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A Pair of NASA Apps Land on the Android Market
NASA releases a pair of pretty cool Android apps, that make it easy to either watch their award-winning show or check how they are affecting your local economy.
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HTC Evo 4G Adds More Bloatware, Non-Root Only
Sprint is Americas second provider when it comes to bloatware, just one step behind Verizon. It doesn’t load it up with freaking Bing, but they do add all kinds of bloatware, no matter whether users think it’s useful or not. But they do update their phones.
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Global App Revenue made Possible by BuzzCity
Mobile media company BuzzCity launched its new Android SDK this Tuesday following success of its recent release for BlackBerry. The new SDK will allow developers to embed advertisements in their apps or games to provide extra revenue. This may not sound too exciting at first, but …
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7 Reasons Why an Amazon App Store Would Be Good for Android, and 4 Reasons it Could Suck
The hot rumor this week is that Amazon is considering an Android app store of their own. Depending on where you read it, they are also mulling the idea of an Android device (tablet) as well. We’re almost 100% certain of the app store at this point, but we’re not completely sold on the tablet – yet. Looking forward with the assumption that the store launches in the near future, let’s examine a few reasons as to why it’s good for Android in genera
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Developers Seeing Long Term Promise in Android
Apple rules the short term but Android holds more promise in the long term. At least this is what a majority of those survey by Appcelerator and IDC are saying. A survey released today shows that most of the 2,400 developers polled believe Android will be the platform best positioned to “power a large number and variety of connected devices in the future”.
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Paid Apps soon available in More Countries
As you might know, you can buy Paid apps in the Market only if you are located in a country from a list of only the few available. Well, the Android Market Team just sent an email to all the developers to let them know …
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Get Jar Launches Download by SMS
Our friends over at the world’s 2nd largest 3rd party app market, Get Jar, have launched some new functionality on their site that allows consumers to have yet another way to easily get the apps they want. In a post from Bruce Jones on their …
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Droid X review by your friendly neighborhood AndroidGuy
For the past two years I have had many Android devices, some good some not so good. But what was delivered this week definitely falls into the Good camp. You see I am the proud owner of a new Verizon Droid X made by Motorola. …
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Android Takes 4 of 5 Prizes in “Apps for the Army” Challenge
Android is proving to be not only beneficial (and fun) in everyday consumer usage, but now we’re seeing how practical it can be in other situations. Take for instance the recent Apps for the Army contest which asked developers to submit applications that can help …
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100,000 Apps and Counting
According to Androlib’s Blog, and as we predicted a few weeks ago, the Android Market has surpassed 100,000 application submissions since its inception. Androlib, however, stresses that this doesn’t necessarily mean there are 100,000 active applications in the market. They put that number at somewhere …
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Take the Paid App Pledge!
Android users get a bad rap. They say we expect apps to be free, that we won’t pay for apps like users of other platforms will, and that consequently it’s not worth developers’ time to work on Android apps. Let’s prove ‘em wrong. Here’s an …
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Download This: Wapedia
Everyone uses Wikipedia to get basic information on practically anything. Wapedia, developed by Taptu, is the best client bringing Wikipedia to your mobile phone with an amazing interface and a simple layout. If you want to conclude heated arguments with friends on the go, Wapedia …
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Verizon’s Recommended Apps for Summer Travel
Whether you’re planning a quick office getaway or a two-week vacation this summer, Verizon has picked out a couple of apps for you. Some are designed to help you prepare for the flight and hotel booking while others will come in handy once you arrive …
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Let’s Try That Again: Gameloft Releases Ten HD Games for Android
It was one week ago today that Gameloft unveiled ten HD games for Android handsets. It was almost immediately pointed out that there were problems with finding and loading games onto various handsets. Gameloft quickly and quietly pulled the links down. Today sees the developers …
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Pre-Alpha Test This: Firefox for Android
Are you excited by the long awaited release of Fennec (Firefox for mobile devices) on Android? Then, good news, you can now download and install pre-Alpha nightly builds! As outlined in the Mozilla wiki, the app is at a very early stage of development and still …
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