Android Market Web store Announced, Purchase Applications On the Desktop, Send to Phone

The Android Market Web store has been announced and is ready for release today. The system will allow users to purchase and download content from a web browser and then send the applications to their device.To get to the web store, navigate to http://market.android.com. Here you can browse applications just as you would on an Android device. When you click on the “Buy” button on the web page, you will be presented with the option for which device you would like to send the application to. The purchase dialog would then appear asking to confirm the purchase. Once the credit card transaction completes, the application will be sent (via cloud) to the devices that were selected.READ MORE.... FOLLOW US ON TWITTER   JOIN US ON ...

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T-Mobile Dell Streak 7 Released

For those of you who have been patiently awaiting the arrival of the new Android 2.2 Froyo 4G enabled tablet from Dell, namely the Dell Streak 7, your wait has now come to an end, as the Dell Streak 7 is now available.According to an article over on Tmonews, the T-Mobile guys have released the Dell Streak 7 for purchase from T-Mobile.com and can be gained for handing over a reasonably low $199.99 based on a new two-year agreement of course and after a mail in rebate.What can you expect from the Dell Streak 7 tablet? Well specs are a 7 inch multi-touch display, 1.33 megapixel front facing camera, Android 2.2 Froyo operating system which is upgradeable, so presumably will pack Android 3.0 Honeycomb eventually, Flash 10.1, WiFi, Bluetooth and 16GB of internal storage.However if you...

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Google Body Browser App for Android Honeycomb: 3D Humans

Today at the Honeycomb Event (Android ecosystem) Event a new announcement surrounding Google Body got a lot of attention, they say that this new feature is like Google Maps of the Human Body.Google Body for Honeycomb (Android 3.0 OS) is now official and is coming very soon, a demo was shown at the event how the whole system works and how new 3D graphics library in Android looked.If you visit Google Labs you can see the Body Browser and we know that is great so to hear it is coming to Honeycomb Android operating system is even better news. Please let us know if you will be using it once it has been released.Just like Google Maps you can take away layers only this time with humans, you can rotate in 3D and search body parts before having them highlighted in the app, strip the human...

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Galaxy Tab sees 15% return rate, iPad at 2%

Samsung’s Android-powered iPad competitor, the Galaxy Tab, is facing both slow sales and a high return rate, according to a new report. Citing data from ITG, the New York Post reports that the Tab saw a 15 percent return rate from its debut in November through January 16. The same data states that the iPad saw a return rate of only two percent over the same period. “Consumers aren’t in love with the [Galaxy Tab],” said Tony Berkman, a consumer tech analyst with ITG. Samsung recently announced it had sold two million Galaxy Tab units, but later clarified that statement, saying that was actually the number of devices it shipped to wireless companies and retailers, and adding that sales to consumers were “quite small.” Apple had sold 14.79 million iPads as of December 25, based on...

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Google Music Player App for Android 3.0 Honeycomb

Google wish to make a difference with its Android platform and that is exactly what they are doing, welcome to the all-new Google Music Player for Android 3.0 Honeycomb.Device Mag said that the new Google Music Player for Android is coming and they were right, and now EuroDroid reveal it all today with a few pictures. The new Android 3.0 Music Player has a smooth interface where new features such as a carousel/cover-flow display will show many albums stored on-screen.Apple iTunes is very good and now it is Google’s turn to shine, the question is “Can They?” Your Android device will now be a fully functional media player and then some.Google Music will come in the form of an app and we can see this be downloaded by the millions, hopefully all turns out well and for now we cannot ...

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Samsung Introduces New Galaxy Android Phone To India

Samsung is busy busy busy. We are anxiously awaiting all their announcements at MWC in 2 weeks. We will be there live to bring you all the action.  Meanwhile though, they’ve released 4 new European Galaxy Android models and now they’ve introduced the new Galaxy Pop a midrange device to India. The Galaxy Pop was introduced on flipkart.com as a pre-order due to ship in the second week of February.The Samsung Galaxy Pop features a 3.14″ capacitive touch screen at 240×320 pixels, a 3.15 megapixel camera with video recording and a 600mhz processor. Onboard storage is limited to 160mb but expandable via microsd to 32gb.READ MORE....FOLLOW US ON TWITTER   JOIN US ON FACEBO...

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Android Market is now fully accessible from the web

The Honeycomb livestream is still running at the moment, but we thought you would want to hear this right away.The Android Market, the whole Android Market, is finally available on the web. We are still digging through and will give you a more in depth take on it later, but it features almost everything users have been clamoring for since Android launched including:Search with filters for pricing, popularity and relevance.Purchases made on the web simply pop up a notification on your phoneAbility to tweet or share links to your favorite appsRight now you can view the Market, but so far we haven’t had any luck signing in to actually download anything so again we’ll be following up later with a thorough tour of the new Market.We...

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Ultimate Music Quiz trivia game needs beta testers

XDA member migalito has developed an app called Ultimate Music Quiz, which tests players on their knowledge of various music clips within a set time limit. Although this is not a brand new concept, trivia games like these can be extremely addicting.Ultimate Music Quiz is an aesthetically pleasing and well-designed game for HVGA Android devices. However, the project was just recently completed. The developer wants beta testers to use the app before it is released on Android Market.If you’re interested in being a beta tester for Ultimate Music Quiz, visit the game’s thread and get in contact with the developer.READ MORE.... FOLLOW US ON TWITTER   JOIN US ON FACEBO...

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Google’s Honeycomb Event Coverage

 Google’s Honeycomb Event just wrapped up, and while we weren’t able to be there for the live show — yes, we got an invite, but our staff, sadly, was unable to attend — we caught the live streaming event and are happy to sum-up the basics for you.Andy Rubin kicked off the event, introducing  Honeycomb officially, and saying a few brief words, including Google’s excitement at Android’s growth.  The number of Android devices at CES shocked even them, and they are thrilled about what the future holds.  Rubin then introduced Hugo Barra, who showed off some of Honeycomb’s new features.Hugo’s opening statement was that their “approach for android has been to equip developers with the best possible toolkit that we can build,...

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