Applications and Games for Android Mobile™
Archive for June, 2011
Those absurd ever-open apps, or: why is Android so different from a desktop pc?
Jun 28th
When common desktop-PC users first approach the Android OS, they need to perform an important open-mindedness exercise which will be surely harder for those who are long time PC users: get used at the idea that you don’t have to close apps.
Please note: there’s also a short version of this article, that avoids theoretical and historical considerations.
Paradigm shiftThis is a paradigm shift in the way our infodomestics work. Once upon a time, as those who used DOS know, it was impossible to have more than a program “open”, or better running, at once. It was the single-tasking era, with its command More >
New image pack “Monumenti” and update for ParanoidDifferences: 1.3!
Jun 8th
Paranoid Android releases his third update for his ParanoidDifferenze!
The news in this 1.3 release is the play with mixed packs feature, which will allow to play with mixed images from all the packs installed.
This feature follows those from the previous updates, among which notification of new packs publication and the long press reminder (for those who don’t read instructions!).
Few days before we also released a new image pack called “Monumenti”, gathering 15 beautiful images of some of world’s monuments, from Eiffel Tower to Great Chinese Wall, going through Liberty Statue and London Tower Bridge. The difficulty of the differences to find is mixed: some images will be easier to More >