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Android developer anecdotally claims AdMob brings home the bacon

Posted on 22. Aug, 2010 by IBM. 

In February 2009, Arron La’s $0.99 Advanced Task Manager was one of the first paid apps on Android, allowing T-Mobile G1 users to do what was then a novel thing — close applications. (We immediately bought a copy.) Today, the app is all but obsolete,…

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QNAP’s QMobile app enables multimedia NAS streaming to Android and iOS

Posted on 08. Aug, 2010 by IBM. 

Got yourself a QNAP NAS, do you? If you’re also in legal possession of an Android or iOS-based device, you could soon be streaming your dusty Boyz II Men and / or Our Lady Peace jams straight from your network. Over the past month, the outfit has rele…

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New ‘licensing service’ replacing existing copy protection method in Android Market

Posted on 28. Jul, 2010 by IBM. 

Copy protection has always been a concern in the Android Market, primarily because applications can be sideloaded onto phones without a root or other modification from the end user. In a brief announcement made today, Eric Chu has made clear that a ne…

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aCircuit Board live wallpaper is aMazing (video)

Posted on 09. Jul, 2010 by IBM. 

Like teardowns? Ever worn a loose resistor in your pierced 80s earhole just to show the world how geek-punk you really are? Man, have we got the Android Live Wallpaper for you. aCircuit Board is a ¥99 (a bit more than a US buck) animated wallpaper…

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AT&T explains, basically ignores criticism for locking down Android handsets

Posted on 01. Jul, 2010 by IBM. 

When the Moto Backflip launched we were a wee bit miffed that AT&T stuffed its ROM with what our esteemed Chris Ziegler referred to as “unremovable crapware.” But, even more annoying was the handset being locked down to only accept apps installed …

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AT&T explains, basically ignores criticism for locking down Android handsets

Posted on 01. Jul, 2010 by IBM. 

When the Moto Backflip launched we were a wee bit miffed that AT&T stuffed its ROM with what our esteemed Chris Ziegler referred to as “unremovable crapware.” But, even more annoying was the handset being locked down to only accept apps installed …

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Android Market is down, showing zero apps (update: fixed)

Posted on 23. Jun, 2010 by IBM. 

Look, we know that checking the Android Market for updates its a nervous habit during brief periods of downtime for many of us — but for now, you’re going to have to go back to chewing your nails or tapping your fingers on the table, because the Mark…

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QIK admits Evo 4G launch problems after 20x increase on server load

Posted on 07. Jun, 2010 by IBM. 

While record sales are generally a desirable thing, that one-time spike in demand can leave service providers scrambling to cope on launch day. Evo 4G owners are well aware of this after noticing one of the handset’s flagship features — Qik video cal…

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DoubleTwist adds some polish to Android with new media player app

Posted on 03. Jun, 2010 by IBM. 

Peruse the Android Market this morrow and you might come across a hot new addition from the folks at DoubleTwist. That’s right, the iTunes-aping desktop sync manager has gone native on the Android platform and early feedback on its media player implementation has been positive. The free music and video player app does that whole seamless thing quite well, apparently, interfacing directly with your Windows or Mac computerino and porting over relevant playlists, ratings and media. A widget and other features are coming soon, though you’ll likely have to pay for them, given the “free for a limited time” note on the download page. Better get it while the gettin’s good.

DoubleTwist adds some polish to Android with new media player app originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Jun 2010 05:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Skype Mobile with video support coming to Android Market later this year?

Posted on 28. May, 2010 by IBM. 

Skype’s PR folks have been unusually loquacious today, as they’ve responded to a query about whether HTC’s EVO 4G would get a Skype client with a deep and meaningful forward-looking statement, underpinned by a promise of an Android app “for all consumers globally to download regardless of carriers.” This universally available addition to the Market should arrive “later this year,” but what’s important about it is that it’s preceded by a lengthy spiel about Skype’s ambition to “set the bar on mobile video calling,” which it also intends to do this year. Does this necessarily mean that Skype video calling is coming to Android in time for us to wish granny happy Hanukkah over video chat? No. Is it a well constructed insinuation to that effect? Hell yes. Read the full statement at the source, or find the juiciest excerpt after the break.

[Thanks, Jeremy]

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Skype Mobile with video support coming to Android Market later this year? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 28 May 2010 06:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Google adding over-the-air app installation and iTunes streaming to Android

Posted on 20. May, 2010 by IBM. 

Sure sure, Froyo is great and all, but Google just blew our minds with two previews of upcoming Android features at I/O: OTA application installation and remote music streaming. OTA installation is just as simple as you’d expect — after browsing to an app on your desktop, you can push it to your phone and install it with just a single click, all done over the air. Interestingly, Google also showed music being purchased and transferred from Android Marketplace in the same way, which could indicate a deeper push towards music integration, or just be a nice demo. Either way, it’s pretty slick stuff — the fewer wires we have to carry, the better.

The remote music streaming is a little crazier: Google bought a company called Simplify Media, which makes a bit of desktop software that can stream all your music directly from iTunes to your phone. The demo was quite slick — you just open the app and push “all,” and all your music is instantly available. Whether or not this’ll work over 3G or be limited to the local network is still up in the air, but we’re dying to try it out.

Google adding over-the-air app installation and iTunes streaming to Android originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 20 May 2010 12:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Android support for memory card app storage is finally ‘coming soon’

Posted on 01. May, 2010 by IBM. 

One of the biggest complaints with Android since the dawn of civilization is that the expansive plains of storage available on microSD cards have been left under-utilized; coldly ignored by the OS while it did everything it could to stuff the measly couple-hundred megs of internal storage with apps. Soon that problem will finally be rectified, with a Google representative closing the long-running Issue 1151. The issue, which covers external installation of apps, was opened in October of 2008 and since then was voted on by 2561 people, all of whom want Google to set their memory cards free. Exactly when this functionality is coming it remains to be seen, but the “coming soon” note in comment 535 is very encouraging. Froyo, anyone?

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Android support for memory card app storage is finally ‘coming soon’ originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 01 May 2010 08:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Android Market clears the 50,000 app mark, says AndroLib

Posted on 23. Apr, 2010 by IBM. 

Google has never been too inclined to give the world the straight dope on total app counts in the Android Market, but other companies — notably AndroLib — have been happy to try to pick up the slack. The app tracking site now reports a grand total of 50,031 approved binaries as of this writing, marking a pretty magical milestone in light of the Market’s humble beginnings as a free-only cache of a handful of apps for the G1. To be fair, AndroLib is aggregating across all of the Market’s regional sites — you won’t find 50,000 apps in any one Market alone — but it’s undoubtedly a solid sign for the platform. Now we just need a little Froyo to go with that, right?

Android Market clears the 50,000 app mark, says AndroLib originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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HTC Legend gets firmware update in Europe, reunites with missing apps in Android Market

Posted on 22. Apr, 2010 by IBM. 

Attention, possessors of the European HTC Legend! Have you noticed a handful of missing apps in the Android Market, namely Twidroid, Layar, MySpace Mobile, Barcode Scanner, Google Goggles, FxCamera, and so forth? Today, the brilliantly quiet HTC has finally come to light with the bizarre offending bug — camera incompatibility. Oopsie! Any moment now your metallic slab should receive the OTA update to patch things up, and hopefully the Droid Incredible will get the same fix even sooner. Crisis averted.

HTC Legend gets firmware update in Europe, reunites with missing apps in Android Market originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Android Market gets 9,000 new apps in March, world domination can’t be far behind

Posted on 08. Apr, 2010 by IBM. 

Wanna know what exponential growth looks like? Try following Android’s progress over the past few months and you’ll be treated to plenty of rapidly ascending charts. This latest one from AndroLib is no different, illustrating as it does the ever-increasing influx of new games and applications for Google’s mobile platform. Developers must clearly believe Android’s growing market share is only going to keep expanding, as last month saw their most productive output yet, with a sweet 9,308 new additions to the Market. Naturally, the same proviso applies as with Apple’s inflated App Store numbers — quantity does not guarantee quality — but what we’re witnessing is surely the solidification of Android as a legitimate and fully fledged member of the smartphone OS upper echelon. And that can only be a good thing.

Android Market gets 9,000 new apps in March, world domination can’t be far behind originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Apr 2010 06:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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New doubleTwist for Mac adds built-in Android Market functionality

Posted on 31. Mar, 2010 by IBM. 

The latest version of doubleTwist for the Mac (1.0b1b to be precise, available now) adds a whole new Android Market element to the application. Much akin to the iTunes Store for apps, doubleTwist lets you browse Android apps in a beautified, desktop interface, but the “twist” is that you can’t actually download and sync apps with your phone. Instead, the Android Market browser presents QR codes for scanning with your Android phone and directly downloading the apps on the handset like you do already. Sure, desktop app downloads, backup, and syncing would certainly be better, but this is a nice start at least. D-Twist (as we like to call it) is also getting audio playback on the Mac, as well as podcast search and playback, with podcast subscription and syncing coming next (it’s already on Windows). Meanwhile, Windows users will have to wait until the next major version for Android Market. Not to worry, you can do the exact same sort of app browsing at apps.doubletwist.com on any plain old browser. You can even check out the Engadget app right here.

Update: We’re trying to play around a bit with the app, but at the moment the search functionality is broken and most of the QR codes are handing us bad URLs for apps. Hang tight! Every once in a while we see a blip of non-brokenness, but we’re guessing there are some server hiccups at the moment holding us back from Android Market enlightenment.

New doubleTwist for Mac adds built-in Android Market functionality originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Rogers, Telus both offering paid Android Market apps

Posted on 30. Mar, 2010 by IBM. 

For Americans, the ability to blow dollar after hard-earned dollar in the Android Market is old hat — it’s been happening since early last year — but Canada’s had a rougher go of it. Rogers just flipped the switch not long ago, and now Telus has joined the party, meaning most Canadians currently using Android-powered handsets can spend US dollars, euros, or yen to fill up their handsets’ internal memory (the Market shows prices in each apps’ local currency, and we’re not aware of any Canadian apps at the moment). It’s long overdue, so we’re picturing an epic spending spree this week as these guys blow off some steam — but hey, there are worse ways to go bankrupt, right?

Rogers, Telus both offering paid Android Market apps originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Tue, 30 Mar 2010 23:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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