Archive : Software Reviews

It’s been hard to part with the Eclair pastry that Cyanogen has brought to Nexus One owners, but the Frozen Yogurt was so tempting. Yesterday like the many others, I flashed the official FroYo ROM (FRF50) on my Nexus One . Here’s some thoughts after a day with FroYo… It flys, the...

The quest for the ‘ultimate keyboard’ can sure seem like a never ending one, with each having it’s own idea for what makes a better input interface. Ultra Keyboard is no exception, but it goes beyond just a gimmick and also brings a rather refined list of options, although a few...

It’s time to step up and put your Android phone to a good cause, of your choice, not someone else’s! Citi, Kraft Foods and P&G has donated nearly $500,000.00 in conjunction with CauseWorld, by Shopkick, to bring you the greatest application on Android yet. It was featured in The Wall Street...

If you’re anything like me you have an on screen widget for everything. One for Twitter, one for Facebook, one for SMS text messages, one for you calendar… and the list goes on. Unless you are rooted, the three stock screens just don’t have enough room for all your widgets. Not to mention...

Usage of Opera Mini 5 seems to be increasing. This is understandable, it’s a decent browser, and the compression of web pages to speed up loading time is very useful. However, it has one major flaw which prevents it from being a total browser replacement: it cannot be set as the default browser,...

Author: zachattack052 and Xillius Base: Android 1.6 (Donut) Compatible Devices: T-Mobile G1/T-Mobile MT3G I have had a chance to use and abuse this new ROM and I have to tell you guys, It’s quick and stable as promised. Here’s the low down. First boot, as always expected, takes a few minutes....

Android users are a patient bunch, we have to be, watching apps get released on the iPhone first with distant promises of an Android port in the future. For those awaiting the release of GameFly’s app ‘GameCenter’ today the half year wait is over. GameFly is a rental service for...

As we all know, the default Android music player is basic to say the least.  A good music player is something that the Android platform has been lacking for a long time. Many third-party apps like the ‘3’ music player have tried to improve it, but they all have their own problems and I’ve never...

There’s no shortage of note taking apps for the Android platform but no single app seems to meet every need. 3banana Notes by Snaptic, the same makers of the basic but solid AK Notepad, recently became featured on the Marketplace so I decided to check it out. Let me quickly run down some of the...

I’ve been meaning to write a review about Titanium Backup for quite a while now, but everytime I started to put together my thoughts about it, Joel Bourquard released a new update with a new feature to test out. I finally got a chance to sit down and write a review about this app, currently version...

Android’s built-in browser is a great piece of software, some might wonder why you’d need to stray from it when it does its job perfectly fine but if we always went with the easy route we’d all still be running Internet Explorer.

Vlingo has recieved praise as one of the better speech to text pieces of software on the iPhone. It is also available for Blackberry, Nokia and Windows Mobile Phones. We know! Android is not yet on that list! But good news, the app is currently in its (closed) beta stages and we got our hands on it. From...

I was interested in picking this ROM up after claims of it being twice as quick as Super D. As Super D has been my ROM of choice previously, due to speed and stability I was quick to see how this compares. While I cannot say for sure whether this really is twice as quick as Super D, I can confirm that...

Earlier today the guys over at MP3tunes contacted us about their software. What it does, basically, is store your MP3s server-side and stream them to your device where they are played back using the MP3tunes app. Nothing new, nothing special, you might say. Well, that’s true except they threw in...

The guys over at Moto Development Group have done a few tests to find out which mobile out on the market right now has the “best” touchscreen. At first their tests were all done using a human touch and critics came back with the argument that a finger was not actually the best way to test...