iHome taps into Android Market with new line of speaker solutions

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iHome is planning to introduce its popular products on the Android platform this month. The debut will be highlighted with the launch of its brand new SmartDesign line of products. The line features a wide range of apps, alarm clocks and speakers, each of which will have a retail price of under $60. Among the first few products that would be … [Read more...]

ESRI Launches ArcGIS for Android

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It's only been 12 long months since ESRI first announced it was working on its Android application similar to the iOS app which has been out for well over a year.  I had a chance to play with it the other day and was really impressed.  I loaded a local data-set from a feature class geodatabase into my ArcGIS.com cloud account.  Next I signed … [Read more...]

Latest Android Market bug leaves developers underpaid

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If Google wants developers to continue creating apps for Android, this issue needs to be fixed quickly. The Android Market has yet another bug that is hurting the developers side, this time taking app payments incorrectly and not giving the sales to the developers. This problem has made some people lose over half of their sales per day, and the … [Read more...]

New Android Market announced, manual download available

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Getting tired of that boring style the Android Market has been showing off lately? We agree completely, which is why this new Android Market design should have you all pretty excited. The new UI has a very WP7 feel to it, but overall it looks like things will be much easier to find and it will be a lot more fun searching. Finally added to this … [Read more...]

Fieldrunners HD is a beautiful new tower defense game, free today from Amazon

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We haven't talked about tower defense games for a while, mostly because there haven't been many new options to choose from lately. Today marks the release of a very anticipated new defense game though, called Fieldrunners HD. The game has beautiful graphics and has very smooth gameplay, even when there are hundred's of enemies and towers shooting … [Read more...]

Halfbrick updates Age of Zombies to include virtual joysticks, playable on all Android phones

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Remember a couple months ago when we talked about Age of Zombies? It looked like an awesome game that would instantly be a hit on Android as soon as it was released. The only problem was that it was made exclusive for the Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY, so we had to wait a month or 2 longer before Halfbrick would release it for the rest of us. That day … [Read more...]

Web-Based Android Market updates to suggest apps based on others downloads

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In a move that has to show Google's continued dedication at cleaning up the Android Market, an update just showed itself on the web-based version. This update may not change the look of the market, but it does add a different perspective when looking through apps. Now when you download an app, you will be shown apps that other users have installed. … [Read more...]

Android Market will have more apps than iPhone’s App Store by August

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The way Android has been growing, you had to know that sooner or later the Android Market would have more apps than Apple's App Store. Recent reports from both Distimo and research2guidance are looking at August of this year for Android to overtake the iPhone again. Research2guidance estimates that 425,000 is the number of apps the Android Market … [Read more...]

Official Zippo Lighter app finally hits the Android Market, pointless hours of staring await

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I don't know why, but Zippo's official lighter app has always been a fun app to waste any amount of time on the iPhone. Now, after years of Android being around, Zippo has finally hit the Android Market free of charge. Simply put, you get a virtual lighter that you can flip open, light up, wave around, and try to blow out. You also get 28 free … [Read more...]

Sony Ericsson sets up its own channel on Android Market, mostly bloatware

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If you have a Sony Ericsson Android phone, head over to the Android Market and you might find something different. Sony Ericsson has decided to switch out the usual "My Apps" heading for their own channel, where you will find loads of Xperia specific apps that SE believes your phone can't function without. Sadly most of these apps look to be the … [Read more...]