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HootSuite releases Android Twitter app because “Robots Need Love, Too”

Desktop Twitter client HootSuite has made the jump to mobile with a new app for Android. It seems Android Twitter apps are born faster than the average American birth rate, but HootSuite has the brand recognition to carve its own lane as “the professional Twitter client” geared towards people who need analytics and other business-centered [...]

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Tips: Here’s a much easier way to control Google Voice depending on location

The Android world was abuzz yesterday with a tutorial to have Google Voice know which phones to ring depending on location. The tutorial had a great premise but was flawed by its set-up and dependence on Locale. Though I’ve loved Locale since its inception and considered it to be a top Android app, it now [...]

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Review: Mobile Stream’s EasyTether for non-rooted phones

Good news for owners of non-rooted phones: Mobile Stream’s EasyTether app, already available for Palm, Blackberry, and WinMo users, is now available on the Android Market as a free beta. EasyTether allows you to use your phone’s data connection to provide internet connectivity for your laptop or other device via a USB cable. Because the app [...]

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Touiteur will eventually be the Best Android Twitter App (Exclusive video preview)

Touiteur will eventually be the best android Twitter app. Its early to heap such praise on a brand new app, but every bit of it is warranted. Touiteur is better looking than Seesmic, has multiple accounts like Tweetcaster, and packs enough features to be the best app to rival Twidroid. Many Twitter Android apps have [...]

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Dial2Do “hands free assistant” sends and reads texts, emails, reminder

Drivers and frequently on-the-go people should take notice of Dial2Do, a “handsfree assistant” that can read or write communication and reminders. Dial2Do works by taking voice commands and performing functions. Users log-in by dialing a number and saying what actions they wish to take. Say “Email Dad” and Dial2Do will then record a spoken message, [...]

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App Review: AIM for Android offers Facebook Chat & AIM, but they can keep it

People in their 20’s probably have fond memories of chatting on AOL Instant Messenger, wasting their youth gossiping about peers or professing their love to middle-school sweethearts. Others may not care for those Wonder Years at all, but they should know that AIM and Facebook chat are both available in the new official AIM for [...]

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Wordpress releases native, open-source Android app

Androinica.com is powered by Wordpress, as is almost every other blog on the Internet. So it brings me great pleasure to say that there’s now an official Wordpress application available from Automattic. The new application is designed to put “the Power of WordPress in Your Pocket” and is available for free. Wordpress for Android is an [...]

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Nimbuzz Android app puts all your communication in one place (CES Videos)

There’s been quite a bit of communication news from Android at CES, and Nimbuzz is a contributor to that gathering storm. Nimbuzz is a calling and chat application that lets users place calls or chat with friends for free. Facebook, MySpace, Skype, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, AIM, Google Talk and more are supported by this app. [...]

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Truphone adds Wi-Fi calling and new communication tool for Android

TruPhone has released its calling application into the Android Market, providing a top-notch solution for Wi-Fi and VoIP calling options for users around the world. Launched globally, Truphone combines VoIP for free Truphone user-to-user calls, GoogleTalk, Skype, Twitter communication, and cheap international calls to landlines or mobile phones. Truphone can call through Wi-Fi, 3G, or [...]

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Synthesis SyncML client for Android coming in 2010

In a move that should take away one of the longstanding thorns for many Android business users, Beat Forster of Synthesis AG confirmed that his company is actively working on an Android SyncML client which should be released in Q1 or Q2 of 2010. Synthesis AG is a Swiss company that has been a leader [...]

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