Published on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 by Jerry Hildenbrand Listen up all you file downloaders and everyone paying $10 premiums for unlimited data -- dTor, the native Android BitTorrent client is now available (as a release candidate) for download.  Blueplanetapps has made the client available exclusively on Android Central's Forums for a short time before it hits the Market.  Torrents are a great way to download big...

Published on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 by Kyle Gibb  Fox News has joined the New York Times, CBS News, and several other mainstream news companies in offering an official app on the Android Market.The app comes packed with features, including video highlights and live audio streaming from Fox News Radio. It is available for download now via the Market for free. [AppBrain | Fox News] Thanks for the tip, r...

Published on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 by Phil Nickinson It's been several months since our hands-on with Opera Mini while it was in beta, and today it's gone final, hitting the Android Market as Opera Mini 5.1. [Market link | App Brain] For those new to the browser wars, Opera's been a longtime favorite on other mobile platforms, and it's brought its speed and rendering power to Android. The final version's faster, w...

Published on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 by Jerry Hildenbrand One of the great things about Android is the fact that you can change deeply ingrained parts of the operating system to suit your needs, and use applications like SwiftKey beta keyboard.  I've been using the closed alpha of this app for quite a while, and was excited when the guys from TouchType reached out to let us know the app was now available for all through...

Published on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 by Phil Nickinson Seems like only yesterday that we were discussing in-app ads, and whether we're willing to put up with them, or fork over a few dollars for a long-free app. Oh, wait. It was yesterday. Fine. Fast-forward to today, then, and see that the ASTRO File Manager has released an app addition (you load it on top of the full ad-supported app) that washes those ads ri...

Published on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 by Phil Nickinson Knew it was only a matter of time before we saw a Bing app for Android, right? It's pretty good for Windows Mobile, pretty darn good on the iPhone, and we're expecting it to be really good on Windows Phone 7. So it only makes sense that we get to play with Microsoft's "Decision Engine" on Android, right? This is all happening as we speak (erm, type...

Published on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 by Phil Nickinson IMDb -- the Internet Movie Database -- long has been a staple for film buffs. Find out just about anything you want to know about a movie -- cast, credits, trailers, images, trivia, reviews, showtimes -- it's all there. And it's available on the Android Market in an easy-to-use application. A single tap will load up the movie trailer in the Android YouTube app. If th...

Published on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 by Dieter Bohn  We stepped out of a killer panel Monday from MobileBeat 2010 titled "How to turn Android into a money machine," and the answer from the panel to that very question seems to be "all the little things." Is it as easy to make money on Android as it is on, say, the iPhone? The answer seems to be "no" at this point, but there's not a sin...

Published on Monday, July 12, 2010 by Jared DiPane Lately more developers have been releasing a free but ad-powered versions of their applications, as well as a paid version to get rid of the ads. Some applications, like Astro File Manager have only been available as a free (and ad-free) application. That changed with an update today. So, this begs the question: If your favorite application added in-app ads, wou...

Published on Monday, July 12, 2010 by Phil Nickinson When last we saw Fring, the VOIP app was touting its popularity after an update to its iPhone client and how it had to "temporarily reduce support to Skype" because of it. Looks like there may be a bit more to this story, however, as this morning Fring took a major backhand to Skype, complaining that it's Skype that is not allowing the access. But it gets a...