Booty Symphony is a novel Android app that lets users conduct 30-second music videos from “Booty Soundboards” based on songs from T-Pain’s Nappy Boy catalogue. The mentioned catalogue includes such tunes as Tay Dizm’s “Point Em Out” and Young Cash’s “I’m a Freak” and “I Support Single Mothers.” Here’s how it works – you tap…
LG Optimus 2X to hit Australia in March or April
LG will be bringing the Optimus 2X in Australia at some point in March or April. The information comes from Gizmodo Australia which talked to an LG official in the country. At the moment, it’s unclear which carrier will offer the device, but I’ve no doubts the big three — Telstra, Optus and Vodafone —…
Touch Calendar is like desktop GCal for Android
Touch Calendar is a new (and useful) Android application that shows your entire calendar on a single screen with the ability to zoom in and out, and search for your events. Touted as the “new way to view calendars on a mobile phone,” the application is designed to make browsing events as easy as using…
Zoopla helps Android users shop for house in augmented reality
Real estate startup Zoopla launched a new mobile application for the Android smartphone users, allowing them to simply point their phone around the neighborhood they like and see the houses which are available for sale and/or rent. The application, which until recently was an iPhone thing only, also comes with other cool features such as…
Samsung denies withholding Android 2.2 Froyo from Galaxy S handsets for money
Several days ago, we reported that Samsung was delaying the Android 2.2 Froyo update for Galaxy S owners due to a conflict with carriers. Samsung was allegedly charging carriers for the update and couldn’t come to agreeable terms with them, so the Froyo update was hanging in limbo. This enraged Galaxy S users, some of…
Apple not scared of iPad competitors
If you think that the Motorola Xoom, BlackBerry PlayBook and the glut of tablets coming out in 2011 has Apple worried, you’d be quite wrong. During its conference call Tuesday, Apple called some of its 7-inch competitors “bizarre” and said its first-mover advantage and ecosystem give it a leg-up against all comers. “We’re very confident…
Hands-on: Acer 7-inch Android tablet in the flesh
The 2011 calendar year will finally be the year that the iPad gets some serious competition in the tablet space – and Acer is not going to take it lying down. At CES 2011 earlier this month, we had a chance to get up close and personal with the Acer 7-inch Android tablet. It’ll launch…
Samsung Vibrant 4G Launching on T-Mobile February 23?
The Samsung Vibrant 4G may be landing on February 23, according to some leaked internal documents. From what we’ve already seen, the new variant will add HSPA+ 21 Mbps connectivity, Android 2.2, and a front-facing camera to the original Vibrant. The rest of the specs will probably stay the same, like the 4-inch WVGA Super…
Acer Android tablets to use Intel Sandy Bridge processors
We know that Acer will be bringing out Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablets this year but the company has released a few more details about these devices. It looks like we can expect these things to be powered by the Intel Sandy Bridge processor and it will replace the company’s netbook lineup eventually. Over at Computerworld,…
Kongregate Launches Android Arcade With 300 Free Games
Kongregate, a network of browser-based Flash games that was bought up by GameStop over the summer, just released their first mobile app, which will bring some 300-odd games to Android phones for free. Headlined is Vector Runner, a really great racing game that has been on iPhone for awhile, and has also become available as…