TalkAndroid Daily Dose for June 18, 2013

by Robert Nazarian on Jun 18th 2013, 11:04pm
tagged Daily Doses

With hectic schedules, it can be hard to keep track of everything in your news feed. That’s why we created the TalkAndroid Daily Dose. This is where we recap the day’s hottest stories so you can get yourself up to speed in quick fashion. Happy reading!!

Apps

Dashclock widget updated to version 1.5, includes Daydream support

Carriers

AT&T announces Street Charge mobile charging stations around New York City

Verizon starts countdown, releases augmented reality DROID video

Phones

HTC announces the Desire 200 smartphone: a budget device with Beats Audio

Name of HTC One Mini, 720p HD screen confirmed

LG said to be working on a phone with always on voice commands that will arrive in 2014

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Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg travels to S. Korea to pitch next Facebook phone to executives

by James Gray on Jun 18th 2013, 9:56am
tagged Facebook, Facebook home, HTC First, Samsung

Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg recently visited South Korea to meet with top executives from Samsung’s mobile division, reportedly asking Samsung to launch a phone with a Facebook interface. This would be the next step in Facebook’s quest to be the next Google, following HTC’s disappointing HTC First, a mid-range Android-powered Facebook phone that has apparently only sold around 10,000 units. Between those sales numbers and Samsung’s extremely close ties with Google, a Samsung/Facebook collaboration is highly unlikely.

The HTC First was the most recent attempt from HTC to provide a Facebook-oriented smartphone, previously launching the poorly received HTC Salsa and HTC Status in 2011. The First introduced the Facebook Home launcher, a disappointing attempt at a launcher replacement with a built-in news feed and not much else. AT&T dropped the unit due to its lackluster sales and lukewarm reception.

Samsung has yet to comment on the proposal, though its safe to assume they will not be manufacturing the next Facebook phone. Let us know in the comments section if you think another Facebook phone would be a welcome addition or if past attempts are proof enough that a Facebook phone just isn’t meant to be.

Via: Phone Arena
Source: Korea Herald

New MPme Radio app promises to find the perfect radio station for you

by Jeff Causey on Jun 17th 2013, 1:16pm
tagged Google Play, MPme Radio, new app

Android users who enjoy finding live radio stations to stream over their device may want to check out a new entrant in the market, MPme Radio. MPme Radio claims to take the chore of creating playlists by curating live radio stations for you. Several options are available for users to access streaming radio stations, including direct entry, searches based on genre or favorite artists, scanning your music library, and reviewing your likes on Facebook. The app then searches a database to find online, live radio stations that stream through the app. » Read the rest

TalkAndroid Weekly Recap for June 10 – June 16, 2013

by Robert Nazarian on Jun 16th 2013, 12:55pm
tagged Weekly Recaps

We had another busy week at TalkAndroid so here’s a recap of all the top stories. E3 and WWDC took place this week. E3 showed us some new upcoming games and WWDC was just about Apple trying to play catch up, but what else is new? Samsung has announced all their rumored devices, which pretty much just leaves the Galaxy Camera 2 for their June 20th event in London. We are getting very close to the HTC Butterfly S, HTC One Mini and the Xperia ZU. BTW, is it too soon to start talking about the Galaxy S 5? It’s time to get caught up and get ready for another exciting week.

Guides

How to use any song you want with HTC Video Highlights

30 seconds not long enough? How to create a longer HTC Video Highlight

Best Android apps for monitoring data usage [June 2013]

Reviews

Featured Android Game Review: Dawn of the Dragons [Arcade & Action]

Accessories

Power By Gen running Father’s Day promotion on Andru chargers, $19.99 with free shipping

Dead Zebra announces 10-piece set of rainbow Android figurines, on sale today for $69

Nyko announces product accessories for NVIDIA Shield

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Jay-Z wants fans to tune in to NBA Game 5 for more on Samsung partnership

by Jeff Causey on Jun 14th 2013, 11:33pm
tagged Jay-Z, partnership, Samsung

Last week we reported on an alleged deal between Samsung and rapper Jay-Z. That deal appears to have been completed based on the image above that was posted to Samsung Mobile USA’s Facebook page. As you can see, Samsung and Jay-Z want fans to tune in to game 5 of the NBA Finals and turn up the volume. The question is whether whatever is revealed will be just another clue to the partnership or will it reveal the nature of the deal itself.

If you are interested in finding out what the buzz is about, get ready to watch some NBA basketball.

30 seconds not long enough? How to create a longer HTC Video Highlight

by Robert Nazarian on Jun 14th 2013, 11:07am
tagged HTC, HTC One, Video Highlights

Have you ever found yourself in a situation in which you have too many Zoes and pictures for the HTC Highlight Video? 30 seconds is a decent amount of time for most circumstances, but not always. There are many times in which you might have more than ten Zoes along with videos and other pictures. 30 seconds isn’t going to cut it so I came up with a very simple way to make sure you are able to capture all the memories that you want using HTC’s amazing Video Highlights feature. Of course, if you have a desktop with video editing software, you can do just about anything you want, but most people don’t have the time to fool around with that stuff. Just head on past the break for two very simple methods to get the job done. I will show you how to make a 60-second version, but you can apply these concepts to make any length as long they are in 30 second increments.

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Featured Android Game Review: Dawn of the Dragons [Arcade & Action]

by Robert Nazarian on Jun 13th 2013, 4:11pm
tagged Featured Android Apps, Featured Android Game Reviews

5th Planet Games recently released Dawn of the Dragons on Android, which is the hit RPG from Kongregate, Facebook, and Armor Games. The game was originally released in 2010, and is one of the most popular social RPG of all time when you consider 3 million people have played the game in over 100 million sessions. The mobile version launched on iOS earlier in the year and it finally made its way to the Play Store.

Dawn of the Dragons is set in the ancient Kingdom of West Kruna. There are a lot of honest and hardworking people there, but unfortunately it has been invaded by bestial dragons looking to steal their land. This is where you come in. You will need to complete a series of quests, raids, and other challenges to fight off the dragons, monsters, werewolves and giants. You will be able to band together with others, but you can also compete in player-versus-player battles. This social aspect is what makes Dawn of the Dragons very appealing.

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Best Android apps for monitoring data usage [June 2013]

by Jared Peters on Jun 13th 2013, 2:28pm
tagged 3G, 4G, AT&T, data usage, guide, mobile data, Onavo, Verizon

Data caps are a hard reality for many customers on a majority of carriers, and managing that data usage can be tricky. Even on prepaid plans, hard and soft data caps are put in place for carriers to ~~make a bit of extra money~~ ensure their network is optimized for all of their customers. Unless you don’t mind facing ridiculous overage charges or buying top up cards six times a month, keeping up with how your data is used is important for any smartphone user. In this guide we’re going to go over a handful of apps that do a great job of giving you an easy way to track your data usage and keep you from going over your limit. Head on past the break to get started.

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How to use any song you want with HTC Video Highlights

by Robert Nazarian on Jun 12th 2013, 2:48pm
tagged HTC, HTC One, Video Highlights, Zoe

HTC Video Highlights is probably the best feature I have seen on a smartphone in a long time, but nothing is perfect. If you utilize Zoe and Video Highlights as often as I do, you probably have gotten a little bored of the music. I tend to use only a couple of the filter effects, which means the same song over and over and over. Don’t get me wrong, they are good jingles, but it would be nice to be able to use whatever song you want. I am sure HTC will either offer more songs and/or the ability to use your own stuff in the future, but that might not be for a while. In the meantime, I came up with two very simple solutions to change the song on your Video Highlights to whatever you want. Don’t worry, you don’t need any elaborate desktop editing software. In fact, you can do it all from your phone. Hit the break to get started.

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