Published on Thursday, March 11, 2010 by Casey Chan Most of us are waiting for Opera Mobile for Android to somehow make it on Android phones but the next best thing has landed on the newswire: Opera Mini 5 Beta is now available for Android. And little brother browser ain't so shabby. Opera Mini 5 Beta comes with tabbed browsing, speed dial bookmarks, download manager, password manager, and other features. Ope...

Published on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 by Phil Nickinson One of the first questions we get from new Android users is "Great phone. Now how do I get my music on it?" And one of the first answers we give is "doubleTwist." The free software syncs with just about every smartphone out there, has the Amazon MP3 Store built in, and -- best of all -- frees you from the shackles of iTunes. And the Windows applic...

Published on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 by Phil Nickinson  There are upwards of 20,000 apps in the Android Market. Some good, some not so good, and many are flat-out great. So what do your favorite Smartphone Experts editors have on their Android phones? Read on to find out. read more ...

Published on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 by Phil Nickinson Chances are if you've been hanging around Android for a while you've run across the Pure series of widgets. There's Pure calendar, Pure messenger and now, Pure music.The widget works with the stock Android music players (or HTC's music player, if that's how you roll) and like the other Pure widgets is skinnable, so you can make it look however you want. The widget als...

Published on Monday, March 8, 2010 by Jared DiPane If you are like me and love to take full advantage of the amazing camera that your Android device provides you (at least those of you without Droids), you probably snap tons of pictures. Sometimes they are worthy of sending off to others, and sometimes they could use some touch-ups. Without always having the PC around, having Photoshop Mobile allows quick edits and t...

Published on Sunday, March 7, 2010 by Phil Nickinson Twitter clients are nearly as ubiquitous as Android phones these days. There's Seesmic, Twidroid, Tweetcaster, HTC's Peep, HootSuite, Touiteur, Twicca and Swift, to name but a scant few. And then there's always the mobile Web site. And it seems that new clients are being introduced every day.And so, we want to hear from you. Head on into the forums and tell us what yo...

Published on Friday, March 5, 2010 by Phil Nickinson Been holding your breath waiting for the "I am T-Pain" auto-tune app to come to Android? Ain't gonna hAAAaaa-pen. At least right now. In an interview with All Things D's Peter Kafka, Smule co-founder and CEO Jeff Smith lays out his reasons for avoiding Android, including having to contend with multiple versions of the operating system."Android is not i...

Published on Thursday, March 4, 2010 by Phil Nickinson Yes, yes, Microsoft has released its Microsoft Tag app -- which has been around for a while on Windows Mobile -- for Android. A little background: Microsoft Tag codes are a lot like those black-and-white QR codes you often see on this site. But the MS Tags can hold more information and, let's face it, they just look cooler. But here's the continuing problem...

Published on Wednesday, March 3, 2010 by Jared DiPane With Spring Training having just started, it's time for Major League Baseball fans to gear up and figure out how they will be able to keep up to date with their favorite team while on the go. We've got an answer to that: MLB Advanced Media L.P. has brought MLB.com At Bat 2010 out of beta, and in the nick of time. Check out more information as well as pictures aft...

Published on Tuesday, March 2, 2010 by Jared DiPane As we all watch the Android OS become more and more popular, and the Marketplace continue to grow, it is always nice to hear about success stories from the developers who dedicate their time and efforts towards making a great application for all of us. If you have spent any time cruising through the Marketplace you may or may not have noticed “Car Locator”...