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Google is moving right along as it just announced the Android Open Accessory Development Kit, which basically allows developers to create apps that will interface with accessories. Apple has been doing this for quite some time now with the iPhone and iOS, sort of like apps that work with dedicated accessories like Nike’s embedded chip…
You didn’t think Apple iTunes would steal all the thunder, did you? Android Market now supports movie rentals, many of which are just $1.99. Like iTunes, you have 30 days to watch a movie once you’ve rented it, and 24 hours to complete a movie once you’ve started playing it, which is fair and pretty…
Today at Google I/O, the next Android build, Ice Cream Sandwich, went public, as expected. Launch will be in the fourth quarter. This next version of Android promises to bring all of the cool features that were introduced in Honeycomb (the tablet-optimized version of the mobile OS) to smartphones, and other platforms like TV. This…
We’ve live at the Google I/O event in California this morning, and Google is dropping all kinds of Android news and figures. This morning we learned that there are now over 200,000 apps in the Android Market, which puts it just nicely along with the speculation that it might overtake Apple’s iTunes App Store by…
As suspected, Google will be announcing at their I/O conference this morning a streaming music service for desktop and mobile. Simply called Music, the early beta is currently only available in the United States, but will allow users to upload their songs to share with the world at large, much like Grooveshark. Record labels probably…
We’re here live at the Google I/O keynote and we’re sure to see a lot of new goodies for Android. The much-vaunted Google Music service should be launched for Android and this should enable you to have a cloud repository of music that can stream or be downloaded to your device. The reports suggest that…
As we hinted in the “Google I/O 2011 Preview” post, the search giant will launch its own cloud-based music service later in the day. From what we’ve heard, you could expect a service that works like the “criticized by the major labels” Amazon Music, allowing users to upload songs and listen/stream them on their smartphones…
If Pinball HD wasn’t enough for you, then you may be excited to hear that another pinball game is on its way for Tegra 2 devices. Zen Studios will be bringing its PS3 game Zen Pinball to Android smartphones and tablets with the NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core processor, and will be giving demos of the…
The Google I/O 2011 conference officially kicks off tomorrow, and we can expect to Android to be the largest focus yet again. A lot has happened in Android-land since last year, and Google has likely been working around the clock to get the latest and greatest ready to be announced. Whether it’s in the form…