March 20, 2011
Many people, particularly Android purists, of course, frown upon custom Android user-interfaces. They want the vanilla Android experience – Android the way Google made it, and usually think custom UIs look bad, are bloated, poorly made, and slow down the OS update process. In a way I agree, and I haven’t used HTC’s Sense interface [...]
Posted in Android, Featured Posts | Tagged Android, Custom UI, HTC Sense, Interfaces, TouchWiz, User-interfaces
March 15, 2011
I won’t write much about Stellar Escape here: the first game from Swedish newcomer Orange Agenda, because the demo video below does a pretty good job showing what it’s about. What I can say is this: entertaining gameplay, great on-screen controls, excellent graphics using the Unity 3D engine, and OpenFeint integration with online leaderboards. There [...]
Posted in Android, Featured Posts, Games + Emu, Reviews | Tagged Android, Games, OpenFeint, Orange Agenda, Stellar Escape, Unity 3D
March 14, 2011
About two months ago, I contacted Steve Albright – the developer behind the task switcher Clutch. I just wanted to thank him for what I personally thought was a fine app that I had used since it first was released. I also suggested some visual improvements such as additional padding between the app icons, and [...]
Posted in Android, Featured Posts, Reviews | Tagged Android, Button simulation, Clutch, Clutch Pad v1.5, ClutchPad, Emulation, Features, Hardware key simulation, Steve Albright, Task management, Task switchers
March 13, 2011
There are many image collections here at TechCredo with the official, preloaded wallpapers from various Android devices – and here’s another one. These wallpapers have been extracted from Sony Ericsson’s new flagship device Xperia Arc.
Posted in Android, Featured Posts, For Fun, Wallpapers | Tagged Android, Arc wallpapers, Backgrounds, Default, Official, Preloaded, SE, Sony Ericsson, Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc, Standard, Wallpapers, Xperia Arc
March 10, 2011
Catch Notes is my favorite notes app for Android, and it’s also one of the apps I use most often regardless of category. I know that there are several excellent apps for transferring links and other information between your phone and your desktop computer and vice versa, but Catch Notes is so convenient to use [...]
Posted in Android, Featured Posts, Tutorials | Tagged Android, Catch Notes, Phone to desktop, Share links, Share tweets, Sync
March 9, 2011
Even though Android’s task switching feature has been rather mundane up until Honeycomb, it has served its purpose very well. By longpressing the Home button, we’ve been able to switch between recent apps – and for 9 out of 10 users this will probably suffice. But if you want to expand and customize the app [...]
Posted in Android, Featured Posts, Reviews | Tagged Android, App switchers, Clutch Pad, Multitasking, Smart Taskbar, Steve Albright, SwipePad, Task switchers
March 3, 2011
Android is getting more and more great games for each day that passes. However, the games that feature the most advanced 3D graphics generally require the very latest hardware, such as a dual-core Tegra 2 processor. Those games are showcased in Nvidia’s TegraZone app. But luckily, there are also many games that rely on fun [...]
Posted in Android, Featured Posts, Games + Emu, Reviews | Tagged Android, Doodle Bowling, Game recommendations, GameResort, Jean-François Geyelin, Meganoid, OrangePixel, PewPew, Reviews, Stupid Zombies, Top Android Games
March 2, 2011
The Android Debug Bridge, usually referred to as ADB, is a command line tool with the purpose of controlling an Android device from a computer via a USB link. The ADB command comes bundled with the Android SDK (Software Development Kit) that developers need to make apps for the platform. You can do all sorts [...]
Posted in Android, Featured Posts, Tutorials | Tagged ADB, Android, Android Debug Bridge, Apps, Delete, Guide, How to, HTC Desire, Preinstalled, Push, Remove, Tutorial
February 23, 2011
Yesterday, I wrote a guide to creating and applying a static boot screen for Android phones instead of the default animation that usually is displayed. Thus, it seemed appropriate with a tutorial for making a full boot animation as well. You naturally need a rooted Android device for this to work. Download TechCredo’s boot animation [...]
Posted in Android, Featured Posts, Tutorials | Tagged Android, Apply, Boot animation, Bootanimation, Build, Create, Custom, desc.txt, Explanation, Flash, How to, Step-by-step, Tutorial
February 22, 2011
Android is of course a very customizable mobile platform, and having root access lets you personalize your phone even further. It’s very common to change Android’s boot animation, and there are tons of different animations posted on the interwebs that you can flash. There will probably be a “top Android boot animations” post here on [...]
Posted in Android, Featured Posts, Tutorials | Tagged Android, Boot animation, Boot screen, Customization, desc.txt, How to, Static, Template, Tutorial
February 19, 2011
To change the homescreen wallpaper is of course the easiest and most popular way of customizing an Android device. I usually copy entire folders with wallpapers in them from my computer to the Images folder on my Android’s SD card, and TechCredo hosts many large wallpaper collections. But there are several excellent apps in the [...]
Posted in Android, Featured Posts, Guides, Reviews, Wallpapers | Tagged Android, Backgrounds, Best, Grallery, Top, Wallpaper apps, Wallpapers, Zedge Ringtones & Wallpapers
February 18, 2011
Here’s a collection of various 8-bit and retro pixels wallpapers, several of which feature the world’s most recognized Nintendo protagonist: Super Mario. Many of these 8-bit inspired backgrounds look quite nice as homescreen wallpapers on Android phones. Bearded Super Mario, wooden Mario, and this platform are my personal favorites.
Posted in Android, Featured Posts, For Fun, Wallpapers | Tagged 8-bit, Android, Backgrounds, Blocky, Nintendo, Pixelated, Pixels, Platform games, Retro, Retro pixels, Super Mario, Wallpapers
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