July 28, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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The war between fashion and function rages on in Pulse News Reader, a popular iPad and iPhone app that is now available on Android. While Pulse is a news reader that is much easier on the eyes thanks to a less conven…
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July 16, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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AutoTune destroyed music! AutoTune made music fun! Whichever side of the issue you’re on, you may want to have some silly fun this weekend and play around with an app that will make your voice have the same…
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July 16, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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Third-party widgets have become a staple of what makes Android great, but few are accessible outside of the homescreen. WidgetLocker is a 99-cent Android 2.1+ app that frees your widgets from the homescreen.…
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July 6, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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Shazam has been a great tool for identifying songs heard on the radio or in a store’s speakers, but it had the “flaw” of having to hear the song in question. SoundHound manages to one-up Shazam, at le…
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July 5, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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Android users have long waited for FIFA 10 to arrive on their devices, so it’s fitting that EA Sports delivered this $6.99 game while the world is watching the World Cup. They may not be excited for too long…
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July 4, 2010 | by Ed Clark
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iPhone Ad: “Family Travel”
Today’s iPhone ad is titled “Family Travel.” If ever there was a great example of Apple’s marketing abilities, this is the one. The commerc…
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July 2, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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Before Android 2.0 greatly revamped the contacts app and manufacturers began re-skinning Android, Phonebook was a must-have app. It was a much-improved contacts experience that looked better and provided…
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June 25, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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Real Networks was once one of the most recognizable brands in online media; then people wised up and switched to MP3 downloads and streaming services. Though its notoriety in music has fallen, Real hasn’t disa…
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June 25, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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DoubleTwist was the first desktop program that could manage media on an Android device. The program was not without its faults, but it was one of the few options that could get the most basic job done. The doubleT…
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June 14, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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Sending tweets is easy on most smartphones, but there’s no limit on how easy things can get. That’s the lesson of Twitoc, an Android 2.1 application that let’s Android users tweet by talking (hence the name).
Tw…
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June 9, 2010 | by Ed Clark
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As promised, here is the second installment in Androinica’s “There’s an [Android] app for that” series, in which I present one of the many iPhone commercials that you have seen on TV…
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June 3, 2010 | by Ed Clark
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OK, we’ve all seen those iPhone commercials that seemingly pop up during every commercial break on every TV show. And if an iPhone user is around, watch out! You will be called on to demonstrate that the a…
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February 7, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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There’s a large contingent of people who refuse to part with their beloved G1’s. Whether its because they’re holding out for a particular phone or don’t want to change carriers, the…
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December 6, 2009 | by Andrew Kameka
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Looking for the best Android apps? Good luck finding them on your own. But if you do stumble across apps people will love, let the world know. Androinica.com encourages users to tweet great apps with the #androi…
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November 2, 2009 | by Andrew Kameka
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Androinica.com encourages users to tweet great apps with the #androidapps tag on Twitter, and we plan to incorporate that into our periodic notifications of new, updated, or useful apps. Get to downloading a…
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July 29, 2009 | by Andrew Kameka
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Sherpa is a marquee app on the T-Mobile myTouch3g, but it’s now available in the United States Android Market for other phones as well. T-Mobile G1 owners can also take a crack at Sherpa, which tracks and learns a…
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