The Acer Liquid could be something of a dark horse in the world of Android powered handsets. Acer is not the first name that springs to mind when thinking of smartphones – honestly, it would be lucky to scrape into the top ten. …
With the Android Market you have thousands of third party apps available to expand the capabilities of your smartphone. Here’s how you install them.
Press the gray arrow at the bottom of the main Home screen. Select the Market icon. You will see featured apps listed first, and several categories to choose from.
The best way to find an app is to perform a search by selecting the Search option. Otherwise, once you find an app you want to install, select it review the description.
Once you determine you want to install the app, select the Install option. You might see some warnings about how the app uses your phone, accept them and wait for the install to finish.
Although not a smartphone the Archos 5 Internet Tablet is of interest to smartphone watchers as an example of a device based on the truly open source version of Android: in other words, an Android device without Google.
Because while Android is open source and freely …
Monitise has launched a new mobile money management app for Android-powered smartphones.
The Mobile Money app is free from the Android Market and offers a full range of account management, payment and commerce services, including bank account balance enquiries, mini statements, transfers between accounts …
Got yourself a Nexus One, or one of the other great Android smartphones? Then try these six apps to enhance the device’s functionality and also give you an insight into the Android Market in the process.
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Looking not unlike Nokia’s E70 is the Motorola Motosplit, pictured in suitably blurry form on Engadget.
It features a Qwerty keyboard split into two halves either side of the screen – and if our experiences with the E70 are anything to go by it will be …
Confused about the ever-expanding number of smartphone platforms? Unsure which is the right one for you? Our Five Reasons to Choose series gives you an instant guide to the things you need to know about every mobile OS.
Part six: Android
1. Google integration
One often-overlooked benefit …
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