It appears that HTC has gotten quite wise in the ways of the open market, releasing this week the kernel source for the HTC ThunderBolt. For those of you who know what this means, head below for the link directly connecting you to the files you’ll be needing to hack up the world. For those of you that don’t, let me break it down as simply as it needs to be broken down: between the applications you use and the hardware you use your applications on, there’s a kernel
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HTC ThunderBolt Kernel Source Revealed
March 29th, 2011
Android 2.3 Bests iPhone in Browser Battle
March 17th, 2011Posted by: Scott Webster March 17, 2011 Blaze, a company designed to help clients optimize their websites , recently conducted study of mobile browsers to see which was faster. Pitting Android 2.3 against iOS 4.3 there could only be one winner. If you read the headline coming in, you already know what happens. Let’s break the details down a bit though, shall we? After 45,000 page loads it was found that Android’s browser is a “whopping” 52% faster than the iPhone browser. In fact, when tested across the Fortune1000 websites, Android came out on top 84 percent of the time. To be fair, the iPhone’s median load time (3.254 seconds) is very close to the Android median load time (2.144 seconds). In real world scenarios, one second longer is negligible
Immersion Releases Haptic Feedback SDK for Android
March 11th, 2011Posted by: Chuck Falzone March 11, 2011 Immersion Corporation, who has been a leader in touch feedback technology, has released MOTIV SDK 1.0, a tool kit for Android developers to easily integrate a variety of haptic feedback into their applications. Haptics are the touch-based feedback you get from your phone, such as the little buzz that tells you you’ve long-pressed long enough. But what Immersion has for developers goes way beyond a simple buzz. Their MOTIV SDK allows access to a library of hundreds of pre-designed effects, from simulating the vibrating strings of a guitar to the kickback of various weapons and explosions.
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Wave Launcher App Review [VIDEO]
March 10th, 2011Posted by: Phil Esposito March 10, 2011 Before you skip over this review because you love ADW Launcher EX or some other launcher, let me first say that is not a launcher, like a home screen launcher, its a launcher in the sense of quickly launching five applications. Now, Wave Launcher is a wave like pop up app bar. In a bit less confusing terms, you activate the “wave” by dragging up from the bottom of your screen or left/right, depending on your preference. Once your drag your finger, a bar with 5 (self set) applications will show up and you just drag your finger back and forth on the wave to select one of the applications
![6539ff8667339806.png 250x150 Wave Launcher App Review [VIDEO]](http://www.downloadapp.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/6539ff8667339806.png-250x150.png "Wave Launcher App Review [VIDEO]")
Nokia 5230, 5235, 5238 Software Update brings Instant Messaging App and loads of improvements
March 9th, 2011The mighty and affordable Nokia 523x variants got a sweet software update treat from Nokia.
PayPal Puts $50,000 on Table, Announces Developer Challenge for Android
March 3rd, 2011Posted by: Scott Webster March 3, 2011 PayPal has just announced their third PayPal X Developer Challenge and their aim is to get developers to integrate their mobile payments feature into your app.  Starting today and running through May 14th, developers can submit their applications to PayPal, with three winners announced on June 29th.
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MLB.com At Bat 11 – Live for Spring Training 2011
February 25th, 2011Get ready for MLB spring training with MLB.com At Bat 11 for Android. The app will set you back $14.99, check out the Lite version with less features if you can’t afford it
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Motorola DroidX & Droid 2 get a fancy Gingerbread Port
February 22nd, 2011Just as I’m sure many of you like to do. We here at AC love to see all the great work the dev’s over at XDA Developers do.
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Powermat Introducing Wireless Car Charger
February 16th, 2011According to CNET , Powermat is bringing a windshield-mounted, wireless car charger.
Notion Ink Adam Tablet Gets Hands-On from SlashGear [Video]
January 6th, 2011The tablet market is certainly one that’s heating up, especially with CES 2011 fully underway. We know there’s even more devices coming, most of which will be running Google’s mobile Operating System Android. However, one tablet has managed to stand out even dating back to CES 2010, and that’s Notion Ink’s Adam tablet device.
![6e193e72f040x359.jpg 250x166 Notion Ink Adam Tablet Gets Hands On from SlashGear [Video]](http://www.downloadapp.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/6e193e72f040x359.jpg-250x166.jpg "Notion Ink Adam Tablet Gets Hands On from SlashGear [Video]")
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