When DStv launched their DStv Mobile service in November 2010 it was only compatible with your PC and iOS devices. A few months after the announcement however DStv promised to have Android and Blackberry apps that will be compatible with the service.

April came and gone without any apps released for the Android and Blackberry platforms as promised and now a few months later DStv has finally launched their much anticipated Android app for viewing DStv Mobile content through the Drifta decoder.

But don’t get too happy yet, there are some fallbacks to the new DStv Mobile Android app, like it is only compatible with certain device, yep not a certain version of Android but more specific only certain devices. The DStv Mobile Android app will only run on the Samsung Galaxy S (GT-I9000), Samsung Galaxy Tab (GT-P1000) and Samsung Galaxy S II (GT-I9100), and don’t even think that you’ll be able to run this on a rooted phone.

DStv is preventing people with rooted phones to make use of the app due to content right restrictions, which in my opinion is a bit of a fail specially since major Android handset manufacturers are now adopting a open bootloader policy which enables you to run just about any version of Android on your phone.

Personally for me the launch of the DStv Mobile Android app is a bit of a fail seeing as it has so much restrictions, and why it is only compatible with a hand full of Samsung device is beyond me. What do you think, should DStv rather have waited a little bit longer before releasing to offer more device compatibility? It’s clear that DStv pushed this app for the Rugby World Cup.

A while ago at a Facebook mobile event, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, told the public that the iPad is not a mobile device and that they do not have any plans to offer an app for the tablet in the near future.

It seems like the young billionaire has had a change of heart, or so the New York Times have reported. According to the New York Times, people briefed on Facebook’s plans say that in coming weeks the company plans to introduce a free iPad application that has been carefully designed and optimized for the tablet.

According to these people the Facebook iPad application has been in development for almost a year now and is currently in it’s final testing stages.

The question now remains will Facebook’s official iPad application be a hit, seeing as it has to compete with two already popular Facebook applications for the iPad namely MyPad and Friendly for Facebook, the first mimicking the popular Twitter for iPad layout and flow.

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 telling mere there is an update available for Facebook for Android.

Google is currently fast gaining ground with its Android OS, it for the first time outsold Apple, and even Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, has started using it. The question now is was it to test out the new app? Whatever the reasons are, the new Facebook for Android App is here and is available in the Android  market.

There is a couple of immediate noticeable addition to the Facebook for Android App, like the new photo stream that is at the bottom of the home screen of the app. The new photo stream shows all the latest photos your friends have uploaded, allowing you to side-scroll to see more and tap to view the larger version. There is also the new Notifications bar at the bottom of the home screen, which when you slide it upwards shows you a list of all your latest notifications, previous app you had to go to Facebook site to view this.

The new app also have some other nice to haves, like a sleeker interface, in-app video playback and enabling you to add friends from within the application. Another thing I noticed is that you can now actually follow links in wall posts too.

One feature that Facebook for Android still lacks is the chat functionality there is in the iPhone client, but hopefully Facebook will be enlightening us with more upgrades to the application now since Mark Zuckerberg is also running Android.

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 11th June 2010 and the 11th of July 2010, the 2010 FIFA World Cup marks the first time that the tournament will be hosted on the African continent where defending champions Italy will defend their title.

The 2010 FIFA World Cup application for Android provides users with the following functions:

• Countdown clock
• Game Schedule
• Group and Team statistics
• Head-to-head statistics
• Match reminders
• FIFA 2010 World Cup News
• View/Add match comments
• Real time match scores when the World Cup is underway.

The developer also has a score prediction game on the decks for when the FIFA World Cup is underway. Go to the Android market and Search for 2010 World Cup by Luke Shuan or simply scan the QR Code below that will take you to the application.

You own an iPhone and is a sports fanatic? Great news is that there is now a iPhone application out from SuperSport.

The SuperSport iPhone application will give you all the latest news, scores, fixtures and information about your favourite sports including Rugby, Cricket, Football, Golf and much much more.

Head on over to the iTunes store to get your hands on the new SuperSport iPhone Application by MultiChoice.

With the release of Google Buzz a few weeks ago, there was one question in the back of my mind that kept popping up and that was who was going to develop the first Google Buzz application and for what platform?

I am glad to report that my favourite mobile OS, Google Android, is the first to claim the title of having the first Google Buzz App.

Ironically one would have thought that Google would have been the first company to release an fully fledged Google Buzz application, but I guess they had their hand full with the privacy issues on Buzz.

Buzzoid is the creation of developer Arno Den Hond, the same guys that developed the Support Haiti application. The application is still in its early alpha stages but allows Buzz users to post and comment away on they Android phones, the only downside being you can only manually add buddies at the moment.

Buzzoid currently has two versions available, a free version and a paid for version, only difference being that the paid for version has no advertisements.

Scan the QR code above to get your hands on Buzzoid for your Android phone.

For some other nice Google Android Applications click here

WordPress just released their WordPress for Android application to the Android Market for download. WordPress for Android will enable bloggers to manage their blogs while on the go.

If you are used to the popular wpToGo application for Android you will feel right at home with WordPress for Android as it was built on the foundation of wpToGo. WordPress for Android is open source, if you would like to contribute to the project please visit dev.android.wordpress.org

Features include:

• Manage multiple blogs
• Comment moderation and ability to reply to comments
• Create and edit posts as well as manage categories, tags and photos
• Create and edit pages
• Get notified of new comments in the Android notification bar

Here is a short video demonstrating WordPress for Android

To get WordPress for Android search the Android Market for WordPress and install the application published by Automattic, Inc.

If you have a barcode scanner install just scan the barcode below.