Archive for November, 2010
Android Market Content Ratings Now Live
Just as expected, as the Android market is seeing some refinements to prepare for Gingerbread, the application rating system has gone into place, effective today. Bringing in a total of 4 ratings, all applications will have to submit a rating before they are allowed into the Android Market. The ratings are All, Pre-Teen, Teen, and Mature and come [...]
Samsung Posts GPS Fix Guide for Captivate and Vibrant
We first heard of a confirmation of GPS issues on the Captivate and Vibrant in August, since then details have been hard to find for the end user. However, now Samsung has posted a set of guides that will walk users through the GPS fix process. In a quite detailed guide, Samsung guides users through the software fix update as well as installation [...]
Verizon to Host 4G LTE Event on December 1
This is the sort of meeting you go to and sit with your hands on your face and listen to the lovely Verizon representatives tell you all about their connectedness. In this event Verizon plans on detailing how it will roll out its high-speed network. It should be wild, as they’re still promising a 38 major area coverage range with their LTE [...]
Gameloft Announces a Holiday Treat for All!
The Android community has a sort of love/hate relationship with Gameloft. We love their titles and we hate their constant refusal to add them to the Market, making us jump through hoops to get a game from them. Still, they have really great games, so they aren't going anywhere. In fact, they want to give us some presents. From now until Christmas, [...]
The JamTheHype Radio App [V1.0]
![The JamTheHype Radio App [V1.0]](http://www.theandroider.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/93381_ayJ9Blc-nwE "The JamTheHype Radio App [V1.0]")
The JamTheHype App Brings you the latest episodes of the Hype Radio Network, an alternative to mains... Read more @ AndroLib : New Apps and Games
CGM Call Girl Manager (Version 0.7.2)
Mature Audiences only! Location based game where you control your girls and get the money they make. Keep them moving to make sure they don't get busted. Scout around. You may be able to steal someone elses girls. Keep them happy and pay them on time so you don't lose them to another "Manager" Read more @ AndAppStore.com New [...]
Content Ratings Ready for Action on Android Market Developer Console
Last week Google started spreading the word that a content rating system would go live for the Android Market shortly, and a Thanksgiving holiday later it is now ready to roll in the developer console. Nestled between copy protection and location settings is a rating system a la the ESRB letting a developer list an app as “Mature,” [...]
Revision3 Now Broadcasting on Android
Popular internet TV network Revision3 has finally transcended the iPhone and realized real tech people use Androids, bringing their streaming video app out of the hands of the Apple elite and into the lives of those who prefer little green robots. If you aren’t familiar, Revision3 was founded by Digg’s Kevin Rose and several other [...]
Kobo for Android Updated to Facilitate Easier Sideloading and Introduce More Options
Kobo for Android has been sitting at the bottom of the barrel in terms of eReading applications on the Android market, but that’s because their app was as closed as a dangerous manhole: it was difficult reading anything not bought from Kobo’s own store. An update to their application changes all of that , though, as they’ve made [...]
Zenonia 3 for Android Supposedly Out in Korea; Where’s Zenonia 2?
Before we could even get Zenonia 2 (which we expect to be launched sometime this December, according to earlier reports) some folks at XDA have managed to uncover a Korean version of Zenonia 3. The popular RPG series grabbed a lot of fans when it first made its way to the Android market and everyone’s been wondering when we can expect new [...]
