Myriad Alien Dalvik

Myriad Alien Dalvik brings Android applications to non-Android devices, allowing OEMs, operators and application stores to leverage the Android eco-system across a much wider range of mobile devices. Android applications run unmodified and with no loss of performance on non- Android platforms.

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Ericsson Application Award winners

Yesterday, the winners of the Ericsson Application Awards were crowned. And the winners were the Italian team JustBit in the student category, and the UK based team HipSnip in the company category. Team JustBit’s winning Android™ application use RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology and wireless connectivity to keep track of what groceries you have at home. This way the team tried to address not only an everyday problem that most people can relate to, but also a bigger issue with domestic food waste.
Company category winners team HipSnip presented a well structured and thought through idea and application regarding personal shopping. Check out the Ericsson and the Ericsson Application Awards website to learn more about the winning teams and the competition.
From Sony Ericsson, Karl-Johan Dahlström, Head of Developer Relations, and Joakim Nelson, Head of Industry Collaboration & Asset Management, participated as a presenters and Karl-Johan was also part of the jury. Sony Ericsson is very pleased to have been part of this competition, and we’re looking forward to support next year’s competition also!

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CNN App for Nokia in Action

The power of CNN now on your Nokia smartphone. See the app in action. And download now to your Nokia smartphone from the Ovi Store: http://nokia.ly/kXp7Wz

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Submitted by Firefox 5 for Android

The company introduced an update Mozilla Firefox web browser for smartphones based on operating system Android. The fifth version of the popular browser differs in a number of improvements to accelerate the speed of napralennyh work, and it has the function of do-not-track, which was recently added in the desktop version. And like the desktop version of the on-off feature tracking is supported only a limited number of sites. According to the developers, Mozilla Firefox 5 for the Android OS has increased the speed of loading pages, which works in the case of 3G-connections, and improved responsiveness when panning. In addition, users can expect improved compatibility with keyboards SwiftKey and receive an increased number of mobile add-ons to the browser. Mozilla Firefox is 5 already available for download from the App Store Android Market.

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REVIEW >> Augmented Reality Cinema shows you the scene where it was filmed

Normally, I don’t report on Apps here, as we could do a blog for that. However, this one I just couldn’t resist, but it is sadly still a concept.

If you are a regular reader of this blog, and I am told that we have many, then you know that I am nuts over all things augmented reality. This particular one can be used a famous movie locations.

You can watch the video to see it in action, and it looks simple to use. Find the spot where a movie was filmed, like the Westminster Bridge in 28 Days Later, and you will see the scene played out.

As you can see in the video, the locations are in the UK. I hope this App will eventually come with locations for the United States.

Personally, I love going to places were movies were shot. I visited the town of Preston, Idaho, just so I could see the final shot of Napoleon Dynamite. It would have been very cool to use an App like this there.

In fact, I can see this App being used for movie-related tours. Forks, Washington could be used for a Twilight-based tour, and I’m pretty sure that L.A. and New York City have plenty of places to use this App.

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REVIEW >> Google Attempts to Integrate Video Chat in Chrome

 

Google is out to compete with Skype as the search engine giant is integrating an open-source video chat software into the Google Chrome browser. The plan would go beyond the features of Gmail and Google Voice.

The WebRTC is introduced as an open-source, royalty-free audio-and-video chat software, even promising to work with other browser developers such as Mozilla and Opera. Because it is open-source, any website can make use of the new software and create their very own program that could compete with Skype.

With these developments, you wonder whether Skype is shaking on its knees.

Source: Electronista, via Engadget

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Lingvo Dictionaries 2.0 for Apple iOS with the function fotoperevoda

ABBYY has announced a new version of electronic dictionary ABBYY Lingvo Dictionaries 2.0 operating system for Apple iOS. In version 2.0 the possibility to enter words and phrases to be translated manually added the function fotoperevoda. Translation of words with photographs taken by a camera or downloaded from the album, became available through the use of OCR technology. ABBYY Lingvo Dictionaries 2.0 is a universal application to access multiple dictionaries simultaneously. This allows you to create your own vocabulary sets based library of more than 250 dictionaries for 30 different languages. In the dictionary entries for each word you can find the translations, transcriptions, examples and forms of words and pronunciation of words pronounced by native speakers. Buying an application for 2,99 USD, users have at their disposal and the ability to function fotoperevoda download any of 58 basic dictionaries for 27 languages. In addition to the basic set of interface applications can be purchased and downloaded more than 200 dictionaries. For example, the most popular among users of the product of Anglo-Russian-English Dictionary is available for 9,99 USD. Also, in addition to the application provides a compact and premium sets of dictionaries for English and the major European languages, where the price per set is significantly lower than in a separate acquisition of each dictionary. ABBYY Lingvo Dictionaries 2.0 supports English, German, French, Spanish, Italian and Russian language interface. In an optional package includes general, explanatory, idioms and specialized dictionaries from publishers such as HarperCollins Publishers, «Russian language - the Media," "Russo", etc. If the user selected dictionaries already downloaded and installed, to recognize and translate words online connection is not required, that is particularly appreciated by travelers who are roaming. Also, ABBYY Lingvo Dictionaries 2.0 provides the flexibility to manage the dictionary database, allowing you to easily install new dictionaries, temporarily disable or remove unnecessary ones. fotoperevoda function in the application is available for 27 European languages, including English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian and Greek. The most common translation of words in the recognized text appears on the iPhone in the form of minikartochek that allows you to quickly understand the meaning of a text passage. For more information or alternative translations may refer to dictionary entries by clicking on minikartochku. fotoperevoda ability will be useful for those who frequently travels and encounters with a difficult spelling words in a foreign language, especially if this language is used for the user unfamiliar alphabet. Also, ABBYY Lingvo Dictionaries 2.0 allows Word Translation phrases. While browsing the web pages or reading e-books can be copied to 5 consecutive words in the clipboard, launch ABBYY Lingvo, and the application will propose to translate each of the copied words. Another new feature is support for hypertext dictionary that allows translation of any word from the dictionary entry by clicking on it. Appendix ABBYY Lingvo Dictionaries 2.0 for iOS available through App Store Apple App Store (available via download iTunes). Users of previous versions can upgrade to free version of ABBYY Lingvo Dictionaries 2.0.

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Updating maps of Russia Q1-2011 for Navitel 5

The company "Center of Navigation Technologies' announced updated maps of Russia Q1-2011 for Navitel 5. Update includes 2737 cities and towns of Russia with great detail, detailed maps of 65 regions of the country, as are updated maps of all regions of Russia. Updating maps of Russia Q1-2011 is available free to all licensed users Navitel 5 on platforms Windows Mobile, Windows CE, Android, Symbian and Bada in the Personal Area Users Online www.navitel.su . Update maps Q1-2011 is compatible with versions of Navitel 5.0 and above. In a free update includes 390 new cities and towns with a detailed "back home" are updated maps of all regions of the country.

Completely redesigned map Greater St. Petersburg and Leningrad region. In St. Petersburg, created a detailed and complete network of yard drives, are updated address information, typing of buildings, road graph.
Added all the major towns of Primorsky Territory: Luchegorsk, Dalnerechensk, Lesozavodsk, Spassk-Far, Sibirtsevo, Ussuriysk, free and easy, Artem, Bolshoi Kamen, Partizansk, Nakhodka, Posiet.
The number of cities and towns with a detailed "back home" has been increased to 2104.
The number of cities and towns with a detailed "to the street" has been increased to 633.
Fixes and update maps of all regions of Russia, including descriptions of the users on the forum Navitel.

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MotorMusic for the iPhone - a convenient player for the driver

Squbo.ru company released a new application for the iPhone. MotorMusic a player, designed specifically to enable users to enjoy music while driving. As promised the developers, control playback of music files on MotorMusic easily and safely, without looking. With a tap anywhere in the screen, you can stop or start the player movement from left to right and vice versa, you can select the previous or next track, volume, adjusted with large buttons "+" and "-". Enter the menu located at the top of the screen. MotorMusic can be downloaded at Apple App store . The cost of application is $ 0.99. MotorMusic compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, iPad. To work correctly, you want to iOS 3.2 and above.

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«SMS Center" for the Android

Company «SMS Center" announced the release of the eponymous program for smartphones on Android. The program is analogous to the standard application for SMS and has many special features, including free sending SMS. The program is an alternative to the standard SMS-manager on the phone. In it you can view the incoming messages, write and send new SMS. The main feature of the application is the ability to send SMS via the Internet. If a smartphone is a Wi Fi connection or 3G (GPRS), the touch of a button you can choose to send SMS through the "World Wide Web" that will be significantly cheaper. Through this channel program allows you to send 30 SMS free every month. For 30 rubles. You can get unlimited SMS package for a month. In addition, the program provides the additional "features" that are not available in standard applications for use with SMS. For example, a user can send messages anonymously to customize pop-up windows with the text of incoming SMS and more. The program is free and available for download in the Android Market: https://market.android.com/details?id=uplay.SMSCenter

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Nokia and Accenture finalize Symbian software development and support services outsourcing agreement

Nokia Corporation
Stock exchange release
June 22, 2011 at 09:00 (CET +1)
Espoo, Finland - Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) have finalized an agreement for Nokia to outsource Symbian software development and support activities to Accenture. Plans of the agreement were first announced on April 27, 2011.
Under the agreement, Accenture will provide Symbian based software development and support services to Nokia through 2016. Approximately 2,800 Nokia employees located in China, Finland, India, United Kingdom and the United States, are expected to transfer to Accenture at closing, which is expected to take place in the early part of October, 2011.
"We look forward to partnering with Nokia as they continue to support Symbian and transition to the Windows Phone ecosystem," said Marty Cole, chief executive, Accenture Communications and High Tech group. "The highly skilled group of technologists and engineers transferring to Accenture will complement our current mobility skills and enhance the breadth, depth and scale of our capabilities, allowing us to meet the growing global demand for mobility services across many industries."
The agreement calls for Accenture to support and further develop Nokia's Symbian platform and to become the preferred supplier to Nokia on their transition to Windows Phone. Accenture will seek opportunities to leverage transferring employee skills and capabilities to provide mobility software, business and operational services around the Windows Phone platform to Nokia and other ecosystem participants. Accenture will also seek to retrain and redeploy transferred employees.
"Our collaboration with Accenture allows us to meet our ongoing commitment to support our Symbian smartphone customers and continue to leverage the talent that has the deepest experience on the platform," said Jo Harlow, executive vice president for Smart Devices, Nokia. "As we move our primary smartphone platform to Windows Phone, we will look to explore potential opportunities to tap this talent pool as they develop and expand their knowledge and capabilities beyond Symbian."
Accenture will also work with Avanade, a technology service company that is majority-owned by Accenture and focuses on Microsoft technologies, to provide further services to Nokia.
The definitive agreement includes customary closing conditions.
About Accenture
Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, with more than 215,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world's most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments. The company generated net revenues of USD21.6 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2010. Its home page is www.accenture.com.
Accenture is focused on enabling its clients to achieve breakthrough growth throughout the rapidly changing mobile ecosystem. The Accenture Mobility Services group offers five mobility services including consulting, software services--applications, software services--devices and platforms, managed services, and business integration services. These are designed to help organizations embrace business to employee (B2E), business to consumer (B2C), business to business (B2B) and machine to machine (M2M) business opportunities. Accenture offers mobility and embedded software services across a wide range of industries and platforms, including Symbian, WinMo (Microsoft Windows® Mobile), Windows Phone, Android(TM), Blackberry®, iPhone®, Java(TM), Linux, Meego(TM).
About Nokia
Nokia is committed to connecting people to what matters to them by combining advanced mobile technology with personalized services. More than 1.3 billion people connect to one another with a Nokia, from our most affordable voice-optimized mobile phones to advanced Internet-connected smartphones sold in virtually every market in the world. Through Ovi (www.ovi.com), people also enjoy access to maps and navigation on mobile, a rapidly expanding applications store, a growing catalog of digital music, free email and more. Nokia's NAVTEQ is a leader in comprehensive digital mapping and navigation services, and Nokia Siemens Networks is one of the leading providers of telecommunications infrastructure hardware, software and professional services globally.

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M. Video: a demand for gaming consoles for the year grew by 30%

The company "M. Video" summed up the sales of consoles in the I half of 2011. The main trend in this market: gamers a massive shift in the console. This is due, according to the company, with a decrease in average prices for game consoles and content for them.

Playing the direction of "M. Video" on the I half of 2011 has become the most dynamic. Like for like 6 months (as of June 20, 2011) was 30%. Russian gamers are moving to the Western model, are increasingly preferring to play the console rather than PC.

During the first half of "M. Video" sold about 60 thousand gaming devices. At the same time showed the highest dynamic console XBOX and PlayStation - increase over the same period last year, 52% and 20% respectively - this is due to the introduction of contactless controllers for consoles games: Kinect and PS Move. During the year, analysts predict demand for the preservation of existing consoles, and by the end of the year will be implemented over 200 thousand game consoles.

Over the past six months, there was a decline of interest of buyers to portable game consoles, with support for 3D - this is due to the high price and lack of sufficient content. Since the start of sales of the portable console Nintendo 3DS, in March 2011, "M. Video" was sold less than a thousand pieces.

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Yandex launches e-mail application for iPhone

The company "Yandex" has announced the launch of the program Yandex.Mail for the iPhone, with which you can also chat. The application is able to go in the mail to Yandex, as well as in any other, connected to the service mail for the domain.

Key features:

read and write letters;
the settings can also include push-notification to learn about the new writing;
attach photos just made to the letter (directly from the letter);
send your contact information with reference to Yandex.Maps;
search and find specific letters;
group messages by topic;
filter messages on labels such as "unread" or "Important";
chat with a common history of correspondence with telephone and computer;
work with the mailboxes in Yandeks.Pochte for Domains.

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Func HGI-36i and HGI-35i: helicopters, managed to iPhone, iPad or iPod touch

The company announced the new Digital Function Gadgets - radio-controlled helicopters Func HGI-36i and HGI-35i. However, this is not simple toys: devices managed by the iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. In order to control the helicopter with the touchscreen, you need to download the application from the App Store i-helicopter and set it on the device. In addition, smart phone, player or tablet, you must install a special transmitter that comes with the helicopter. They are, incidentally, are equipped with motion sensors, if included, then run by simply tilting the iPhone, and switched off the motion sensor is proposed to use the soft keys. charged for hours, helicopters will fly for 5-6 minutes. They are identical and differ only in size and weight: 225h50h126 mm and 56 grams for Func HGI-36i, 190h42h95mm and 42 grams for Func HGI-35i. Helicopters, the company says, are strong enough and thanks to metal housing and flexible blades they will survive a fall from a moderate height, and collisions with obstacles. The devices will be sold in late June at a price of 2490 rubles per Func HGI-36i and 1990 rubles - for the Func HGI-35i.

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Texture compression tips for Sony Ericsson’s Xperia™ phones

Are you unsure about which texture format is supported by your Xperia™ smartphone? Are you also wondering which texture compression should you use? We’ve got some helpful texture compression tips from Jonas Gustavsson, a Senior Graphics Expert for the Sony Ericsson Research and Technology group.
Texture compression is a specialized form of image compression designed for storing texture maps in 3D computer graphics rendering systems. Unlike conventional image compression algorithms, texture compression algorithms are optimized for random access. The issue with texture compression is that different graphics processor vendors support different texture formats, unfortunately these formats are not compatible. The good news is, all OpenGL ES 2.0 devices support a common format called ETC1. ETC1 isn’t the best texture format (for example, it lacks support for RGBA, textures with alpha channels), but it’s the most common format supported. On current Sony Ericsson Android™ phones such as the Xperia™ X10 or Xperia™ PLAY, we have support for Uncompressed, ETC1, and ATITC through the Qualcomm Adreno 200 and 205.
Note: The Android SDK provides a compressor utility (see sdk/tools/etc1tool) and runtime tools for this format.
Deciding which texture compression to use is a fairly subjective question but Sony Ericsson has the following suggestions:
For the least amount of device restrictions, use uncompressed textures.
For devices with OpenGL ES 2.0, use ETC1 on RGB and uncompressed on RGBA.
Alternatively provide variations including ETC1 + uncompressed, ATITC, PVRTC, DXT1, DXT3 and DXT5.
An alternative to TC support with Alpha is to use 2 discreet textures using ETC1. To do that, you split the RGBA texture into an RGB-texture and an alpha-texture, which is an RGB-texture with Alpha in G-channel, and R- and B-channels unused. Then you create a custom shader where the simple texture fetch is replaced by two; one to the first texture for RGB, and one to the second for A.
The following table explains the supported texture compression according to vendor:
Mobile GPU TC Support Without Alpha TC Support With Alpha
NVIDIA Tegra ETC1 DXT1, DXT3 and DXT5
Qualcomm Adreno ETC1 ATITC
Imagination PowerVR ETC1 PVRTC
To check what the current device supports, query GL_EXTENSIONS then provide the different variants you support in the APK, use the Multiple APK coming to Android Market, or simply download variants off the web over http.
An example of a GL_EXTENSIONS script (by Chris Pruett ) is provided below:
String extensions = " " + gl.glGetString(GL10.GL_EXTENSIONS) + " ";
String version = gl.glGetString(GL10.GL_VERSION);
String renderer = gl.glGetString(GL10.GL_RENDERER);
boolean isSoftwareRenderer = renderer.contains("PixelFlinger");
// On 1.6 and newer, we could use ActivityManager.getDeviceConfigurationInfo() to get the GL version.
// To include 1.5, I'll use the GL version string.
boolean isOpenGL10 = version.contains("1.0");
boolean supportsDrawTexture = extensions.contains("GL_OES_draw_texture"); // draw_texture extension
boolean supportsETC1 = extensions.contains("GL_OES_compressed_ETC1_RGB8_texture"); // standard ETC1 support extension
// VBOs are guaranteed in GLES1.1, but they were an extension under 1.0.
// There's no point in using VBOs when using the software renderer (though they are supported).
boolean supportsVBOs = !isSoftwareRenderer && (!isOpenGL10 || extensions.contains("vertex_buffer_object"));

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Adobe introduced updated versions of software for mobile application developers

The company Adobe Systems Incorporated introduced the updated version of the software Adobe Flash Builder 4.5 and Flex 4.5, which allows developers to create applications for the iPhone, iPad and BlackBerry PlayBook. Support for devices based on Android was introduced in April 2011. Now available to developers to develop a common platform to create mobile applications that can be distributed through stores applications Android Market, Apple App Store and the BlackBerry App World. Available as a standalone product or as part of Creative Suite 5.5 Web Premium and Master Collection, Flash Builder 4.5 solution allows you to create applications that run on leading platforms for mobile devices.

Today's update was held together with the announcement of the platform Adobe Digital Enterprise Platform. Using Flash Builder and Flex businesses are able to use a single tool, a common environment and common code to create high-performance applications that run on desktop computers, smart phones and tablet devices.

Setting Flex 4.5 also provides a significant increase productivity by enabling developers to rapidly create applications for desktop computers, the Internet and the largest mobile platforms. Ready-made professional templates, code, and auto-completion and code generation, implemented in Flash Builder 4.5, accelerate the creation of Flex and ActionScript applications and provides developers the ability to deploy these applications using the software Adobe AIR, Adobe desktop to launch separate applications. All this allows developers to create applications for more than 80 million devices based on Android, and BlackBerry PlayBook, iPad and the iPhone, on the market today. By the end of the year application support Air will be implemented in more than 200 million mobile devices.

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[HOW TO][Windows]Extract Deodex Sign and Zipalign an official ROM

- extract SGS2 stock firmwares with : Convert_sgs2img.exe

command in CMD : (example)

Code:
Convert-sgs2img.exe factoryfs.img out.imgthen MOUNT out.img with Diskinternals Linux Reader : Here
then extract to your skeleton ROM


- Deodex, sign and zippalign : with this deodex kit : _Kit_Deodexage.7z

- CWM GS2 Skeleton ROM (wype script) : Custom_ROM GS2 by SicOpaT.zip

source

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REVIEW >> ICANN Approves a Free-For-All in Domain Names

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the organization that approves Web domains, has given a thumbs up on a new domain-naming system that enables anything to be accepted, and we mean everything like “www.face.book,” “www.green.eco,” or “computer.programming.”

You can sense that this new rule would be a field day for cyber squatters and phishers, but ICANN took care of that… in a way. Instead of the traditional $6.95 annual registration fee, coming up with such non-traditional domains would cost them an application fee of $185,000 plus a yearly $25,000 fee to maintain the domain.

The first batch of these “anything goes” domains are expected to go online within a year.

Source: New York Times and AFP, via Engadget

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Device Analyzer

Get statistics about your phone use and contribute to scientific research!
Device Analyzer works on Android devices running Android 2.1 or higher.

Device Analyzer collects usage statistics in the background while you use your phone.
This data is stripped of personally identifying information as best as possible while preserving useful information. Periodically the recorded data is uploaded to our server at the University of Cambridge, where we will aggregate it with other people's data and draw inferences from the patterns that emerge.

This is a real-time map of devices as they upload data to the university's server:


This map does not reveal identities of individual contributors nor does it provide arbitrary geographical resolution.

What's in for me?
Personal analytics - extracting data from the things we do every day, e.g. phone calls or our movement patterns - is becoming increasingly popular. We provide you with new ways to look at what is happening inside your mobile phone!
The website allows you to download all the raw data we collect from your phone
There are some basic analytics at the moment but development is ongoing and more will follow soon:
For example, we can recommend you the best phone plan based on your historical usage
or recommend apps that you may be interested in based on which apps you use the most.
New features will use historic data and so it's worth starting to collect now!
Why do we collect your data?
Perhaps surprisingly, it is not well understood what people do with their smart phones. Which of the many features do you use? And how often? Do you often miss calls? How many text messages do you send? Mobile phone carriers know your calling patterns but often don't make them available to manufacturers. They in turn conduct interviews and surveys to see what people like about their phones and what they use them for, but these are always limited to a relatively small group of people.

Device Analyzer performs rigorous, automatic collection. It doesn't get tired after a week of recording what you have done and can provide a large and detailed data set covering a broad audience. We will use this data set to make recommendations for the improvement of future smart phones, extract patterns and trends and will let you benefit from our insights with cool new statistics and recommendations based on what other people do.

With your permission, we would like to share your data set with other researchers worldwide so that they can get even more from it! If you don't want that you can just let us know with a single click and your data will only be used within the University of Cambridge.

What is collected?
Here is an overview of the types of data we collect:

when you turn on your phone or charge it
when you make phone calls and send texts
which apps you use
wifi and bluetooth devices near your phone
your coarse (network-based location)

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ITV Player ITV PLC

Catch up on ITV programmes from the last seven days, on your mobile device.
ITV Player on Android is ITV’s new video catch-up service for mobile and tablet devices. This is the first Android application that allows you to view ITV programmes on your handset – we hope you enjoy using it and would love to hear your feedback as we enhance the application.
You can watch all ITV programmes that we have the rights to show on mobile, for up to seven days after broadcast.
- Works on your Android mobile and tablet devices
- Catch up on programmes from ITV1, ITV2, ITV3 and ITV4
- Free to download with unlimited usage
- Browse recommended programmes
- Search for programmes by channel or alphabetically
To use this application you need a mobile phone or tablet device that runs Android 2.2 (or higher), Adobe Air 2.6 (or higher) and is connected to wireless internet.
You must be in the UK to view our programmes. Unfortunately we’re unable to show our content to users outside the UK. People in some regions will be restricted to only viewing ITV2, ITV3 and ITV4 programmes.
We ask for your email address when you first start the application. This is so we can keep you informed about improvements and other exciting developments at ITV. You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in the welcome email that you will receive.
Please refer to itv.com/itvplayer/android for more information and to see our supported device list. You can contact us using: itv.comsupport@itv.com.

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