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Spotify have finally released their official app into the Android Market, meaning that premium subscribers to the music streaming service can now access tracks on the move.  As promised, the app delivers on-device database browsing, playlist creation and offline playback. The offline playback means that playlist contents are cached, and can be replayed while the Android [...]

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Google Maps for Android is now even better than before, thanks to new features and a few fixed issues with Google Latitude.  You can now search Google Maps for Android simply by speaking your query and Google Maps will search it for you.  Google’s voice recognition engine currently understands English in American, Australian and British [...]

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It’s not the first handwriting-recognition solution we’ve seen for the Android platform, but Vision Objects’ MyScript system still finds itself with little company.  MyScript recognizes all manner of individual characters, hand-printed and cursive handwriting in around sixteen different languages, and is happy with you using a finger rather than a stylus to trace out letters [...]

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Everyone’s looking forward to Cupcake, right?  Not so fast, says Big in Japan – the team behind the popular ShopSavvy application – Android 1.5 presents more than a few problems for developers.  According to Alexander Muse, applications currently running on Android won’t necessarily be compatible with Cupcake 1.5; that means a mad rush to download [...]

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Microsoft Exchange support for Android is one of those things that can’t come too soon for many enterprise users, but until then there are apps that promise at least partial functionality.  Wrike’s ContactsCalendarSync is one such program, bringing contacts and calendar synchronization between an Exchange server and your Android device. Up until now, though, it’s been a [...]

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A new Facebook application for Android has been launched by Macrospecs.  FriendMobilizer offers status control, notifications, photo access and more, all with what Macrospecs describe as minimal memory footprint.  There’s also integration of photo uploads into your Android phone’s standard menu options, with a new “FriendMobilizer” choice in the “Share picture via” dialog.  Images can then [...]

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Android Community is hearing from developers who are experiencing problems linking Merchant accounts to their Android Developer accounts, and as such are unable to list paid apps on the Android Market.  Multiple developers are reporting seeing the error message “Sorry, we could not setup your merchant account.  Please try again later” multiple times over the [...]

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Considering the name of the platform, I’m surprised we’ve not seen more robots either based on, or controlled by, Android.  With that in mind, here are two ‘bots that rely on a T-Mobile G1 for their remote control; one which wouldn’t look out of place patrolling battlefields, the other slightly more bizarre. The tech is supplied [...]

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Google have announced a new Finance for Android app that is available now in the Android Market.  Finance for Android links up with the online Google Finance website, and allows users to view real-time streaming quotes in their portfolio, access fast stock look-ups with search auto-suggestion, and call up “recent quotes” to check figures on-the-go. Each [...]

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The Android platform finally got entrance of paid applications into the market this week, which many believe will finally give Android the edge it needs to compete with other smart phones. Purchase and payment takes place through Google Checkout. Of note, purchases can be “returned” within 24 hours of purchase (not of install) for a [...]

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