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Android Apps Alert 16: Game, get out of debt, and gain control of your phone

The Android Market is starting to get a nice influx of new apps. Keeping up with those apps is becoming harder with each passing day, which is why Androinica.com highlights the latest apps shooting up the Android Market and a few apps that you may have missed each week. Want to recommend an [...]

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T-Mobile USA earns highest satisfaction ratings…so why can’t they attract more customers?

T-Mobile USA has received the highest ranking in the J.D. Power and Associates 2010 Wireless Retail Sales Satisfaction Study – Volume 1. T-Mobile earned the highest score for customer satisfaction among U.S. carriers, the 8th time in 11 volumes that Magenta has come out on top. If T-Mobile is so great, what’s causing them to continuously [...]

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3 Key Steps to improve Android adoption in Europe

The eyes of the tech world were firmly on Barcelona during Mobile World Congress. Europe and Android were center-stage, surprising since the two subjects don’t seem to get along at the moment. Several weeks ago, IDC released a report suggesting that Europeans shy away from Android or don’t have any clue about the OS. I immediately [...]

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Android Apps Alert 13: Slide Screen, Tweetcaster, and aBlackbook

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 #androidapps tag on Twitter, and we plan to incorporate that into our weekly notifications of new, updated, or recommended [...]

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Androinica’s Android at CES 2010 Round-Up

CES 2010 is over. The displays have been broken down, the taxis have moved on to other areas, and the many Android-based devices that were exhibited have been put back on the shelf for the moment. This was my first CES and it was a hectic affair, so here’s an abbreviated roundup of some of [...]

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11 Android Apps I hope to see in 2010 #androidapps

Android apps had a strong showing in 2009, growing from a list of a few hundred to a list of 20,000. While analysts believe that number will increase up to 150,000 apps this year, I don’t really believe the overall number matters too much. Android will sink or swim because of the quality of apps, [...]

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The Most Important Names in Android (Part 2)

This article is the second in a series of two parts. Be sure to read the first half of the list to see the 10 Most Important Names in Android. In light of Android’s explosion, Androinica.com decided to compile a list of the 10 Most Important Names in Android. We anticipate disagreement, but it’s difficult to [...]

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The 10 Most Important Names in Android (Part 1)

This article is the first in a series of two parts. Be sure to read the second half of the list to see the 10 Most Important Names in Android. It was much easier to explain who the major players in Android were in 2008; T-Mobile and Google were the only two relevant names. However, the [...]

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Android Apps Alert 8: a closer look at a few ADC2 apps [Dec. 6]

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 #androidapps tag on Twitter, and we plan to incorporate that into our weekly notifications of new, updated, or recommended [...]

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Android Apps Alert 7: Run fast, type faster, and twist rings [Nov. 30, 2009]

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 #androidapps tag on Twitter, and we plan to incorporate that into our weekly notifications of new, updated, or recommended [...]

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