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Google Labs released a new application on the Android Market called Open Spot to help users identify and find open parking spots. Users can tag the location of an empty parking space and find open spots around them. The concept sounds interesting and becomes more useful when more people in your area participate. Different tag […]
We ask a lot more out of our smartphones anymore. It’s not enough to make phone calls, access the web, and receive text messages. We want them to be our communications hub. Android has become very adept at this, and will get even better with Froyo (2.2), but how does the Droid X stack up
Motorola Droid X: Accounts Read More
You never know what you will find at Google Labs, I have been playing with a very cool Android app I need to review. The latest thing I discovered is the App Inventor. This is a web-based application that allows you to create an application for your Android phone. This is an application designed for
App Inventor for Android: Make your own Android Application Read More
I don’t buy my phone based on the camera, but there is a lot of truth to the adage that the best camera you have is the one that is with you. The cameras keep getting better and better with each generation of phone. The camera in the Droid X is an 8 megapixel camera
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The upcoming release of the Droid X on Verizon is an obvious answer to Sprint’s EVO phone. When I received the phone, I arranged to meet with Craig (who posted on the Palm Pre previously). My goal was not to declare some kind of winner, but to look at how the two phones compare. These
The Rise of the Super Androids: Droid X, EVO and Incredible Read More
The U.S. Government has a small number of apps for mobile phones that allow you to do a variety of things. You can learn about product recalls, get information about TSA rules, news from the White House or the EPA, see the FBI’s most wanted, find and contact the nearest US Embassy from anywhere else
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The stock keyboard in the HTC EVO and some other Android phones is not generally considered to be the best on-screen keyboard available, but the good news is that it is that there are some good options out now.
Android (EVO) Alternative Keyboards To Consider Read More
My birthday came a little early this year as I received the Droid X for review. I only get to keep it for a week, but I may be getting my own soon. This is essentially Verizon’s answer to the EVO. It has similar specs but doesn’t have the front-facing camera. As we have done
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On Monday, June 28th, an over-the-air system update has caused problems for many users, from turning the EVO into a brick to messing with settings. Goodandevo reports an even dozen major concerns, ranging from the big (turning it onto a brick), to poorer 4G response, to just nuisance issues. Some apps, specifically ‘ShootMe’, a screen
HTC EVO Update Download Concerns Read More
F-Secure offers Anti-Theft for Mobile to protect your contacts and personal files should your Symbian OS, Windows Mobile, or Android phone be lost or stolen. You can send an SMS message to lock your phone and keep it locked until you enter the correct password. You can use the locate feature to receive a message, sent to a
Free Anti-Theft Software for Your Mobile Phone from F-Secure Read More
Amazon announced a free Kindle reader for Android. You can access the Kindle store from your Adroid device, and books you buy will be delivered wirelessly. If you have multiple Kindle devices, Whispersync will automatically synchronize your last page read and annotations between devices. The download is free and works for all Android OS 1.6
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Coming soon from Pandigital is the Novel multimedia ebook reader using the Android operating system. The Novel has a 7″ color touch screen, built-in dictionary, adjustable font size, virtual keyboard, and bookmarking. With a WiFi connection, you can surf the internet and use email. There are music and video players, a picture viewer, games, calendar,
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This is an amazing phone to hold and use. I haven’t been this enchanted by an electronic gadget in quite some time. It seems like it can do everything- sometimes almost reading my mind. Of course, there is the occasional ‘huh’ moment trying to figure something out that should be a piece of cake, but
HTC EVO 4G from Sprint Review Read More
Done! I’ve pre-ordered what is supposed to be the hottest new phone being offered in the US- Sprint’s HC EVO 4G. As far as I can tell, only Radio Shack is doing this. I stopped at my local Shack and did not see any signs of the phone coming or an in-store ad for this
HTC EVO 4G (Sprint)- Preordered! Read More
I’ll be pre-ordering one of these ‘wonder phones’ from Sprint this week. If you have not heard about the HTC EVO 4G, it’s an Android phone that features a 4.3″ screen, 2 cameras- an 8 meg main camera and a 1.3 meg front-facing camera, a kick stand, multitasking, 4g speed capabilities, and more. They are
My week with the HTC Incredible turned into almost 2 weeks, but still it didn’t seem long enough. Even after the brief hour I spent with it to create the First Looks post, I knew I was going to like this phone. Now after a week, the standout features for me were: Speed (1 GHz
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Back in December I was tired of waiting for the iPad to be announced, so I ordered the Camangi WebStation Android Internet Tablet hoping it would fill my gadget needs for a few months. When I received it, I was in love with its Apple-like design, but in use, I was underwhelmed. So much so
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One of the big differences with HTC phones is the inclusion of the Sense UI. I first encountered it with the Droid Eris and really liked it. You can read my earlier post on the topic for more details. The downside of the Sense UI is that it can delay getting an update to the latest Android
A Week with the HTC Incredible – Sense UI Read More
Don’t you hate it when you want to do something and someone tells you that you are doing it wrong? Well let me get this out of the way. If you are planning on using your shiny new Android phone to sync data on your PC, you are doing it wrong. One of the really powerful
A Week with the HTC Incredible – HTC Sync Read More
Twitter just released their own client for Android. This joins quite a few applications on the platform including Twidroid, TweetCaster and HTC’s own Peep. According to the blog post it was developed with the Android team. It looks like a nice implementation, but does not support multiple accounts and requires Android 2.1. Also, since it
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