Lookout Labs
Lookout Inc’s Lookout Mobile Security app is one of the most popular and trusted security apps on the Market, and while the company is going to continue active development of its flagship product, today it is launching Lookout Labs – a separate Android Market developer account dedicated to "pushing the bounds of mobile apps."
Plan B
Introduction
The first fruit of Lookout Labs’ labor is a brilliantly simple yet very useful app called Plan B. Plan B was only made possible recently, after the release of the official Android web Market. The app is designed to be the last resort for More >
LG Electronics has issued a press release announcing that pre-sales for the Optimus Pad (check out our hands-on) will begin on March 15 for NTT DOCOMO customers in Japan. The tablet has been customized for the Japanese market, with applications like BeeTV for mobile video entertainment and the 2Dfacto app for viewing eBooks and comics.
Japanese consumers have long been known as early adopters of electronics, and it makes sense to offer the Optimus Pad on NTT DOCOMO right away. It will be an excellent opportunity to evaluate the demand for the tablet’s 3D camera, as well as the more More >
Congratulations Nexus One owners, the wait for Gingerbread is almost over. Today, Google has finally begun pushing out the latest version of Android, codenamed Gingerbread, to Nexus One devices. While the rollout is likely to take a few days, it’s likely that if you have a Nexus One, that you will receive it very soon.
Nexus S owners can also look forward to an OTA update as well, which includes fixes for some annoying and troublesome issues, like the random reboot issue, and support for Near Field Communication. It also includes a substantial change that prevents Facebook from syncing the way More >
New intel gathered by enthusiast blog Droid-Life sheds some light on the steps Motorola XOOM owners are going to have to take to make their tablets LTE compatible. Approximately 90 days after launch, customers can send their XOOM units back to Motorola, free of charge, for the promised LTE upgrade. The whole process, according to a Talking Points data sheet, should take six business days. The memo also notes that users “do not have to change their [data] plan when transitioning to 4G LTE.” Hit the jump to have a look at the document for yourself… and let us know what More >
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PrankDial for Android allows you to prank call your friends no matter where you are. US only. Features: library of hilarious prank calls, record the prank call, easily share your prank call with friends, login with your token ID.
Recent changes: - International calling support added for token users - Listen to pranks from our user submitted pranks database
Pros & Cons:
Pros
Cons
- Can’t hear the prank call in real-time, listen to it after
- Can’t record your own prank
User Review
By Tia Awesome…love it when someone actually keeps listening. We got my mother in law pretty good
By Luis Its fun but need more
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Google has released a full SDK for Android 3.0, aka Honeycomb, Mountain View’s mobile operating system targeted squarely at fondleslabs.
"The APIs are final, and you can now develop apps targeting this new platform and publish them to Android Market," SDK Tech Lead Xavier Ducrohet announced in a post on the Android Developer blog.
The release of the full SDK comes just under a month after Google released a preview of the SDK in late January.
Along with the new platform, Ducrohet also announced updates to the SDK Tool (r10) and the ADT Plugin for Eclipse (10.0.0). Goodies promised in these updates include More >
In a minor update to the official Gmail app, Google has addressed one of "the little things" that have been plaguing Android since the beginning. In this case, a lack of uniformity for copying text.
In all previous versions of the Gmail app, a user would have to press Menu, More, and then Select Text. Fortunately, this update fixes that issue by making copying text the same as in the Browser or a textbox: by long pressing it. It’s not a huge addition, and is only available for those with devices running Gingerbread, but it is definitely a step in the positive direction.
The update also brings the More >
The Mobile World Congress saw keynotes by some of the industry’s big players. Take for example, Eric Schmidt of Google. Schmidt talked about the next steps the Google Android OS will take in the future, and how the company would venture into the future of smartphones. Most important news that could be taken from the keynote perhaps is something that’s related to the much awaited next generation Google Android OS – the Ice Cream. According to Schmidt, the Google Android Ice Cream will combine features of Gingerbread and Honeycomb.
Gingerbread (Android 2.3) is the current newest Android OS for smartphones (although More >
This is going to be a big month for tablet developers! The Motorola Xoom is grabbing some nice reviews, and the impending iPad 2 is getting a lot of rotation in the rumor mill. And now, Google’s latest Android sweet thing is extremely tablet-centric. Android 3.0, dubbed Honeycomb is now hot in the hands of developers.
In addition to optimized dual-core processor and 3D graphics support, Android 3.0 also touts some major improvements to tablet UI. Browser tabs! Now there’s a novel idea! (hint, hint, Apple…)
I have installed a handful of Android SDK releases in the past. Every time I was turned More >
Here is a bit of good news for Nexus S and Nexus One owners – the Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread update has officially started rolling out. The Twitter account, GoogleNexus, tweeted a few minutes ago that the update had started. Here is what was stated:
Gingerbread (Android 2.3.3) update now rolling out to Nexus S and Nexus One. Be patient, may take a few weeks for OTA to complete.
In this update, users should get near-field communications (NFC) capabilities, as well as a fix for random reboots and other bugs. Sounds good to me! Be sure to let us know when you receive your update More >
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