Archive : Software Reviews

As usual, BenBuchacher is taking Super D to new levels. This time built on top of a new kernal, over clocked to 528/128MHz and flying. There are a number of different versions available, reviewed version being Black Nexus Theme without the RAM hack. It is very quick and smooth, with a few nice features. When...

For this App Review we will be looking at Orb OrbLive is a media streaming app. With this app you can stream music, videos, documents, images, webcam feed, and Live TV. Music Video Images Webcam Feed Live TV I know how exciting that all sounds! so lets get started. When you first open OrbLive...

Meltus, developer of the app Louder Volume Hack, has been busy working hard on a brand new hack which he intends to turn into a new app eventually. For those of you not familiar with Louder Volume Hack (currently at v3.5), it pushes customized audio equalizer and volume settings to the /system partition,...

For this app review we will be looking at Transdroid. Transdroid is a remote torrent client manager. Supported torrent clients are: BitTorrent 6+ Deluge 1.2+ Ktorrent rTorrent Torrentflux-b4rt Transmission uTorrent Vuze Transdroid gives you full control over your torrents while being away from your...

For those of you who haven’t heard about it yet, the revolutionary virtual keyboard app, “Swype”, is now officially accepting beta testers. This is quite exciting because the beta release boasts significant improvements over the leaked pre-release that has been floating around the...

This new live wallpaper by Chris Soyars is available in the Android Market now. It is a modified version of the stock Nexus One live wallpaper. With the help of Cyanogen, who offered his genius for bug fixes and such, Chris has released one of the sexiest live wallpapers thus far. He has included...

ROM Review URL: AndroidSpin DB OpenEclair Forum Based off: Eclair 2.1 Created By: CTSO wesgarner benbuchacher aka OpenTeam Download: OpenEclair v1.1.1 Stable First Impressions This ROM takes less than 2 minutes to boot. About the quickest I have seen a ROM boot on its first time. No problems occurred...

@htcclay is the original builder of SuperD (well the base ROM anyway) and is still close with his cohort @benbuchacher (pronounced boo-cocker sorry Ben) who built the new kernel we see in SuperD as well as what Clay is using for his FastTest ROMs. I have to say this is my favorite ROM to date, I have...

Created By: KingKlick Download: KingKlick’s AndroidSPIN Developer Homepage Design If you like a darker scheme with prettied up icons, this is the ROM for you.  This Espresso replica has been customized to be used on other Android phones.  Its design seems to be pretty flawless and I am able to navigate...

Six Android handsets enter, One handset leaves. Yes, that was a Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome reference, so?  Meet the contenders (clockwise above): MyTouch 3G, HTC Hero, Motorola Milestone/Droid, Acer Liquid, Nexus One, and the Samsung Galaxy. These six handsets were forced into a battle of display...

I recently received a copy of AHome to test and see what I thought of it. First impressions of it without a theme was a close replica to normal home with a lot of customization features: Custom Fonts. Downloadable Themes. Icon Packs. Change page dots to liking. Many Many More. Once I themed it...

SMSAwake is a 4 star Android application by Andrew Schwimmer. He is also responsible for other quality apps like SaveMMS and HideNSeek ( you know you all have that one ). SMSAwake is not a program that you run. Meaning you just download and install it and it does it’s thing. That thing being,...

The guys over on the Nexus One Blog have a released a video unboxing and review of the new Google Nexus One Desktop Dock.  Short and sweet but to the point the video highlights the initial issues found and how to fix them. Worth the $50 for this little puppy?  Maybe!  It doesn’t look like much...

This is the first part in a series of application reviews, starting with the apps I have used on a day-to-day basis in the past year. Today, I’ll be reviewing Twidroid, an application made by a joint team, Zimmermann and Marban. I’ll be covering the application’s basic functionality, how well...

ROM Review URL: XDA Forums Based off: Eclair 2.0.1 Created By: JustAnotherCrowd Download: JustAnotherCrowd’s AndroidSPIN Developer Homepage   First Impressions First boot was quick and normal with a slight edit to the normal android boot logo. Setup went without a hitch.Fastest booting rom Ive...