The Glaxy Tab from Samsung has gained an exclusive deal with mobile game makers Gameloft in which the games N.O.V.A. (Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance) HD and Asphalt 5 HD will come pre-installed on the Galaxy Tab. In addition to these games, it will come with the Financial Times app that will give users access to the FT content.
Here’s something that will tickle the nostalgia of a lot of techies. Nullsoft, the developers behind Winamp have launched an Android App version of the popular media player. It has been over a decade since Winamp was first launch in the year 1997. Since then, it has stayed the mainstay of many PC’s across the world. Even though there is no doubt that Windows Media Player is now looking like quite the option, many people still prefer the old is gold policy when it comes to media players for Windows. And this Android app is just what the tech crowd needed.
EDM or Electronic Dance Music has a large following all over the world and it is growing all the time. Even if you haven’t heard this term before, you have definitely heard the tracks from the likes of David Guetta, Tiesto, etc. Now, Dedicado B.V. has brought out a new app that helps you keep track of the new releases that are happening on the two of best online stores for this kind of music — Beatport and Beat Tunes.
Audible from Amazon [NASDAQ:AMZN] has been soaring in popularity for quite some time now with their continuous addition of good audiobooks. But so far Android users have been suffering with an Audible app that does not do much. And that too after waiting for Audible to finally have some kind of an App on their platform. Well, now Audible has finally stepped up with an upgraded version of their app for Android.
A new Android app has joined the the fast swelling ranks of Social TV services and their related applications. This latest one is from California based startup called Bazaar Labs and it is meant for their Social TV service called Miso. Miso is part of an increasingly popular genre of services where users are encouraged to share their TV watching with their friends.
Netflix is showing signs of releasing an app for the Android platform — a news which will surely make a lot of Android lovers happy. The DVD rental company has already released an for Apple’s iPad and releasing something for the Android is the next logical step. Especially with so many tablets being released with some form of Android on them and rumors of the next Android release (Gingerbread) having support for tablets too.
After the iPhone launch of the Sky+ app, the Android users of the UK can get their hands on the app as well. The popular broadcaster has finally announced the launch of their Android app, long after the iPhone app moved into place. In addition to this piece of news, Sky also announced that they have seen over 5 million downloads of their apps within a year’s time, proving that there is indeed a large demand for apps that enable the customers to control their entertainment remotely.
Barnes & Noble have finally brought out the Nook app for Android users after releasing it first on the iPhone platform. There are also talks of an update coming for the iPhone and the iPad and the Nook coming to other platforms as well. Interesting thing to note here is the fact that B&N has chosen to brand the app completely as Nook, leveraging the e-Reader brand everywhere. There’s no mention of B&N on the app and it sports a clean and trendy finish that would appeal to all. The app support starts from Android 1.6.
Moodagent from Syntonetic was originally launched for the iPhone. It is a very interesting app that I had covered earlier elsewhere. It is essentially an app that plays music dependent on what kind of mood you are in. Not, it does not involved wires sticking out from your brain and being fed into the phone. It simply has 5 sliders that represent 5 different moods. It is by sliding these up and down that you get to mix up your music just the way you like it. And now this experience can be had on you Android phone as well.
It was not long ago when Sling Media teased us with word of an Android version of the SlingPlayer app. The SlingPlayer app is an extension of the SlingBox, that box that allows you to watch you DVR and live TV content on the move or in the next room via 3G and/or WiFi. The app’s availability on the iPhone generated a lot of hype and interest because of the initial hurdles and rejections that Sling Media faced. But that was mainly because AT&T was too scared of the bandwidth implications.
