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NPR Open Sourcing its Android App
In a posting on their site, National Public Radio has announced that they are opening up the code for their Android app to some crowd-sourcing love! Not only are they giving the app an open source license, they are actively asking for the input of …
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Intel Using Android 2.1 to Demo New Moorestown Chips
It was only a matter of time before we saw Intel jump into the mobile processing arms race, and it seems that they are showing off what they intend to do with their new Moorestown chips at Computex in Taiwan this week. Engadget is only …
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Stream Media Releases In-App Purchase Platform, Mo-Vend
Stream Media announced earlier this week the availability of their in-app purchase platform for Android. Mo-vend as it is called, gives Android devs another way to implement in-app micro-purchases without the need for their users to leave the application. Mo-vend allows users to select their …
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Adobe AIR for Android Developers
In what could be a breath of fresh AIR, (pun intended), Adobe Systems today announced that their AIR platform has been opened up to Android devices. The Adobe AIR platform will allow devs to publish ActionScript 3 projects as native Android applications (.apk’s) for installation …
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Movistar to Release Low Cost Android Handset for Spain
Movistar, a Spanish phone carrier, will be launching the Huawei Ivy this June as a low cost Android option for their customers. With some vanilla specs, the Ivy does not tout any kind of industry leading hardware, but will provide a user with a solid handset …
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The EVO 4G Gets Frankensteined!
DON’T OPEN THIS LINK if you are the type of person who gets queasy at the guts of your favorite new handset being exposed! The guys over at ifixit.com got their hands on an EVO, and instead of the usual review talking about the awesomeness …
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Rogers Scores Exlcusive Deal for Acer Liquid E
Our resident Canadian, Matty Ice can jump for joy a bit this morning as Acer has announced via a press release that the Liquid E is heading to his homeland. Mobile provider Rogers will be carrying the Android 2.1 device in an exclusive deal that …
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Latest Android Fragmentation Report Released
The Android Developer site today has released an updated fragmentation report, which they are calling a “platform report”. As you can see pictured to the left, the pie chart for this current report has 2.1 being the dominant Android flavor that people are running. 1.5 …
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Computex 2010: Acer to Enter Android eReader Fray
Despite statements to the contrary, Acer is in at least the concept phase for an eReader device, pictured to the left. Engadget is reporting that they have spotted the device at the Acer booth at Computex in Taiwan. Simply titled the “eBook”, the unit displayed …
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More Flash Based Game Topping for Your Froyo
Kongregate, a web site featuring tons of Flash-based indie games that are free to play is joining the Froyo goodness with a new mobile site. It should be a good way for those of you who are enjoying your 2.2 Android update to waste some …
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“Whaddya Mean My Frozen Yogurt isn’t Official?”
That’s what Ry Guy and ben1010 from Google are saying anyways. According to these Google employees, the 2.2 build of Android that Nexus One owners are sporting right now isn’t the official release from the search giant. An article over at Slash Gear references information …
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Gist App for Android Released
If you have ever wanted to level the playing field with information on business contacts or people you are meeting for the first time, then perhaps you might want to look in to Gist for Android. As described in the video below, Gist is an …
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Palm’s Matias Duarte Becomes Google’s User Experience Director
Endgadget is reporting this morning that webOS design expert Matias Duarte has left Palm for Google to be their User Experience Director for Android. This move is a reunion of sorts for Duarte as he previously worked with Android head Andy Rubin on the Sidekick …
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Chipmaker Via Saying that $100 Android Tablets Coming to Challenge iPad
Bloomberg is reporting that computer chip maker Via is saying that there are $100 tablets coming to the US in the second half of 2010 that contain their chips. Richard Brown, Vice- President of Marketing, says that there will be 5 models ranging from the …
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