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July, 2011 Articles

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Now Available Exclusively for Xperia PLAY Owners

by Quentyn Kennemer on July 21st, 2011

Ah, yes. One of my favorite console shooters, Bad Company 2, is now available on mobile. Unfortunately, it’s only on one mobile – the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play. Folks with the only commercially available Playstation Certified phone can download it right now using the “Get Games” app on their phones. The game has full 3D [...]

Angry Birds Rio Carnival Upheaval Update Out Now

by Quentyn Kennemer on July 21st, 2011

Although this one’s been available in the Amazon Appstore for a bit less than a week now, many of you prefer to get these goods from the Android market. Rovio has just pushed through their Carnival Upheaval update for Angry Birds Rio. 15 new carnival-themed levels should get you through a boring workday today so [...]

The Samsung Galaxy S II is Now Available on Two Carriers in Canada

by Quentyn Kennemer on July 21st, 2011

While Virgin Mobile decided to jump the gun and start selling theirs a bit early, both them and Bell are now officially offering the Samsung Galaxy S II (4G) in Canada. It’s perhaps the absolute most powerful phone to hit the country to date and citizens have more than enough reasons to be excited for [...]

SwiftKey X is Today’s Amazon App of the Day

by Quentyn Kennemer on July 21st, 2011

If you think $4.00 is too rich for your blood for an alternative keyboard, this post is for you (if you live in the United States, anyway) – SwiftKey X is now free for an entire day. That should be more than enough time to pick up what many consider the absolute best keyboard available [...]

Android Overload: Android Phones Help Ugandan Farmers, Leaked DroidDoes Pic Was A Fake and More

by Chris Chavez on July 21st, 2011

Good evening, ladies and gents. I have an interesting Android Overload for you today. This is the place for the stories that, for one reason or another, couldn’t make the front page of our site but didn’t deserve to fade away into the abyss of the net. I found a few good Google related stories [...]

Is Google Finally Ready To Settle Oracle’s Android Lawsuit?

by Chris Chavez on July 21st, 2011

About a year ago, Oracle filed a lawsuit against Google alleging that their world famous Android OS violated 7 of Oracles Java related patents. Oracle acquired these patents when they bought Sun Microsystems and wants around $2.6 billion dollars in damages for the alleged patent infringements. Google has denied any wrong doing since day one, [...]

Samsung Galaxy S II Available for SaskTel This Friday – Still No U.S. Release In Sight

by Chris Chavez on July 21st, 2011

In case you needed another bitter reminder that pretty much everyone in the known world will have the Samsung Galaxy S II but us here in the states. Canadian based SaskTel let the world know via Twitter that Sammy’s flagship device will be available from them starting this Friday. Good for them (sarcasm). I know [...]

Verizon Wireless Drops the Price of the Xperia Play to $100

by Chris Chavez on July 21st, 2011

Get those thumbs ready! Seems like it was only yesterday when the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play launched on Verizon and even at $200, it was a great deal for some Android on-the-go gaming. I was completely smitten with the device in my review but if the full d-pad, analog pads and L &R shoulder buttons [...]

Amazon Inks a Licensing Deal With CBS for Instant Streaming

by Chris Chavez on July 20th, 2011

Amazon has just secured instant video streaming rights with CBS that allows Amazon Prime customers to stream thousands of shows from CBS’s vast library of shows at no added cost. Some of the more notable shows in the deal include "The Tudors," "Numb3rs," "Medium," the complete "Star Trek" franchise, "Frasier" and "Cheers." It’s long been [...]

Halfbrick Studios Releases FREE Version of Fruit Ninja In the Android Market

by Chris Chavez on July 20th, 2011

If you’ve always wanted a taste of what it would be like to be a ninja but without all that, you know — messy blood squirting everywhere. Well, I have some great news for you! Halfbrick Studio’s has just made a free (ad-supported) version of their smash hit Fruit Ninja available in the Android Market. [...]

UPDATE: Fake – Motorola’s Leaked DroidDoes Web Page Shows Bionic for $300?

by Chris Chavez on July 20th, 2011

How does $300 for the revamped and much delayed Motorola DROID BIONIC sound to you? Well, if this “leaked” DroidDoes webpage brought to you from our friends over at Android Central is indeed true (UPDATE: turned out to be a fake photoshopped image), you could be spending a pretty penny for this device. Even in [...]

Leaked Spec Sheet for the T-Mobile Wildfire S

by Chris Chavez on July 20th, 2011

The Wildfire S has been available for awhile now in Europe and was recently leaked as the HTC Marvel for us here in the states. It’s been rumored to hit T-Mobile ever since the FCC filing and now, in an unexpected (but refreshing) twist, T-Mobile has decided to keep with the Wildfire S name. TmoNews [...]

Official HTC Video Dock Arriving In Stores This August

by Chris Chavez on July 20th, 2011

Two weeks before the release of the Evo 3D, Best Buy had the official HTC dock for the device listed in their coming soon section on their site. You may have wondered just what the heck happened seeing how we’re a month into the phone’s release. Well, if you were looking to get your hands [...]

Hitachi Unveils New 4.5-Inch 1280×720 3D IPS Displays for Smartphones

by Chris Chavez on July 20th, 2011

In case you thought this whole “3D thang” was going fade out, it might be later instead of sooner. Today, Hitachi showed off a new type of 3D display for smartphones, this time with a 1280×720 resolution. The IPS display measures in at about 4.5-inches and is using some kind of new lenticular lens approach [...]

Apps of the Day: Falling Fred & SecurePhoto

by Quentyn Kennemer on July 20th, 2011

One app is inappropriate and the other hides inappropriate things. Gosh, we’re so darn good at matching up the perfect apps for apps of the day. In all seriousness, there’s a lot of good to be had between these two .APK files and you owe it to yourself to check them out for yourself (especially [...]

US Senator Herb Kohl: The AT&T/T-Mobile Deal Needs to be Rejected

by Quentyn Kennemer on July 20th, 2011

The senator of the best state in the country – Wisconsin – has called out against AT&T and T-Mobile’s (say that 5 times fast) proposed merger. Herb Kohl, being the chairman of the US Senate Antitrust Subcommittee, made his case to the FCC in the form of a formal request to block it. Given his [...]

PSA: Netflix 1.3 APK Could Work on Your Honeycomb Tablet

by Quentyn Kennemer on July 20th, 2011

Your device still not listed alongside the growing list of Netflix-capable phones? We’re especially annoyed that tablets seem to be getting the shaft here when it comes to official compatibility, but folks have discovered that the new Netflix 1.3 .APK actually works for some Android Honeycomb tablets, including the Transformer, the XOOM and the Iconia [...]

Lenovo’s IdeaPad K1 and ThinkPad Get Unboxed [Video]

by Quentyn Kennemer on July 20th, 2011

Look at you, hungry for more Lenovo tablet news and multimedia. We’ve got a plate full of stuff to help you with that problem, though. Both the Ideapad K1 and the ThinkPad have been unboxed on video. They give a bit of background on each tablet before unboxing and show us a bit of it [...]

Google Labs is Shutting Down, Roadmap is Light on Future Apps

by Quentyn Kennemer on July 20th, 2011

Our friend at Google have just posted on their blog that Google Labs is “winding down”, meaning they won’t be launching tons of cool apps and products left and right as they have been doing for oh so long. Unfortunately, this also means the end of new experimental Android applications by Google. The move was [...]

T-Mobile MyTouch 4G Slide Preorders Start; $200 After Two-Year Agreement

by Quentyn Kennemer on July 20th, 2011

Looking to upgrade from the original MyTouch 4G after hearing you might not get Gingerbread until Christmas (which, coincidentally, is the time where they’re most delicious)? T-Mobile’s opening up preorders for its keyboard-equipped brother and the fun starts at $200. Black and Khaki versions are available. Get started over at Magenta’s site and look forward [...]