With the large uptake of the Android operating system by manufacturers and users alike, it was bound to happen some time. The first Android trojan has started running amok on large numbers of phones running the popular Operating System by Google. The trojan called Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.FakePlayer.a is disguised as a harmless media player application. Once the [...]
Just yesterday I updated my HTC Hero to the latest available Android OS for it, namely Android 2.1, and while installing all my social networking applications one thing that came to mind was that the official Facebook for Android App hasn’t been updated in a while. This morning however I was greeted with a message [...]
Android OS’s popularity have steadily been on the rise since it was released into the market, and since it has become a serious contender for the likes of Apple and Blackberry. Since the launch of Android, app numbers have been increasing tremendous with over 500000 applications currently available in the Android Market. With social media [...]
2OceansVibe Radio is a new online radio show by Cape Town lifestyle website 2OceansVibe, I’m not going to go into details about the radio show but rather just show you quickly how to get it on your Android powered phone. Currently there is only ways to listen to it on your iPhone, Blackberry and Windows [...]
Google will today be launching a brand new tool called App Inventor that will enable just about anybody to create apps for Android phones. App Inventor enables you to create games, draw funny pictures and even make use of the phone’s sensors to move a ball through a maze based on tilting the phone. The [...]
The HTC Wildfire is HTC’s latest Android phone to hit the South African market. What will make the HTC Wildfire a success? The fact that it is a slimmed down version of the HTC’s high-end Desire smartphone. Leaf confirmed that HTC Wildfire will be available in South Africa, and that we can expect it at [...]
In less than 47 days the 19th FIFA World Cup will be taking place here in South Africa. Preparing and keeping updated on this great event can be cumbersome but great news is that Android users have an application to make things a bit easier. The FIFA World Cup is scheduled to take place between [...]
The Android Market is fast catching up to the popular Apple iTunes store when it comes to applications. Recent statistics from AndroLib shows that the Android marketplace had 9,331 new mobile applications added during the month of march, this is almost double than the previous month. Since the launch of the Android Marketplace in October [...]
With the iPhone 4G expected to launch later this year and the tremendous uptake of smartphones, feature phones have been taking a backseat ride as people are now a days more concerned as to what apps a phone can run then the features it has. I still believe features matter in a phone and every [...]
Android, Google’s open source mobile phone operating system is now available for you Netbook. Because Android is originally designed to run on smartphones its speed and size makes it an ideal candidate for Netbooks as well and that is just what the guys over at Android x86 project has done. The Android x86 project is [...]
