Apple polices the App Store pretty vigorously to keep out porn, piracy, and video game emulators, among other things. But every now and again something slips through the cracks. For instance, there’s now a Nintendo Gameboy Advance emulator available in the App Store for $1.99. But you’d never know that from the name or description […]
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CyanogenMod’s Apollo Music Player available from Google Play Store
Apollo is the default music player in CyanogenMod 10, a custom version of Android 4.1 which is available for dozens of phones and tablets. But now you can download and install Apollo on any device running Android 2.3 or later, whether you’re using CyanogenMod or not. Two versions are now available from the Google Play […]
TomTom Navigation app for Android arrives, doesn’t yet support HD displays
GPS provider TomTom now offers a navigation app for Android smartphones. It offers detailed, turn-by-turn driving directions and pretty much lets you use your phone as a full-fledged GPS device. At $38 for the US version, it’s kind of expensive for a mobile app. But that’s a lot less money than you’d pay for a dedicated GPS […]
Square Enix releases Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy III for Android
The Final Fantasy series of video games pretty much defined the fantasy role-playing video game genre starting with the first Final Fantasy game for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1987. Over the years the series has produced some of the best stories, game play, and graphics for Nintendo and Sony video game consoles, and there […]
Google buys QuickOffice, maybe Google Docs for Android will become useful
Google has acquired QuickOffice, a company that makes a very popular suite of mobile office apps for Android, iOS, and other platforms including webOS. It’s not clear what the acquisition means for the future of QuickOffice on platforms other than Google, but I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for big updates for the company’s webOS […]