The ability to run custom launchers is one which certainly gives Android the edge over rivaling mobile OSes, and Go Launcher - a home screen alternative we featured a short while ago - is without doubt one of the best around.
Android and iOS are two very different ecosystems, and while it's a matter of opinion as to which one is more superior, each has its strengths and weaknesses. Up until last October's release of iOS 5, the notification system of Apple's mobile OS was nothing more than a whimsical collection of popups and alarms, but the Notification Center soon saw to that, and thanks to iPhone Notifications for Android, a similar system can be replicated on devices running Google's domineering mobile software.
Once upon a time, an alarm clock was a simple, sharp sound played in a loop at a given time in order to wake one up. In the days of Android and iOS, however, the process of rising from sleep is something many developers are trying to nail down to a fine art, and as such, there are bunch of apps purporting to help you feel fresher, more alert, and less cranky when morning comes.
Google's Android has constantly come under fire from Apple for ripping off elements of iOS, with former Apple CEO Steve Jobs famously vowing to go "thermonuclear" and "destroy" what he deemed to be a "stolen product," and one suspects the Cupertino outfit won't be best pleased to hear that the Big G has, according to rumor, decided to develop its own Game Center-like infrastructure for Android.
Smartphones have great range of uses - a range which is increasing all the time, but occasionally, an unexpected use crops up, and Metal Sniffer - a utility allowing you to locate scraps of metal using just your Android device - certainly falls under that umbrella.
It still seems like madness that in some cases, brand new Android powered smartphones and tablets don't get shipped with Google's latest version of the Android operating system installed upon them. If I was rushing to the store to purchase myself some of the latest hardware, I would expect it to ship with the latest and greatest software available in the market.
We should all be used to the fact that whenever a large scale sporting event happens somewhere in the world, a string of companies strike deals with the organizers to to be able to call themselves 'official sponsors' of the event, or name one of their products as the official drink or chewing gum.
Popular photo altering/sharing social app Instagram has enjoyed a pretty decent last few months by all accounts, and soon after releasing its long-awaited Android app, Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook came along and purchased it for an unbelievable $1 billion.
Within our phone books and contact lists, there'll always be those few people we only make short, uninteresting, mundane small-talk with, and most of us absolutely detest those conversations which scarcely deviate from "how are you?" "what are you doing?" or, "oh really, how is that going?"
Android users have been pining for system-wide Google Voice implementation for quite some time now, and that calling may have been heard by MDR Tools, Inc., which has created an app purporting to offer just that.
