All of you GMail users, I have a fun tip for you! You may already know that there are a lot of fun features you can enable in GMail Labs, like Multiple Inboxes, additional colored stars, and one I just found – Green Robot! Have you ever IMed someone with GChat thinking they were home sitting at their computer, when their “dot” was actually green because they were logged in via their phone? Well now you can tell whether they’re available via their mobile device or...

You heard me correctly, folks. Google launched the official Android Market website today. Through the new site, you will be able to search for, purchase, and install apps available in the Market. Currently, feature roll-outs are currently occurring in stages so there is additional functionality that will be available in the near future. Each app’s page provides separate tabs for the App Information (including a QR code to scan with your phone as an alternative to the install link), User...

Soon we’re going to write up some cool accessory reviews, but I didn’t want to go too long between posts, so I thought I’d write up one of my must-have apps that’s almost invisble, but super-handy. It’s called “Not Call Log“. The reason for this app is simple – when the phone defaults to the Call Log after you hang up from a call, all kinds of bad things can happen, like accidentally calling someone from work in the middle of the night after...

App Type: e-book reader Price: Free Get It: Yes if you like reading, definitely if you own a Kindle. Hello, I’m known as CraftLass and I am a Droid accessory addict. I have the dock, a spare battery, an external charger, so many charging cables I can’t even figure out where one of them came from, and even a car charger despite the fact that I don’t own a car. I would have the car dock if I did, of course. I may get it anyway for when I rent cars or ride along on road trips, it’s pretty...

I’ve heard some people lamenting that they can’t get a shortcut to the standard Alarm in Froyo/Android 2.2, and they have to click through the Clock app to get to the alarm settings. However, if you have LauncherPro, there’s a workaround! Here’s how to do it: Long-press on your homescreen and select “Shortcuts” Then pick “Activites” Then click “Clock > Alarms” Shortcutting to activities isn’t always a good idea, since some...

Guest-contributor Taylor from Autostraddle got her hands on Froyo early and offered to give us a sneak peek of what’s in store! Enjoy. With Android 2.2 rolling out to more devices any day now, let’s take a look at what to expect. Thanks to HTC’s Froyo leak (whoops!), I managed to manually install the update before it officially hit, so here are a handful of my favorite changes. 1. Speed: Froyo is zippier across the board. This is probably the centerpiece of 2.2, but...

The first “wow” moment I had when I bought my Droid was when I turned it on for the first time, logged into my Google account, and all of my GMail contacts all showed up on my phone automatically. (I had never had a smartphone before and I had been looking forward to being able to read emails on it.) Fast forward many months and…. I can’t believe that since I bought my phone last year, I’ve been scrolling through all of my email contacts unnecessarily every time I...

If you have a voicemail icon in your Android notification bar that won’t go away even if you clear all notifications and reboot your phone, and you have a 3rd-party voicemail app like Google Voice, here’s what probably happened and how to fix it: Applications like Google Voice are set up to actually bypass your cell phone carrier’s built-in voicemail. When that bypass fails for some reason (and it’s only happened once to me over several months), someone may be able to...

Note: This post was written on my Motorola Droid, using the newest Swype beta release for Android as the input method and the WordPress app. The only addition is this header and the picture. Enjoy! Swype has updated their existing beta release effective today, June 16th. If you are an existing beta user/tester, you will need to log in to the beta site to obtain the updated version – your current version WILL expire soon. New users accepted into the beta should receive an invite starting...

A friend of mine found an Android shortcut – long-press on the Home button, and your most recent 6 programs will pop up! I can’t believe I’ve used my phone for this long and didn’t know about it. Am I the only...