category: Android OS
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Is Flash on Android any good?
For a few weeks now Adobe Flash has been available for Android devices running 2.2, and it has been available for a bit longer in beta form. This means plenty of people have had a chance to try it out, but I haven’t seen much in the way of reviews. ...0 comments | karma: -37 | sent from 8 days and 21 hours -
Honeycomb will be the next stop for Android after Gingerbread
Speculation regarding the “H” dessert name for the Android OS update to follow after Gingerbread has been ongoing for quite awhile and TechRadar is reporting that they now have confirmation from multiple sources that Honeycomb is the gooey treat that’s getting called up to the show. Sadly there are no ...0 comments | karma: -235 | sent from 21 days and 22 hours -
Rumors: Google Working With Motorola on Android Tablet, Acer May Delay Their Own for Gingerbread
It looks like those rumors of Gingerbread being a tablet-focused release may have just gotten a bit stronger. According to sources of DigiTimes‘, Google’s looking for a hardware manufacturer to partner up with for an Android 3.0 Gingerbread-based tablet, and Motorola’s currently got the top bid. Just the other day ...0 comments | karma: -240 | sent from 22 days and 45 minutes -
Honeycomb to be Codename of Post-Gingerbread Update?
Before we can get solid confirmation that the next version of Android will be named Gingerbread, we’re already moving on to the Hs. I’ve heard the name “Honeycomb” thrown around before, but mainly by forum dwellers and commenters speculating what could be the name of Android’s next big step up. ...0 comments | karma: -238 | sent from 22 days and 4 hours -
Updates to GMail Brings Floating Controls and Text Selection
If you’re on a rooted device with the latest version of CyanogenMod and the newest GAPPS distribution package, you probably already know that Google’s been working on improving that already-decent GMail client of theirs. There are two very notable changes to be had: you now have floating reply controls no ...0 comments | karma: -264 | sent from 23 days and 6 hours -
Saving battery life on your Android handset
If you read any one Android article today, make it this post from How-To Geek on maximizing your Android battery life . We’ve discussed battery life issues before , specifically as it relates to applications that drain your battery rather quickly. This guide goes over that and more. It is ...0 comments | karma: -422 | sent from 29 days and 15 hours -
T-Mobile customers file suit over unlimited data claims
If AT&T provides any indication , we won’t have to worry about the idea of unlimited data plans any more. The nation’s No. 2 carrier announced in June that it would eliminate its unlimited data plan in favor of tiered options, which limit data to either 250MB or 2GB. Verizon ...0 comments | karma: -450 | sent from 1 month and 13 hours -
Google Adding Legacy Support for Older Audio Codecs to Fix Streaming Audio Issue
If you don’t already know, streaming music on Android 2.2 suddenly sucks, for the most part. At least over 3G and Edge connections, audio quality is so bad that it makes using several listening services – including Pandora and Slacker Radio – a pain. This is because – with the ...0 comments | karma: -482 | sent from 1 month and 1 day -
NPD Report: Android crowned smartphone OS of choice in Q2
Does anyone still need proof that the Android OS is becoming the most popular smartphone platform of choice? NPD’s latest report shows Android secured the number one spot in the U.S. for Q2 as the most popular smartphone OS purchased by consumers. The Android OS accounted for 33% of the ...0 comments | karma: -654 | sent from 1 month and 6 days -
Android climbing the ranks, outsells iPhone in first half of 2010
When we talk about the growth of the Android platform, comparisons to the iPhone are unavoidable. Since 2007 Apple has had the hottest smartphone on the market, and has generally dominated other handsets that have tried to kill it. Yet despite the widespread use of the term “iPhone killer,” no ...0 comments | karma: -726 | sent from 1 month and 8 days -
Hackers Release Data-Stealing Program to Push Google to Plug Holes at Security Conference
Well this is quite the unsettling story. Two “security experts” (I prefer to call them hackers) have drafted up a tool that would allow the user of it to probe an Android device to intercept emails and SMS messages. The program is a “root” utility that disguises itself as a ...0 comments | karma: -806 | sent from 1 month and 10 days -
Google Shifts Native Development Kit Policy on Public Contributions
Google is opening up Android development even more with a new policy for the Native Development Kit (NDK) seeing contributed code added directly to the public source tree rather then the private tree it was once relegated to. The hope is that a more transparent contribution process will prevent OEMs ...0 comments | karma: -1067 | sent from 1 month and 15 days -
Android 3.0 Test Build Already Running in the Wild?
I have been sitting on this picture for a few days debating on whether or not to post it. I’m no custom ROM expert, but I’m pretty sure there must be some way to fake the version number of the Android software, even if it is something as simple as ...0 comments | karma: -1069 | sent from 1 month and 15 days -
I’m loving the Barnes & Noble Book app for Android
Reading on my Android has become one of the greatest features of the device. I’m actually working up a nice, long series about the pleasures of reading on the Nexus One, and I’m glad that Barnes & Noble released their Nook application before I finished it. The article figures to ...0 comments | karma: -1210 | sent from 1 month and 19 days -
Open Spot has plenty of potential for city drivers
Some location-based apps work well on their own. If you’re looking for a restaurant or movie theater, for instance, you can use one of many services that offers that type of information by accessing your GPS system. There are others that require more social participation. Google’s latest product, Open Spot, ...0 comments | karma: -1761 | sent from 1 month and 29 days -
T-Mobile HSPA+ Android handset could be glorious
Later this year it sounds like Verizon Wireless will launch its LTE network, and Android could play a prominent role in the early goings. Android fans might not be familiar with Salomondrin, since he mostly spreads information about new BlackBerry devices. He has, however, been all over recent Android handsets. ...0 comments | karma: -2007 | sent from 2 months and 3 days -
ESPN adds Radio app to its Android lineup
ESPN is back with another addition to its Android application lineup. Last month they introduced ESPN ScoreCenter application, which is their basic scores, stats, and recaps application. They added this to ESPN News, though ScoreCenter accomplishes many aspects of that application, including the ability to track your favorite team. This ...0 comments | karma: -1962 | sent from 2 months and 3 days -
Froyo tops iPhone in JavaScript loading, equal in basic browsing
You might have seen earlier this week that Ars Technica ran a comparison of the Froyo and iOS 4 browsers based on their handling of JavaScript-heavy sites. We knew that Android 2.2 would bring with it improvements in the ability to load JavaScript, and it appears the difference is pretty ...0 comments | karma: -2052 | sent from 2 months and 3 days -
Vic Gundotra Wasn’t Lyin’: Android 2.2’s Javascript Performance Smokes iOS4
At Google I/O, we all laughed (some cried, depending on who you’re rooting for) and cheered when Vic Gundotra showed the Froyo-equipped Google Nexus One outshining Apple’s iPad in a browser javascript performance test between the two devices’ default browsers. Ars Technica took it upon themselves to give us more ...0 comments | karma: -2126 | sent from 2 months and 5 days -
Dan Morrill Calls Foul On Whoever Started That Gingerbread Rumor
Ouch! While we’re fairly familiar with rumors we report on being debunked by spokespersons, PR representatives, and the like, there’s something different about it coming from one of the most respected Googlers on the Android side of the old ‘plex. Dan Morrill was a little more than fed up with whoever ...0 comments | karma: -2468 | sent from 2 months and 10 days