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The time for downloading NFL apps is pretty much over. The league kicked off the 2011 season on Thursday and had its first full Sunday of action yesterday, so the diehards are already set up with apps. If you have DirecTV, chances are you’ve already signed up for the Sunday Ticket. If you’re a Honeycomb tablet owner, however, there’s one more app you absolutely need. DirecTV has released a Sunday Ticket app for Android tablets, and it’s available for free now at the Market. It provides streams of every Sunday game (excepting blacked out games) and the Red Zone Channel. You can also get stats and highlights from around the league — though you better get the highlight watching in before 8:15 p.m. ET on Sundays, when NBC gets the exclusive rights to those. Again, it’s free for Sunday Ticket subscribers, so head to the Market and download Sunday Ticket for Tablets today.

Via Android Police.

This post originated at AndGeeks.com – home to all things Android! Also a great source of info about Android Phones.

DirecTV brings NFL games to your Honeycomb tablet

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So many times when I’m browsing for new Android apps, I come across one that I really like. It sounds good, it looks good, and then bam: it’s for tablets only. Not that it’s a problem, but we clearly focus on the smartphone product here at AndGeeks, and since I don’t have an Android tablet I’m not sure my take on any apps is going to mean much. I had seen the News360 app previously, and thought it would be a cool add to my Android phone. Thankfully I, and you, can now get it. The developer has released a smartphone version, and it’s definitely worth the grab.

The hook is that News360 gathers stories from over 4,000 sources and somehow delivers that to you in an easy to navigate manner. That’s certainly a feat worth seeing. I love my Google Reader and all, but sometimes it can be too much. You get every post from every site, and it adds up quickly. Even if I empty my reader around dinner time, I can still have 500 to 700 items when I wake up in the morning. News360 can take some of the headline scanning out of the picture by delivering a customized listing of news stories.

What’s the No. 1 reason people don’t lock their smartphones? Survey says: it’s a pain in the ass. That’s not from any actual survey, scientific or otherwise, but it’s the answer I’m willing to bet that most people give for leaving their devices unsecured. Clicking a button and swiping an icon across the screen? Sure, that’s fine. But entering a certain pattern on the touchscreen, or using a password? That’s an extra step that many, if not most, people are unwilling to make. Thankfully, Android developers have been great about making the platform more user friendly. One area where we could see developers make headway is in device security. There is already a fingerprint recognition engine on the Motorola Atrix, and now, from Visidon, comes a face recognition application lock program. More than just an app, it’s a glimpse into the future of our mobile security.

Google has been a little busy sending out invitations for its cloud storage service, but that hasn’t stopped others from rolling out the same. If you’re still waiting for that invite, you might want to check out a new service from mSpot. Actually, there are two new services that work hand in hand. The first is that cloud storage service. The second is streaming radio. You might like your Pandora or Slacker — even the new Slacker Premium — but mSpot’s streaming service adds a personal twist that the others don’t quite have.

The cloud storage works as you might expect. You can head over to mspot.com and sign up for a free account. From there you can upload your music, up to 5GB for free. After you download the Android app, you can access those songs from the cloud. This is clearly a feature that we’ll see more of in the coming months and years. Everyone seems to be releasing a cloud storage service, since it means streaming without using on-device memory. mSpot is also offering a premium plan, which allows you to upload 40GB and access those songs from up to five mobile devices (from the free plan you get just one device). That costs $ 3.99 per month, which is pretty reasonable given the cost of other music services.