Android Mobile Apps
Microsoft launches OneNote Mobile for Android, watch your back Google Docs
11 hours ago | POSTED IN Android
We love Google Docs on our Android phones and tablets but can’t help but admire the way in which Microsoft has integrated OneNote into the Windows Phone OS. We also appreciate that not all of our colleagues and friends are wise to the ways of Google Docs, preferring to use OneNote on their PCs. So we’re pleased to learn that Microsoft has rolled out its OneNote Mobile app for Android phones, meaning note taking and sharing between PCs, iPhones, iPads and (natch) Windows Phone phones...
One Love
Samsung giving Modern Combat 3 away free on the Galaxy S2 on Samsung Apps
2 days ago | POSTED IN Android
Samsung seems keen on reminding us that its Samsung Apps portal exists by giving away Gameloft’s Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation free for Galaxy S2 owners. Sammy Hub spotted that mobile edition of FPS shooter can be downloaded now for your Samsung Galaxy S2 via the Samsung Apps site (hit up the big app link below). Note that Modern Combat 3 isn’t currently showing on the Samsung Apps app on your phone. Meaning you’ll need to log in with your Samsung account via your desktop. If...
Phone Wars
App Friday: Aviary for Android adds photo editing tools and retro grainy effects
5 days ago | POSTED IN Android
App Friday has been away from Recombu for a while. While we’ve still been testing, playing with and writing about apps like before we found that there were so many great apps out there that singling out one for special App Friday treatment didn’t seem fair to the other apps we’d written about in the week. Often it was the case that we’d get hold of or hear about an app or game long before it was Friday and we didn’t want to or simply couldn’t hold on to it...
A is for Aviary
New Gameloft Live! app for Android phones available now, iPhone version coming soon
6 days ago | POSTED IN Android
Fans of Gameloft’s ever-expanding line-up of high definition mobile games probably already know about Gameloft Live! the portal into the Gameloft community where you can compare scores and chat with fellow players. Now available as a standalone app for Android phones, the Gameloft Live! app allows you to purchase games through the app - instead of having to go through Gameloft’s mobile site - which is a real plus. You can also create a 3D avatar and keep in touch with other gamers by...
Live! and Kicking
Google Docs for Android now allows for offline access, Google Gears style
6 days ago | POSTED IN Android
Google has updated its Docs for Android app, allowing you to now mark documents for offline access. Selecting the ‘make available offline’ option from a long-press activated menu in your Docs list will do just that - allow you to carry on working away offline. So if you're tapping out some notes on your Android phone or tablet when you head into a no signal zone, (i.e. your train is heading underground) or 3G signal in your area intermittently drops (it happens), then you're...
Offline? We're fine.
Top ten free games on Android phones
last week | POSTED IN Android
Following on from last week’s top 10 free iPhone games, we’ve done the same for Android. There are plenty of games available in trial 'lite' versions, but we've tried to keep them to a minimum, especially when they are severely limited in their free guise. Any gems we’ve missed? Let us know in the comments below. We’ll be adding even more apps in the future. Here’s our pick of the best free games on Android; you’ll find download links at the bottom...
The price is right
McAfee announces next-gen Mobile Security 2.0 for Android, BlackBerry and Symbian phones
last week | POSTED IN Android
McAfee has taken the wraps off of its Mobile Security 2.0 suite, a comprehensive anti-virus and anti-phishing package that protects virtually all Android, BlackBerry and Symbian phones and tablets. Android phones and tabs running 2.1 Eclair through to 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich are covered, as are BlackBerry phones running OS 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 5.0, 6.0 and 7.0. We’re checking up about support for BlackBerry OS 7.1 - our guess is that as this is rolling out now, support for it will be included...
A hot cup of McAfee
BBC News app launches for Android tablets
last week | POSTED IN Android
BBC Worldwide has released a new version of it’s BBC News app, designed from the ground up for Android tablets. For many people, checking the BBC News website on a smartphone is part of the morning routine, well now owners of tablets like the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Asus EeePad Transformer Prime. In an announcement on the BBC Internet Blog Kate Milner, Mobile Product Manager confirmed the app’s availability for large tablet devices. Created by the BBC in-house team, the new...
Honey Beeb
Download Steam iOS and Android apps for free now (beta)
last week | POSTED IN Android
Steam, aka ‘iTunes for Games’ is headed soon to a phone near you. Well, an iPhone or Android phone to be precise; beta versions of Valve’s forthcoming Steam apps have appeared in the iTunes App Store and Android Market. The main x-factor of these apps will be the ability to cash in on ‘unbeatable Steam sales’. So in an ideal world you’d be able to buy Left 4 Dead 2 or Battlefield 3 on offer while you should be doing some work or paying attention in class. As...
Steam, Punks
Lookout launches Mobile Threat Tracker, visualises real-time virus protection on your Android phone
2 weeks ago | POSTED IN Android
The latest creation to come out of Lookout Labs’ kitchens is the Lookout Mobile Threat Tracker. Less of a security tool like Plan B and the main Lookout app, the Mobile Threat Tracker is a neat visualisation app that shows off the thousands of mobile threats that Lookout identifies and stops every day. Like that shiny Google video which visualised Android device activations as heart-warming pinpricks of light, the Mobile Threat Tracker identifies a virus being given the boot as a neon...
Lookout below
Hailo: The best cab app for Android and iOS?
2 weeks ago | POSTED IN Android
Hail black cabs? Hail no more with Hailo. This iOS and Android app is a god-send for anybody who makes a habit of longingly willing a cab to turn up on a cold London side street at all hours of the day or night. Using your GPS, the application tells you where the 5 nearest black cabs are in relation to you and with 23,000 black cab drivers registered in London, odds are one will be nearby. When you find your cabby, our closest was 1 minute away, simply press the “Pick Me Up Here&rdquo...
Hailo Taxi.
Whale Trail arrives on Android Market
3 weeks ago | POSTED IN Android
Officially judged one of our Best Mobile Games from 2011, Whale Trail is finally available on the Android Market. Whale Trail is ridiculously simple game, simply guide Willow the whale throughout the sky to consume bubbles, avoid dark clouds and loop the loop - all accompanied by a ridiculously hummable soundtrack penned by ex-Super Furry Animal Gruff Rhys. It might not sound the most exciting game, but Whale Trail is one of those games that gets under your skin and you can’t stop...
On the trail
Kingston 64GB Wi-Drive for Amazon Kindle Fire announced: Full Android app incoming?
4 weeks ago | POSTED IN Android
Kingston’s Wi-Drive is an external storage accessory that’s already available for iOS devices. In a nutshell it’s a portable hard drive with a Wi-Fi antenna that allows you to expand the storage capabilities of your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. Who needs a microSD slot? There are 16GB and 32GB Wi-Drives available and there’s a 64GB-er in the pipeline too. You simply connect your Wi-Drive unit to your computer, drag and drop files into the folder, hit sync and then...
App the Drive-In
Cerberus for Android: Three ways to protect and track your phone with one app
1 month ago | POSTED IN Android
Cerberus is the name of the three-headed hound that guards the gates of hell in Greek mythology. It’s also a useful Guardian Force (GF) from Final Fantasy 8 that casts Triple on your party. Not only that, it’s also a very cool anti-theft app for your Android phone. A worthy addition to everything we’ve previously mentioned in our phone security round up, the Cerberus Android app is very much worthy of its namesake. You get three ways in which to protect your Android phone and...
Cerb Dog
Best dating apps for Android and iPhone
1 month ago | POSTED IN Android
For about about a third of the British population, single is on the rise and being on your lonesome never feels more acute than over the festive period (scientifically proven by Bridget Jones no less). If you're unattached and wouldn't mind trying your hand at a bit of mobile dating, then join us as we compare three top dating apps for Android and iOS. OkCupid: Android and iOS On the web: www.OkCupid.com Who's it for? If you're looking for conversation, chilled banter and are...
Winter warmers.
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