Android App Show 74 – Google Hardware




The Android App Show (video) show

Summary: Honeycomb App ReviewsADWLauncher EX * Market Install Link (https://market.android.com/details?id=org.adwfreak.launcher) * Price: $3.30 * Content Rating: Everyone * Installs: between 100,000 and 500,000 * Honeycomb home replacement * while this has been compatible with Honeycomb for a while, just this week the interface was tweaked to give it more of a Honeycomb feel Bouncy Mouse * Market Install Link (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.munkadoo.bouncymouse) * Price: Free * Content Rating: Everyone * Installs: between 500,000 and 1 million * looks similar to Angry Birds, but it is very different Sponsor: Audible.com 14 Day Free Trial. Get yours today at www.audiblepodcast.com/androidapp (http://www.audiblepodcast.com/androidapp) Big News Google agrees to purchase Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion Sponsor: Carbonite.com 15 Day Free Trial. Get yours today at Carbonite.com! (http://bit.ly/carbtpn) Quick News 10 Android apps account for nearly 50% of all use * source link (http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2103044/android-apps-account-nearly-half) Google gives App Inventor a new home at MIT Media Lab after eliminating Google Labs * source link (http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/google-gives-android-app-inventor-a-new-home-at-mit-media-lab/2011/08/16/gIQAjBofJJ_story.html) Purdue team develops app to decipher gang graffiti * source link (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-ap-in-ganggraffitiapp,0,829341.story) Even though the HP TouchPad has been discontinued there could be hope in the form of an Android app player like what RIM is working on for their new BlackBerry 7 OS. Here is an interesting article on the subject: source link (http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-news/what-the-hp-touchpad-needs-is-an-android-player/3888)