Tips: Protect files on your Android phone
30 Rock‘s Liz Lemon, played by nerd queen Tina Fey, mistakenly left her iPhone in a New York City Taxi Cab. Soon after, the cab driver called Liz’s contacts to relay threats about exposing an “…
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App Review: Where, the multi-locator
Where are you? If you’re searching for Starbucks, cheap gas prices, or local news, Where can provide answers for all three.
Location service Where brings geotargeting searches to Google Android, finding e…
App Review: Better Cut is Any Cut on steroids
Root a T-Mobile G1 and you’ll gain several advancements to your phone, chief among them being the ability to customize the look of Google Android. You can also perform a little cosmetic surgery with Better Cu…
Androinica and Twitter together at last
Twitter’s brightest stars are President Barack Obama, Britney Spears, and Androinica.com. Ok, I snuck that last one in there, but a guy can dream, right? Twitter has become a widespread and useful communic…
LG’s KS360 will be an Android handset, but should we be excited?
Last week, we mentioned that LG was planning to release three Android based phones this year, and in passing we also mentioned that the first one to be released would the KS360. Honestly, I had not given the phone…
The HTC Magic makes an appearance with the FCC
The HTC Magic, which is rumored to be heading to T-Mobile here in the US has recently made an appearance with the FCC. However, the FCC listing is sending a little bit of good news and bad news.
To begin with, the goo…
TeleNav GPS Navigator now available for the G1
Just a quick update post to let everyone know that turn-by-turn directions are now available for the G1. TeleNav has (as expected) released the TeleNav GPS Navigator app for the G1.
As we previously mentioned,…
Google blocks Developer Edition G1 from downloading paid apps
Google originally released the developer edition of the G1 this past December and since then it has appeared to be a great handset for a developer or even a person who just wanted to use it with another carrier. Ho…
Android and Symbian trade barbs about openness
Android had its second major detractor of the week after Symbian Foundation director Lee Williams questioned Android’s openness. Williams said, “Android is not open. It’s a marketing l…
Overpriced “I Am Richer” app makes its way into the Android Market
Android now has its very own ridiculously overpriced app, which is priced as high as the Market rules will allow at $200. The app is called I Am Richer and is just about the same as the once overpriced iPhone app tha…
Kogan Agora preparing to go full-touchscreen
The Kogan Agora was once slated to become the second Android handset on the market, and then it was put on a permanent hold. But the latest installment seems to be pointing to having another Kogan Agora handset in…
AT&T CEO still not sold on Android
It was no surprise that AT&T didn’t warm up to Android when Google first announced the mobile operating system. AT&T was still getting fat off subscribers the iPhone attracted, so why rock the b…
Cupcake for Android gets a video demo
Those who are curious about cupcake will want to check this out — a nice hands-on video showing off the virtual keyboard as well as some screen transitions. While the update looks real nice, it was noted as…
Could Android netbooks hurt Microsoft?
Microsoft is clearly not a fan of Google Android. Aside from the hot ticket Android stealing some Windows Mobile shine and market share, Android may even cut into Microsoft’s stronghold on computer ope…
T-Mobile $50 unlimited voice plan goes live in San Fransisco
It looks like the unlimited calling plan has gone live with T-Mobile, of course as of now the plan does have some limits — notably with who is able to take advantage of it. Currently, and as last weeks report…
