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F-Secure Mobile Security now has a version for Android (1.6 only)

The company F-Secure, “the leader in protecting mobile devices” announced their mobile security offering for Android. F-Secure has had some success on Symbian and Windows Mobile, and because of the growing Android market share they decided to offer their software for the OS. According to F-Secure’s Patrik Sallner, F-Secure has been in the mobile device [...]

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Rolling Up Our Sleeves: Android Twitter App Showdown

At this point, saying that there are a lot of Twitter applications available in the Android Market might be a bit too repetitive for your tastes, and hey, we completely understand. There’s a lot of good stuff out there, but truth be told, there’s also a lot of apps that just don’t make the cut. [...]

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Review: Call of Duty Modern Warfare: Force Recon

Oh man. At this point in time, I’m pretty sure you’re well aware that a video game came out a couple weeks ago. It was a pretty big hit. And with any kind of smash-hit like Modern Warfare 2, I guess everyone and their cousin should have realized some kind of spin-off was due. Maybe [...]

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Watch or listen to live NBA games on Android with League Pass & Game Time

The NBA has joined the ranks of sports leagues that offer live mobile viewing options for fans of their respective game. NBA League Pass Mobile, a new Android app from the association, brings unprecedented access to NBA games with the ability to browse scores, watch live games, and replay games on-demand. That’s the good; now for [...]

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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 and still managed to get Android users paying attention to the revamped Twidroid app and the introduction of Twidroid [...]

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TweetCat: an Android Twitter app with a lot of features

Does the world really need another Android Twitter app? The makers of TweetCat think so, and with good reason. One of the benefits of free enterprise is that anyone can enter into a crowded market and succeed if their product is better than the ones that came before it. In many cases, TweetCat exceeds that [...]

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Documents to Go supports PowerPoint editing, PDF viewing

DataViz has updated its Documents to Go application, which ports much of the Microsoft Office suite features and formatting capabilities for Android. Documents to Go 2.0 now supports the ability to create, view, and edit PowerPoint files, as well as the ability to view PDF files on an Android device. PowerPoint editing was not included in [...]

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Android users can make Pre-like gestures with Open Gesture Pro home screen app

Android home screen replacement app Open Gesture Pro has been added to the Android Market, debuting what is arguably the most shortcut-friendly home screen app available to Android. There’s already aHome, dxTop, Open Home, and Sweeter Home, so what’ does Open Gesture Pro bring to the table? The app’s name is obviously telling. Open Gesture adds [...]

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TeleNav offering free 30 day trial to myTouch users

TeleNav works on the myTouch3g. Is anyone surprised? Of course not, but myTouch users will be happy to know that TeleNav GPS Navigator – one of the first turn-by-turn voice navigation Android apps – will be available beginning tomorrow, August 5, 2009. TeleNav is offering myTouch owners a free 30-day trial for its navigation service that [...]

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ThinkFree adds complete Office productivity suite applications

Android has another entry into the field of applications supporting the Microsoft Office suite. California-based company ThinkFree, Inc., has announced that it will soon unveil its suite of Android apps that replicate the Office experience. Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents can be used in ThinkFree Write , ThinkFree Calc, and ThinkFree Show. The apps support [...]

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