Category Archives: Apps

Full version of Angry Birds now available for Android

By Sergey Povzner | Published: October 15, 2010
The title says it all: full version of insanely addictive Angry Birds game with 150 levels is now available on Android Market. It works on most Android 1.6+ devices (those that support Open GL ES 2.0, which means all newer Android phones). Number of levels to increase to 200 in few weeks. For Android it […]
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How to move almost all Android apps to SD card (no root required)

By Sergey Povzner | Published: September 24, 2010
[Update - May 2013] To see whether this procedure may work on your phone, check out the new post [Follow up] List of phones that work with “How to move almost all apps to SD card” procedure and comments to this post. Please note that this procedure does NOT work on the best selling Samsung Galaxy S3. [/Update] [Update […]
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Angry Birds game arrives to Android (beta)

By Sergey Povzner | Published: September 7, 2010
Warning: stop reading this and navigate away if you are an addictive person and/or have important things to do in your life in the next few days. Angry Birds, which is a smash hit game on iPhone OS, arrived as a public beta to Android last Friday. According to the developers, the game sold 6.5 […]
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24 most useful Android apps

By Sergey Povzner | Published: August 12, 2010
Why 24? That’s how many apps I have on my main Home screen. But my homescreen fits only 16 apps. I use ADW.Launcher which allows customizing number of shortcuts per screen (see FAQ below for more details on ADW.Launcher). My 24 most used Android apps are:
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Best Android World Cup app: Goal.com

By Sergey Povzner | Published: June 17, 2010
<update> Added few minor missing features: lineups are not sorted by players position, and standings do not show goal difference.</update> In the last few days I have spent some time trying to find a decent World Cup Android application. I finally found one and it’s called Goal.com. It provides all the basic information about live […]
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Android 2.2 Preview: Cloud to Device Messaging demo

By Sergey Povzner | Published: June 9, 2010
Update: Chrome to Phone feature has been officially released. One of the most impressive new Android 2.2 features announced during 2010 Google I/O conference was Cloud to Device Messaging API. You can watch the 10-minute demo below showing how this feature can be used for sending messages from the computer to the Android phone. As […]
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Fring free video calling between HTC EVO 4G and Nexus One recorded on youtube videos

By Sergey Povzner | Published: June 1, 2010
Fring has updated its Android app with the video chat support in preparation for the Sprint HTC EVO 4G launch on June 4th and bongizmo.com was excited to test Fring’s video calling. HTC EVO 4G’s features a front facing camera and an incredibly convenient kick stand making free video calling extremely easy. The test was set up […]
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