BlueAnt Releases App for Q1 Headset

BlueAnt released their BlueAnt Q1 Android application yesterday which pushes Bluetooth capability another step forward.  Using the free app, it’s possible to have your text messages read aloud directly into your Q1 headset as they are received.  While the headset already provides the ability to make phone calls and use voice commands, this first of its kind app further improves the hands-free experience of the Q1. This BlueAnt Q1 Android application revolutionizes the mobile phone and headset relationship providing seamless integration between both devices.  Now Q1 users will be able to hear text messages received on their Android mobile phone, further enhancing the truly hands-free experience BlueAnt is known for. – Taisen Maddern, Executive Chairman of BlueAnt Wireless. Scan/Click to download BlueAnt Q1 You can find the app in the Android Market for by scanning/clicking the barcode to the right.  Be advised that this only works for Android 2.0 and above.  If you’d like to pick up a Q1 headset for yourself, we recommend grabbing one out of the AndroidGuys store ! Might We Suggest… Top Global Announces Google Android Gateway Development to Extend Android Applications to Millions of Bluetooth Phones and WiFi Devices Top Global Android Gateway platform integrates 3G radio together with WiFi and Bluetooth for connectivity to multiple Bluetooth phones and WiFi devices simultaneously. Using the Top Global Android Gat…

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Holy Cow! Google Translate for Animals Hits Android Market

See what we did there with the title?  It’s a play on words!  Google has announced their latest Android application, Translate for Animals . Building off other their other translation apps, this one lets users record their favorite animals “speaking” and get it translated back to them in English!  So far, the animals supported are cat, dog, bird, rabbit, guinea pig, hamster, tortoise, horse, chicken, sheep, donkey, and pig. Be advised, there are a few things you need to keep in mind.  For starters, results are only converted to English as of right now.  Future builds will allow for Mongolian, Hindi, Cantonese, and Pig-Latin.  Before you go running off to record your the bray of your neighbor’s donkey, you’ll want to read the instructions .  It’s real important that the animal is calm.  You may wish to stroke it or pet it as you bring your Nexus One up to its mouth. Scan/Click to Download Translate for Animals! Unfortunately, Translate for Animals is only available to Android 1.6 handsets and above.  You can grab it out of the Android Market for free today or by scanning/clicking the barcode to the right!  We were amazed to find out that our cat was thinking about food and naps! Might We Suggest… Google’s Gesture Search Arrives for a Select Few Handsets Google has just pushed out another Labs feature for Android handsets running 2.0 or later.  It’s called Gesture Search and it just that – It searches by gesture.  Using the app, Nexus One and Droid ow…

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CabSense Makes Hailing a Cab Easier for New Yorkers

The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission and Sense Networks, Inc . have announced the release of CabSense, an app designed to make finding and hailing taxis easier.  With this free application, users can figure out which street corners offer the most best chances of finding a cab based on the date and time.  CabSense provides the current location of the user as well as a few options.   If you find yourself in a part of the city with a relatively low number of taxis, CabSense will find and recommend nearby car services as well as provide an option to call a livery cab. CabSense also features: Radar View — A color-coded tool that points users to the highest rated corner nearby Time Slider — Users can plan ahead and view the best corners to find an available taxi at a later time and day Taxi Hailer — Once users find an available taxi, they can simply shake the phone and it will whistle for them Grab CabSense for free out of the Android Market or scan the barcode below! Scan to download CabSense Might We Suggest… WHERE Update Encourages User-Generated Content WHERE, a popular location-based app that helps users find cheap gas prices, movie showtimes, and more, has been recently updated.  Now, rather than simply giving you relevant information, they ha…

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Early Build of Firefox Mobile (Fennec) Sneaks Out [VIDEO]

A member of the AndroidForums named MartinSchirr has released a very early look at the forthcoming Fennec web browser for Android. Admittedly slow and buggy, it still gives users a little bit of insight as to what to expect when the full version arrives later this year. A quick browse through a few of the comments indicate that this only works for devices running Android 2.0 or later. MartinSchirr put together a few videos of Fennec on his Milestone (Droid) to show how things are progressing. Might We Suggest… Firefox Development Underway for Android It seems that Mozilla has begun work in earnest on building Firefox for the Android platform.  Citing sources from the German Firefox community, Softpedia says that Mozilla is working with developer…

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NARM Releases Android Application

Scan to download NARM The National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM) has released their first Android application today to provide constant news updates as they pertain to the entertainment industry. Launched ahead of the 2010 Convention and Music Business Crash Course, the free application lets users link to daily industry news and research on the go. The app provides deeper access into the latest conventions with schedules, bios, photos videos, and more. Look for NARM in the Android Market effective immediately. You can also scan the barcode to the right with your Android handset! Might We Suggest… Share With the Class! Free Apps Worth Paying For Welcome back to AndroidGuys’ new series, Share With the Class!  To kick things off, we asked you what your favorite productivity apps were.  Some of you mentioned titles like Gmote, SwiFTP Server, Ast…

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Dropbox Android App Detailed

Although we’re still a few months away from the actual release, Dropbox has decided to tease us with some details about their upcoming Android application.  The official Dropbox blog has posted some screen shots and a few bullet points letting the world know what they might expect.  If you’re familiar at all with what the service allows, you probably won’t be terribly surprised by the features.  However, here’s what we’ve got in store ! Access your Dropbox on the go – All the contents of your Dropbox are available for viewing. You can even stream music and movies in your Dropbox straight to your Android device. Make edits to your files and sync them back to Dropbox – Any changes you make to your files will sync back up to your Dropbox. Download files for offline viewing – Add files to ‘Favorites’ and they’ll be accessible at any time. Upload files and sync them to your Dropbox – Take a photo, shoot a video, or upload some audio from your Android phone and email its public link to a friend in less than a minute. Share links to files in your Dropbox – Yes! Any file in your Dropbox! Might We Suggest… Dropbox Android App Coming Soon! Dropbox just announced that a Dropbox Android App is coming very, very soon. From the looks of the screenshots, it all seem true. This is the app I’ve been waiting for since I bought my first Andro…

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Skype Android app for Verizon Available Thursday

Skype and Verizon announced at CTIA that a Skype Mobile app will be available in the Android market beginning Thursday, March 25, for users of the Droid, Droid Eris, and Devour on Verizon. The app is not the VOIP app you might be imagining: it relies on Verizon’s voice network to connect calls. The app will allow users to: make and receive unlimited Skype-to-Skype voice calls send and receive unlimited IMs with other Skype users manage their Skype contact list within the app make international calls at Skype’s calling rates. The two companies announced they’d be partnering on this project earlier this month . This week’s announcement gives us more specific information about the timing of release (this week!) and the features of the app. A Skype representative was noncommittal when asked if or when they might bring a pure VOIP app to Android, and I believe I read a big, fat “nope” between the lines, especially given their more positive noncommittal response to other inquiries. If you’re a Verizon customer who uses Skype, let us know what you think about the app once you’ve had the chance to try it out. If you use the Skype Lite app that was available more generally in the Market, know that if you uninstall it, it’ll be gone forever: Skype has pulled it from the market . And if you’re interested in using a VOIP service on your Android phone, your best bet might be to check out other apps like Fring or Tubaloo . Might We Suggest… Verizon Shows Us How Skype Mobile Works [VIDEO] Verizon recently announced that they’ve worked out an exclusive deal to offer Skype Mobile on their Android handsets.  Starting this month, the Droid, Droid Eris, and Devour handsets will come loa…

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Mozilla’s Goal: Firefox for Android in 2010

Image: Vladimir Vuki?evi? Jay Sullivan, vice president of mobile at Mozilla, told CNET today that his goal is to deliver a beta of Firefox for Android in late 2010. Sullivan confirmed that, as we recently heard , development is underway, and while he stressed he could not make promises, he did state his goal of having the project in beta later this year. The main hurdle is getting the Gecko platform running well in Android, and they plan to support HTML5′s video tag for in-browser video playback. Of course, aiming at a beta late this year makes us wonder whether an alpha might be available to play with sooner than that. Firefox Mobile is currently available for the Nokia N900 and N810. Development on a version for Windows Mobile has stopped. Might We Suggest… Firefox Development Underway for Android It seems that Mozilla has begun work in earnest on building Firefox for the Android platform.  Citing sources from the German Firefox community, Softpedia says that Mozilla is working with developer…

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Google Voice Goes Real Time

Today must have been Android App Update Day at Google: we saw new versions of Listen, Shopper and Voice hit the market. Of these, Voice saw the most significant changes . Previously,  alerts of new voice and text messages were pushed out every fifteen minutes. In fact, I had turned them off, since alerts hit my phone via email more quickly than native Google Voice alerts. But if you enable Inbox Synchronization in the new version of the app, alerts will hit your phone within seconds. And turning on this feature will also tell Voice to stop forwarding text messages to your phone, handy if you are allotted a limited number each month. Besides this speed boost, the new version of Voice also adds a handy contact strip that pops up when you tap a contact’s avatar within the app. If you’ve used a Nexus One, you’ll recognize this easy way to choose how you want to get in touch with someone. While these changes are welcome, I’ve heard recent complaints that Voice is not more deeply integrated with Android, and that the transcriptions are still more humorous than useful. If you use the Google Voice app, what’s your opinion of it? Might We Suggest… Conspiracy Theory: Is Apple Orchestrating a Media Attack on Google? For various reasons, I’ve had plenty of free time on my hands lately.  And since I’m an Android Guy, I was closely following the CES 2010 developments.  I was also reading all I could about the Nexu…

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Dropbox Android App Coming Soon!

Dropbox just announced that a Dropbox Android App is coming very, very soon . From the looks of the screenshots, it all seem true. This is the app I’ve been waiting for since I bought my first Android phone. Here are some of the features they’re highlighting: Access your Dropbox on the go – All the contents of your Dropbox are available for viewing. You can even stream music and movies in your Dropbox straight to your Android device. Make edits to your files and sync them back to Dropbox – Any changes you make to your files will sync back up to your Dropbox. Download files for offline viewing – Add files to ‘Favorites’ and they’ll be accessible at any time. Upload files and sync them to your Dropbox – Take a photo, shoot a video, or upload some audio from your Android phone and email its public link to a friend in less than a minute. Share links to files in your Dropbox – Yes! Any file in your Dropbox! Check out the original post over at the Dropbox blog for more eye candy . Might We Suggest… Dropbox Teases Android App One of the more popular file sharing and syncing services, Dropbox, seems to be gearing up for an Android app announcement.  An email has been sent out to their users teasing, “Do you own a Black…

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