Archive for July, 2010
Confirmed: Galaxy S to get Froyo in September
Samsung has confirmed that the Galaxy S will receive some Froyo love in September. Keep in mind that Samsung UK tweeted this, so they could be referring to the international i9000 Galaxy S, not the American versions. But this would go hand-in-hand with what we were told last month about the American Galaxy S devices getting Froyo. If you recall, [...]
Astrid Takes a Huge Leap Forward
The popular todo list application, Astrid, has had a complete overhaul on its interface, and they're inviting their loyal users to try out the new version BEFORE it hits the market! Jon Paris writes a message to Astrid's users over at todoroo's, telling of the new features involved such as widgets, speed, and a new user-interface. The new version [...]
Samsung Open Sources Captivate (SGH-i897) Code
Developers signed up at Samsung's open source website have started to receive emails stating that the source code for the Captivate (AT&T's version of the Samsung Galaxy S series) has been released to the open source community. The source code is 161 megabytes in size. With this download, ROM developers will have an easier time creating [...]
YouFeed Lite [V1.0.0]
![YouFeed Lite [V1.0.0]](http://www.theandroider.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/2d267_XlvePsaInws "YouFeed Lite [V1.0.0]")
YouFeed is a very clean FriendFeed client. To know more: http://jammylee1983.appspot.com/android/you... Read more @ AndroLib : New Apps and Games
SlideMyTiles Lite Preview (Version 0.1.2)
Introduction: SlideMyTiles! is a version of the classic sliding tiles n-puzzle games (the most known are 8-puzzle and 15-puzzle). The game: You get a board with a series of scrambled pieces and a hole where the bottom-right most piece should be. You have to slide the tiles around the hole so you finally get the pieces ordered, forming a [...]
Xperia X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro Get Root
Go ahead, pull out your handy-dandy “To Be Rooted” chart and check off a couple more, as the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro have been cracked open thanks to — you guessed it — the helpful guys over at XDA-Developers. Now that I think about it, that to-be rooted list is getting shorter and shorter by the day. [...]
Did the Android Market Reach 100,000 Apps this Month as Predicted?
A few weeks back the folks over at AndroLib made the bold claim that the Android Market could be sitting at 100,000 apps by the end of July. I say bold because the last official number was quoted at 60,000 applications. Based on their statistics they felt that growth in the realm of 40,000 apps was not unlikely. Well the end of July is bearing [...]
Samsung Reaching Out to Developers to Fix Apps in Preparation For Android Tablet
Samsung’s Android tablet is slated for release in the third quarter of this year, and they are pulling out all the stops to make sure they deliver the best experience possible. One area where a tablet must excel is the apps available for it, and Samsung is taking a proactive approach to making sure current Android Market apps function [...]
Allstate App Available Now in the Android Market
While there really is nothing cool about insurance companies, the money they take from you every chance they get, and the fact that the only time you ever really need them is when something really bad happens, for whatever reason I do find mobile apps that allow you to file claims, take scene-of-the-accident pictures of damage, and locate or [...]
Droid X Source Code Released to All
Ready to dig deeper into the Motorola Droid X, to find out exactly what is running on top of that 1GHz processor, to maybe even do a bit of constructive adjusting to the software beneath the 4.3-inch screen? Motorola has released the source code for their beastly Android handset currently on a tear over at Verizon. Locked bootloaders and eFuses [...]
