Blu-Ray Videos Coming with Android Viewing Option

February - 18 - 2011 - Friday 2 COMMENTS

Blu-Ray videos are starting to come with an Android option so that you can download the video to your device.

Unstoppable which just came out this week is the first movie to come with this new technology.

To access Blu-ray Digital Copy on Android, users must have Blu-ray disc, a wi-fi connected Blu-ray player, Android 1.6  or higher, and the PocketBLU app, which can be downloaded free from the  Android Market.

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Here’s the Press Release

“Industry First for Blu-ray from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment as Blu-ray Digital Copy of UNSTOPPABLE available for Android

With tomorrow’s Blu-ray launch of UNSTOPPABLE, the action-thriller starring Denzel Washington and Chris Pine, Blu-ray Digital Copy will be available for the Android platform for the first time ever. This functionality is an added feature on the UNSTOPPABLE Digital Copy thru BD Live, marking the first time fans with an Android-enabled device will be able to transfer a sell-through movie to their handheld device.

UNSTOPPABLE is an electrifying action-thriller that follows Oscar-winner Denzel Washington* and Chris Pine (Star Trek) as they try to derail an unmanned, half-mile-long runaway freight train transporting deadly toxic material. Only two men can stop the train that is barreling towards Scranton, Pennsylvania: a veteran engineer (Washington) and a young conductor (Pine.) Thousands of lives hang in the balance as these ordinary heroes attempt to chase down one million tons of hurtling steel and prevent an epic disaster. Helmed by visionary director Tony Scott (Man On Fire), this story inspired by actual events delivers excitement and suspense that are…UNSTOPPABLE!

Android users will be able to unlock the feature presentation, as well as UNSTOPPABLE Blu-ray extras (Disc One):
• Derailed: Anatomy of a Scene
• Hanging Off the Train: Stunt Work
• On the Rails with the Director and Cast
• The Fastest Track: Unleashing Unstoppable
• Director Commentary Track
• Tracking the Story: Unstoppable Script Development

To access Blu-ray Digital Copy on Android, users must have the UNSTOPPABLE Blu-ray disc, a wi-fi connected Blu-ray player, Android 1.6 or higher, and the PocketBLU app, which can be downloaded free from the Android Market. UNSTOPPABLE Blu-ray and DVD will be available this Tues., Feb. 15.”


 

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Redbox lauched an Android App

February - 18 - 2011 - Friday 3 COMMENTS


Redbox the Movie and Game Rental Kiosk company released and Android App. Now you can check out and rent movies right from your Android device. The App has location support built in so that it will show you the locations that has the movie you want right around you without you having to tell the app anything.



 



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Download Redbox in the Android Market.

 

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Android Market online: If Your App Never Downloads

February - 4 - 2011 - Friday 1 COMMENT

Google wasn’t the first mobile platform provider to introduce an online app catalog, but its Android Market Web store is the first to offer seamless over-the-air installation.

Using the online Android Market is fairly straightforward. Apart from some initial hiccups everyone encountered when the Web store first launched, it takes just a few mouse clicks to wirelessly download both paid and free apps without craning over your smartphone screen or straining your peepers.

[Read more via CNET (blog)]

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Honeycomb: What You Need to Know About the New Android

February - 3 - 2011 - Thursday 3 COMMENTS

Android 3.0, Honeycomb, has arrived packed with features such as camera support, improved navigation, graphics and an overhauled Android Market. Android tablets running Honeycomb won’t be available for a few weeks yet, but here’s a quick FAQ to get your up to speed on the latest developments for Android devices.

Is Honeycomb just for tablets or will phones get it, too?

When are Honeycomb tablets coming?

What are specs for the Xoom?


Will Honeycomb have widgets?

What’s the deal with that bar on the bottom?

What’s the Action Bar?

What are the graphics like?

Will I get video chat on Honeycomb?

What are application fragments?

What are the improvements to the Android Market?


What is the browser like?

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Developers Give New Android Market a Thumbs up

February - 3 - 2011 - Thursday ADD COMMENTS

Google’s improvements to the Android Market application store, including the addition of a browser-based store and in-app payments, are being hailed as a big step in the right direction by analysts and developers.

So far, Market has been the most criticized part of the Android ecosystem, according to Ben Wood, director of research at CCS Insight.

“Developers felt they haven’t been able to monetize it in the way they have on Apple’s App Store,” said Wood.

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Android Market Now Online As Well As Phone

February - 2 - 2011 - Wednesday 9 COMMENTS

For the first time, users of Android-based phones can buy their apps online through the Android Market, and not just through the market app on their phones.

The change, announced Wednesday by Google, which helped create Android, will give users another way to get apps onto their devices. Once an app purchase is made online, it can be sent to the phone.

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Adam gets Android Market as Notion Ink slate rooted

January - 29 - 2011 - Saturday 3 COMMENTS



There comes a time in every Android device’s life when it gets rooted and comes of age; it’s now the turn of Notion Ink‘s Adam. Production versions have only been with buyers for a few days, but already the NotionInkHacks team has rooted the Tegra 2 slate, come up with a custom ROM and added in Android Market access, among other things.

There’s also the keyboard from Android 2.3 Gingerbread, along with a tweak to the screen buffer rate which promises to make it smoother. A new home switcher and Live Wallpaper support have been enabled, and the official YouTube app loaded. In return you have to give up support for OTA official updates, but the offline versions should work instead.

[via Android Community]



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Swift Keyboard on Sale

January - 17 - 2011 - Monday ADD COMMENTS

*January promotion – $1.99 sale price available for limited time only*

Award-winning keyboard app uses AI to make typing on your Android device smart, fast and personal.

“SwiftKey is, quite simply, one of the most innovative and useful apps we have ever seen.” — Mobile Marketing Magazine

“It’s absolutely fantastic… our third-party keyboard of choice.” — Engadget

“A ridiculously good keyboard replacement for Android… You’ll feel like it’s reading your mind.” — Gizmodo

“SwiftKey… goes so far as to offer the most likely word you will type next. It’s like a psychic, only for less money.” — MobileCrunch

SwiftKey predicts your most likely next word based on what you’ve already written. It learns as you use it and from your message archive to make predictions amazingly accurate over time.

Features:

– Predicts your next word with great accuracy
– Auto-learns & corrects as you type
– New HD skin
– Multiple-option voice to text
– Multi-touch
– Predicts in two languages

Languages supported:

– English (US)
– English (GB)
– Czech (CZ)
– Danish (DK)
– Dutch (NL)
– French (FR)
– German (DE)
– Italian (IT)
– Norwegian (NO)
– Polish (PL)
– Portuguese (PT)
– Portuguese-Brazilian (PT-BR)
– Spanish (ES)
– Swedish (SE)

*31-day free trial available on Android Market – search for ‘SwiftKey Keyboard Free’*

SwiftKey should be downloaded over Wi-Fi where possible and you need to download a language module from within the app to use our prediction technology.

If you have any trouble downloading, installing or using the app visit our FAQ page at switkey.net/faq for a quick answer.


via Talk Android


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Sherpa Location-Based Service Debuts Early on the Android Market

August - 2 - 2009 - Sunday ADD COMMENTS

SherpaSherpa, the location-based service from Geodelic got released early and is now available for download on the Android Market. The service automatically learns about your habits and shows relevance based on your surroundings without needing to search. Sherpa features passive personalization which enables the app to create a unique interest profile. It learns things like your favorite coffee shops, banks, and food types.



Download this app by going to “Market” on your phone and “Search” for “sherpa”.








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