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Nemo's Reef. WHERE’S MY PERRY IS THE LATEST PUZZLER FROM THE MAKERS OF WHERE’S MY WATER AND DISNEY! Where’s My Perry is a challenging physics-based puzzler where you need to use water in all its different forms - ice, steam and liquid - to solve the puzzle. Overflowing with intuitive controls, vibrant spy-themed graphics, and best of all, lasers, you will be immersed in the world of Agent P! MORE THAN 140 PUZZLES ACROSS 7 CHAPTERS, WITH FREE UPDATES! AGENT P’S STORYPerry from Phineas and Ferb is no ordinary platypus, he’s actually a semi-aquatic sleuth known as Agent P!

And, you know, he SAVES THE WORLD! When summoned to headquarters by Major Monogram our fedora-rockin spy becomes stuck in his transportation tubes. Help Agent P get to headquarters for mission briefing by guiding water or steam to the generators powering the tubes.DOOFENSHMIRTZ EVIL INCORPORATEDDr. Terms of Use: Google’s Oct 29th “Playground is Open” Event: What to Expect. The playground is open.

Google just sent us an invitation for an October 29th Android event, and those words are prominently displayed across the top. What does that mean? We have some pretty strong ideas. Judging by the wording of the invitation, we’d hazard a guess that we may see multiple Nexus devices from several different manufacturers at the event. Earlier this year the Wall Street Journal reported that Google was shifting its strategy to allow up to five manufacturers to offer Nexus phones simultaneously.

The quad-core LG Nexus 4 has been all but officially confirmed, and images of a Sony Nexus X have also leaked. Phones aren’t the only mobile devices that could turn up at the event. Of course, we should also hear details about Google’s upcoming Android 4.2 build of the operating system. Stay tuned for Google’s official news shortly after 10 A.M. Recommended by. New Swype Android Keyboard Brings Multi-Device Syncing, Gangnam Style. One of the best replacement Android keyboards money can’t buy (it’s free) just got even better.

This morning, Nuance released an update for its Swype keyboard that lets you sync your personal dictionary between multiple devices, adds plenty of more customization options and adds “Hotwords” to its vocabulary. Yes, “Gangnam Style” is included. The most notable addition is Swype’s newfangled ability to back up and sync your personal dictionary between various Android gadgets, from smartphones to tablets. Swype learns the nuances of your communications the more you use it, and now, if you add a new word to Swype on your phone, it will automatically be added to the Swype keyboard on your tablet and other Android devices as well, making the keyboard’s mind-reading next word prediction abilities all the more awesome (and slightly more creepy). Recommended by. Muve Music makes leap to all Cricket Android phones | Mobile.

After a year and a half of offering an unlimited smartphone rate with a built-in music download feature, Cricket Wireless will make its Muve Music plan standard on all Android phones, beginning September 2. This is excellent news if you're a fan of the music rate, which wraps music software for downloading songs and ringtones into the monthly package alongside text, talk, and Web use.

In the year and a half since the plan launched in January 2011, a growing number of Android phones has featured the plan, then a $65 premium on no-contract handsets like the Samsung Vitality and ZTE Score. Muve's rate plan now splits into three tiers aligned by data allotment and will cost $50, $60, or $70. Going forward, $50 will get you 1GB of data, $60 grants2.5GB, and 5GB of monthly data access costs $70 to go along with those unrestricted voice minutes, text messages, and music use.

Despite the rate plan diversity, Cricket's new plans won't strike a chord for every prospective smartphone owner. Face-Off: Which Carrier Has the Best Samsung Galaxy S III? The Samsung Galaxy S III is the most talked about device this side of the iPhone, and for good reason. Its inventive sharing features. large 4.8-inch HD screen and powerful dual-core processor make it a force to be reckoned with.

Add to that the power of Google’s Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and lots of useful interface tweaks and you’ve got a smartphone that can tangle with the best of them. That fact isn’t lost on Samsung either. When it launched the phone, the company decided against allowing carriers to alter the device to their own liking and instead made sure that the Galaxy S III looked the same no matter what carrier it was on. That just leaves on question: What carrier should you buy the Samsung Galaxy S III for? Performance Unlike the Galaxy S II, Samsung went out of its way to ensure that the Galaxy S III remained similar from both an aesthetic and performance standpoint across all carriers.

Winner: Draw 4G Coverage and Speed Winner: Verizon Wireless Battery Life Winner: Verizon. Samsung Galaxy Note with Ice Cream Sandwich Hands-On. With Samsung’s announcement that they’re bringing Ice Cream Sandwich to the Galaxy Note, fans of the tablet-phone hybrid should be thrilled to finally get their hands on Android 4.0′s numerous helpful features. Still, as Android skins become increasingly ubiquitous, it begs the question – how much of Ice Cream Sandwich will the Galaxy Note leave intact? We went hands-on with the Galaxy Note to see for ourselves.

You can’t get Android 4.0 on the Galaxy Note in an over-the-air update, but Samsung makes the process mercifully easy. An official FAQ describes how to update the phone using Samsung’s Kies media application, which can be downloaded for free. Just follow the instructions in the FAQ (complete with pictures) to get Ice Cream Sandwich up and running. So, what Ice Cream Sandwich features made it on to the Galaxy Note? Thankfully, almost all of them. Recent Apps No Soft-Touch Virtual Buttons Notifications Menu Resizable Widgets Face Unlock Android Beam Updated Browser Chrome for Android. Amazon Appstore Update Includes Test Drive Feature – Instantly Try Apps From Your Phone Before Buying Them. According to the notes in the latest update for the Amazon Appstore that was released today, you can now “Test Drive” apps from directly within the Appstore rather than having to do it through a browser at Amazon.com. For those not familiar, “Test Drive” is a way for users of Amazon’s store to check out apps before purchasing them to see if they indeed would like to purchase them.

The on-app version is a “beta feature” that comes with Appstore version 2.6.53. Amazon is making it available to select devices at this time, but plans to roll it out to many more over the next few months. So far, I’m not seeing any Test Drive love on either the Galaxy Nexus or One X. For whatever reason, I cannot get any phone to update to this new version. Update: If you click on this link from your phone, it should download the latest version with Test Drive. Update 2: More info on Test Drive: How do customers Test Drive your app? Cheers Dustin and @expertontech! Samsung Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich device update list (USA) The world of Android-powered devices is slowly but surely making the move towards the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich as the dominant operating system version of choice, and when it comes to Samsung’s range of Android devices, Samsung has helpfully put up a list of carriers here in the US as well as their respective devices which they carry.

So far, the following have been confirmed for Ice Cream Sandwich via AT&T – Galaxy S2 (SGH-i777), Galaxy S2 Skyrocket (SGH-i727), Galaxy Note (SGH-i717), Captivate Glide (SGH-i927), Nexus S (SGH-i9020A) and Galaxy Tab 8.9 (SGH-i957). As for Sprint, the Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Nexus S 4G (SPH-d720) is already available, and their version of the Galaxy S2, the Epic 4G Touch (SPH-d710) is also confirmed to receive Android 4.0. Last but not least, how about poor T-Mobile? . The story was spotted on. Will Apple pull Siri rival Evi from the App Store? | Apple. Apple may be looking to take down its latest Siri rival for fear of competition. Launched as an Android App, Evi made its iOS debut in Apple's App Store in mid-January. But after a little more than a month, its days may be numbered. William Tunstall-Pedoe, CEO of Evi developer True Knowledge, told TechCrunch that he received a phone call on Friday from an Apple representative named Richard Chipman, who apparently handles some of the calls about apps on the chopping block.

Chipman reportedly told Tunstall-Pedoe that Apple was going to remove Evi from the App Store since it was similar to Siri. The app not surprisingly appears to violate rule number 8.3 from the App Store Review Guidelines (PDF), which states that: "Apps which appear confusingly similar to an existing Apple product or advertising theme will be rejected. " Neither True Knowledge nor Apple immediately responded to CNET's request for comment. But Tunstall-Pedoe wasn't shy about revealing his thoughts to TechCrunch. Android Dominates Day 1: Mobile World Congress - Mobility - Smartphones.

Mobile World Congress got off to a roaring start with Android smartphones dominating day one of the mobile industry's red carpet event in Barcelona. As Mobile World Congress kicked off on Monday, HTC, Huawei, Samsung, and Sony Mobile announced more than a half dozen new superphones. Some of the buzz words filling the day's events included Android 4.0, LTE, 4G, and quad-core. Here's a look at seven attention-worthy Android phones unveiled. HTC One X: This is a killer phone. The One X features the Tegra 3 quad-core processor. It has four 1.5GHz main cores and a secondary core for low-power tasks. HTC One S: This is also a killer phone, but not quite so killer as the One X. .

[ Which gadgets look to steal the spotlight at mobile's big show? HTC One V: The One V is a middle-of-the-road smartphone from HTC that still offers good looks and solid features at an affordable price point. Samsung Galaxy Beam: This one-off Android device is a new take on the projector phone. Completely absent? Google Glasses Will Be Powered by Android. Utter Robustifies Voice Control In Android, Adds App Support. Android was doing voice recognition for a long time before Siri came around, but the truth is Apple’s implementation of voice commands made Google’s look limited and out of date. And that hasn’t changed in the last few months, despite a few Siri-like apps that have attempted to cash in on the “talking at your phone” craze.

This app, called Utter! , is the first one that actually makes voice control on Android look better than Siri. It hooks into applications, handles compound and stacked phrases, and may actually be useful. The video demonstration is quite long, but the first few minutes show quite a bit, and around the ten-minute mark, he shows how the app is aware that a default app is unavailable, and failsafes to a web search. Note that the app is set at a slower setting in order to have maximum accuracy for this video.

The app is still in development by XDA forum member Brandall, and there’s no indication of a release date. [via Phandroid] Making Sense of the Android 5.0 "Jelly Bean" Timeline. There should be a new bounty of dessert coming to Android lovers later this year. Android 5.0 "Jelly Bean" is rumored to be announced in the second quarter of 2012 and provide a better operating system for Android tablets. The report comes from Digitimes, a Taiwanese tech site that specializes on reporting rumors for the supply chain of the world's upcoming gadgets. Like any publication that specializes in rumors, Digitimes is wrong more often than it is right, but the timeline for Android 5.0 lines up with what Google has released in the past.

Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich was officially announced in Q2 2011 at Google's I/O developer conference. Google I/O is scheduled this year for June 27-29 in San Francisco, right at the end of Q2. It is unlikely that Google will start shipping Jelly Bean at the same time, more likely waiting until the beginning of Q4 before the first flagship devices are announced.

Digitimes reports that Google wants to beat Microsoft's Windows 8 to the market. The Best Virtual Assistant for Android. You seem to have not mentioned how much of a memory hog Google Now is. On my phone (Droid Razr Maxx), running Now causes the entire device to slow down, and doing a Google search using the app takes several seconds of waiting. Every letter/word I type, it stops everything and tries to think of what I'll type next, and I wish I didn't have to wait for that since I know what I'm typing anyway. What a cool app/service! But on phones that can't handle it, it just ruins the entire Android experience. Actually, I did, in the "Where It Falls Short" section: Google Now can be quite the battery drain and resource hog, so use it wisely and sparingly. You're right - Google Now is definitely a resource drain, and it can be slow even on powerful devices.

Motorola Droid 2 root - Motorola Droid 2 rooted. Math magic - Kids iphone application. Word Magic- Kids iphone application. GroupTabs | Check In For Deals. HTC EVO 4G review. As a mobile platform, the EVO 4G's Android foundation is still an infant -- well, okay, perhaps it's a tweener -- but in its two-odd years in the public spotlight, the list of truly revolutionary devices to use it has been a significant one: the G1 for being the first to market; the Nexus One for ushering in a new (and subsequently killed) retail model; perhaps the CLIQ for introducing Motorola to the platform or the Droid for bringing the company some desperately needed, long overdue success. For the moment, anyway, a whopping fraction of the world's most important phones are running Google's little experiment. Needless to say, Sprint, HTC, and quite frankly, many of us have come to expect the EVO 4G to join that short list for some obvious reasons. HTC EVO 4G review See all photos 36 Photos Packaging Hardware Alright, enough with the pleasantries; what about the phone itself?

The edges of phone are simple affairs. Camera / camcorder HTC EVO 4G test shots See all photos 7 Photos Software Wrap-up. Review of the Motorola DROID X on Verizon. The Motorola DROID X, which launches today on Verizon and runs on Android 2.1, is the latest hot phone to hit the market this summer. Following closely on the heels of the MyTouch 3G Slide (T-Mobile), HTC EVO (Sprint), Apple iPhone (AT&T) and the Samsung Vibrant (also launching today on T-Mobile), the DROID X is looking to find its place in the sun. How it feels in the hand There is no getting around the fact that the DROID X at 5" high, 2.6" wide and 0.4" thick is a big phone. But it is well balanced and feels solid in the hand. Display and video content Similar to the EVO, the DROID X will appeal to people who want their cell phone to double as a video player. While technically, the DROID X has a much lower-resolution screen than the iPhone 4 (960 x 640), I can't imagine most people wouldn't be happy with the DROID X.

Web browsing That large screen is a boon to web browsing, which I found to be quite fast and responsive on the DROID X. Camera and video recording Keyboard and Navigation. The Best Android Apps. Market. Forbes Android application - AppStoreHQ. 101 Best Android Apps. Best Business Apps For Android - Forbes.com.