Rovio just released Angry Birds Season, the Christmas edition of Angry Birds that is, to the Android Market. This new version will brings 25 new winter inspired levels of pig killing.
It would be interesting to see some world-wide productivity figures after a new release of Angry Birds. I’d say productivity takes a huge dump when things like this happen. Enjoy your spare time!
In the video above, you’ll see how software updates work on Andorid, iOS and Windows Phone 7.
In Android you’ll get a notification in the drop down notification area that an update is available to a title that you’ve downloaded from the Android Market. iOS will display a number on the App Store.app to let you know that an update is available. The iOS version sometimes display the wrong amount of updates, or after an software update the notification will not automatically go away. In Windows Phone 7 you’ll see the Marketplace live title added with the information of how many apps have been updated.
It has previously been rumored that the Android Market would have passed 90,000 apps, but that appears to have been invalid. The AndroidDev twitter account has confirmed that the Android Market actually has hit the 100,000 apps milestone.
Skype announced today via their official blog that Skype for Android isn’t a Verizon Wireless only thing anymore, but that it is now available from the Android Market. To download it, simply head to the Android Market, or open up http://skype.com/m via your mobile browser. You need Android 2.1 or above for the app to work!
You’ve been asking us for it – and now it’s here. Skype is now available on a wide range of Android phones, so you can save money and stay in touch when you’re out and about. Visit skype.com/m on your phone to download, or read on to find out what’s inside.With the new app, you can make free Skype-to-Skype calls, and send and receive IMs for free, one-to-one or with a group. You can also call phones at Skype’s great rates – over WiFi or 3G.
Calls via 3G doesn’t currently work in the US.
Hit View Post for a video of Skype for Android in action.
Google and Adobe just announced that Flash Player 10.1 is now available for download for you lucky Nexus One owners. The application can be downloaded straight from the Android Market on your Nexus One.
Haven’t seen a 4.25MB file brining so much jealousy on iPhone users ;)
The Facebook for Android application just received an update. The update adds support for Facebook’s threaded messages, which for instance iPhone users have been able to access for a while now.
All you Facebook-addicted-users out there with an Android phone, head over to the Android Market for a free download/update.
The Android Market has hit the 50,000 application milestone. AndroidLib currently lists 50,133 applications on the Android Market. Here is what AndroidLib’s Etienne had to say about their ways to gather stats:
It is rarely mentioned but Androlib covers over 10 markets and therefore also lists applications unfound in other sites. Just try to find this random russian app on the other sites
Honestly, we cannot guarantee we have everything but we think we are doing a pretty good job at it. Our number is high as some applications might have been taken out of the market. We count everything that has ever been added to the market. Upates do not count towards the overall number obviously.
On the rating front, nothing is added manually. All the ratings are the phone ratings.
Good to see that the market finally starts to bloom. We will most probably see the next spike in statistics when Android 2.2, or Froyo, is released on May 19th.
