Angry Birds is easily one of the best games to ever grace the Android, iOS, and webOS platforms. It’s fun to play, it’s graphically beautiful, and it’s addicting — very addicting. Loving the game so much that you want to start collecting Angry Birds-branded merchandise is certainly within the realm of possibility. So when these claimed prototype Angry Birds plush toys hit the market next year, you can expect to see me standing in line ready to...
A sharp blow for “Android purists” this fine Friday afternoon — Eric Schmidt has come out and publicly stated that he nor Google will require “stock Android” (read: skin free devices). He cites staying true to Android’s open nature. (This of course coming from a company who’s being sued by Skyhook for supposedly pressuring manufacturers to abandon Skyhook’s satellite/GPS technology for Google’s own services.) For...
Ever since the ground breaking G1 dropped on T-Mobile back in 2008, many (including myself) have been begging and pleading for UMA support. UMA was a huge selling point for T-Mobile for at least a few months before Android became the talk of the town. But then once the jolly green giant hit, UMA was kind of neglected. We’ve heard rumors of previous Android handsets that were supposed to feature UMA, which ultimately didn’t materialize. But as you can see on...
Have £0.60 (~ $0.94) laying around? Why not put it to good use? No. That doesn’t mean going to Mickie D’s and getting something off their ever shrinking dollar menu. Instead, toss the devs of Swiftkey some change since the app is now officially out of beta. In case you’re unfamiliar with the app, Swiftkey is a supercharged Android keyboard that is light years ahead of the stock board by leaps and bounds. Over the last few weeks, those who’ve...
Time to get excited Android users: LauncherPro Plus has a new update waiting to be picked up by your eager hands. Some of the more meaningful additions (besides bug fixes of course) include increased homescreen swipe sensitivity, customizable homescreen icon grid size, and a new “Friends” widget for Plus users. This widget takes your Twitter and Facebook feeds and smashes them together. A handy widget for the social butterflies of the bunch. If you want more...
