Category: Software (Android)
Fancy spending a few hours playing a classic first-person shooter? Duke 3D is now available for free in the Market, and there’s no adverts either. It’s the ideal distraction from tense family festive meals or when you’re getting dragged around the shops. Just don’t start shouting “Got ya …
The all new WordPress app has just landed in the Android Market and boy, theres been some work done here. Version 2 of the application features a much cleaner and simpler interface plus you can now resize images on the fly. Other features include…. – Use the Dashboard …
Right, Sky TV. We like them. We’d rather pay less each month, but heck, that’s the way things are. Now, a new version of their Sky+ app is available and adds Series Link. It’s a feature that many have wanted to see for some time, plus there’s a …
Unified Communications. Collaborative working. Engaging, accessible, highly secure and connected. Well, that’s enough buzz-words for one paragraph. If you’ve got a fully licensed Lync Server then here, friends, is the Android version of the app. The app lets you do audio conferencing, instant messaging, viewing colleagues availability and …
Do you fancy roaming around a large city and randomly shooting people, stealing cars, robbing banks and just generally recreating normal life? Well Grand Theft Auto 3 will be right up your street. Most of you will have heard of the Grand Theft Auto games and now you …
You’ve got Skype, right? No? Ohh man, you’re missing out. The new Android refresh includes some tweaks to give you better battery life and better video quality on devices with the NVIDIA Tegra 2 CPU. For the unaware, Skype let’s you make video calls with friends, but now …
The BBC have just updated their iOS iPlayer app to support streaming over 3G. An update to the Android version will soon arrive which will also add this capability, meaning that you can finally watch and listen to BBC content on the move. The BBC have been quick …
I love listening to radio on my Android phone. It’s great, and I’ve found a number of online radio stations that are either exclusive to the internet or broadcast in an area I’m not in. TuneIn Radio has been an app I’ve used for a good while now. …
Remember this? The original, laser-disk arcade game first appeared in 1983, the same year as the first Star Wars arcade game and as Nintendo produced the 8-bit Nintendo Famicom. It was about the same time that I fell in love with arcade games; shortly after I got a …
Twitter look to be giving their site a new look at the moment so it’s good to see that both the iPhone and Android apps have had a facelift too. The new look is clean, fresh and simplistic. Everything is now easier to use and it’s better at …
Hey football fans, come close. A few hours ago, and I mean just a few hours ago, Sky Sports added this rather nifty app. It’s the Sky Sports Live Football Score Centre app for Android and it’s really rather good. Whether you have a Sky subscription or not, …
OK, hands up if you use Noseybook? Sorry, I meant Facebook of course. Everyone uses it for keeping in touch with their friends (and by “friends” we generally mean nosing around the lives of people you bumped into and a few dozen people you bumped into over the …
Writepad is a text input method for tablets and phones. Oh great another keyboard app, Android really could do with a few more of those. This one though is different, it uses either your finger or a stylus to capture your handwriting. Yes like you could do in …
Our son is three and, when he gets hold of my phone, I’d like him to be using an app that’s educational. There’s loads on the Android Market, but unfortunately I’ve not seen a great deal that are good. They all try, but here in the UK we’re …
That’s a number isn’t it ? Go on, drink it in. 10 billion. There’s only 7 billion people on this planet for chuffs sake ! In a blog post it was also announced that 1 billion apps are being downloaded every month and there’s no sign of a …
I had a bit of a thought this morning. For weeks I’ve been using an app which just sits in the background and does exactly what it’s supposed to. It’s easy to work and fantastically clever. It’s called Llama and, although these screenshots won’t exactly blow you away, …
You’re probably all getting bombarded with deals and offers from shops and retailers at the moment. Well, the guys at Currys and PC World have promised to buy me a brand new TV* if I pimp their Christmas Deals app. It’s basically an advent calendar, and each day …
For those that remember the good old days of the Commodore 64 and Spectrum, the Codemasters classic Dizzy – Prince Of The Yolkfolk is heading to iPhone and Android this December. I personally spent countless hours attempting to get Dizzy to jump from screen to screen and land …
Well finally I am back with my video reviews. YouTube have been less than helpful with my upload problems but they have been fixed! I’ll kick things off with a video review of one of my favourite apps, ‘Shush’. It’s very simple, it just lets you put your …
I previously wrote about World of Goo when it was released on iOS earlier this year. It’s a fantastic puzzler in which you’re tasked with building structures out of cute little Goo balls with the goal being to help your Goos reach the exit pipe for each level. …
Google have just released Google Maps 6.0 onto the Android Marketplace and the standout new addition is the ability to view indoor maps of some malls, department stores and airports. Unfortunately the feature is currently limited to US and Japanese locations however that should hopefully change before too …
Is it really? Who knows? Over the last few weeks I keep hearing more and more about how Android is getting more and more malware apps in the market. Various reports keep appearing with claims like this “Sightings of Android malware have surged 475 percent since July this …
Tonight at Google’s These Go To 11 event they announced their cloud based music service ‘Google Music’ was stepping out of beta and has a new store in tow! A new tab in the Android Market will allow you to shop for music from a whole host of artists from …
Cocktail Flow released for Android Phones and Tablets “Thanks to computer savvy alcoholics, there’s an app for that” – Big Bang Theory Cocktail Flow, the 2nd highest rated application on the Windows Phone Marketplace has been released for Android in both a phone and a tablet version. Mobile …
Pros This is a cross platform app – iPhone/Android and the internet Notebooks, tags, flags Can look-up items e.g. books 3 types of widget Widgets customisable Easy sync Cons Search is US centric No editing options within a note I’m always on the look …
If you updated your Android YouTube player this morning them you will have probably noticed how much more ”Google flavoured” it’s become. Our screenshots show the new Google +1 feature and we are likely to see much more of this going forwards. According to sources, you will soon …
So where do I go? I should explain… The last time I upgraded, I plumped for the HTC Desire. If I recall correctly, there wasn’t a huge amount of choice (feel free to flame me in the comments…) and it was the sister phone of the Nexus One, …
Available for absolutely nothing, Waze is an Android / iPhone / BlackBerry / Nokia application which works by sharing data between users. By sharing and collecting information on progress by other users it’ll help build a picture of road conditions. Their Live Map shows some of the reports …
Yep, you no longer need a Nokia to get your Nokia Maps goodness. Simply browse to maps.nokia.com and it’ll locate you using the HTML5 wizardry. Other features include.. You can see where you are on the map, thanks to HTML5 support for positioning You can find addresses, businesses …
Browse to music.google.com on your Android phone and, for a brief period some hours ago, this appeared…. ..we’re a bit dubious about whether this is real or not (the image looks to have been tweaked) but if true it could mean that music will soon get added to …
Downloaded an app recently? Android now accounts for some 44% of all application downloads according to stats – that’s compared to 31% for Apple. ABI Research research now shows that Android is the leader in market share. Lim Shiyang, Research Associate, states.. Android’s open source strategy is the …
Football fan? Got an iPhone? You may have already tried the Sky Sports mobile app and caught up with the latest Sky TV whilst sat in a car-park, like this chap.. ..but what about Android users? Well, we’re hearing from an insider that an Android version is currently …
Here in the UK Films on YouTube recently went live. It lets you rent movies from a fair selection and is accessible via the web. On the same day books were introduced into the Android Market but, as of today, you can now buy films through the Android …
Want to run Android apps on your PC ? Grab Bluestacks. It’s a free app which is now available to download and seems to run the majority of Android apps we’ve thrown at it. The app runs on Windows and there’s a Pro version in the works which …
Not entered our Skinflips competition yet ? Come on, there’s 25% off for everyone that enters and some great prizes up for grabs. We’ve got something else to give away today – two tickets to the London International Technology Show. Everything kicks off on October 21st and HiDrive …
I have no reason to, but for some reason I suddenly want one of these. Put simply it’s a helicopter that you control .. with your phone. The Parrot AR Drone is quite expensive (£259.99) but, when combined with the iPhone or Android app you get to use …
Have you ever seen a word and not understood what it meant ? SnaPanda is a new Android app which will let you enter a word on screen and get a definition or, if you’re in a hurry, you can point the camera at a page in a …
We took a look at the revamped Android Market recently but there’s quite a few of you who aren’t able to upgrade to it just yet. If you’re prepared to take a chance, xda-developers have an even newer version – 3.1.5. This is apparently quicker than the 3.1.3 …
The web has come alive with news of the new Google+ changes. Google+ is now open for all, so the floodgates are well and truely open. At the same time Google has rolled out a massive update to the Android Google+ application with stacks of extra features. Android …
Checked your Market app recently ? Check for updates and you’ll probably find this glossy new version appearing on your handset. It’s far more sexier than earlier versions and features a stack of extra features. A big, friendly interface greets you when you hop into the app and …
