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January 25, 2011
There are certainly Android apps that are more cool, innovative and advanced, but these are the 20 applications I use the most from day to day. The list may be a bit boring, predictable and familiar, but the most practical apps are often less exotic. Games aren’t included in this list, and neither are native […]
Posted in Android, Guides and tutorials, Android Basics, Reviews | Tagged Android apps, Essential apps, List, Most used, Top 20
October 23, 2010
LauncherPro became one of the most popular homescreen replacements for Android in just a matter of weeks after its initial release in May 2010. It currently has an average rating of 4.69 in the Market based on almost 100 000 reviews. It’s easy to see why: the app is fast, powerful, very customizable and foremost […]
Posted in Android, Guides and tutorials, Android Basics | Tagged Fede, Federico Carnales, Guide, Homescreen replacements, How to, LP Shortcuts, LauncherPro, LauncherPro Plus, LauncherPro tutorial, Swipe gestures, Tips, Tricks, Tutorials
September 18, 2010
Got 2.2 Froyo running on your Android yet? Good. Now let’s move some apps to the SD card and free up precious internal storage! To install an app to the SD card on Android Froyo, the application itself is supposed to support it first. Furthermore, Froyo installs all new apps on the internal storage by […]
Posted in Android, Guides and tutorials, Android Basics | Tagged Android, Android 2.2, App 2 SD, Apps2SD, Froyo, Guide, How to, Install apps to SD, Memory Card, Move to SD Card, SDMove, Tips, Tutorials, setInstallLocation 2
September 9, 2010
Android gaming has really evolved this year. There are now lots of titles with impressive 3D graphics, all the video game console emulators you can dream of, as well as plenty of clever and addictive games in the Market. Some games are addictive simply because they’re so much fun to play, and other games are […]
Posted in Android, Games + Emu, Guides and tutorials, Android Basics, Reviews | Tagged 3D, Addictive Android Games, Addictive Games, Android, Android Gaming, Camel Games, Puzzle Games, Top 10 List, Top Android Games
September 2, 2010
Nokia’s Symbian powered devices may still often have better cameras than Android phones, but since you’re basically stuck with the default camera application on Symbian, Android gets the upper hand nonetheless. There are excellent camera apps on the Android Market that are state-of-the-art, cool as heck and make taking great looking photos more easy, fun […]
Posted in Android, Guides and tutorials, Android Basics, Reviews | Tagged Android Camera Apps, Camera Apps, Camera Software, Cameras, Effects, Guide, Photography, Photos, Pictures, Real-time effects, Top 5, Vignette
August 28, 2010
As you may have noticed, the best and most useful Android widgets usually come bundled with quality apps in order to extend the functionality of them. There are of course superb standalone widgets, like Pure Messenger, SwitchPro and Beautiful Widgets, but they will set you back a few bucks. Nevertheless, there are plenty of cool […]
Posted in Android, Guides and tutorials, Android Basics | Tagged Analog Clocks, Android Widgets, Battery Meter, Best, Calendars, Free Widgets, Homescreen, Standalone, System Widgets, Top, Top Android Widgets, Widgets
July 30, 2010
There are already many superb games for Android, and there’s no doubt in my mind that it soon will become one of the world’s greatest mobile gaming platforms. One can only imagine what the games will look like when they can be powered by devices with dual-core 1.5 GHz Snapdragon processors, 4.3 inch screens and […]
Posted in Android, Games + Emu, Guides and tutorials, Android Basics | Tagged 3-D, Android, Dungeon Hunter, Emulation, Gameloft, Games, Gaming, Hands-on, Nintendo, Overview, Polarbit, Top Games, Video Game Consoles, Videos
July 16, 2010
After an intriguing Wired article in early 2008, I think it’s safe to say that I got fairly obsessed with Android: Google’s then upcoming open-source mobile OS. I felt that Android was going to be the world’s greatest smartphone platform, the idea of it fascinated me immensely and I read news about the development of […]
Posted in Android, Guides and tutorials, Android Basics | Tagged Android, Apps, Best, Blogs, Devices, Games, Hands-on, List, News, Phones, Previews, Reviews, Rumors, Sites, Top 10, Top Blogs, Websites
June 4, 2010
I have been a huge fan of emulation on phones ever since I discovered Vampent’s flawless Nintendo emulators for Symbian back in 2006. They couldn’t have worked any better on my device at the time, the Nokia N73, and I loved the idea of having hundreds and hundreds of games in my pocket from all […]
Posted in Android, Games + Emu, Guides and tutorials, Android Basics | Tagged 8-bit, Android, Apps, Atari, C64, Commodore C64, Emulation, Gaming, Genesis, Guide, How to, MAME, Mega Drive, N64, Nintendo, Old-school gaming, Retro, Sega, Tutorial, Video Game Consoles, ZX Spectrum, yongzh
May 19, 2010
The Android platform has numerous fortes, but state-of-the-art features and always being connected come with a drawback: comparatively large battery consumption, and hence short battery life. This is a concern that has been mentioned in many reviews, perhaps particularly in regard to the HTC Desire. Many users don’t consider Android’s lack of stamina an issue, […]
Posted in Android, Guides and tutorials, Android Basics | Tagged Always-On Mobile Data, Android, Battery Life, Bluetooth, Cupcake, FAQ, GPS, Guide, HTC Desire, Improve, Tips, Tricks, Tutorial, Updates
May 3, 2010
A feature that was introduced in Android 2.1 is live wallpapers, and they debuted on the Nexus One back in early January 2010. Live wallpapers are basically animated, interactive homescreen backgrounds that can behave differently depending on the time of the day, where you are, Internet updates, and how you move and touch your device. […]
Posted in Android, For Fun, Guides and tutorials, Android Basics, Videos, Wallpapers | Tagged 2.1, Android, Backgrounds, Demos, Freeware, Guide, HTC Desire, Hands-on, Incredible, List, Live Wallpapers, Motorola Droid, Screen savers, Top Free, Videos, Éclair
March 17, 2010
To make the collection of the top free Android apps more manageable, usable and easier to overlook, it has been divided into two parts. You can still use the navigation menu at the top of the page, and it will take you to the correct section regardless of which part you’re currently viewing. All additions […]
Posted in Android, Guides and tutorials, Android Basics | Tagged Android, Applications, Apps, Awesome, Best, Collection, Desire, Droid, Free, Freeware, Greatest, Guide, HTC, HTC Hero, List, Magic, Motorola, Must-Have, Open-source, Top
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