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A New Root for Gingerbread EVOs
Posted on August 17, 2011 | No CommentsDISCLAIMER: This is a rooting method that is still in development and as such should be treated like a loaded gun pointed at your head. It could go off and mess up your day with little or no notice. Do not attempt this if you... -
Android App-aholics Anonymous (Overlook Fing)
Posted on July 23, 2011 | No CommentsName: Overlook Fing Usage: Network discovery tools Price: Free Market Link for Android This week’s app is one of my favorite no nonsense apps. Overlook Fing allows your Android device to analyze the wireless network that it’s attached to. Some of the tools... -
Android App-aholics Anonymous (GhostTown)
Posted on June 25, 2011 | No CommentsName: GhostTown Usage: Stream any song any time. Price: Free ($0.99 ad-free) Android App Market Link I’ve reviewed a lot of music streaming apps where you buy music and then stream it or you can pick a band and stream music that sounds the... -
Android App-aholics Anonymous (Ustream)
Posted on June 11, 2011 | No CommentsName: Ustream Usage: Watching and broadcasting live video streams. Price: Free Market Link Have you ever witnessed the greatest thing ever and wanted to share it with the world? Yeah of course you could always record a video and upload it to YouTube at... -
Android App-aholics Anonymous (Google Music)
Posted on May 28, 2011 | No CommentsApp Name: Google Music Usage: Local and cloud music player Price: Free At Google I/O (read our coverage of the event here) Google debuted its new cloud music service “Google Music”. While the cloud storage itself is invite only... -
HTC hears its customers pleas.
Posted on May 27, 2011 | No CommentsLocked bootloaders suck. For those of you who don’t know what a bootloader is or why it would be locked let me put it simply. An Android device with a locked or signed bootloader makes rooting the device more difficult. All of you who have... -
Android App-aholics Anonymous (Netflix)
Posted on May 14, 2011 | No CommentsName: Netflix Usage: Streaming movies and tv shows Price: Free (monthly plan required) IT’S HERE!!! Netflix has finally come to Android devices. While you can only run it if you own one of these phones: Samsung Nexus S, Evo 4G, Droid Incredible, T-Mobile G2 or... -
Netflix finally comes to Android
Posted on May 12, 2011 | No CommentsYou’ve read correctly. The Netflix official streaming app has arrived on the Android market and is ready to download for owners of these handsets: Samsung Nexus S, Evo 4G, Droid Incredible, T-Mobile G2 or Nexus One. The rest of you will have to wait just... -
There’s a Skype call for you… It’s Microsoft.
Posted on May 12, 2011 | No CommentsIt’s official, Microsoft has signed a deal to purchase the web-base telephony company Skype. Microsoft will bring out ye ole’ checkbook and plunk down $8.5 Billion dollars for Skype (Ebay paid $2.6 Billion for Skype in September of 2005). What does this mean to users... -
A sum up of Google I/O (Day 1)
Posted on May 10, 2011 | No CommentsSo, there’s this little meeting that some company in California has every year and a whole lot of geek types seem to get a kick out of it. I am of course talking about Google I/O 2011. There were some pretty good news on the... -
Android App-aholics Anonymous (Akinator)
Posted on May 7, 2011 | No CommentsName: Akinator Usage: Character guessing app Price: Free ($2.31 paid version) Link to the Android Market Back in the day I played a game called twenty questions and if you were good at picking a subject it was a hard... -
Another “Bold” move (for RIM)
Posted on May 6, 2011 | No CommentsIt’s no secret to those who know me that while I love Android with every fiber of my being there is still a soft place in my heart for RIM and their Blackberry smartphones. RIM has answered my plea for an updated Blackberry Bold to... -
Android App-aholics Anonymous (Square)
Posted on April 30, 2011 | No CommentsName: Square Usage: Take credit card payments on your phone Price: Free (extra charges for usage) Square is a company that specializes in mobile payment acceptance. At first that doesn’t sound like most people’s cup of tea; let me explain. The... -
Apple App-aholics Anonymous: Skee-Ball
Posted on April 28, 2011 | No CommentsName: Skee-Ball and Skee Free Compatible Devices: iPhone and iPod Touch Price: .99 and Free Welcome to the first installment of the Apple version of 8 DAG’s AA feature. Most of the apps to be featured in the future will be free, and will cover... -
Android App-aholics Anonymous (Amazon App Store)
Posted on April 17, 2011 | No CommentsName: Amazon App Store Usage: New app store like the Android Market Price: Free Link to Amazon’s Download page (have the link sent to your phone) I scoffed at this app at first because at first it was just another... -
Android App-aholics Anonymous (Foursquare)
Posted on March 12, 2011 | No CommentsName: Foursquare Usage: Location based gaming and social discovery Price: Free Click here to goto the online Android Market I always believed that location based gaming was a lot of witchcraft and tomfoolery. Who would want to get... -
Android App-aholics Anonymous (Words With Friends)
Posted on March 2, 2011 | No CommentsApp Name: Words With Friends Usage: Scrabble clone with social gaming Price: Free Online App Market Link We all want to be entertained at the slow points of our day, but not all of us can sit and play a game level on our... -
Android App-aholics Anonymous (Glympse)
Posted on February 12, 2011 | No CommentsApp Title: Glympse Usage: Sharing your location with friends Price: Free I am a Foursquare user, but I’d be lying if I said that I wasn’t just a little nervous about giving my location out to a buch of people at one time (I’m so... -
HP webOS: Think Beyond
Posted on February 10, 2011 | No CommentsWith the HP webOS Think Beyond event coming to a close, and the developer event starting in a few short hours, it feels like a great time to be part of the loyal webOS group. HP’s unveiled new phones, a very slick looking tablet, awesome... -
Android App-aholics Anonymous (Barcode Scanners)
Posted on February 4, 2011 | 2 CommentsBarcode scanning apps run rampant throughout the Android Market and while some have one list of features others have a completely different one, I will do my best to outline the barcode apps that I myself have used in the time that I have...