Browsing the archives for the Opinion category
Browsing the archives for the Opinion category
Right. This is it. This has to be the most NICHE Android app of all. It’s called I Love You Jennifer and yes, it’s been made by one man for the benefit of one person. Jennifer. Here’s the maker’s description: “This is a personal application. You probably don’t want to install it. “It is dedicated [...]
HTC’s just issued the following official statement about the status of the “FroYo” Android 2.2 update for the HTC Desire. It’s starting to roll out across Europe this weekend. That man was not far out. The update will add 720p video capture, iTunes support through HTC Sync (!) and several other HTC Sense enhancements. Here’s [...]
We’re not entirely sure DroidAlone is a completely new idea, but it’s certainly a good one – it generates a log of missed calls, then automatically sends an email to a registered account. So if your phone’s somewhere else, DroidAlone will tell you if the debt collectors have been ringing all day again. Here’s the [...]
Contributor Tim is not happy with the BBC… Fair warning! This is op-ed stuff. I’m rather cross. Dave Johnston, author of the much missed app beebPlayer, has posted some more information regarding it’s removal and official replacement on his blog. He quotes David Madden, the chap in charge of BBC iPlayer Mobile: The BBC’s syndication policy, [...]
Time for our leisurely look at what didn’t trouble our news threshold this week, along with a fully integrated summary of some of the more mainstream mentions Android picked up from other wings of the media over the last seven days. It’s an easy list feature, staple of the modern internet. AOL HTML 5 Portal [...]
London’s about to embark upon a massive experiment, where thousands of bikes are left about the city for users to pick up, and then hopefully not throw into the Thames in a drunken rage at 3.45am when the poppers start wearing off. There are a few apps already out there offering to show you where [...]
Our thinly-veiled excuse to slag off other web sites returns, with a look at – and brief summary of – what we didn’t write about over the last seven days. Here’s the list, along with some of the more exciting mentions Google’s mobile OS and its hardware picked up in the mainstream media this week. [...]
This is an Android app for people who need to know where there’s some good wind. People like “kitesurfers, windsurfers, surfers, sailors and paragliders” which we’d suggest is quite a small demographic, considering they also need to be Android-owning kitesurfers, windsurfers, surfers, sailors and paragliders in order to download this. Here’s the app’s description: Wind, [...]