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Awesome Drop – File transfer made easy on Android

You’ve got to be confident of your product if you’re going to use the word ‘awesome’ in its name. But really, Dashwire’s file transfer app, Awesome Drop, lives up to the name pretty darn well. Here’s a quick review. It’s very simple so let’s have Brody, the ‘Dashwire Intern’ describe it. It’s a… …super easy, […]

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Alternatives to beebPlayer / BBC iPlayer for Android

A couple of months ago Dave Johnston announced on his blog that he was stopping development of beebPlayer, his amazing iPlayer for Android app. Not only that but he had decided to withdraw it from the Android Market. In his post about the decision he didn’t give much away but it was pretty clear pressure […]

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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 […]

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Learn astronomy – get chicks (maybe)

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

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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.

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Google Analytics on your Android phone. Three apps reviewed

Comparison of mAnalytics, DroidAnalytics and Mobile GA. Three Google Analytics apps for Android smartphones.

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NetCounter traffic monitor: Keep an eye on your data usage

Most smartphone users have to keep an eye on their data usage. Even for those on a theoretically unlimited plan, there’s usually a ‘fair use’ limit which, if exceeded, can lead to a throttled connection. NetCounter keeps an eye on it for you.

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Search by Voice app appears for UK users

Google Search by Voice app arrives for UK Android/G1 device owners

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Review of Shazam app for Android

Review of Shazam app for Android

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beebPlayer for Android working on T-Mobile?

Version 0.4.7 of beebplayer (the unofficial BBC iPlayer substitute for Android) has been released onto the Android Market this evening. The latest update provides the facility to stream live radio as a background task hence the funky little icon sitting in the task bar in the screen grab below. This is a useful addition in […]

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