Archive for February, 2010
Official BBC Android App On It’s Way
UK users rejoice! Even if you’re a BBC fan in the U.S., and I know plenty of them myself, you’ll be happy to know there is a BBC Android app coming to the Android Market soon. The app will deliver news along with sports. It’s also even possible that iplayer will be included which will [...]
Introducing the Simply Droid Forums!
If you haven’t noticed yet, we just launched a forum here at Simply Droid. It’s still a work in progress (we’ll call it in a Beta stage), but it’s ready for people to sign up and start posting away! We’ve had many users request a forum for some time now so we really hope everyone [...]
Android Market Has The Most Free Apps
Distimo presented some interesting stats at the Mobile World Congress this year. Their stats show that Android has the highest percentage of free apps for mobile devices. Every month there are over 3,000 apps added to the Android Market, 57% of which are free. As Android owners are aware, Android has always had a great [...]
Better Keyboard Is Updated to V5.0
While voice to text input has been available on Android 2.1 devices, it’s not been duplicated and can be used on all Android devices. Better Android has updated and released Better Keyboard V5.0. Better Keyboard has always been a great alternative than the stock keyboard. It’s always had more functionality such as skins and options [...]
Play Quake 2 and Quake 3 on Your Droid!
AndroidandMe held a competition for developers with a $90 prize. The result? Quake 2 and Quake 3 were ported to the Droid! Both of the apps seem to run well. The frame rate on Quake 2 is around 30 fps and gets as high as 50 in smaller sections of the map. Even during multi-player [...]
18 Must Have Apps For Your Android Phone
Make Tech Easier has posted an article with 18 Essential Apps for Your Android Phone. It’s a great list, but nothing ground breaking. In fact we have covered quite a few of the apps here at Simply Droid. Nonetheless its a nice roundup of great apps that are worth checking out. Here’s the list – [...]
Google Earth Now Available in Android Market
The ever popular Google Earth is now available for download in the Android Market. Android users will be able to search for businesses, get driving directions, and explore great places in Google Earth while on the go. Google Earth for Android is available on all all Android devices including the Droid (2.1 or later) and [...]
Video Ads Coming to Android Apps Thanks to iVdopia
Sometimes the occassional ad banner can be bad enough. These are typically just included in the free versions of some apps. Normally you might put up with the ad banner just to save a few bucks. What if it’s a video ad that you have to put up with though? That could be the case [...]