The world’s first smartphone pre-loaded with the new Amazon Appstore for Android is set to hit the largest privately owned wireless provider in the US, Cellular South. According to this afternoon’s press release, the HTC Merge will come pre-loaded with Amazon’s Appstore, is this a sign of the future?
March, 2011
The world without Flash or as we like to call it, iOS, has just received a formal update for the Skyfire browser. Skyfire 3.1.0 promises to deliver a better user experience with new site and feature specific tips and tricks, a consolidated user agent interface and an updated support system. There’s also a localized version of Skyfire in seven new languages.
Sure, it’s the end of the working day, but that doesn’t mean you’re not hungry for tech news. If anything, you must be famished after that long meeting. Right this way then good people: we’ve got a plate of it for you right here in teatime tech.
Well, this is a nice offer. ViewSonic, peddler of Android tablets and ingenious TVs with Boxee built in, is offering all your money back, plus postage up to £10, if you don’t like its ViewPad 7 Android tablet – one of a new breed of 7-inch Android slates that actually come with Google’s core apps like Gmail and the all important Android Market on board. The offer runs from Friday through to 28 April if you’re interested, and you’ve got 30 days to test it out thoroughly and make up your own mind.
Us, we’ll stick with our iPad 2, but an Android 2.2 slate with Flash is still a tempting proposition – you can check out all the details at the link below.
(via Viewpadtryforfree)
A Vimeo iPhone app has just hit the iPhone App Store, for all you budding filmmakers. It’s not just a native app to watch videos either (Vimeo’s website is already iPhone friendly), but a free video editor that lets you shoot, edit, add transitions and music, adjust volume levels, and of course upload to the site (including in HD). It’s out on the iPhone App Store for iPhone 4, iPad 2 and fourth generation iPod touch, so if you own one, let us know how you get on.
Out Now | £free | Vimeo (Available on the iPhone App Store)
If you’re a big podcast consumer, the iPod app on your iPhone is probably not good enough at managing your subscriptions and ensuring you’ve got a fresh supply of things to listen to. Today’s best iPhone apps entry is a great solution.
Instacast earns its spot in our best iPhone apps library by making it really simple to keep up with audio and video podcasts. Read on for more info…
If you’re reading Electricpig at work, we’re guessing it’s probably not for work. And that’s cool (Hi guys!). But have you ever wondered how much of a “cyber-slacker”, as psychology professor Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic dubs it, you are? He’s set up a simple questionnaire to help you find out – and perhaps even show that perusing Facebook at work is actually productive. Read on and take the test!
We know you’ve all been waiting feverishly for the best Android apps of the week, so here we are to put you out of your misery. Over the past seven days we’ve been tirelessly working to uncover the very finest downloads for your Android handset, and this week’s search has thrown up an interesting selection. We’ve got something for cooks, Nintendo fans, speed demons and budding WWII fighter pilots.