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Got an Android phone? Check out AppBrain's new 'push' installer
by Sebastian Anthony Jul 8th 2010 at 9:00AM
One of the most impressive features of Android 2.2 Froyo shown off at Google I/O was its 'push' functionality. If you missed the keynote, it's worth watching -- but in short: you can push things from your desktop computer to your phone. Reading some news, but have to head off to work? Just click a button and it pops up on your phone. The same goes for apps: browse the Android Market on your desktop, click a button and it's automatically installed to your phone.The only problem is... Android Market hasn't been updated yet. The push functionality is there in Android 2.2, but Google simply hasn't turned it on for the official Market (take a look at the official Android Market site -- it sucks). AppBrain, on the other hand, has enabled 'app pushing', and according to Monsieur Linder of Mobiputing, it's really damn cool. Once you've installed the AppBrain Fast Web Installer (or scan the QR barcode on the right!) on your phone, just browse the extensive library of AppBrain apps and install them! All it takes is a single click. How lovely.
If you have an Android 2.2 phone I strongly suggest you try it out -- and if you need a little more convincing, there's a video of Herr Linder using the new Fast Web Installer after the break.
Update: this works with old versions of Android too! Very, very cool.
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You can either be red, blue, or yellow, and you can switch at any time during the game. Each color has different capabilities -- yellow can double-jump, while red has a longer dash (which is like a forward sprint, activated by double-pressing DOWN).
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Mathijs said 9:11AM on 7-08-2010
Thanks for the coverage!
The best thing is that this even works on older phones too, we have tested it all the way down to an Android 1.5 model!
Best regards,
Mathijs / AppBrain team.
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Sebastian Anthony said 9:35AM on 7-08-2010
Oh...?
I thought only 2.2 had the 'push' functions!
So it will work on my 1.6 phone?
Brad Linder said 9:38AM on 7-08-2010
Nifty. I didn't realize that since I'd only tested it with an Android 2.2 phone. I assumed it was related to the new push to phone features in Froyo.
Sebastian Anthony said 9:40AM on 7-08-2010
Time to try it out!
Sebastian Anthony said 9:46AM on 7-08-2010
Hah, it works. Just like that.
Awesome.
Oskiee said 11:01AM on 7-08-2010
Thank you very much for this!
ZeRo said 9:59AM on 7-08-2010
Silly question, but what app do i use to scan the QR codes that take me to the download?
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Sebastian Anthony said 10:01AM on 7-08-2010
Hehe, not silly -- I wondered the same thing.
'Barcode Scanner' in the Android Marketplace does it.