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50 Best Android Apps: Lifestyle and Productivity Apps [#1 - 15]
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Top 60 Apps List
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Android’s future includes two DWA (Driving While Augmented) apps
Two recent videos have shown off upcoming Android apps designed to bring augmented reality to the roadways. Augmented Traffic Views taps into the stoplight camera system in the Toronto metro area to provide t…
Twidroid updates Android app and launches Pro edition
Media-savvy professionals often joke that if you want to bury a story, announce it on a Friday afternoon when people are too concerned with the weekend to care about the news. Twidroid broke that rule yesterday…
How to hide non-music audio files from appearing in Android media players
There’s a common Android problem of unwanted media files appearing in the song list of music players. This annoyingly causes your favorite songs to get mixed in with audio files associated with other ap…
Surprising no one, report says Android users less likely to buy apps than iPhone users
Hey, Android users, why so cheap?
Mobile advertising firm AdMob has published a new report showing that iPhone users are twice as likely to purchase apps as their Android-using counterparts. The report finds…
Wikitude creators update app and launch user-driven Wikitude.me
Mobilizy, the company that pioneered augmented reality apps on Android with Wikitude, have announced two big news items. Not only have they upgraded Wikitude 3 with several new features, they’ve also…
SPB TV brings digital TV channels to Android phones
A new app in the Android Market provides a method for watching television on an Android device. SPB TV delivers digital TV programming from channels that represent several countries and languages. For the one…
Mystery Android MID, thy name is Rockchip concept device
The mystery Android Mobile Internet Device (MID) that has been circulating the net has been identified as the Rockchip concept designed to show off the powers of its Chinese chip maker. The device is just a prot…
T-Mobile enlists celebrities for myTouch 3G commercials
T-Mobile has thrown some advertising dollars at promoting the myTouch 3G, and they’ve enlisted the help of a few celebrities to do it. In a new spot highlighting the “my” in myTouch, the new…
Google Maps adding traffic data, crowdsourcing in select cities
Google has announced that it is taking live information from GPS-enabled mobile phones running Google Maps to provide a new map layer with traffic data. The practice, a form of “crowdsourcing,”…
How to install the HTC Android soft keyboard without rooting your phone
One of the perks of rooting my phone was that it included the HTC version of the on-screen keyboard. I flat out didn’t like the default keyboard and was content switching between Better Keyboard or Touchp…
Motorola invites the world to its Android party on Sept. 10
Motorola is highly likely to debut something Android related next month. Will it be a device like the Morrison or Sholes (or both) or their rumored “Blur” interface that takes centerstage? Eithe…
Google bans about 1% of Android Market apps
While most of the tech world has been beating up on Apple for its app store approval process, Google has provided clarification on its own app screening process. Android Apps are not held at the mercy of some arbi…
Even more images of the unnamed Android MID surface
We have seen images of this yet to be named Android MID making the rounds for a few weeks now, and once again there has been another set released. Unfortunately, while this latest set of images does provide some ni…
Samsung’s I5700, aka Galaxy Lite makes it required FCC appearance
Just recently the Samsung I5700, otherwise known as the Galaxy Lite has passed through the FCC and received its official Wi-Fi and Bluetooth certifications. Ultimately, this means it is now one step closer to…
