Applications

Applications

Guns n’ Glory shoots up the Wild West [Game Reviews]

September 2, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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Guns n’ Glory is a tower defense game that requires adaptive strategy as well as shooting. Players control bandits who kill settlers on foot, horseback, in wagons, and in gold-carrying trailers. Some bandits…

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Lifestyle

Vlingo and Foursqure launch voice-based check-ins, networking

September 2, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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Vlingo is a great Android 2.0+ application that facilitates voice-based search and speech-to-text entry. Android fans can now add check-ins to that list as Vlingo has partnered with Foursquare to announce a…

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Lifestyle

Kick Off! Android Apps for the 2010 Football season

September 1, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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The kids are back in school and Labor Day is fast approaching, which can mean only one thing: football season is upon us! Sports fans will be happy to know that the NCAA Bowl Subdivision kicks off tomorrow evening…

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Applications

UAE4Droid Brings Amiga Awesomeness to Your Android

September 1, 2010 | by Lars Aronsson

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We recently reviewed the Commodore 64 emulator Frodo C64 here on Androinica, and now it’s time to take a look at the C64’s spiritual successor: the Amiga 500. In the early 90s, I was personally dumbfounded by the…

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Multimedia

Justin.tv Android app now broadcasting

September 1, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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It seems Justin.tv has taken a break from defending itself from legal issues with the NFL and UFC. The folks behind the popular Internet video streaming site just released the official Android application, wh…

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Applications

Yahoo! Fantasy Football app leaves the huddle for Android Market

August 31, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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As General Manager of the Plaxico Pirates, I am confident in saying that our franchise will be victorious in the Yahoo-based Fantasy Football League. And I’m also excited to say that I’ll be manag…

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Applications

Learn About the World with FactBook [App Reviews]

August 30, 2010 | by Lars Aronsson

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The World Factbook is a reference resource produced by the CIA with information and statistics about the countries of the world. The Web version gets around 6 million monthly visits, and it’s frequently used f…

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Applications

Droid does Bing. Microsoft’s search & map app arrives on Android

August 30, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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Microsoft announced today the release of the official Bing app for Android. Available for free only to Verizon customers, people who have selected to Bing it out can now get their fix on their mobile device. Bin…

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Reviews

Fennec: Firefox for Android Alpha Review

August 30, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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Mozilla recognizes mobile as the next frontier in the competitive browser market, so it’s jumping into the fray with an Android app. Fennec is the mobile version of Firefox, and it’s now available as an alpha. K…

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Lifestyle

Android Apps for Back to School 2010

August 30, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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Imagine my surprise when a drive that normally takes me 4 minutes took 20 thanks to the school buses suddenly on the road. It’s back to school time in my hometown, and millions of students across the countr…

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Applications

Google Voice widgets leaked to Android users [VIDEO]

August 30, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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We already told you that a newer version of Google Voice was discovered in the early G2 ROM that was leaked last week. Now we can show you the goods. And offer a chance to test them for yourself if you’re so inc…

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Reviews

Android Apps Alert #31: Picture This edition

August 29, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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Every week, Androinica.com attempts to highlight the best Android Apps. Using tips from the #androidapps tag on Twitter and recommendations to @androinica, we try to find something you may have missed. This…

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Applications

Recordoid Lite: a Dictaphone with a Retro Look [App Reviews]

August 27, 2010 | by Lars Aronsson

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Some apps have excellent features, but sport interfaces that appear to be inspired by the good ol’ Windows 3.1 from 1992. Then there are apps that look great, but hardly provide any functionality. With its styl…

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Tools

Gmail Popup shows email titles in popups [App Reviews]

August 27, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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If you’ve ever enjoyed the text message notification pop-up feature in apps like Handcent or SMS Popup and wished that something similar would come along for e-mail, the time has arrived. Gmail Popup is a £0.69…

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Productivity

Remember the Milk MIGHT make Android app free

August 27, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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Task and time management service Remember the Milk just made its iPhone application free. While the Remember the Milk mobile app previously required a $25 annual fee for a Pro account, RTM is now free with some l…

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Applications

The Best RSS Android app with Google Reader is…[Droid vs Droid]

August 25, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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Google has its hands in virtually every sector of tech possible, but many of those efforts don’t have official clients made for Android. It’s a common complaint for Android users that Google Reader is in…

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