Android – Iphone – Applications

Some consumers love Apple’s iOS and others love Google’s Android. What ever the case may be there is no denying the fact that both platforms have their pros and cons. One pro of Google’s Android is the fact that it is capable of running Adobe Flash content thanks to a native version of Flash Player.

Available in beta for some time, Flash wasn’t exactly the least buggy software for Android in that state but things are steadily improving. In fact, Adobe has come forth to announce that Flash 10.1 is available for download but seemingly only to a select few.

Luckily, our buds over at Droid-Life have taken the time to extract the Flash 10.1 .apk file and upload it for all to enjoy. It’s not official so something may go wrong but it’s very unlikely it will brick your device.

Make note, you’re going to need Android 2.2 for this to work.

via droid-life

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written by nhiepphong \\ tags: article, cell phones, fact, froyo, Iphone, tagging, taken-the-time, terms-tagging, time, update

Another Mini 10 notebook has been released and this time it is the Dell Inspiron Mini 1018 which is now on its way to Europe. Priced at around $434, the Dell Inspiron Mini 1018 features a 1.66 GHz Intel Atom N455 processor, a 10.1” WSVGA (1024

written by Duy Phong \\ tags: another-mini, built-in-webcam, definitely-see, dell, dell inspiron, dell mini 1018, europe, inspiron, inspiron-mini, intel, people, revamped-dell, starts-shipping, tablet, time

We’ve talked about Multifl0w before, one the first jailbreak apps to give a multitasking UI to the iPhone. At the time, I wasn’t really a fan because I thought that ProSwitcher was a much better application. Things have changed a lot since then. Apple developed their own multitasking feature, and ProSwitcher was left for dead by its developer who recently said he will not update it. Read More

written by nhiepphong \\ tags: Application, backgrounder, Cydia, Download, Iphone, iphone news, its-developer, jailbreak apps, time

Being an app reviewer, I think that I play more games than the average person. I personally don’t have much of a genre preference, although I do enjoy games that let me upgrade my character(s) or towers, and I have no sort of fan-affiliation with any specific game companies. Deep down in my heart, I also really don’t understand what the big deal is with these “social game centers.”

A friend made a comment to me about an article that I wrote about OpenFeint going multiplatform, and it rung a bell in my head. He said, “Why are people making such a big fuss about GameCenter?” and then looked at me like I should have some sort of profound answer. The answer was a garbled message about the unification of gaming and blah blah blah (I’m letting out my inner Steve Ballmer). Truth be told, I really don’t care about GameCenter that much at all. In fact, I think the whole social gaming platform is pretty ridiculous because developers really aren’t grasping what social gaming is all about.

The only company, in my opinion, that has really gotten it right is Com2Us with Homerun Battle 3D. If you read my articles and reviews, I talk about this game like it’s the next coming of Wonderbread, and it really is that good (and nutritious). I’m not the only one who thinks so either. According to Mobile Entertainment, “players have notched up more than 60 million online match-ups, totalling 480 million minutes spent battering baseballs out of the game’s virtual stadium,” all without the help of a giant social gaming platform backing. With that game, I genuinely care about the competition and get disappointed when my bitter rivals aren’t online. The joy of the system though is that you don’t have to go into another bland page to get some simple high score information, it’s all integrated into the game.

On a customer level, I really don’t think that there is any advantage to using a service like OpenFeint. I don’t mean to knock the service, because it does provide an easy to use area to display global high scores, but it doesn’t, in my opinion, add anything to the game experience. I’ve never invited anyone to a game or used the included IM service, and I really don’t think that the overall score I have makes me want to play OpenFeint games any more. To me, there’s just a bunch of fluff surrounding a game that doesn’t really nurture any sort of competitive spirit. It’s just a nice place for my high score to be displayed.

The only real advantage that I see, for an average gamer, to a unified GameCenter is that my user name will be the same on all the high score lists, and this really only matters if I get into the top 25 of a specific game. I’m not going to go search through a bunch of lists to find my friends in the top 5,000, I just want to see how high of a score I need to get to enter the top 25.

The key to social gaming success doesn’t lie in unifying the platform or stamping your logo on a bunch of games, it’s partnering with developers to make the online experience unique. Nothing about GameCenter will stop me from playing ngmoco games that are on the Plus+ Network because my game purchases are all about the games.

If GameCenter really aspires to be anything near what X-Box Live is, it needs to be so much more that it seems to be shaping up into. I need to able to use my phone as an X-Box headset to talk trash to the people I’m playing against. I need to, within the games, see which of my friends are playing ANY game network wide, not just that specific game. Not only that, but I need to be able to send someone a challenge to another for one game, and while they are playing another game, get my challenge request in some kind of instant notification. I’m not going to check my e-mail for game invites, I want to be able to do it all on the fly. I need all the games need to be connected, all the time.

Until then, “social gaming” on the iPhone just seems like blah, blah, blah, blah (my inner Ballmer has me sweating with rage).

[ Does Anyone Really Care About Apple’s GameCenter? is a post from 148Apps ]

written by Duy Phong \\ tags: friends, Game, gamecenter, Games, homerun-battle, network, ngmoco, plus+, time

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – anytime a major device hits the market it isn’t long before it gets torn apart with its innards spread in a manner by which we can analyze them. Literally, if a device gets even a bit of hype chances are some website, forum participant or other community member wll take the time to disassemble the phone and give us a look at what’s inside.

The latest of such devices to get the tear down treatment is none other than the Android powered Dell Streak which just recently made its debut on AT&T. The deed was done by our friends over at iFixit who have done a similar method of device examination to other devices in the past if you’ve been paying attention.

There’s nothing here really to get excited about that we don’t already know as the Snapdragon processor, cameras and other components are all there but if you’re into this sort of stuff hit up the source link for some additional pictures.

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written by janyton \\ tags: announcement, components, friends, hits-the-market, ifixit, said-it-before, time, united, united-states