Archives for "January, 2012"
Humble Bundle: Android games for the price of… whatever you want?
We like games, and we like to be able to afford games. Sometimes purchasing game after game can burn a hole in your pocket. Humble Bundle has been a great solution for affordable gaming before. But this is the first time Humble Bundle has hit the Android platform.
The bundle offers 3 (4 if you [...]
To pirate, or not to pirate… that is Rovio CEO’s question
We’ve seen the battles the music industry has fought against piracy. Surely, it is a gruesome war, and it not only happens with music. Piracy exists within all content and products; we see it very often in the Android ecosystem. We tend to look down on it, as it is considered stealing. But is [...]
Q&A: Only Ten Days Left to Keep Jailbreaking Legal
In less than two weeks, jailbreaking your phone, your tablet, or gaming console could become a crime. If the exemption to the Digital Millenium Copyright Act expires, what you do to your device…
Nexus S 4G one step closer to official Android 4.0.4 update
If you own the Sprint Nexus S 4G and are waiting on the official update to Android 4.0, then we have some good news for you. A new internal testing ROM was just spotted on Google’s servers that updates the Nexus S 4G to Android version 4.0.4, build number IMM26.
The file was quickly pulled [...]
HTC’s thinnest Android phone captured on video
Want to catch a glimpse of HTC’s thinnest Android smartphone ahead of Mobile World Congress? A YouTube video just appeared online which reveals the HTC Ville, a device that is rumored to feature a metal unibody design under 8mm thick.
Additional details that have been leaked so far include Android 4.0, Sense 4.0, 4.3-inch qHD [...]
Prepare to get Samsunged with the longest Super Bowl ad
How much money is Samsung spending on their first Super Bowl ad? That’s the question many wondered after Samsung revealed today that their 4th quarter ad would be one of the longest in the game at 90 seconds.
Samsung Mobile shared on their social channels today that they would be “launching a device so exciting [...]
Pick your teams in the first annual Android Bowl to win a Transformer Prime
With Super Bowl XLVI less than a week away, we thought we’d spark up our own little competition: The Android Bowl. This week, leading up to Sunday, we’re asking you to update your And Me Account with your current carrier and manufacturer allegiances. Joining a team is easy, just visit the Edit page and [...]
Android Developers lands official Google+ page
When Google announced the Android Design website aimed at helping developers feel more at home with Holo, the theme used throughout Android 4.0, Matias Duarte made it clear that Android development was headed into the next phase. Google is looking to create a more cohesive experience when it comes to developing for Android for [...]
Leaked image attests Verizon shared data plans to come soon
As the smartphone world continues exploding, many users still fear the extra fees that data connected devices can bring. We mentioned last December that a great solution for this would be family data plans, and Big Red even mentioned the possibilities of seeing them in 2012. If the image below is correct, it seems [...]
Refreshed Galaxy Nexus Plus with faster CPU and improved camera on the way?
Could Google be working on a slightly updated version of the Galaxy Nexus? It wouldn’t be the first time a manufacturer refreshed a device just months after the initial release. A recent benchmark score spotted on the Nenamark site shows a Galaxy Nexus featuring a PowerVR SGX544 graphics processor.
The faster SGX544 GPU is [...]
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