Archive for February, 2011
Webtop Coming to all High-End Motorola Handsets (Bionic Included)
One of the features that really sets the Motorola Atrix apart is its ability to dock into Webtop mode, opening capabilities that bridge the gap between smartphone and desktop computing. When this functionality was first unveiled alongside the similarly specced Motorola DROID BIONIC we immediately wondered why it wasn’t available on the [...]
Popcap Smartphone Study shows interesting results for Android game play
The 2011 PopCap gaming survey is out and it yields some interesting results pertaining to mobile gaming demographics. The 94 page survey report states that while overall mobile game use is slightly waning, the amount of time gamers are playing on their smartphones is increasing. Additionally, nearly as many female gamers as males play mobile [...]
Motorola Webtop App Appearing on All High-End [Motorola] Devices Soon
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Whilst having a friendly chat with investors, Motorola Mobility CEO Sanjay Jha let everyone know that from here on out, all high-end Motorola Android devices will have the Webtop application pre-loaded. Of course when we say here on out we mean June 2011 and forward. If you’re unfamiliar with the term “Webtop,” this is the app [...]
Will My Phone Get Android 2.3 Gingerbread? [Plus an Early Dose of Neue Forum Goodness]
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So I suppose you’ve come to this post wishing for the truth, the hard truth, on your phone and its future as far as a lovely holiday cookie goes. I’ll tell you what – you’ll basically get the truth below, but unless we could call ourselves the developers working on optimizing Android versions for each piece of hardware, [...]
T-Mobile Hates on iPhone Team in Study
Citing a third party speed comparison in two major metropolitan areas, T-Mobile has published results that predictably puts them on top with their 4G network, while skewering AT&T and Verizon’s iPhones as being as slow as a rabbit beating the turtle. In addition to claiming a speed advantage over the iPhone thanks to it’s Samsung [...]
Green Lava Lamp FX [V1.0.5]
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Money Lover (Version 0.9.4)
Money Lover is a personal financial management application. This application will help you budget, track all your money and put you on the path to financial stability. It is not a full-featured accounting package, but it is useful for simple money tracking. Read more @ AndAppStore.com New Listings
Honeycomb Statue Takes its Place in Front of Building 44
Rather unceremoniously, the statues paying tribute to Android and its various sweets-inspired code names have added to their ranks. Honeycomb has now been immortalized on the lawn in front of Building 44 on Google’s campus. The statue features the Android robot and a bee perched on a piece of honeycomb, making this statue particularly unique [...]
Motorola: Rooted XOOM Ineligible for 4G LTE Upgrade
Our latest bit of Motorola XOOM news comes from the category “Things that Shouldn’t Surprise Us.” Answering a question posed in the Motorola Support Forums, one Moto rep has made clear that a rooted XOOM will be ineligible for the free hardware upgrade to a 4G LTE radio down the road. But before you start slandering Motorola for [...]
Motorola Aims to Make Android Secure, Attract More Enterprise Users
For all the recent popularity Android has seen, the team behind its development has done surprisingly little to increase the security of the platform and make it more appealing to the enterprise market. On-device encryption has just shown up in Android 3.0 Honeycomb (and will most likely feature in future smartphone iterations of the OS), but [...]
