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A groovy reader recently wrote to us in an email: “Hi groovy guys, I recently updated my Samsung Epic 4G to Froyo, Android 2.2.1. Since the update my screen orientation has been messed up. It takes about 4-8 seconds for it to change orientation, and I usually have to also shake the phone for it [...]
Nothing good comes for free, and so it’s proved by the Microsoft – Nokia deal (in case you didn’t know about it, we wrote about it when it was announced, a little while ago). A report by Bloomberg says that Microsoft will pay Nokia $ 1 billion in order for the biggest mobile phone manufacturer [...]
The SNES, PSX, and other game emulators have been available on the Android market for some time, and now a working Nintendo 64 emulator has landed. Android developer, Yongzh, is the author of many highly stable and functional other emulators; SNesoid, GameBoid and other popular ROM-playing apps. N64oid is stable, but it is still under [...]
Today Google just released a new update for the built-in navigation app for Android phones and tablets, and it helps you avoid traffic jams. The Navigation app does this by implementing real-time and historical traffic data then adjusting your directions to give you the fastest route possible. Along with traffic avoidance, Google Navigation [...]
In the past, I’ve been very tempted to invest $200 or so towards NeatReceipts, the paper-to-digital filing system you probably recognize from the SkyMall catalog. Problem is, I already own a scanner—and I just can’t bring myself to spend that much money on another one, regardless of how much easier it’ll make my life. But [...]
Are you wondering what version of Android is running your phone? Eclair? Froyo? Gingerbread? Well if you just got a phone and your curious what you’ve got, you’ve come to the right place. Just follow the simple steps below to this quickTip groovyPost! The screenshots in this article were taken using a Samsung Galaxy, [...]
At present you can take screenshots on your Android device by using the Android SDK, or you can use an app from the Android Market. The only catch is that with all existing versions of Android, the screenshot apps require that you have rooted your phones; something not everyone is comfortable doing. But, with the [...]
When Windows Phone 7 was first announced, Microsoft caused some bad-water between themselves and Angry Birds developer, Rovio. I admit, we were somewhat afraid that this would lead to Angry Birds never being ported to Windows Phone 7, but fortunately that isn’t the case. As we mentioned in last week’s wrap-up, Microsoft and Rovio have [...]
If you’ve set up 2-step login verification for your Google Account, then you’ll also need to set up application-specific-passwords. The process is quick and simple, but it might be confusing if you are new to this type of security. Below we’ll explain a little about uniquely generated 1-time use Google Account passwords, and then show [...]
It has been a long wait for Sprint customers who have been expectant of the update since last September. For most, they were assured that the phone’s Android update would be rolling out within the only a month or two; which seemed entirely plausible considering HTC’s Evo 4G was already running version 2.2 of Android [...]
On Monday we released a huge tablet comparison chart of the 2011 models, but all of the specs for the iPad 2 still remain closely guarded secret by Apple. But, that should all change next Wednesday, March 2nd at the Yerba Buena Center for Arts in San Francisco @ 10:00am… Below is the image [...]
Last week, Google posted a blog entitled 5 tips for using Blogger on your Android phone in order to promote the new Blogger app for android. As an iPhone user, this made me somewhat jealous. So, I set out looking for an equivalent Blogger app for the iPhone. Unfortunately, there is currently no official solution—there’s [...]
We’ve come to the end of another groovy week, and now we’ll take a look at the most popular posts we’ve published over the last 7 days. For news we missed, we’ve added in a few techy tidbits which you’ll find at the bottom of this weekly wrap. Gadget and iPhone Insurance: SquareTrade, [...]
Check this out. Our favorite groovy web-conference/remote assistance/screen sharing web-based service—join.me—now has a mobile viewer (now that was a mouth full). This month, join.me rolled out the iOS mobile viewer. The join.me iOS app lets you view shared Windows or OS X screens from your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch (iOS 3.2 and up). The [...]
