The Android App Show (video)

More JellyBean Review – Ep. 91

JellyBean in HD – Ep. 90

Play Safe – Ep. 89

Studio Construction – Ep. 88

Angry Birds IN SPACE!!! – Ep. 87

Good Guy Stitcher and Scumbag Ads – Ep. 86

Camera ICS+

Lane’s Sock – Ep. 85

What Does Fragmentation Mean?

CES 2012 - What’s important?

App Reviews This week’s featured wallpaper: Bubbles Live Wallpaper * Free * 1,000 - 5,000 downloads News Coming up on the end of the year, so I want to get nerdy and talk statistics. What is the most meaningful metric to use when counting Android and iOS users? More Android than iOS daily users on Facebook apps. * source (http://blogs.wsj.com/tech-europe/2011/12/19/android-facebook-app-overtakes-iphone-for-daily-users/) * 58.8m Android vs 57.6m iOS * Last week Android received the new Timeline feature update before iOS, by my record the first time a Facebook app update hit Android first.   Browser Share * source (http://www.bgr.com/2011/12/20/millennial-kindle-fire-outpaces-ipad-adoption-but-android-sees-huge-share-drop-in-november/) * 50% Android vs 30% iOS   Tablet Share * source (http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/IDC-third-quarter-2011-tablet-study/) * IDC projects Android tablet share will hit 40% of the market due to the Kindle Fire and B&N Nook * Pretty much the rest of the market are iPads.   App pay gap * source (http://gigaom.com/2011/12/20/androids-app-revenue-gap-and-how-developers-cope/) * 24 cents on Android vs $1 for the same app on iOS. Lane’s Conclusion: * Apple is a “pay” culture * Many people who have Android phones simply down seek out and buy apps * I honestly don’t know anymore who will come out on top, but maybe nobody needs to.

Shopping Appstravaganza!! News Google has resumed selling Android games in South Korea * source link (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203441704577067881646473276.html) * Google pulled out of the South Korean market when a law was passed stating every game published had to first be reviewed by the government. * Their parliament has amended the law to exempt mobile games that do not have gambling or sexually explicit content. Milestone met of over 10 billion app downloads. App Reviews This week’s wallpaper is Pixel Rain Live Wallpaper (https://market.android.com/details?id=gilleland.software.pixelrain) and it is free. Price Check by Amazon * Market Install Link (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.amazon.pricecheck) * Free Google Shopper * Market Install Link (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.shopper) * Free Wind-up Knight * Market Install Link (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.robotinvader.knightmare) * Free  

News Android Malware Graduates to Android Rootkits on All HTC Sprint Phones * It’s called Carrier IQ, and it is a root process, which means it has access to basically everything on your phone * AndroidCentral Story from Oct 27, 2011 link (http://www.androidcentral.com/carrier-iq-named-one-innovative-business-analytics-companies-under-100m-watch-and-we-dont-even-get-t) * They explain well enough why the carriers installed this app, and why geeks and security experts think it is bad. * XDA Post from November 15th, 2011 link (http://www.xda-developers.com/android/more-on-carrier-iq/) * They explain the implications of this information being sold to 3rd parties and give a chilling prediction of what intimate details of your life can be sold using upcoming Android platforms like Android@Home * Good and EVO Editorial on November 19, 2011 link (http://www.goodandevo.net/2011/11/carrier-iq-isnt-the-problem-its-htc-and-sprint.html?cid=6a00d83451c9ec69e201543722f11c970c) * They explain how dangerous an application like this is for phone networks and end users if a hacker was to exploit the app and turn several different lines of Android phones into a zombie computer army. * Wired Article from November 22nd, 2011 link (http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/11/rootkit-brouhaha/) * Now Carrier IQ is trying to sue an Android developer for hosting their training manuals on his own site. They have taken the training manuals down from their site. * Here is the site that hosts the Carrier IQ training manuals link (http://androidsecuritytest.com/features/logs-and-services/loggers/carrieriq/) * Everybody shouldn’t have to read them, we should have our privacy protected by default. App Reviews Addons Detector * Market Install Link (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.denper.addonsdetector) * Free * Use this app to figure out what application is causing advertisements to pop up in your notification bar SimCity Deluxe * Market Install Link (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.ea.simcitydeluxe_na) * $4.99 * A slightly modified version of SimCity 3000

News Ice Cream Sandwich Source Released * source (http://source.android.com/source/downloading.html) * In theory this means Android is available to anyone and everyone * In practice this doesn’t mean your phone will be getting the update * Even App Reviews Duke Nukem 3D * Market Install Link (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.machineworksnorthwest.duke3d) * Just like you remembered it! Yo Gabba Gabba Songs * Market Install Link (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.gsmdev.yggsongs) * plays the songs using YouTube, so it requires an internet connection * it’s a great consolidated resource

NewsThe Death of Flash Has Begun * source (http://blogs.computerworld.com/19246/android_adobe_flash) * They will continue to offer bug fixes and security updates for existing configurations App Reviews The Cat in the Hat - Dr. Seuss * Market Install Link (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.oceanhouse_media.bookcatinthehat_app&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5vY2VhbmhvdXNlX21lZGlhLmJvb2tjYXRpbnRoZWhhdF9hcHAiXQ..) * $3.99 Monkey Preschool Lunchbox * Market Install Link (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.thup.lunchbox&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS50aHVwLmx1bmNoYm94Il0.) * $1.99