Author Archive for DrSoong
Box It 2! Android App Review
The Box It! 2 Android App by Digiment is a simple yet fun puzzle app. You control Marv, a colorfully clothed explorer, who is trying to unlock the mysteries of the ancient Incan city of Kazarakt, including the treasures in the mine beneath the city. To get to the entrance, you guide Marv using somewhat [...]
Android Sprouts Wings Thanks to Boeing
Pilots may have started to use the iPad for flight manuals, but the rest of us will be using Android. Mark Larson, the technical manager at Boeing’s Dreamliner Gallery has told Australian Business Traveller that all of the 787 Dreamliners now in production will have the option of being equipped with Android. Unlike other offerings [...]
Meteor Blitz Android App Review
Meteor Blitz by Alley Labs is a fast paced, free ranging, meteor blasting shooter. The formula for this type of game is pretty tried and true, and it is very well executed in this iteration. You control a small spaceship, tasked with destroying all of the asteroids, mines, and other baddies in your space. The [...]
Droid Bionic: Verizon’s New Super-Phone
The oft-rumored Motorola Droid Bionic hit the streets last week, making it the most powerful phone available on Verizon’s superfast 4G LTE network. The Handset, powered by Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread, boasts a powerful 1Ghz dual-core TI OMAP processor, a full 1GB of Ram, and 32GB (16 microSD, 16 on board) of memory, enabling it to [...]
Diet Assistant Pro Android App Review
The Diet Assistant Pro Android app is a full featured diet management program for your Android phone. It distinguishes itself from the rest of the diet-app-pack by its rich feature set. The App contains a number of diets to choose from, such as “Soup Lover,” “Vegetables Going Wild,” Feed Your Muscles,” and “Feeling Full While [...]
Gamestop Plans Rebranded Android Tablet
It looks like Gamestop is trying to get into the Android tablet business, launching a rebranded tablet from a yet-to-be-named manufacturer sometime next year. The Tablet will feature Gamestop specific apps and peripherals, including a custom controller. Head on over to Joystiq.com for more info. Source: Joystiq.com
WD Introduces Personal Cloud Computing
If you are at all like me, you find the advantages of cloud computing to be quite attractive—Access to you files on multiple devices; protection against loss; more space on your device. The glaring problem for me has always been the fact that my data is at a remote location, vulnerable to hacking, corruption, and [...]
Sony’s First Android Powered Walkman Steps Out
Sony has officially announced its first Android powered walkman device. The NW-Z1000 will run Android 2.3, with proprietary software and interface by Sony. The walkman hits in Japan on December 10th, although release dates and prices for the US market have not been announced. For more details, head to Electronista.
Android for Intel- The Future is Now!
Intel has just announced that it will bring Android 2.3 Gingerbread to its Atom E6xx series processors in January 2012. Intel has been vying for its share of the mobile market via Android for some time now; however Intel’s announcement could alternatively signal Android’s entrance and simultaneous dominance of the much larger non-mobile market. The [...]
Doodle Assault Android App Review
Doodle Assault is a classic side scrolling shooter by Four Hundred Games with an awesome retro twist. You control a paper plane fighter, thrown too far out of class one day. Your mission: destroy the enemy doodles and reunite with your maker before he gets out of class and you are lost forever. The tilt [...]