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    Google: Hold Up, There Aren't That Many Android Apps

    Ravaging the Nook, Part II: We Have Apps!

    Evernote, the Android Note App You Need, Is Here

    The Android Market Is Getting Ready to Explode

    The 30 Essential Android Apps

    Opera Mobile Browser Is Finally Coming to Android

    Google Goggles: Google's Scary Good Visual Search App

    The Best Twitter Apps for iPhone and Android Just Got Better

    Dolphin Browser Gives Droid the Multitouch It Should've Had From the Start

    The Month's Best Android Apps
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    Image of Crashproof Crashproof
    12/16/09

    In reply to Google: Hold Up, There Aren't That Many Android Apps
    There are a number of Android apps that aren't in the Android marketplace but can be installed from alternate sources.

    I don't know if there are 4,000 of them, but still.
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    Image of oholiab oholiab
    12/16/09

    In reply to Google: Hold Up, There Aren't That Many Android Apps
    To be honest, most of them are utter crap anyway. What we need is not more apps, but more dev on the current ones... Look at Twidroid!
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    TheSonOfKrypton promoted this comment oholiab was starred oholiab was unstarred
    Image of ITLawMan ITLawMan
    12/16/09

    In reply to Google: Hold Up, There Aren't That Many Android Apps
    Where is my off-phone browsing for said apps? Where is the de-fragmentation of the OS? :(
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    12/16/09

    @ITLawMan: Off-phone browsing for Android apps: [www.androlib.com]
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    Image of dagamer34 dagamer34
    12/16/09

    @OCEntertainment: That website is one big giant ad. =/
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    12/16/09

    @dagamer34: Really? I hadn't noticed.
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    Image of ITLawMan ITLawMan
    12/16/09

    @OCEntertainment: No, I was asking directly from google. I still cant belive that there is not one yet.

    Still... Doesn't fix the Fragmentation issue. :/
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    Image of seldomused seldomused
    12/16/09

    In reply to Google: Hold Up, There Aren't That Many Android Apps
    So what's the count on useful apps? I'd say 150
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    Image of Craig Cabrey Craig Cabrey
    12/16/09

    @seldomused: Ah. I see what you did there. The Rule of 150.
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    Image of Chambana Chambana
    12/16/09

    In reply to Google: Hold Up, There Aren't That Many Android Apps
    I almost feel like people would prefer to develop for the iPhone because there is only really one set of hardware, and resolution to worry about. Sure there are slight variations on phone models, but not like the android developing with all different screen types.

    Thoughts?
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    TheSonOfKrypton promoted this comment Chambana was starred Chambana was unstarred
    Image of PureSin PureSin
    12/16/09

    @Chambana: on the other hand, developing for android means more freedom, you can use any API you want and you dont have to worry about your app getting denied at the last step.
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    Image of eatamez2 eatamez2
    12/16/09

    @Chambana: Different screen types isn't an issue with Android 1.6. Similar to Windows apps, it doesn't matter what size screen/resolution (15" or 28") you're running, the apps scale to fit.

    Resolution is easy. hardware is a little more complicated. But if dev's put a "system requirements" (similar to PC games) such as "made for 2.0 or up", or "designed for droid", then bam, problem solved. Most apps aren't hardware dependent, but camera apps and the sort are a different story.
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    Image of eatamez2 eatamez2
    12/16/09

    @eatamez2: *aren't
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    Image of sharkync sharkync
    12/16/09

    In reply to Google: Hold Up, There Aren't That Many Android Apps
    Give me 10 good apps and you can keep the other 19,990.
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    OCEntertainment promoted this comment sharkync was starred sharkync was unstarred
    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    12/16/09

    @sharkync: *takes deep breath*

    1.) Astrid/Evernote
    2.) ChompSMS
    3.) Twidroid
    4.) Movies (from Flixster)
    5.) RemoteDroid (WiFi keyboard and mouse control of a desk/laptop)
    6.) ASTRO file and process manager
    7.) Last.fm/Pandora
    8.) Shazam
    9.) ShopSavvy
    10.) Yelp.Where

    ...To say nothing of all of the official Google apps (Voice/Goggles).

    Now, please to be giving me my 19,990 apps?
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    Image of NaeemTHM NaeemTHM
    12/16/09

    In reply to Google: Hold Up, There Aren't That Many Android Apps
    This App arms race is pretty silly. It's not the damn quantity that matters, it's the quality.
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    Image of Eulatos Eulatos
    12/16/09

    @NaeemTHM: There is correlation between quality and quantity though.

    1. You need shitty apps so you can have an idea of what a non shitty app feels like.

    2. Without quantity in anything, you will never find the diamond in the rough. And nobody likes piles of diamonds.... i mean, um.....
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    12/16/09

    @Eulatos: You see....THIS is why I hearted this guy a while back....You see that LOGIC people!?!? Unmatched!
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    Image of Eulatos Eulatos
    12/16/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: lol thanks.
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    Image of bitgod bitgod
    12/16/09

    In reply to Ravaging the Nook, Part II: We Have Apps!
    So the Nook, which everyone seems to complain about being slow, is able to be bogged down even more? Excellent!
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    Image of jaik3n001 jaik3n001
    12/16/09

    In reply to Evernote, the Android Note App You Need, Is Here
    In future android application posts, it would be beyond useful if you also included QR codes for us android phone users :)
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    Image of blash blash
    12/16/09

    In reply to Ravaging the Nook, Part II: We Have Apps!
    Forget apps, how about someone recoding the entire OS so that it actually runs fast? Then I might buy one.
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    Image of Killjoy Killjoy
    12/16/09

    In reply to Evernote, the Android Note App You Need, Is Here
    Thanks, Evernote! We appreciate it!

    And I'll add my voice in support of QR codes whenever applicable. That's one of the reasons we love having these machines in our pockets, yes? We're building a point-and-click world.
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    Image of gwhite gwhite
    12/16/09

    In reply to Ravaging the Nook, Part II: We Have Apps!
    If I were AT&T, I'd be losing serious sleep over the prospect of the nook being used for tethering.

    Or as a shared 3G wireless access point.

    Both simple with a rooted nook.

    Want to bet they announce a recall?
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    Killjoy approved this comment gwhite was starred gwhite was unstarred
    Image of Bertone77 Bertone77
    12/16/09

    In reply to Ravaging the Nook, Part II: We Have Apps!
    Man, if these guy were smart they would have waited to tell everybody about the hack. They might have gotten unlimited free internet forever but now they they broadcast it to the world HEY WE HACKED THE NOOK lolz!!11! So now AT&T will be looking for it.
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    Image of LIAR LIAR
    12/16/09

    @Bertone77: It's totally reasonable to expect a large, publically accessible community community working on a widely available device to keep their accomplishments under wraps forever.
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    Image of Bertone77 Bertone77
    12/16/09

    @LIAR: Your right, I forgot we are talking about people who love to rub it in the face of "the man", so it would never happen.
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    Image of bkrasnoff bkrasnoff
    12/16/09

    In reply to Evernote, the Android Note App You Need, Is Here
    Very happy to get the Evernote app. I use it to take notes at meetings, collect images of business cards (which Evernote OCRs so I can search through them when needed), keep todo lists, and just drop in random notes. And although I've only played with it for a few minutes, I agree that it looks like a very well organized Android app.
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    Image of The5thElephant The5thElephant
    12/16/09

    @bkrasnoff: Yeah the optical character recognition is awesome. If you have a free account it takes a little bit for them to process your images, but once they do, it works great, even recognizes handwriting fairly well.
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    Image of Jerry Gonzalez Jerry Gonzalez
    12/16/09

    In reply to Evernote, the Android Note App You Need, Is Here
    Only for 1.6 and above huh? Cause I can't find it with my sprint hero!
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    Image of cc82 cc82
    12/16/09

    @Jerry Gonzalez:
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