Archive for April, 2010

Samsung Gives Majority of New Smartphones to Android

Author : admin Published: April 30th, 2010

Samsung, the world’s number 2 mobile phone maker, announced earlier today that moving forward, 50 percent of their new smartphone offerings would employ Android as their operating system of choice. The other 50 percent is split between their own bada OS and at least one more unnamed operating system, according to a report by [...]

An Update, but Not 2.1, Heading to a CLIQ XT Near You

Author : admin Published: April 30th, 2010

CLIQ XT owners can get a little excited — but not too excited — over a new update that is currently making its way to the handset on T-Mobile. This is the same update that T-Mo had released for testing to a select few handsets earlier in the week, so before you go crying for joy, be forewarned this update is not to Android 2.1. It is [...]

Is the LG Ally a Smart Phone, or Something Better? [VIDEO]

Author : admin Published: April 30th, 2010

An LG Ally promo video has hit the internet and it definitely has us thinking a release is merely weeks away. Check out the clip below and you'll hear all sorts of wonderful references to Android apps including Latitutude, OpenTable, and eBay. At the end of the video a website is shown directing folks to LG.com/ally, which (for now) redirects [...]

Official Twitter App for Android Arrives!

Author : admin Published: April 30th, 2010

We all knew this was coming... Twitter just announced the release of an official Twitter app. It is only for Android version "2.1 and above" (hint for the upcoming 2.2?). When apps work well with each other, sharing becomes as second nature on machines as it does in person. The Android platform is really good at that, and we’ve worked with [...]

SMS Translate Pro (Version 1.0.7)

Author : admin Published: April 30th, 2010

Appends translation to SMS messages. * Auto-detects original language. * User-configurable target language. * Auto-translate incoming SMS or select individual messages for one-touch translation. * Over 90 languages! Read more @ AndAppStore.com New Listings

App Storage on SD Coming To Android Soon

Author : admin Published: April 30th, 2010

The Google Code Android Issues page just updated the status of Issue 1151 to “Future Release.” What is Issue 1151 you ask? Well that would have a little something to do with native support for app installation to SD card media. Up until now to get this functionality one would need to root their phone and use Apps2SD. Further [...]

Google IO: Will Google Announce App Storage on microSD for Froyo?

Author : admin Published: April 30th, 2010

One of the biggest complaints among Android users from day one was the limited amount of storage space for applications. Regardless how big your phone is and what amount of internal memory users have, they will always want more. Such is the case with "Issue 1151" over at the official Android Google Code site. Recent activity leads us to [...]

Samsung Galaxy S Promo Commercial Arrives [VIDEO]

Author : admin Published: April 30th, 2010

Check out the short video clip below to get a sense for how the forthcoming Galaxy S can help you out in your day-to-day life. The commercial, if you can call it that, feels like an abbreviated version of the video we saw at the CTIA unveiling. It's the same video used to show us how to get the most out of your handset starting from the second [...]

Dell Aero Has Google Apps After All

Author : admin Published: April 30th, 2010

Here's some good news for you Android fans with AT&T service. The Dell Aero will have the standard fare of Google applications and services. This includes the Android Market, YouTube, Google Maps, Google Talk, Gmail, and Google Search. It was initially reported that AT&T had taken steps to yank out of some the Google in favor of [...]