Category: General

  • Android 4 Autism: Let your old phone help!

    Android 4 Autism: Let your old phone help!

        PPCG user ptfdmedic has started up a thread on helping autistic children with used Android devices. “What Android 4 Autism will be doing is taking used (donated) Android devices, preferably Epic or EVO (due to the larger screen) and turning them into communication and learning tools for Autistic children. I’m working on securing…

  • WP7 Mango Announced! 500+ Features!

    WP7 Mango Announced!  500+ Features!

      Yes indeed there was a showcasing of WP7 Mango.  It looks to be a really awesome update and appears as if this is the real point where WP7 is on-par with Android and iOS. Often we have complaints of “Missing Features” in WP7 and while NoDo gave us great speed and stability and added…

  • Sprint Arrive to get 7392 Security Update in May!

    Sprint Arrive to get 7392 Security Update in May!

    REJOICE Sprint users – for once in a lifetime Sprint has rolled out an update the in the same month it was release! Yes Sprint users can start expecting a Security Update. Now with that said we are betting it is the 7.0.7392.0 update that Microsoft has been working on and released in May.

  • Windows Mobile Marketplace Coming To An End

    Its time to say goodbye to an old friend…The Windows Mobile Marketplace is apparently no longer accepting new app submissions as of July 15th. There hasn’t been an official statement by Microsoft yet, but Edgeway Software has made an MSDN forum post stating that Microsoft is sending out letters to developers. The Marketplace will still…

  • Galaxy S 2 Confirmed for top 3 US carriers, names given, keeps you wondering on a release date

    Galaxy S 2 Confirmed for top 3 US carriers, names given, keeps you wondering on a release date

    Wirexgroup has made available a silicon case for the Galaxy S 2 and with it reveals that AT&T, Sprint and Verizon are all getting their hands on a Galaxy S 2. And as before, each carrier chose to give it their own names.

  • Netflix finally released an Android app for select HTC phones & the Samsung Nexus S

    Netflix finally released an Android app for select HTC phones & the Samsung Nexus S

    Geeks we know you’ve all been waiting on this and we also know the LG Revolution users have been lucky enough to have access to Netflix already. The Netflix for Android app has just hit the Market and is apparently available for the HTC Incredible, Nexus One, Evo 4G, G2 and the Samsung Nexus S.

  • Google, Carriers and OEMs Guarantee Timely Android Updates!

      This just in from Google I/O. It seems like what everyone has been waiting for has finally come to be. Google has officially taken a stance on one of the most well known gripes with Android devices. No more will you have to wonder whether or not your current and/or future device will receive…

  • It’s Offical: Microsoft to buy Skype

    It’s Offical: Microsoft to buy Skype

    OK so I know this is not cell phone news – but this does impact us in the mobile world. Skype is to be bought out by Microsoft. This news comes after rumors yesterday of Skype taking offers. The total cost of the Skype buyout is $8.5 billion dollars.

  • (GIVEAWAY) PPCGeeks Review: Seidio CONVERT Case for the HTC Incredible

    (GIVEAWAY) PPCGeeks Review: Seidio CONVERT Case for the HTC Incredible

    We give a special thanks again to our friends at Seidio for letting us review another case of theirs. This time were here reviewing the Seidio Innocase II Surface Case for the HTC Incredible. I can honestly say I don’t think anyone will be disappointed in this case.

  • Windows Phone 7 Just Went Tropical

    Windows Phone 7 Just Went Tropical

    Windows Phone 7 Mango update has just had some features leaked that I thought we would all like to know about. It does seem Microsoft is actually listening to people and working to improve their OS. With Mango being the BIGGEST update for Windows Phone 7 to this point, we have some sweet tropical leaks…

  • GEEKS! Enter the Dolphin Browser HD 5.0 Beta Giveaway Now!

    GEEKS! Enter the Dolphin Browser HD 5.0 Beta Giveaway Now!

    In collaboration with our friends over at Dolphin Browser, PPCGeeks users have a chance to enter and win a chance at the Dolphin Browser HD 5.0 Beta! This is the same copy that will be presented at Google I/O this week, so if you can’t be there or want it in the flesh, Read On!…

  • Humans vs Aliens now available for Blackberry devices

    Humans vs Aliens now available for Blackberry devices

    We are back to announce that the Humans vs Aliens game is spreading their exciting game to another operating system, Blackberry OS. This game is by our friends over at Epic Applications and has been very successful on Android devices. You can find our previous article announcing their latest updates for Android here.

  • Free Amazon App of the day – Spanish Translator Pro

    Free Amazon App of the day – Spanish Translator Pro

    Today in the Amazon App store you can grab a free copy of the Spanish Translator Pro application. With this application you can translate words from Spanish to English or English to Spanish, speak your sentences, have this application read your translated sentence, post to Facebook to share your experiences with friends and much more.

  • Help Super Meatboy Save His Girlfriend! (WM 6.x WVGA Game)

    Help Super Meatboy Save His Girlfriend! (WM 6.x WVGA Game)

        User rogelio rios is back again with a new Windows Mobile game for WVGA.  With all of the Android, iOS, and WP7 development going on, it’s good to see that on PPCGeeks we still have some games being made for our beloved WM devices! rogelio rios has been making games for as long…

  • RIM will bring Angry Birds to the Blackberry Playbook soon

    RIM will bring Angry Birds to the Blackberry Playbook soon

    Blackberry Playbook owners will have access to Angry Birds soon on their devices. This is one popular game that features birds destroying pigs with the help of a slingshot, if you aren’t familiar with the title. Angry Birds is very popular among several operating systems including iPhone OS, Android and Symbian.