The writers and editors of PhoneCan come across a lot of applications and games. �Many of them are basic and unusable. �But not this one. Apparatus is a physics and design game where you create simple machinery to accomplish the goal of moving a ma… more »

Swype is a downloadable keyboard that allows you to "type" on the screen without having to lift your fingers for each letter.  You touch the first letter, then slide your finger to the next, until you get to the end of your word.  The app will predict yo… more »

The stock music player on Android won't win any awards for design, and though drag and drop syncing is about as easy as it gets, a lot of customers would prefer a more elegant solution. There are dozens over music players in the market, promising every… more »

Google hasn't released any official press releases on this.  In fact, I wouldn't expect to see one.  It will probably be dropped into a casual conversation by some Google higher-up in the next few days.  But the Android development team has dropped a sem… more »

  After the “what is root and how do I do it” question, the next question I hear is often “What task killer should I install?”  The short answer to this?None of them. Task killers are an odd animal because it’s something that most reps will offer to… more »

@Rhymo worked out great too (once servers recovered) 1M+ downloads first day - RovioMobile, via Twitter   And with that, Rovio Mobile announced it had over one million downloads of Angry Birds for Android in it's first day. If you're not familiar w… more »

Skype, the popular VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) calling app is finally available for download on all phones running either Android OS versions 2.1 (Éclair) or 2.2 (Froyo) Skype offers free calling and chatting between its users and cheap internati… more »