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Developer proposes development of Android App Store for Restricted Applications

Jan 23, 2012 News Leave a comment

There are quite a few alternative App Stores for Android Applications other than Google’s official Android Market. However, there have been many Android applications which have been banned from the Android Market. For applications such as these, Android developer Koushik Dutta, member of the development team of CyanogenMod, has launched an alternative App Store for Android apps which have been banned from the Android Market.

After positive feedback from a discussion held by regarding a marketplace for banned apps, Koushik Dutta, decided to create the alternate app store. The store would include apps offering emulators, visual voicemail, and tethering, along with other software which have been restricted by Google. The idea was first proposed by Dutta when after his own app, ClockworkMod , was restricted from the Android Market.

And the good news for developers is that Dutta, is already on the works on this app store as he has posted a early screenshot of the App store submission page. Far from the finished product but this project certainly looks interesting.

Amazon Mobile Android App compatible with Android 4.0 ICS

Jan 20, 2012 Android updates Leave a comment

With Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich available for Android devices, developers have been updated their application to be compatible with the latest version of Android OS as well.

One among them is the Amazon Mobile Android App which has got a version update and now is compatible with Android OS 4.0 ICS. The update also has many bug fixes including the issues on Galaxy Nexus.
With the Amazon Mobile Android app, you can now shop for millions of products on Amazon. Download the Android app from here

Enterprise Mobility- Apps, Platforms and Devices- [Infographic]

Jan 11, 2012 News Leave a comment

An extensive infographic on Enterprise Apps Usage, Platforms and Devices:

This infographic is a work of [x]cube LABS and can be found here: Enterprise Mobility Apps, Platforms & Devices – Enterprise Mobile Applications

CES 2012: Lenovo announces Smart TV sporting Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich

Jan 10, 2012 News Leave a comment

The CES 2012 has introduced quite a few interesting devices. Lenovo, the world’s number two PC manufacturer, has started the Consumer Electronic Show to introduce seamless digital experience with numerous devices such as PC’s, Android powered smartphones, tablets and TV’s

Lenovo has announced along with the release of new Android smartphones and Tablets, they plan to release an Android powered Smart TV – K91. The smart TV would be running on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. It sports a dual-core Snapdragon 8060 processor and a 5-megapixel camera in the bezel, above a 55-inch 3D-capable 240Hz HD IPS LCD display.

Lenovo has modified Ice Cream Sandwich Interface which they refer to as “Sandwich”. The reworked version of the OS would feature three major smart TV functions, Video On Demand (VOD), Internet applications and traditional TV programs.

Some of the other notable features which Lenovo k91 would feature would be access to the Android Market and the Lenovo Store, Voice Control and Cloud support.

The k91 would be available in the Chinese Market right away but international users would have to wait as Lenovo team haven’t yet revealed an international release date.

[Source : Geeky Gadgets]

Android OS Distribution released, Gingerbread leads at 55%, ICS makes entry

Jan 5, 2012 News Leave a comment

The Android development team at Google has released the Android OS distribution.  The previous report released showed the increasing number of Android devices sporting the Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Though Android 2.2 Froyo has been dominating the Android marketplace but the latest report has a new leading OS as well as a new entry.

Gingerbread has gathered 55% of the Android Marketplace which is a 10% increase from October. Froyo follows this with 30% of the marketplace. Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) has made its entry into the chart with 0.6%.

The entry of Android 4.0 in the marketplace at such an early stage is interesting compared to all other Android OS’s gain. This is mainly cause of ICS supports both smartphone and Tablets. And more importantly, the source code of ICS has been released to Android developers, so ICS tablets are already hitting markets.

Distimo Report: Android Market hits 400,000 app milestone, 100k Active publishers

Jan 5, 2012 News Leave a comment

The Android Team have certainly more than new year to celebrate for. Mobile app analytics firm, Distimo released their report which states that there are now 400,000 active Android apps available in the Android Market.

The major contributors to this numbers are free apps which have grown steadily over the months. The report shows that the percentage of free applications has increased from April which was 60% to 68% by the end of 2011.
Its interesting to see that while Google’s Android Market needed 31 months to reach the 200k milestone, Apple needed just 22 months. To hit the next milestone, the Android Market needed just 4 more months while Apple needed 8 months to hit the 300k milestone.

In addition to this news, the Android team is that there are now almost more than 100k publishers in the Android Market. The report states “In the Android Market, each developer publishes 4.1 applications on average, while developers published nearly five apps on average a year ago

Source [Distimo]