 3 Overall Winners SweetDreams – Revolutionary tool that will finally allow you to go to sleep without worrying about changing your phone [...]
$100M Marketing Campaign for Droid Seems to be Paying Off
Verizon is putting $100 million into marketing of the Droid, and so far the carrier has to be pleased with the results. Less than a month after release, the only handset to sport Android 2.0 has sold somewhere between 700,000-800,000 units. Verizon’s big marketing push for the Droid is strengthening as we close in on the holidays, and [...]
Expect More Android-based Acer Phones by Next Year
So Acer has their first Android phone named Acer Liquid A1 already in the UK. Now, it appears that they are planning on launching more Android-based phones by next year, according to Reuters. Aymar de Lencquesaing – Acer’s head of mobile phone products – told Reuters in an interview, that they expect to reach a [...]
Dolphin Browser Adds Multitouch Support for Droid
If you’re a Droid owner, you’ll want to check out the recently updated Dolphin browser. After hanging out in the Android Market for a few months, the web browser just picked up a few enhancements, most notably, multitouch support. Since Droid does allow for multitouch in third party apps, the developers decided to bake that into [...]
aCar (Version 1.0.7)
aCar is the ultimate tool to effectively track the maintenance, fuel mileage and expenses of your vehicles. Whether you want to track the fuel mileage or the expenses of your vehicle, or to simply know if your vehicle operates at its peak, or just want a reminder for maintenance services of your vehicle (be it changing engine oil, air filter, oil [...]
Android 2.1 Screenshots Leak, HTC Sense On Board
The Motorola Droid/Milestone is the only Android Phone currently running Android 2.0. We hear that HTC is hard at work preparing an update for their line of handsets that will catapult their Android Phones passed Android 1.6 and right back up to date with Android 2.0. But after the following screenshots of a supposed “Android 2.1″ [...]
Android Market On Archos 5 Internet Tablet
You may have read a review of the Archos 5 Internet Media Tablet written by Phandroid contributor John Ashton Edgar. While overall he seemed to enjoy it his biggest issue with the device was its lack of Google App integration and the replacement of Android Market with AppsLib. It runs an Archos version of Android. This is significant for several [...]
HTC Hero Caught in Wild Running Android 2.1 with new HTC Sense UI
Recently, Sprint Hero users received good news about a maintenance release update from the carrier, as you might remember. But unfortunately, no update to Android 2.0. Well, do not loose hope just yet, it would appear that there’s something better cooking up. As we all know, HTC has promised an update to Android 2.0 to all Hero users, but [...]
