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Android Overload: Marvel War of Heroes Now Available, Oppo Find 5 Pictured with 5-inch 1080p Display, and More

Chris Chavez posted on Oct 19th 2012 by Chris Chavez
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  • Super close up shot of the iPhone 5 vs HTC J Butterfly display. [TheVerge]
  • This lady (respectfully) has no idea what she’s talking about. Further proves my point that people with ancient Android devices often switch to iPhone and claim it’s superiority. [ViewPoints]
  • It is now possible to pair a wireless Xbox 360 controller with your rooted Nexus 7. EPIC. [XDA]
  • Despite not making their Kickstarter goal, PlayMG is still releasing a $170 Android gaming handheld for little Timmy. [PressRelease]
  • Marvel: War of Heroes card game now available for Android. [Google Play]
  • Google’s earnings soured by Motorola Mobility. [LightReading]
  • HTC finally cooperates and releases closed source WiFi drivers for the HTC Amaze. Let’s hope they can keep this up. [XDA]
  • After 79 years of print magazines, Newsweek officially goes digital only. [Reuters]
  • Sprint acquires majority stake of Clearwire. [Reuters]
  • After spending $20 billion on Sprint, Softbank says they wont rule out a bid for MetroPCS as well. [AllThingsD]
  • Facebook SDK 3.0 Beta now available for Android developers. [Facebook]
  • Acer could be releasing an Intel-powered smartphone before the end of the year. [TechRadar]
  • AT&T is not happy with Sprint. Asks regulators to inspect Softbank and Clearwire deals. [TheHill]
  • Oppo Find 5 pictured in the wild with 5-inch, 1080p display. Images look strangely “shopped.” [CNMO]
  • Mozilla opens up Firefox for Android Marketplace to developers and early adopters. [TechCrunch]
  • White House finds no proof that Huawei has been spying on its customers on behalf of China. (Whew). [TheHill]
  • Ancient Chinese relic discovered and it looks an awful lot like a certain green robot we all love. [MICGadget]
  • Subsonic for Android updated with all new Holo themed UI. Finally looks beautiful. [Google Play]
  • Onyx shows off E Ink smartphone prototype powered by Android. [ARMDevices.net]

              
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  • http://www.facebook.com/phillyboi06 Ethan Bailey

    facebook 3.0 link leads to the softbank article……

  • Guest

    She called the Droid X the “Razor X”
    *cringe* … *facepalm* :|

  • Joseph Hardville

    The ViewPoints lady called the Droid X the “Razor X”
    *cringes* … *facepalm* :|

  • storm14k

    Why’d you even bother with Viewpoints? Low info consumer. A razor X? And she uses this 2 year old phone to compare Android to a new iPhone?

    • DanWazz

      You shoudl check out her next article: The Commadore 64 vs. the iMac.

    • tomn1ce

      I was wondering the same thing….but is there a Razr X? is she looking into the future or something, as far as I know Moto hasn’t release any phone called the Razr X…that shows that she knows a lot about devices. She just wanted to be like the people around her and got herself an iphone.

      • storm14k

        There’s none that I know of. What I believe she means is the Droid X. And with my wife having one I know for sure an iPhone 5 dismantles it. But so does my Galaxy Nexus. Why this lady would feel the need to not only compare the two but also hint at an overall reflection of Android I fail to understand.

        • tomn1ce

          I know she was referring to the Droid X, I was just proving a point that she has no idea what she was talking about.

  • DavidVarghese

    That display on the HTC J is truly amazing…. Good job HTC

  • warcaster

    HTC should make another model called HTC B. And then make a commercial with the 2 phones: “Fly like a Butterfly, sting like a B”.

    • tomn1ce

      Or want a B J get a HTC phone….lol

  • Steve

    Let’s discuss Bullsh*t called Oppo ‘manufacturing’/'prototyping’ bullsh*t called Find 5.
    It doesn’t exist, isn’t in the works and WOULD NOT have those specs/dimensions:

    1st NO: 6.9mm thickness & 12Mp camera >>>> A huge design bump or impossible.

    2nd NO: 12Mp camera and SONY. >>>> 12Mp camera sensor by SONY doesn’t exist, so 13Mp or BS.

    3rd NO: 1080p display and 441ppi. >>>> SHARP’s 1080p display in HTC J Butterfly has 440 ppi and SHARP will not be able to cut 441ppi for something called Oppo technically. Who does manufacture that ‘miracle’?

    4th NO: 6.9mm thickness and 2,500mAh battery >>>> Motorola’s DROID RAZR HD has 2,500mAh battery and is 8.4mm thick. Motorola is an engineering monster. Oppo is nothing and it wouldn’t be able to get 6.9mm 2,500mAh.

    5th NO: those leaked ‘photos’ look different, depict different (and awful plastic) ‘designs’, look 3D-modelled.

    6th NO: Oppo is not a brand, it has NO scale, no powerful industry connections and contracts to be able to manufacture something like HTC J Butterfly.

    HTC’s 1080p device has sports plastic design and awful color options, where BLACK is matte and red/white are GLOSSY, but it’s REAL. Absolutely real, the world’s first 1080p smartphone headed for Japan and then Verizon (hope) as DROID Incredible X. Oppo Find 5 is a chinese bullsh*t created probably to drag AWAY attention from the HTC’s tech product. Because it has the same and BETTER spece on paper. But it exists on the same paper only, while HTC’s is a REAL 1080p smartphone with weak battery, thick ugly case and beautiful Full HD 440ppi display. Who is behind Oppo- it’s another question. Competition.

    • smithj33

      Sony Xperia S has a 12MP camera in it. Not sure about the mobile division, but Oppo digital in the US defies logic when it comes to product design / cost, so it wouldn’t surprise me that they could design a product that bests everything else, just like their bluray players.

  • BmoreHuntr

    If you have an issue with that HORRIBLE phone comparison, please TELL HER! https://twitter.com/JillsGoodThings I did.

  • RitishOemraw

    If Google ever sues anyone for patent violations, the defendant can post a link to that ancient chinese artwork citing it as prior art and thus invalidates all of Google’s Android patents xD
    :P

  • Jay

    Comparing a 2yr old Droid X (not Razr X, although that sounds like a badass 2013 Droid X variant) to the iPhone 5, of course the iPhone will win. That’s like me comparing my 2012 Samsung Galaxy S3 to the 2010 iPhone 4 and using that experience to say iPhones just more or less suck. Android has come a long way since 2010, including but not limited to 720P HD displays with cameras that are nothing short of phenomenal. And the Galaxy S3, in the opinion of many, is superior to the iPhone 5 in virtually every way possible. And don’t even get me started on the staleness that is iOS. ICS/JB > Watching Grass Grow > iOS

  • ionekoa

    who cares what she is comparing it to, look at why she thinks it’s better. functionality wise the outdated android still won with its notifications and whatnot, her decision was heavily based on “ooohhh shiinnny” on the functionality level i’ve heard nothing but complaints from people who have updated their ios or gotten an iphone5