I bought an X-Mini II Capsule Speaker for a friend several months ago, and he raved about it so much, I had to get one for myself and share it with you here! We all know that electronics like laptops (and yes, Android phones) don’t have the greatest speakers. If you want to play music or listen to a podcast when it’s not feasible to wear headphones, like while you do housework or are in the bathtub, or if you want other people to be able to hear the music you’re playing,...

One of my favorite relatively new Android functions is the ability to send web pages to your phone from your computer’s web browser. AppBrain added some new functionality yesterday that allows you to send links or wallpapers to your phone from their website (in addition to the ability to send apps, which they already had with their “Fast Web Installer”). However, if you don’t have an AppBrain account, there are two apps that were already sending web links to phones long...

As described on Android Central, Swype has opened up their Beta for a limited number of new users, so go here to sign up if you want a chance try out this early version of Swype. I had heard Swype was a new method for entering text using the on-screen keyboard that involved swiping the screen (obviously), but I didn’t know much more than that. I was skeptical about how well it could work – I’m a physical hardware keyboard kind of gal, which is one of the reasons I chose the...

Evernote, the popular note-, image-, sound-, and idea-storing program, was recently released for Android. I have used Evernote on my computer for a while to clip interesting web pages, to store family addresses, and to store code snippets to use as a computer programming reference, so I was happy to hear I could now create and access notes on my phone! There are lots of creative uses for Evernote. In fact, I’ve been using it to store ideas for articles to write for this blog, including...

As you can tell, this site is “under construction”. While we’re getting this blog all set up, enjoy these short videos I made the first day I got my Droid! Twidroid Voice Search Barcode App Twitpic from...