The Official Vimeo app for Android has been available for a bit more than week now, and has received a lot of feedback and constructive criticism. While a lot of websites’ applications mimic the mobile version of their website, it’s important to include unique features to distinguish the app experience from the web browser experience, and give the user a… Read more
It’s finally here! Quite an interesting day for Wikipedia; Today the official Wikipedia for Android app hit the market for free in the form of version 1.0. It actually brings a few notable features that that browsing the site from your mobile phone won’t offer: You can cache entire articles on your phone for offline reading, read in different languages,… Read more
I’m not a huge gamer on my mobile devices, especially my phone. I installed Zombie Dash for the heck of it and almost instantly found myself playing it more than I’ve played any game on any phone in a while. The concept is, of course, every simple: Out run the zombies. There are only two buttons on the screen: Jump and shoot. Your weapon of choice upgrades… Read more
One of my all time favorite Android apps and web-based services, Dropbox, has updated its Android application to version 2.0. Dropbox V2 is optimized for Android 3.0 and above, and looks beautiful on Ice Cream Sandwich devices. A new menubar is present, along with several useful features that weren’t present in the previous versions, like quick text… Read more
There’s been quite a bit of buzz around the blogosphere regarding the Galaxy Nexus’ measly 5 megapixel camera. As I’m sure you most of you are probably already aware, megapixels aren’t everything. They do have their significance, but I’ve seen plenty of 5 megapixel sensors outperform their 8 megapixel counterparts. That being said, how exactly does the… Read more
We are going to handle this review a little differently. We are still going to go over the basic points, like hardware and software, but we’re going to take this more in the vein of a consumer using the device, rather than a reviewer just reviewing a piece of hardware and software. This is the first Android 4.0 phone out there, and so we think that it… Read more
As we’ve already shown, Google recently unveiled their ‘Catalogs’ app for Android 3.x and the iPad. ‘Catalog’s brings holiday shopping to the fingertips of tablet owners around the world, replacing stacks of catalogs from various retailers. According to the Google Mobile Blog they already have more than 125 brands on board, including Nike,… Read more
The ChannelCaster App for Android presents a unique way of viewing what’s popular around the internet. I wouldn’t categorize it as a replacement or competitor to Google Reader, but it has a similar feel. It does, however, have integration with Google Reader, so it allows you to catch up on all the news you read while you discover more. It has both… Read more
The Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich keyboard is available for free in the Android market. Not only does it provide updated colors and visuals, the keyboard is actually significantly better than the keyboard in Gingerbread. I was surprised after just a few hours of use at how much more usable this ICS keyboard actually made my phone. Just another reason to be… Read more
The HTC Rezound has been available for just over a week now, and we’ve had plenty of time to look it over, test it out, and come up with a pretty firm opinion about the first smartphone with Beats Audio Technology to land in the United States. There’s no denying that despite its thickness and interesting back panel, the handset is light in the hand and… Read more
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