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Google Goggles Boggles

Have you tried the Google Goggles app? It’s amazing. Flippin’ amazing! I mean really, really mind bogglingly, unbelievably… amazing. You have to try it if you’ve got an Android phone.
Err, so what is it? It’s sort of a reverse image search look-up. Take a picture with your phone’s camera and the app tries to recognise [...]

Speed Test app. How fast is your connection?

Speedtest.net comes to Android.

Android ignored in the media. Why?

We’re all used to tech-blog posts from either side of the iPhone / Android debate which are less than objective. It goes with the territory and it’s fair enough – personal blogs are personal.
Is it too much to ask that the mainstream media educate themselves a bit and don’t just focus on the iPhone though? [...]

HTC Hero is Stuff magazine gadget of the year

British gadget magazine Stuff named the HTC Hero which runs the Android operating system as their gadget of the year at their annual awards show this week. Surprising, perhaps, since the shortlist also contained the iPhone 3G S but it sounds like the Hero got the nod as much as for its innovation as anything [...]

The first phone with social skills? Motorola’s Cliq (or Dext)

Motorola launches their new Android phone, the Dext (or Cliq in the US). Available for free from Orange on certain tariffs in the UK.

Learn astronomy – get chicks (maybe)

Review of Google’s Skymap Android app which helps you identify stars and planets in the night sky.

Mobango. *Another* alternative to the Android Market

News of another alternative to the Android Market: Mobango.com

Documents to Go 2.0 for Android – Support for PPT and PDF

Update of Documents to Go for Android by Dataviz now includes support for PDF and PowerPoint.

Love xkcd? Get gkcd!

Review of gkcd

Alternatives to the official Android Market

Alternative download sources for applications for Android phones like the T-Mobile G1 and HTC Magic and Hero.