Archive for September, 2010
Cellphone Radiation Detector Rejected by Apple Comes to Android
Even as Android users, most of us have become familiar with the harsh requirements of the Apple App Store. Rejected App Store applications routinely find a place in the Android Market, and Tawkon Radiation Detector is no exception. After a year of development, Tawkon claims that it allows you to see your mobile's radiation output and limit your [...]
Android Cube [V1.6.6]
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2010/08/18 Update. This is a very traditional Rubik's Cube game, you can choose to accept the cube ... Read more @ AndroLib : New Apps and Games
T-Mobile Urges Against Updating Your Vibrant through Kies
Uh-oh. We’ve all jumped the gun on the JI5 update for the Samsung Vibrant that looks to address issues with the GPS and make other enhancements. T-Mobile’s asking everyone to hold off on updating their Samsung Vibrant until they announce the official OTA upgrade that they’ll be sending out due to known issues. Samsung’s [...]
US Cellular Introduces the Belief Project to Attract Even More customers
There’s a large gap between US Cellular and the carrier they sit beneath – T-Mobile – keeping them from gaining the national spotlight that they arguably deserve, but their announcement today of the Belief Project looks to shake things up a bit and make the wireless industry more competitive. Most of their changes aim to improve [...]
Motorola Begonio Will Launch November 1st as the CLIQ 2?
T-Mobile hasn’t fallen off the MOTOBLUR train yet, it seems. Engadget’s been tipped with some information regarding a supposed Motorola CLIQ 2 – codenamed Begonia (don’t ask because I don’t know either) – that will come with Android 2.2 and BLUR. It comes with WiFi calling, 3G hotspot support (something G2 [...]
Google Maps Update Brings Weather into Live Wallpaper
Google Maps has just been updated in the Android market. There’s no official changelog to be had yet, but we’ve noticed that the live wallpaper bundled with the application now shows weather information wherever you are. This is pretty cool, but nothing worth clamoring about if you don’t even use this wallpaper. We’ll be [...]
Did You Get Your R2D2 Droid 2 Last Night? [Poll]
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Last night marked the arguably geeky launch of the R2D2 special edition of the Motorola Droid 2. Verizon stores across the country held launch parties leading up to a midnight launch of the phone where there were cosplay contests, fun and games, and more. We didn’t get a chance to get out to any of the launch locations, but I’m sure [...]
Google Phone Gallery offers a comprehensive view of Android phones
Google has just launched a new section of Google.com, Google Phone Gallery. Listing some of the latest (and some not so much) models of currently available phones, this is a great tool for first time Android users to browse the devices side-by-side cross carrier. This is a great tool for new and experienced Android users alike. Many of us has [...]
Verizon R2-D2 Droid available now on Verizon.com
If you have been waiting for the official release of the R2-D2 Droid 2, the wait is now over with Verizon’s site going live and the phone now available. As expected it’s displaying it’s $249 after $100 (this time online discount) with a full retail price of $699. The device, which we unboxed and went hands-on, also comes with a special [...]
Google Maps Updated to 4.5.1, brings weather to live wallpaper
The Google Maps Android application has just received another update. Just a few weeks ago an update brought voice search and the walking navigation Beta. Not much is known about this update but, from what we can tell, it brings weather into the live maps wallpaper. As seen in the screenshot below you now have a weather display directly on the [...]
