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Category Archives:Android
Monday, December 13th, 2010

In the middle of last week, while announcing the Nexus S phone and Android Gingerbread, a new version of Google Maps for Android was announced. It touts some brilliant features, such as vector based maps for faster loading and a better scaling experience on the device, offline maps and routing ability, and 3D buildings. Here [...]

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Tuesday, November 16th, 2010

Last night Google Hotpot launched. It is a very early version of Google’s local ratings service, giving users the chance to rate local restaurants, bars, pubs, clubs – well pretty much any place really. Initially I thought (as I suppose many people did) that this is only the web interface, but I also noticed this [...]

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Monday, November 15th, 2010

In terms of Twitter clients on Google’s Android mobile operating system, you’re not spoilt for choice. Among the many many clients that have appeared out there, the three “big guns” are actually pretty different. Twitter’s own, Seesmic’s and TweetDeck’s offerings each have their own advantages and disadvantages. Having given them all a good go over [...]

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Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

I was discussing on Buzz a few days ago about the best ways to keep in the loop while on the go. I thought I would briefly note down my thoughts for the record. On my Nexus One I use a combination of two apps to keep me in touch over Buzz. I use the [...]

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Monday, August 16th, 2010

I was thinking the other day about how I use the iPad, Nexus One, netbook, MacBook, desktop PC and so on together. I found it strange how I could accept iOS 3′s restrictions on the iPad, but when I tried to use an iPhone I found myself constantly annoyed about being unable to perform the [...]

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