Android News

Nullsoft, the developers behind the wildly popular Winamp music player, have released a Pro version app to the Market. The app itself is simply a key that unlocks the Pro features of the regular app. Alternatively, you could purchase the pro features via an in-app purchase. The pro version adds the following features: * 10-band graphic equalizer * [...]

Because apps are the answer to any woe, Yahoo is trying to turn people’s obsession with smartphone software into page views with the introduction of Android Market (and iOS) search results. An apps tab can now be found when using Yahoo to search the web. Users can view Yahoo’s suggested apps or poke around for [...]

Comscore have released their Q4 2011 numbers for smartphone market share in the United States. Earlier reports suggested Apple would take a great chunk of the share back from Android with the launch of the iPhone 4S, and while they did have a great spurt to close the year out it didn’t hurt Android as [...]

Originally released for iOS back in July of ’09, Cartoon Wars is finally hitting the Android Market today, courtesy of Gamevil who is offering the game free of charge. Mixing a healthy dose of tower defense and a sidescrolling RTS, Cartoon Wars gives players control of a small army where the player must carefully choose [...]

When it comes to hacking and modding a device’s software, it’s always played out like an episode of Tom & Jerry. A developer will take advantage of an exploit in the software that allows them to root the device, followed by the hardware OEM who will release an update to patch up the software, and [...]

Sega announced that they’d be bringing Sonic 4 to Android starting with Episode 1 this year and the day has finally come! They have released the game in the Android market, inviting users to download it for just $ 4. You’re getting 4 zones – each with 4 acts – and 7 bonus stages. You’re [...]

Wikipedia fanatics have long had to rely on a third party service to browse the user edited encyclopedia natively on their Android smartphones, but just as the knowledge bank shutters its site to protest SOPA the official app has hit the Android Market. The app has several key features including the ability to save an [...]

As if enough hours aren’t already consumed playing Call of Duty, Activision wants to make sure that the popular first person shooter is never out of reach. Call of Duty ELITE isn’t a game. It’s an app for viewing your Modern Warfare 3 stats and comparing them with those of other players. Yes, this freemium [...]

The NVIDIA presser here at CES is just gushing with juicy news. The latest from that camp is an announcement unveiling a seven inch tablet device running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. This isn’t the two MeMo devices we were treated to earlier and this is even better than those. The 7 inch Transformer Prime [...]

If the original $ 6.99 price tag was keeping you away from checking out Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation, cost is an excuse no longer. The game is currently available in the Android Market with a $ 0.99 price tag. At the time of writing, the price hasn’t updated on the web version of the [...]