Android

One thing you will surely miss on your Android phone is a good media player that can play most of the popular formats. RockPlayer is a free Android media player app that is still in Beta (and hence not available in the Android market yet) and can play almost any video file, including AVI, MKV, FLV, MP4, 3GP, WMV, MOV, ASF, DIVX, XVID, H.264, and RMVB. (more…)

HTC phones are a rage, and many times before they have been rooted. This time, it’s HTC EVO 4G which got rooted, even before it hit the stores. If you are a user of other HTC phones, then we have you covered with our articles on how to root HTC Desire, get HTC Desire custom ROM for Nexus One with HTC Sense UI, HTC Espresso Port For G1 and MyTouch 3G, and so on. (more…)

Android 2.2 Froyo, the latest version of Google’s mobile OS has already become available as an OTA download. So if you have updated your device with Android 2.2 Froyo and looking for a way to root Nexus One, then here is some good news. The folks over at XDA Forum have come up with a quick rooter for stock FroYo Nexus One devices. (more…)

HTC Desire is one of those smart phones released by HTC which includes the beautiful HTC Sense UI. Running on Android OS, HTC Desire is a bit similar to Nexus One, and already a custom HTC Desire ROM has been cooked for the Google phone. Paul of Android Modaco Forum has given a complete rooting guide for HTC Desire. Here are the complete steps to root HTC Desire: (more…)

Android is a very fast growing mobile phone market, and being open source and a ton of apps available, Android phones are soon becoming competition to iPhone. Wished you could get the Android Unlock screen or the iDroid Mini Browser on your iPhone, without jailbreaking it? Yes, we are talking about porting Android to iPhone, so that you can get all the apps natively. (more…)

Opera Mini browser for iPhone has been unveiled at the Mobile World Congress, and may be available soon in the App Store, if Opera has it’s way with Apple. Android users don’t have to wait that long. The world’s fasted mobile browser is now available for download. (more…)

Google is always trying to come up with new ways to search, be it their search suggestions, search results filter, SearchWiki, search by voice, Google Squared, Google Goggles, or many more such innovating features. Now they have added a new search feature for Android mobile phone users. A new Google Labs application lets you search with hand gestures, and quickly find what you are looking for. (more…)

Want to save the battery of your Android phone when you are not connected to the Internet or any local network? Why not temporarily switch off the Wi-Fi and the data transmission, so that you can save both battery and bandwidth. While APNdroid, a free app,  lets you toggle Internet (3G/EDGE/GPRS) manually, it cannot automate or schedule the battery saving mode by itself. It depends the expensive Locale app for automation.  (more…)

HTC Desire has been recently unveiled at the Mobile World Congress and is set to be released in retail a couple of months from now. While HTC Desire has almost the same hardware as the Google Nexus One phone, it has some non-Nexus One features such as the HTC Sense UI, a unique graphical interface with cool widgets that is only found on HTC phones, the face recognition camera app, touch focus, and so on. (more…)

Many Android users would like to tether their device so that they can connect their PC to the Internet on their mobile phone. For the unaware, Tethering means to use your mobile device as a modem, to connect any other devices such as a Computer to the Internet. Tethering is usually done via USB or Bluetooth. (more…)