What Is Notif Pro? There is a lot of information that can be conveyed using the rich/expandable notifications in Android 4.1+. Enter Notif Pro. Think of it as a simple note taking app that keeps the notes in your notification shade for access and visibility at all times. These notes can take the form of a list, a picture, or a plain old note. Creating a Notification if fairly straight forwa... »
Whoa now! It’s been a whole week now since Samsung unveiled its upcoming flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S IV, so let’s start looking ahead to the next Next Big Thing, shall we? According to a report that hit SamMobile last night, just as I was about to get caught up on beauty rest (something I don’t get nearly enough of these days), the Samsung Galaxy Note III and Galaxy Tab III... »
Just a few days ago, I did a review of NFC Tags for Droid tags, in which I showed you the app I use for all of my tag writing experiments — NFC Task Launcher. Tagstand released an update to said app earlier today that adds some pretty nice new features and functionality, most notably the ability to use Bluetooth and/or WiFi to trigger your tasks. That’s certainly not all that is included in ... »
Hey hey, fellow Android fanatics! We all know how much of a tap the holidays can put on your wallets, so this comes as great news with perfect timing. Amazon is keeping Christmas going by offering some of the best selections from its “Free App of the Day” promo — yep, you guessed it — for free. It’s been a while since I’ve checked in on a FAOTD — in fact, ... »
Google announced today that the Play Store has reached a pretty impressive milestone by breaking the 25 billion download mark. By the search engine giant’s count, there are now more than 675,000 apps and games available for the taking, and with over a million new Android activations each day, we can only expect the totals for both apps and games, as well as the number of downloads to continu... »
Today, Samsung announced that they are bringing their newest flagship device to the United Kingdom as soon as next Monday! For those of you in the UK, you’ll be able to get your Samsung Galaxy Note II next Monday, October 1st. Like the Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note, you’ll be able to pick it up at the Samsung branded store in the Westfield Shopping Center in Stratford, London. You’... »
This morning we reported that users in Poland are starting to see the Jelly Bean update today. So the rest of the Galaxy S III’s should be seeing the update in the coming weeks. Samsung updated it’s roadmap this morning as well adding 15 devices to the roadmap, the owners of the devices listed below can be sure they’ll get official Jelly Bean in the coming months. GALAXY Tab 2 7.... »
The mother of all RPG games has arrived for Android. Some of you might remember The Bard’s Tale — an action role-playing game created by inXile entertainment, and published by Vivendi Universal Games in 2004. Vivendi marketed the game as a humorous spoof of fantasy role-playing video games. It is neither a remake nor a sequel to Interplay Productions’ Tales of the Unknown, Volume... »
So the most anticipated Android phone in 2012 is only about 3-4 months old, yes I’m talking about the Galaxy S3, and now we are already starting to hear rumors about the Galaxy S4. The Korea Times is reporting this morning that both “company officials” and “local parts suppliers” are pointing at a showing of the Galaxy S4 at Mobile World Congress which is in Barcelona... »
Just recently at IFA 2012, Samsung held their most recent “Unpacked” event where they revealed their largest phone to date, the Galaxy Note 2. The Galaxy Note 2 isn’t available to the public yet, but I know there are going to be a lot of people to rush out and get one, once the release date has arrived. If you’re one of those people who like to know everything there is to k... »
