We received email from S4BB informing us of the latest upgrade to Battery Watch and the improvements are good. Making the app a little faster to load, although it was fast before.
Being able to see information on either a daily, weekly or monthly of the battery status is good. (more…)

Google Maps was Updated today to version 6.3.0 that brings Improved battery performance for Latitude and Location History users. Now, you can use Google maps without worrying about your battery life. (more…)

Jorte is a Calendar application designed to be practical.
Jorte is a Calendar application.
Our objective was to create an app with the look and feel of real paper personal organizer with an appealing appearance and easy practical use.
Jorte has a scheduler function and you can customize its style as you choose. Read more after the break. (more…)

At last been waiting a long time for Design review come be released. Although it has been a-long time coming the wait was worth it.
As a beta tester I have some blood, sweat and tears in this release.Read more after the break. (more…)

This isn’t Gmail or Hotmail we are talking about here. This is the popular Yahoo! Mail for Android and now it allows users to completely customise their notifications based on how they want to be notified. Read more after the break. (more…)

When Amazon released UI updates to the Amazon Appstore and Kindle applications several months ago, the Android Amazon MP3 app was not included. Though their is a lot of people who have their music uploaded to Amazon’s cloud,
But, that’s all changed today, well, sort of. Google Music still looks a little bit better than Amazon MP3, the Amazon MP3 player has been updated to match the UI provided by Amazon’s other application, part of Amazon’s retooling effort to make things pretty for newly-minted Kindle Fire owners. Read more after the break. (more…)

When it comes to searching the internet Google is not prefect (not far away, but not perfect) and not the only way to find information. It’s very true that search is it’s golden egg but, now and again a app comes along that just, I repeat just might be able to gather the information faster, smarter and efficiently.
That’s the case with CloudMagic, an app for Android that does an incredible job of scouring your data in an instant. Read more after the break. (more…)

In this latest update we see improvements across the app. The reduction of memory usage is one of the most important to users as it helps to keep your device’s speed stable, and not slow it down.
Better optimization with auto-backup is really good. Sound and vibrate can now be disabled by default, for me this is a good point as friends in the USA are 5 hours behind, having sound disabled is great. Read more after break. (more…)

I decided to install this app as it looked very neat. It’s also clean and just sits on top of your page wallpaper.Read more after the break. (more…)

Extended version of GO Launcher, one of the most popular home application.
GO Launcher Ex, the extended version of GO Launcher, is the most popular home app in Android Market. It supports customizable home makeover, themes, smooth operation experience as well as various practical utilities. It brings you a fresh and extraordinary mobile operation experience. Read   more after the break. (more…)

WhatsApp Messenger and say goodbye to SMS!
WhatsApp Messenger is a smartphone messenger available for Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, Windows Phone and Nokia phones. WhatsApp uses your 3G or WiFi (when available) to message with friends and family. Switch from SMS to WhatsApp to send and receive messages, pictures, audio notes, and video messages. First year FREE! ($1.99/year after). Read more after the break. (more…)

At Android Does, we have a lot of time for WJD Designs. We went to him to design our new logo and he delivered beyond our expectations. There are many graphic designers out there, but WJD Designs CEO and head designer Wayne Drescher has made himself the go-to guy by delivering excellent products and outstanding service. We recently brought you a review of the sleek and sexy TweetDark, the custom themed Tweet Deck app which showcases the quality of work from WJD Designs, and now we are bringing you a review of their latest app, WJD Zone. More details after the jump. (more…)

Ever since learning about Google being the muscle behind Android, I wished and hoped for Chrome as the default browser. Chrome with its spartian, sleek lines, no-frills, but robust browsering, and don’t forget the best part: the speed. Yes, Google has announced  Chrome for Android Beta and it is finally available for the Galaxy Nexus, or any phone or tablet running ICS 4.0. (more…)

This morning I took a second to update my Verizon Galaxy Nexus to 4.0.4. One of the reasons that I didn’t jump on it right away was the fact that I didn’t look forward to rooting the phone again. (more…)

ICS Browser+, like the name suggest, takes the already awesome stock Ice Cream Sandwich browser and adds those little things you didn’t realize were missing.  More details after the break. (more…)

With very clever developers building apps that do things we only dreamed of 5 years ago. A French developer,  Gibus Peron, has come up with a app that controls a light using a BIG Mac cup for a lampshade. (more…)

Facebook’s Android app, given update v1.8.2 that they say will bring better memory management, and bug fixes. We should see an update to fix this update any time now. (more…)

To manage your Android phone from your computer’s desktop then AirDroid (version 1.0.4 beta) has to be the answer.
Installation is simply, well, simple! First of all you will need a IP address which you will see on the front page of the app. (more…)

The Smartphone TV apps are now beginning to heat up with the announcement  of Sky to release their Sky Go Android app next month. SPB TV , More than 120+ channels. No subscription fee! is a pretty good service but with  mostly European channels. Seems to have problems with Android 3.+ and over. (more…)