Google Play 49 cent premium app promotion launched today!

by George Heymann | @techeadlines

technology-headlines.com

Google Play launched a special “Play 49 cents Apps” promotion today. The promotion features 25 premium apps for just 49 cents per app in celebration of the rebranded Android Market, Google Play.

Todays Featured apps include: (03/06/2012)

• World of Goo
• Jamie’s 20 Minute Meals
• Shadowgun
• Osmos HD
• TuneIn Radio Pro
• I Just Forgot – Little Critter
• Sprinkle
• Need for Speed Hot Pursuit

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SuperOneClick upgraded to V2.3.3 released provides 1-click root/unroot for most Android handsets!

Senior Xda-developer member CLShortFuse continues to improve his excellent Android app SuperOneClick. SuperOneClick provides a one-click root/unroot that works on most Android handsets/OS versions. The file size for the latest version (2.3.3) jumped up to 10mb and now integrates the driver installation. The driver folder is now included with the latest ADB drivers from Google

You MUST put your phone in USB debugging mode and make sure you DO NOT mount your SD card. Go to “settings>applications>development” to select “USB debugging.” You can download a copy of the latest version of SuperOneClick from XDA-developers here. You must register on the XDA site in order to download the file.

(Additional download links and revision history after the break.) 

Filed under: Android, Services, Software, Android, Apple Desktop Bus, Apps, BusyBox, Debugging, Linux, Operating system, Root, Secure Digital, Super One Click V 2.1.1, Super One Click V2.3.1, SuperOneClick, Superuser, Universal Serial Bus, Unroot, V 2.1.1, V1.9.1, V2.3.1, Version 1.7, XDA Developers, XDA Tagged: Android

RIM wants to make up, offering $100 worth of premium apps to customers following service disruptions

Rim announced yesterday it would offer a selection of premium apps worth more than $100 free of charge to customers in appreciation for users patience during the recent service disruptions. The apps will be made available on Blackberry App World starting October 19 and are slated to be available until December 31, 2011.

“Our global network supports the communications needs of more than 70 million customers,” said RIM Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis. “We truly appreciate and value our relationship with our customers.  We’ve worked hard to earn their trust over the past 12 years, and we’re committed to providing the high standard of reliability they expect, today and in the future.”

Filed under: Blackberry, Preview, Services, Software, Apps, Bejeweled, BlackBerry, BlackBerry App World, Blackbery App World, Electronic Arts, Gameloft, http://technology-headlines.com, iSpeech, Mike Lazardis, Mike Lazaridis, Technical support, technology companies, Virtual Assistant, Vlingo

Quick Look: GetJar a third party Android App Store that features free downloads of premium apps.

by George Heymann

techeadlines@gmail.com

One of the things that I appreciate about Android is the freedom to choose. When selecting an Android handset you can choose the device form factor, screen type and size, launcher, keyboard options, manufacturer even custom roms.

Besides hardware choices we have the freedom to install software from whomever or wherever we choose. Besides the official Android Marketplace which continues to improve there are two other App Store that have found their way onto my phone, the Amazon AppStore and GetJar.

This is a quick look at GetJar a third party AppStore that features a selection of paid Android Applications for free download. To download the GetJar AppStore to your phone go to m.getjar.com on your phone, select quick download at the bottom of the screen and enter the code they provide.

Filed under: Android, General technology, Media, Quick look, Services, Software, Android, Android Market, Android Marketplace, App Store, applications, Apps, AppStore, free download, GetJar, GetJar AppStore, GetJar Gold, GetJar Gold Apps, Handhelds, Ilja Laurs, phone, premium paid apps

Apple dominates mobile app space with content while Android aims for numbers

by John Roberts

Technology-Market

To say the app market is exploding would be an understatement. By the time you finish reading this press release another 100,000 apps will have been downloaded and $150,000 spent. According to a new app storefront forecast published by Strategy Analytics, Apps, Apps Everywhere: The Billion Dollar Industry, the app economy is strong and getting stronger as paid downloads are expected to drive nearly $2 billion per quarter by the end of 2012.

Driving more paid downloads, higher ASPs, and more total apps than any other platform, Apple remains king of the app economy through 2012. The Android Market is poised to overtake the Apple App Store in quarterly volume by the end of 2012, and Android generally will do so even sooner with additional assistance from third party distribution outlets such as the Amazon App Store, GetJar, Nook and others.

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Virtual currencies proving popular with gamers

by A. Montaqim

Technology Market

The presence of virtual currencies within games is one of the main reasons behind the popularity and monetization success of in-app purchases, according to new research by Distimo. “Some 35% of the 300 most popular free games in June use some sort of virtual currencies to monetize in the Apple App Store for iPhone,” it said.

Distimo’s report covers the Apple App Store for iPad, Apple App Store for iPhone, Apple Mac App Store, BlackBerry App World, GetJar, Google Android Market, Nokia Ovi Store, Palm App Catalog, and Windows Phone 7 Marketplace in the United States in June 2011.

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Google releases a new Android Market for phones which includes a revised user interface (UI), and allows book purchases as well as movie rentals in U.S.

by George Heymann

techeadlines@gmail.com

Google has begun rolling out its new version of the Android Market for phones with Android OS 2.2 and higher. The redesigned market includes a revised finger friendly UI that allows you to drill down menu selections by swiping left and right on screens to select sub-menus or other category choices.

Filed under: Android, Preview, Services, Software, Android, Android Market, Android OS, AndroidMarket, Apps, download, download movies, File menu, Film, Google, Google Account, Google Android Market, movies, purchase books, purchase e-books, Red Riding Hood, streaming movies, UI, Uploading and downloading, User interface

Fast AppSharer a quick and convenient way to share your favorite Android App links with friends.

by George Heymann

techeadlines@gmail.com

Fast AppSharer solves the problem of sharing Android Market application links with friends. The app allows you to share one or all of your installed apps quickly and easily. You can select installed apps individually,  select them in batch or select them all and share them in an HTML email with embedded Android Market links. You can choose to copy individual application URL’s to email or display on screen, or you can show a QR code on your screen that other users can scan.

Filed under: Android, General technology, Software, Android, Android app links, Android application QR Codes, Android application URL's, Android Market, Android Market Links, Android QR Codes, app QR codes, application, application links, application QR code, Apps, AppStore, Bright Wallace, Clients, Fast AppSharer, free apps, Google, HTML email, HTML Links, iOS, Market Links, QR code, share app links, SMS, Uniform Resource Locator

Android apps to Eclipse iOS by August. Welcome your robot overlords, resistance is futile!

by George Heymann

techeadlines@gmail.com

The two most recent reports analyzing application market trends provided by app research specialist Distimo and research2guidance concur that Android apps should surpass iOS by August.

Filed under: Android, Apple, Google, iOS, Ipad, Iphone, Media, Android, Android Apps, Android Market, AndroidMarket, Apple, Apple App Store, Apps, AppStore, BlackBerry App World, content, content platform, Distimo, Distimo report, free apps, iOS, IPad, iPhone, Nokia Ovi Store, paid apps, r2g, research2guidance, Windows Phone 7, WP7

Unrooting and updating the Nook Color

by George Heymann

techeadlines@gmail.com

Barnes and Noble recently released a firmware update for the Nook color which added several new features. The latest firmware V1.2.0 upgrades the Color Nook to Android 2.2 Froyo and adds an integrated Nook email client, an enhanced web browser with Flash and access to a limited curated Barnes and Noble app store as well as other enhancements.

Filed under: Hardware, Media, Software, Adobe Flash, Android, Android 2.2, Android Apps, Android Market, Angry Birds, app, Apps, AppsNook, AppStore, Barnes & Noble, Barnes & Noble Nook Color, curated, Ebook, Firmware, Flash, Flash Player 10.1, Froyo, Homescreen, IPad, Nook, Nook App Store, Nook email, PC, SD Card