How does 50,000 apps in the Android Market sound? Sounds like a continued dominance of the Android OS in the smartphone market that is also showing no signs of slowing. Last month, the market hit almost 9,000 new apps and has come pretty close to that number again for the month of April.
While we’re still waiting for more “quality” apps, at least we’re still seeing a growing interest by developers right?
Source: Androlib
Hope you are not too upset that I took the entire weekend off, but as you may have noticed from my abundance of Tweets yesterday, I was a little pre-occupied with the NBA Playoffs. (Go Blazers!)
Tomorrow we begin another amazing week and already, we have some solid stuff on the horizon to get your Droid that much more amped and customized. Plus, the Incredible launches and I know that many of you are eagerly awaiting its arrival.
With that said, I wanted to reach out and see if there was anything in particular that you wanted to see?
Drop your ideas or requests in the comments and I’ll see what I can do.
While not groundbreaking, the Android Facebook app now includes inbox support with messaging. This is not the chat function you see on a full Facebook page, just the messaging, update, and sent message features.
Do we throw a party now after 5-6 months of waiting? Update in the market. Facebook Friday!
This is also a great time to remind you of the Droid Life Facebook page! Almost 2,000 fans!
Cheers Ryan!
Big SIRIUS XM fan? You can signup now to be notified when their new app drops for your Motorola Droid. No official word as to when that may be, but you might as well jump on the list.
And shortest post in history. Bam!
Cheers to everyone how sent this in!
Just wanted to remind everyone that you can use our exclusive $30 off coupon towards the purchase of a Livespeakr system through Sunday. All you have to do is visit their store and enter “LOVEDROID” in the discount code box during checkout.
Check out our full review here.
Anybody pick one up yet?
Was that not the quickest week ever? Hard to believe that it’s already Friday, but as you know from last week, it’s custom theme day! And how about some gold spice to take us into the weekend?
Installation instructions…
1. Open ROM Manager.
2. Download ROM>KrazyKrivda>DarkSE 24K for CM 5.0.6.2.
3. No need to “wipe data and cache” if coming from another 5.0.6.2 ROM.
4. Perform a backup in case you don’t like the gold look.
5. Enjoy!
For support with this theme, check out this running forum thread. You can also download the theme there and apply via MetaMorph if you do not have ROM Manager Premium.
Issues? Drop them below!
Sorry for the late start this morning, I’m still depressed after last night’s Blazers game. So to get the blood flowing again, I just wanted to drop some rumored Motorola devices on you that I’ve caught wind of over the last week. And no I’m not talking about those ugly flippy covered ones that have been pictured across the blogworld.
The following info was sent to me from a new source, but one that appears to at least know what he’s talking about and also personally knows one of Motorola’s final stage engineers. The second phone on this list, he had a chance to handle and was impressed to say the least.
While it’s tough to confirm anything without pictures, I thought I’d just drop the info on you guys and let you do with it as you please. Who doesn’t love a good rumor or two?
Interesting stuff to say the least…
1. “Droid 2″
- This is already in works.
- 1gHz processor.
- Same basic desgin as Droid 1 but BETTER keyboard.
2. Unknown name as of now (Possibly the “Shadow”)
- 4.3″ Screen (not AMOLED)
- 8MP Cam
- Odd but so far not planned for 1gHz processor. This one had a 700 (or mhz)
- Moto Blur 2.1
- HDMI output
- Records @ 720p
- Physical buttons in front
- Had physical keys (just like HD2)
- The “camera button” (physical) is metallic red like HTC has been doing. Yes, its Verizon as it has the Verizon branding on it.
- Its final build stages. Software still not final revision.
- Very slick design & thin. The back is thin from bottom then when it gets towards top of phone, it bulges up to a thicker part (hard to describe)
- To me, its the answer to HTC Evo.
- This phone is slated for Fathers day release time frame (tentative).
- 16GB onboard memory & 16GB expandable memory card (atleast his came with that capacity card).
Intriguing? Anyone interested in Motoblur on 2.1? How about a Father’s Day release? We’ve heard the name “Shadow” before but was some odd looking Droid knockoff. If I get any deeper details or pics, I’ll be sure to share them. Until then, it at least gives us something to banter about.
From Android Life
