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[12 Jul 2010 | View Comments | ]
Google unveiled App Inventor for Android

Google has unveiled a new tool called App Inventor, with which one can create applications with zero programming knowledge. This is because instead of writing code, you visually design the way the app looks and use blocks to specify the app’s behavior. This new, web-based tool uses an MIT-created Open Block programming interface to provide easy visual queues to buttons, actions and more. This tool is not only simple to use, …

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[12 Jul 2010 | View Comments | ]
aCircuit Board Android Live Wallpaper [Video]

Google Android OS 2.1 bought us a very cool Live Wallpaper features. Though it take a bit extra battery, it provides an interesting twist on how your home-screen can look. Here is one more interesting Live Wallpaper called aCircuit Board. The name says it all – Running this Live Wallpaper makes you fell that you have some kind of transparent screen where you are able to see the circuit board.

Not only that, this Live Wallpaper ‘aCircuit Board‘ offer some cool setting. Where you can turn off the circuit board fan, …

Android, Featured, HTC »

[28 May 2010 | View Comments | ]
Sprint HTC Evo 4G – Video call demo (Video)

As we all know, HTC Evo 4G is the worlds first Android power device equipped with 4G speed. To learn more about HTC EVO follow this link – HTC EVO 4G. One of the greatest feature in HTC Evo 4G is video chat. To complement it more Fring has introduced a free video calling service.

Guys at Android Central & Android and Me shared a video call demo of HTC Evo 4G using Fring’s new free video calling service. Looks like the connection is not the smoothest in the world (One …

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[20 May 2010 | View Comments | ]
Kindle App for Android (Hands on Video)

Few days ago Amazon have announced that Kindle application for Android Powered Device will be available this summer. Having a Kindle app on your device is having access to over 540,000 e-book and is a wonderful e-book platform for those who don’t own a Kindle. One of the great feature in Kindle app is that it syncs your reading across multiple platforms, so you can pick up right where you left off no matter what device you are using.

The Kindle app for Android will be free but the books do …

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[17 May 2010 | View Comments | ]
How to Enable Capacitive button for Nexus One (Desire ROM)

Do you have a Nexus One and running Desire ROM? Then you know what I talking about. Well, for folks who are planning to load Desire ROM on to your Nexus One, you will notice that the Capacitive button on your Nexus One will no longer light up.

But, now, with the help of vnbuddy2002 a member of XDA Developer, we can enable it to light up. Just by running a script in the background will do the magic. The developer has used GScript (lite version available free in the Market) …

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[9 May 2010 | View Comments | ]
YouTube Ripper for your Android Powered Devices

Have you ever wanted to download your favorite youtube video on to your Android Powered Phone ? If Yes!, here is a way to download your favorite video to mp4 format. A member of XDA Developer rolle3k, created a app that can download a YouTube video and save them on your SDCard.

Currently, it is available on Android Market under the name – YouTube Ripper. Seems like a similar app on Android Market have been pullout for no reason. So, you many not see this app on Android Market for a …

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[8 May 2010 | View Comments | ]
Wii Remote to control your Android Phone

Playing games on our touchscreen smart-phone is always fun. But, at the same time we look for some kind of comfort while holding it. How about a comfort of Wii Remote and a Android Phone gaming experience ? That’s exactly what we will be discussing about.

A member of XDA Developer – pikipirs, released WiimoteControl v0.1. This application enables a Wii Remote to connect to your Android device and controls apps on your phone. Though this application is in the alpha stage, it seems to be running fine – Watch the …

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[4 May 2010 | View Comments | ]
HTC Desire Users – Use your Camera Flash as a Flash Light

I have been telling you all that HTC Desire is one of the powerful Android device in the current market. If you want to make it even more powerful all we need to do is to gain root access, that can be achieved by rooting your HTC Desire.

We all know, HTC Desire is loaded with 5 Megapixel camera with LED flash. How about, utilizing this LED flash as a flash light ? That would be really awesome right? So, here it is..
The application called FlashApp which can be download via …

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[1 May 2010 | View Comments | ]
Twitter Official app for Android Powered Phones

Few weeks ago, Twitter announced it was developing its own official Android app. Today, Twitter released its official twitter app for Android. iPhone users are not left out. Currently Twitter is working on another official Twitter App for iPhone platform.

Twitter for Android is a super simple app with pretty much all features like search, retweet, share links, photo, timeline, view a tweet location on a map, see who’s following, friend’s latest tweet and many more. Currently, it only support single account but soon, we can expect to see multi account …

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[28 Apr 2010 | View Comments | ]
Firefox Mobile Web Browser for Android OS 2.0 and higher

Few week ago it was Opera Mini Mobile Web Browser for iPhone and now, Firefox Mobile Web Browser for Android 2.0 and higher. Firefox has been very successful web browser for Windows, Mac & Linux.

Firefox Mobile Web Browser code name Fennec, which said to be in the pre alpha stage is available for download. So, you can expect it to be little buggy. Read the below points before you install Firefox Mobile Web Browser on your device..

We’ve only really tested this on the Motorola Droid and the Nexus One.
It …

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[26 Mar 2010 | View Comments | ]
Looking for a Smart Dialer for Android? Get NubDial.

If you are looking for something more than the stock dialer app in your Android Powered Phone, then you should be looking for NubDial. Wysie at XDA Developers started out a basic mod of SpellDial an open source app made by Lawrence Greenfield. Then Wysie made quite a number of changes to it.  NubDial enables you to search by both contact name and telephone number and supports accented characters.

With NubDail features you will be able to initiate an SMS from the app and linking to the call log and contacts …