The Nexus Q is in stock on the Google Play Store and ships in 3-5 business days for buyers. The Nexus Q is a social media player that lets all your friends play songs, along with other cool features. Unfortunately, the $300 price makes it a poor choice for general consumers (while its hackability makes it intriguing for those who are willing to mess… Read more
Remember Doodle Jump? It was such a popular game 3 years ago. It was one of the first games I downloaded onto my iPhone 3G. Great times. I also played it on my Captivate, and boy was it enjoyable on that 4″ WVGA display. However, it hasn’t gotten an update in a while. The fad has died down. For old times sake, let’s go download it and honor it with one… Read more
Apparently, Google Play Movies has been allowing rooted users to play movies on their devices since Google I/O. If you are not aware, neither movies nor books worked on rooted devices previously. I don’t know what Google has done to get rid of the risk of people stealing the movies (I hope it’s not a bad form of DRM, though some minor DRM would be fine… Read more
Verizon had a release date of July 10th for the Galaxy S III, but that’s been pushed back. Verizon has now announced that it is now July 12th, a mere two days later. This is probably an issue of getting enough stock for the onslaught of customers eager for their new S III, and thus will not affect pre-orders. So those of you who didn’t pre-order will… Read more
Just in the time for the movie, Gameloft’s “The Amazing Spider-Man” has hit the Play Store App list today. Costing $7, you’ll be able to play as the infamous Peter Parker through 25 web-slinging missions. New York City will never be the same. Game-play is said to be similar to some console-style games such as “Web of Shadows.” Check out the… Read more
Looks like the Play Store is maturing more and more. Google just enabled subscription purchases in Play apps. A year ago, they launched in-app purchases, and this adds even more flexibility and freedom for developers. This system can be used for magazines and games, among other things. Frontline Commando, one of my favorite Android games, actually uses… Read more
Popular game distribution company GameFly is entering the Android game, and their offerings look to be really tempting. They are creating their own market to compete with the Play Store and TegraZone and similar markets. It will contain Android games, including games they will develop in house. They will also set aside money to fund small developers… Read more
Total Commander is probably the most powerful file manager on Android. It really does it all, from the average copy/pasting that any file manager does, to zip archive support and a dual panel system to emulate having two instances of the file manager open. And it’s finally on the Play Store! The UI may look ugly in the photo, but it’s slightly better on… Read more
Aurora Software has released two new versions of the famous benchmarking app onto the Play Store. They were only available on the SlideMe store until now. The above photo explains the difference between Quadrant Standard, Advanced, and Professional. The reason I say “we cower in fear” is because benchmarking says very little about the device. It’s… Read more
Mozilla hasn’t had much luck in the Android browser game. The original Firefox was agonizingly slow and would take forever to start. However, Mozilla announced it’d be moving to a native Android user interface. They’ve been pushing nightly builds since November, and they’ve finally deemed it stable enough to put on Google Play! It comes with a brand new… Read more
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