New Google patent points toward Android desktop mode

Tired of hearing about Android on the desktop? Too bad. Just days after rumors started spreading about a dockable desktop mode in Android 5.0 “Jelly Bean” Patently Apple (which really needs a new name, by the way, since Apple’s “spirit of invention” has devolved into copying then suing absolutely everyone) found patent filings pointing towards …

Toshiba Thrive Android 4.0 ICS update not coming until June

Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is all the rage right now and we are slowly learning the update paths and plans for all the popular devices. Toshiba has been pretty quite as of late but this week they finally gave us a little more details although nothing concrete. Confirming that Android 4.0 ICS for the …

Android 4.0 ICS leaks for Acer Iconia Tab A500 and A100

Good news all you Acer tablet lovers. When the A200 started getting Android 4.0 ICS a few weeks back, then we later heard the older more popular A500 and A100 wouldn’t get updated until late April I’m sure a few of you were upset. Good news today comes in the form of the official Android …

Android most used OS in UK

The Guardian have posted some great statistics on the number of OS installations across the UK which shows, perhaps unsurprisingly to a lot of us, that Android is now more widespread than iOS in the UK. Android now has a 36.9% share of the smartphones in the UK according to a survey by Kantar Worldpanel ComTech. …

Fujitsu Tegra 3 13.1MP Android phone incoming

Fujitsu promised us European smartphone flagships for Mobile World Congress next week, and according to the latest rumors we may well be wowed: there’s reportedly a 4.6-inch Tegra 3 monster in store. The new Fujitsu will run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich on NVIDIA’s quadcore processor, UnwiredView reports, as well as a whopping 13.1-megapixel camera that could potentially …

Google updates Flight Search for Android, iOS

Remember when Google launched its desktop-only Flight Search service back in the fall? Well, now it’s made the travel checking tool both Android and iOS friendly. All the key flight-finding features of the desktop version are present: search, discover by location, filter by price, airline and calendar view, and have been optimized for the small …

Canonical brings Android and Ubuntu together in perfect Unity

Yesterday we spoke briefly about a rumored feature in Android Jelly Bean that could turn any Android smartphone into a dockable desktop computer. Turns out that FOSS publisher Canonical seems to be one step ahead of El Goog: they’ve managed to cram both Ubuntu and Android Gingerbread onto the same hardware. In effect, it’s like using …

AppSpotr ready to launch – DIY apps for iOS and Android

OK, remember how we pointed at a few websites to help you make an app for free? Here’s another one. See, I’m simple at heart. Everyone says it.. “Hey Leigh, you’re a bit simple”, they say. So here’s AppSpotr, a service that’ll launch in just a matter of days at Mobile World Congress. They promised …

Ubuntu on Android

In every dual-core phone, there’s a PC trying to get out…. well that’s the claim from Ubuntu at least. It appears they have been busying away with ARM developing their nifty OS to run on Android devices. Don’t get all excited about reviving your old tat from the draw, the specifications are quite high – …

Android Community Evening Wrap-Up: February 21, 2012

Today, the Cyanogen team finally showed off their new logo and boot animation for CyanogenMod 9. It looks much like the previous boot animation from the start, but instead of the revolving arrow, the team has added a ‘digital warp tunnel’ of some sort. There’s no doubt this new animation takes advantage of screens with …

Twitter for Android updated, new features included

Twitter has been updated for Android, and includes some much welcomed features. After updating, you’ll notice that when swiping over a tweet, options to reply, retweet, favorite, or share instantly glide over. This is all without losing your place in your timeline; heavy twitter users are going to love this. A “find friends” update has …

The Simpsons: Tapped Out coming to Android by EA Mobile

This is quite possibly the best news I’ve heard all day. EA Mobile is planning to release a brand new game called The Simpsons: Tapped Out according to CNET. EA is expecting this to be one of the biggest mobile game titles of the year for them, and in general. If you are a mobile …

Bicycle prepares playing cards with NFC and Android apps

Fifty-two cards, four suits, with an ace and three face cards in each. It can’t get much simpler, right? But it can get a whole lot more complicated. That seems to be the thinking behind Bicycle’s new Jacked Up! cards, which feature an NFC chip embedded in each card. The cards can be read by any smartphone …

Twitter’s Android and iOS app get updates; out on Kindle Fire now, Nook soon

The official Twitter app has just received an update on iOS and Android, bringing new features to both platforms, plus an “optimized” Ice Cream Sandwich experience as seen above. The app is also currently available on Amazon’s Appstore for the Kindle Fire now, and the company says it will pop up in the Barnes & …

Ubuntu for Android gets a hands-on video

Canonical’s brand-spanking new combination of Android and the Ubuntu Linux distribution is easily the most exciting software development for Android since Ice Cream Sandwich. Basically it packs an ARM-based version of Ubuntu into a standard Android phone, activating it only when docked to a computer via HDMI. The software and basic capabilities were announced earlier today, but …

AT&T Galaxy S II Skyrocket Android 2.3.6 update rolling out, appears broken

We have some good news and some bad news. Lets start with the good shall we? Apparently Samsung and AT&T are sort of ready to start updating the AT&T Galaxy S II Skyrocket because users are getting an over the air update as we speak. Now for the bad news. This same update seems to …

Sky Go for Android – A quick hands-on

Yesterday we told you about the new Android version of Sky Go. It’ll let you watch selected Sky channels on certain Android handsets. If you’ve not tried it yet, head to our earlier story for more info. If you’re still thinking about downloading it, here’s a quick video we did to show it in action. …

Playbook OS 2.0 available today, officially brings Android apps to BlackBerry

Wait a minute, BlackBerry Playbook news on an Android site? Yup. This is a PSA to let the few that care know that the BlackBerry Playbook has just been updated starting today to their new OS v2.0 bringing Android app support and a few other desperately needed features to the tablet. Now it even has …

Temple Run for Android still under development, will be announced on Facebook

Uh oh, don’t shoot the messenger here guys. The hugely popular game for iOS Temple Run is coming to Android. Only problem is the fact that it’s not available yet. With over 36 million downloads on iOS and being the #18 free app of all times it surely will be a huge success for Android. …

Android Community Evening Wrap-Up: February 20, 2012

Earlier today, press photos of the Huawei Ascend D1 Q leaked. We should see more of this device at MWC, which is quickly approaching. We’ve written up an article to sum up what we should expect to see from Mobile World Congress this year, but hopefully we’ll run into a few surprises as well. While …