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LG touts “unobtrusive and simple” Optimus UI 3.0 for Ice Cream Sandwich devices

by on May 16th, 2012 at 10:10 am No Comments
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If there is one major area where LG’s offerings have fallen flat in the past it has been the custom user interface deployed on their Android devices. The Korean smartphone maker hasn’t quite stuck a balance between Android functionality and value-added features. They hope to make some strides in that department with the release of [...]

Galaxy S III gets unboxed on video a few weeks ahead of launch

by on May 16th, 2012 at 9:12 am No Comments
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The launch of the Samsung Galaxy S III is only a few weeks away, but this unboxing video is enough to cause anyone eager to own the new Android superphone to lose their patience. The above video comes to us courtesy of Italy’s HDBlog and features the retail version of the Galaxy S III. For [...]

Android 4.0 arrives May 21 for Amaze 4G at T-Mobile, Sensation 4G gets ICS today

by on May 16th, 2012 at 8:39 am No Comments
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T-Mobile has updated their support pages with an exact date to expect Ice Cream Sandwich for the HTC Amaze 4G. Previously the update was pegged as coming sometime in the next couple of weeks. Now users can look forward to Android 4.0 (but only Sense 3.6) on May 21st. In related news, the upgrade to [...]

Galaxy S III arriving early for some lucky UK pre-orders

by on May 16th, 2012 at 8:16 am No Comments
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Those pre-ordering the Galaxy S III from the Samsung Brand Store in Westfield Stratford City, London are about to be the coolest kids on the block…at least for a few hours. Why? Because Samsung has announced that their new flagship phone will be available a day early to these pre-order customers. The phone will be [...]

Android Overload: Galaxy S3 With Dual-Core Processor and Non-TouchWiz UI Headed To Japan, Pantech P8010 Heads To AT&T and More

by on May 16th, 2012 at 4:57 am No Comments

Looks like there’s a healthy fixin’ of the Android Overload for you here tonight. These are all the stories that came past our way from throughout the day, but we couldn’t feature on our homepage. For all the ones that didn’t make the cut, we place them here — in the Android Overload. There’s almost [...]

Gaikai and Nvidia Team Up To Offer Cloud Gaming Service For Tablets, Desktops and Televisions

by on May 16th, 2012 at 3:16 am No Comments

The cloud gaming space is about to get a little more crowded with new comer Gaikai entering into the ring. Backed by none other than Nvidia and their powerful Kepler GPU. Gaikai is the brainchild of gaming mastermind David Perry (of Earth Worm Jim fame) and allows players to game from just about any device [...]

T-Mobile Gets Ready For Second Round of Layoffs – 900 Employees To Lose Their Jobs

by on May 16th, 2012 at 1:35 am No Comments

T-Mobile is getting ready for a second round of job cuts in which the number 4 carrier in the US plans to layoff 900 more of their employees across the US. The layoffs follow 10 consecutive quarters of customer contract losses and will should help T-Mo hold apply that $4 billion they recently acquired from [...]

HTC Ville C Specs Leaked – HTC One S Variant Minus The S4 Punch

by on May 15th, 2012 at 11:44 pm No Comments

It was only earlier today that HTC announced the availability of their upcoming super budget, entry-level Android nugget — the Desire C (Golf). Now it seems HTC is adding a new “C” device to their lineup, with the now leaked HTC Ville C. According to the fine folks at Brief Mobile who received the tip, [...]

Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE and AT&T HTC One X Delayed – Apple To Blame

by on May 15th, 2012 at 9:41 pm No Comments

Two of HTC’s heavy hitters — the HTC EVO 4G LTE and HTC One X — are facing shipping delays here in the states due to a U.S. Customs investigation. Apparently, both devices are being examined to ensure they aren’t in violation of an International Trade Commission exclusion order over Apple patent #5,946,647 (having to [...]

Evernote for Android Receives Overhauled Ice Cream Sandwich UI and All New Features

by on May 15th, 2012 at 9:06 pm No Comments

It’s rare you see a cross platform developer implement Android 4.0 design practices into their application but Evernote is showing they’re one of the few that can make it happen. With their latest 4.0 update, they’ve introduced a completely redesigned app that is easily their greatest update — ever. Everything from their homescreen to their [...]

OpenSignalMaps Gives Us A Look At Android’s Fragmentation Through Their Eyes

by on May 15th, 2012 at 8:46 pm No Comments

We hear it talked about a lot in the tech circles, but if you were hoping to get a glimpse of what Android’s “fragmentation” looks like, the boys at Staircase 3 have a nice graphic for you. These guys have been tracking 681,900 Android devices over the past 6 months that have downloaded their OpenSignalMaps [...]

Report: Google to offer multiple Android 5.0 Nexus devices, will sell direct to consumer through Google Play

by on May 15th, 2012 at 5:41 pm No Comments
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If the appearance of the Galaxy Nexus for sale through the Google Play store signaled the company’s renewed interest in direct smartphone sales, a new report out of the Wall Street Journal could hint at plans to change the entire Android landscape. According to the report, Google will open up its Nexus program to multiple OEM [...]

Sony Xperia S to receive update to Ice Cream Sandwich in late May/early June

by on May 15th, 2012 at 5:03 pm No Comments
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Sony’s latest Xperia offerings aren’t lacking in style, and they are serviceable in the hardware department as well. If there is one area that easily falls under the “needs improvement” column it’s that devices like the Xperia S shipped with Android 2.3 and no quick plans to upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich. Now a representative [...]

Nova Launcher 1.1.3 now available from Google Play, WidgetLocker updated to version 2.2.5

by on May 15th, 2012 at 3:53 pm No Comments
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Nova Launcher has a new update headed our way, bringing several new features and enhancements to the homescreen replacement software. The update to version 1.1.3 brings even more customization and a few new gesture controls, including rotate clockwise, rotate counterclockwise, and double-tap for Prime users. Here’s the full list of changes: Unread counts via TeslaUnread [...]

Verizon launching 28 new 4G LTE markets, brings total to 258 nationwide

by on May 15th, 2012 at 3:18 pm No Comments
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Verizon is adding even more cities to its 4G LTE coverage map, bringing the next-gen network to a total of 258 markets nationwide. As expansions continue, Verizon is lighting up LTE in 28 new cities and expanding coverage in 11 additional markets. The network additions cover a wide range of states across the union including [...]

Tab sync ready for primetime in latest Chrome desktop release

by on May 15th, 2012 at 2:41 pm No Comments
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One of the coolest features of Chrome for Android is the ability to call up tabs already open on your desktop installation of the browser and display them on your mobile device. Pretty convenient when you need to run out the door but find some downtime to finish reading a few articles you had started [...]

Firefox beta with native Android UI now available from Google Play

by on May 15th, 2012 at 2:07 pm No Comments
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Mozilla has released a new version of their Firefox beta into the Google Play Store, but this latest release is unlike those that came before. Instead of using XUL, Mozilla has transitioned to a native Android user interface. Nightly builds of this version have been available for some time now, but a Google Play release [...]

Google’s self driving car spotted on the streets of Washington D.C.

by on May 15th, 2012 at 1:12 pm No Comments
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Driverless cars might seem like a thing of the distant future, but thanks to Google auto-piloted vehicles are no longer science fiction. The search giant was recently awarded a license to begin testing the vehicle on public streets in Nevada, a first for such a car, and the Google-outfitted Toyota Prius has now been spotted [...]

Report: Project Glass won’t be as robust as promo video shows

by on May 15th, 2012 at 11:02 am No Comments
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All of the cool things Google showed in its initial Project Glass promo video may not be what we get in final product form. The “terminator style overlay,” as CNet puts it, won’t be present in the first batches of the product. They report that bits of information will only be displayed just above your [...]

New T-Mobile devices added to Samsung’s Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade list

by on May 15th, 2012 at 10:43 am No Comments
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Samsung’s finally added the initial list of devices that will receive the upgrade to Android 4.0 on T-Mobile. The Samsung Galaxy S II was an obvious shoe-in, and the Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G makes a surprise appearance on this list. We’ve also got a couple of tablets in the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus [...]



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