Google cracks down on fragmentation, but does doing so put the Android Open Source Project’s openness in jeopardy? First an app store, then a cloud streaming service, and now is Amazon planning an Android-based phone? What podcatching app do you use on your Android phone? We have the answers to all of these questions, plus …

A new Android music player offers our first glimpse of Google’s planned cloud music service. The feature isn’t turned on, but you can try the new player on your phone now. The new music player is one of several new apps spotted in a new version of the Android Market. The new-look software has been leaked and is yet to …

Hasbro’s My3D turns the iPhone into a 3D device. Hasbro Hasbro has released a new gadget that turns the iPhone into a type of 3D View-Master. Selling for $35, the My3D latches onto an iPhone or iPod Touch, allowing users to view apps and play games in 3D. To enable access to the touch screen on the iPhone or Touch, …

Alltel is the first carrier to pre-load the Amazon app store on an Android device. HTC After recently adding four devices to its Android lineup, Alltel is becoming quite proud of its smartphone roster. So proud, in fact, that it issued a press release today simply to talk its Android devices up a bit more. It took the wireless provider …

As the smartphone war heats up with Android and iOS duking it out for first place, RIM has slowly fallen out of favor with industry analysts and the general populace. While RIM has certainly been in the news lately because of the PlayBook, we haven’t heard much about BlackBerry smartphones for months; the last BlackBerry handset to debut was the …

A compelling image of a Toys ‘R’ Us product information sheet for the iPad 2. modmyi.com According to a rumor from tech site modmyi.com, Toys ‘R’ Us is training their employees to begin selling Apple’s iPad 2 in their stores, offering perhaps one of their most compelling reasons for not wanting to grow up. “We received a tip this morning …

Motorola has sold around 100,000 Xooms since launching the new tablet in late February, says a Deutsche Bank research report released yesterday. Based on the percentage of Android 3.0 Honeycomb devices showing up on the Android Developer Web Site, Deutsche Bank estimated the total Android installed base at around 50 million units. Of those, only 0.2 percent are running Honeycomb. …

In addition to mandating that carriers allow data roaming, the Federal Communications Commission used its regular meeting this week to propose tighter regulations for cell phone signal boosters. The decision, which actually came yesterday, is part of an ongoing discussion within the wireless industry over whether cell phone signal boosters interfere with carrier networks. Rather than approving a request by …

The Federal Communications Commission adopted new rules today at its monthly public meeting that will require wireless service providers, such as AT&T and Verizon Wireless, to negotiate wireless data roaming deals with competitors. As expected, the FCC voted along party lines, with the three Democrats including Chairman Julius Genachowski voting in favor of the measure. Meanwhile, Republicans Robert McDowell and …

Want to lose weight? Forget fad diets: eat fewer calories. Ah, but easier said than done, right? Counting calories is not only a hassle, it’s downright difficult for certain types of meals. Enter DailyBurn’s Meal Snap ($2.99), an ingeniously clever–if not entirely perfect–app that takes a photo of the food on your plate, then delivers an estimated calorie count. Sounds …