Independent developers have a finite amount of time in which to put together their smartphone apps, and they obviously want to get the maximum return on their work. Taking their Android apps and porting them across to iOS is certainly a time consuming practice, assuming the particular developer has the technical know-how to do the work.
According to Lookout, an Android anti-malware maker, there's a new threat in the wild that is said to have affected between 30,000 and 120,000 headsets already.
J.K. Shin, President of the Mobile Communications division at Samsung, has unveiled plans to release a new Galaxy Tab tablet by the last quarter of this year and a new Galaxy S smartphone early next year.
If you're an avid Android user, you've probably heard of the vast collection of emulators that are available for the platform: Apps that simulate other platforms, such as Game Boy Advances or Nintendo N64's. If you use or planned to get those Apps, you might be sad to hear that they're gone from the Android Market.
Is this lovely slab of glass Google's next reference Android handset? If we are indeed looking at the 3rd Nexus phone, it would point to HTC being the manufacturer of choice once more after Google dropped the company it used for the Nexus One in favor of Samsung when it came time to bring the Nexus S into the world. But that isn't the only note-worthy aspect of this leaked photo. Not by a long shot.
Every so often a story comes along that just seems a bit odd. Then after reading past the first paragraph or two it some how manages to get even more odd, and eventually it closes with nothing but complete amazement. This is one of those stories, and it'll blow your mind.
Despite Android being an open source mobile operating system, many device makers have prevented their device from receiving too many software changes, locking users down to the operating system and apps provided by the maker. Thankfully, HTC has finally realized that's not fair.
Chainfire3D, more commonly known as CF3D, is an intermediary OpenGL driver that lets you play Tegra Zone Games on non-Tegra2 CPU devices. This app actually manipulates the system by acting as a bridge between the apps on your phone / device and graphic drivers.
Google Wallet is Google's new service that promises to let your ditch your wallet, physical money and cards for an App on your smartphone. How does it work? Read on.
In case you opted for an LG Optimus 2X or G2X, then there is some great news for you. Senior XDA member and Android developer LeJay has managed to mod the native camera to record 1080p at 30 FPS HD videos on these devices.
