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The RockPlayer allows Android phones to playback media formats not supported currently by system. Tried a few media files (wmv, avi) and it works good. The funny thing is, it look very much like stock player in Samsung Galaxy S.

Update: RockPlayer now available on Android Market, go to AppBrain or Cyrket to download it.

Support Types
Version ARM V7： Google Nexus One, HTC Desire Incredible EVO, Moto Milestone XT800, Droid Series, Acer Liquid, Samsung Galaxy S, Sony Ericsson X10, Dell Thunder Streak, LG LU2300, etc.
Version ARM V6 VFP： Samsung SHW-M100S GT-i5700, HTC Legend, etc.
Version ARM V6： All models left running Android support ARMv6 instruction set.

Old beta version:

• http://www.mediafire.com/?2ly3dgjytnd
• http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3XX6PZKH

Web site: rockplayer.freecoder.org

Dolphin Browser:

• Go to settings and select User Agent
• Select Desktop.

Stock Browser:

• Open your Browser and type about:debug and press Go. The browser will not show anything, but this is normal
• Go to settings and scroll to the bottom and select UAString (User Agent)
• Select Desktop.

Complex web pages with a lot of flash ads make scrolling very choppy. To make Flash content load only after you click on it, go to the settings, tap Enable plug-ins and select On demand.

Just click this link in you Android browser: www.adobe.com/go/getfp10android

As you may see, our app is in a good company:

www.lgim2.com

We’ve seen many upcoming Android tablets, but apps from the Market were never showcased. Some people tend to think that the apps will look bad in high resolution, so I’ve decided to check it. Below go the screenshots of apps running on Android 1.6 x86 in VirtualBox. Screen resolution was set to 1024×768.

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A free media player that plays a lot of audio/video formats. Tested with a few files (WMV,FLV,MOV,MPG) and it works well. It kind of slows down on HD videos, as well as on AVI and VOB files – apparently no hardware acceleration is present.

Full list of supported formats:
4xm/8bps/aac/ac3/eac3/amv/ape/dca/imc/alas/rm/rmvb/nuv/
ptx/tta/wma/wmv/flic/flac/flv/g726/h261/h263/h264/mp1/2/3/4/smc/tmv/dvdsub/dvbsub

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?hagtzcn7qdz

XDA thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=642713

Google Earth for devices with Android 2.0.1: google_earth.apk

Nexus One owners can download Google Earth from the Market.

Source: www.droid-life.com

CorePlayer for Android is currently in development; today company posted this screenshot showing playback of H.264 video. You can follow their progress on twitter and this forum thread.

Development was delayed due to lack of functions in old versions of Android NDK, and CoreCodec explained why they need it:

In the end we want CorePlayer to be 100% NDK/SDK compliant for two reasons:

• Consumer downloads that work against any device (Android Store) and for any mobile provider
• OEM expandability. In matching our consumer goal this will easily allow third parties to use CorePlayer as a compliant drop in solution without the need to one off a separate SDK.

Why we need this player on Android? Just see formats it supports:

Audio Formats:
MP3, MP2, AAC, MKA, WMA, Midi*, WAV, OGG, Speex, WAVPACK, TTA, FLAC, MPC, AMR, ADPCM, ALaw, MuLaw, G.729, GSM

Video Formats:
H.264 (AVC), AVCHD, MKV, MPEG-1, MPEG-4 part 2 (ASP), DivX, XviD, WMV*, Theora*, Dirac*, MJPEG, MSVIDEO1

Container Formats:
Flash/FLV, Matroska, ASF, ASX, AVI, PS, M2TS, TS, 3GPP, MOV, MPEG-4, OGM, NSV*

Streaming Formats:
HTTP, UDP, UDP Multicast, UDP Unicast, RDP, RTP. RTSP, RTCP (keep alive), ASX, ASF, Multicast, HTTP Tunneling

Update: This player still not released after two years of development. You can use MX Video Player instead.

The Astonishing Tribe has just announced their new 3D home screen with amazing design and animation.

The first release of TAT Home runs on standard Android phones, with the following key features:

• The Widget Fan provides a stunning overview of all widget panes; anything that is happening across the widgets can be seen at a glance. Ingenious gesture-enabled design allows instant jumping to any pane, including the application launcher, with the flick of a thumb.
• A comprehensive set of astonishing Widgets created with TAT CascadesTM for optimal performance of 3D-graphics, transitions, and interaction:
  • Weather Widget — flip between a compact at-a-glance forecast and detailed data with a simple gesture;
  • Clock Widget — set the alarm in the most intuitive way and enjoy the ultra smooth wake up experience;
  • Messaging Widget — do your everyday tasks with SMS and MMS;
  • Music Widget – play your music from the small remote or flick into the immersive 3D album browser
  • Contacts Widgets – quickly select a contact from the grid of Faves with zero setup
• Seamless blending of any standard Android widgets

TAT Home demo on HTC Hero:

http://www.tat.se/home/