The Android platform got some financial support this week — with the addition of Mint.com, the personal finance management service. This new, free app brings all of the features of other mobile versions, but adds a widget for tracking banking from the home screen. Mint members can oversee multiple bank accounts using the service, and maintain budgets by tracking income and expenses.
Also this week, Sling released a private beta for the Android version of SlingPlayer Mobile, which lets users watch TV over a 3G connection on their handsets. The beta program is only available through invites by the company, however, but hopefully Sling will open it up to a broader test audience soon.
In the meantime, Nigeria-based Encipher is reported to be preparing a 7-inch touch tablet based on Android for launch this year. The Encipher tablet looks like a smaller edition of the iPad, and adds a camera and SD card slot the iPad lacks. Encipher intends the tablet to help sell its cloud backup, hosted Exchange and storage services.
You know, you technorati crowd.. about time you start getting behind the Android more.. I know your pushing the iPad so much as you see it as a walled garden that is designed to extract any form of payment from the end user, and bring it away from internet=free..
But Apple is looking more evil then any Tech company before it..
And you should really start coming clean with it or you will be implicit.
Go down in history as being pretty stupid.
And giga writers, I wrote a breakdown (blow by blow) of the Steve Jobs letter on flash at http://www.crafted.com.au I got more hits on it in one day then in the history of my 2 year old blog. With some AMAZING feed back and comments. I encourage you read it. Get some perspective.
James
Mint on the iPhone is a deeply flawed program that exposes your financial data, since someone can view all of your financial data without having to log in with your Mint password when they answer one of Mint’s alert. Check whether the flaw is fixed on Android; otherwise, uninstall it as quickly as you can…
I recently talked to one of the Encipher founders. They are launching the tablet in August this year at an event in Abuja, Nigeria. I will try and be there for the launch.