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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World’s slimmest smartphone, the Huawei Ascend P6, is now official

by Robert Nazarian on Jun 18th 2013, 9:55am
tagged Ascend P6, huawei

Huawei just took the wraps off the Ascend P6. As expected, it’s the world’s slimmest smartphone at 6.18mm and it just so happens today is 6/18 to coincide with the announcement. It has a 4.7-inch 720p in-cell LCD display, a 1.5GHz quad-core Cortex-A9 CPU, 2GB of RAM, 8GB internal storeage, microSD slot, 8MP rear BSI camera with f/2.0 aperture, 5MP front camera, 2,000mAh battery, and Android 4.2.2. The LCD display has “Magic Touch” for better response when using gloves. The Ascend P6 also features multi-screen AirSharing capability, which lets you connect to a bunch of devices for sharing documents and games.

It will be released in China this month and Western Europe in July through Vodafone, Telefonica, Orange, H3G, O2, Carphone Warehouse, TalkTalk, Media Markt & Saturn, TIM and online via Amazon and CDiscount with other markets to follow. You can get it in black, white, or pink. Full presser after the break.

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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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TalkAndroid Daily Dose for June 11, 2013

by Robert Nazarian on Jun 11th 2013, 10:58pm
tagged Daily Doses

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

Apps

Floating Notifications recieves big update in the Play Store

Verizon’s FiOS Mobile TV and VOD comes to Android

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Huawei Ascent P6 specs and pictures of new “Emotion UI” leaked

by Macky Evangelista on Jun 11th 2013, 7:28pm
tagged Ascend P6, Emotion UI, huawei

Once again, thanks to evleaks Huawei’s Ascend P6′s specs and screen shots of its new Emotion UI have been leaked. According to evleaks, the Huawei Ascend P6 will come with a 4.7-inch 720p HD touchscreen, a 1.5 GHz quad-core processor, an 8 MP BSI rear camera with macro capabilities starting at 4 cm, and a 5 MP front-facing camera with “face enhance.” Nothing out of the ordinary as the specs are just about aligned with current other flagship device specs. The most interesting part was the leaked shots of its Emotion UI.

As you can see the shots kind of reminds you of a “wooden” like theme. At least it does for me. Certainly not my taste, but I’m sure it will interest other people. Hopefully Huawei just keeps their device currently updated with each Android update.

source: evleaks

TalkAndroid Daily Dose for June 10, 2013

by Robert Nazarian on Jun 10th 2013, 10:51pm
tagged Daily Doses

Apps

EA announces unique twist for cross-platform gameplay in Need for Speed: Rivals

Get the “Parallex Effect” iOS feature on Android with 3D Image Live Wallpaper

Carriers

AT&T extends upgrade period to 24 months

Gaming Hardware

MOGA Power Series Pro to feature rumble tactile effects from Immersion

Mad Catz Project M.O.J.O. gaming console revealed at E3

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Huawei shows off the extremely thin Ascend P6 with a Facebook photo

by Jared Peters on Jun 10th 2013, 6:20pm
tagged Ascend P6, Facebook, huawei

Huawei is hyping up its latest smartphone in the Ascend lineup by showing pictures of the Ascend P6 on Facebook, shown above, and it looks to be an extremely attractive device. The ultrathin device is rumored to be just 6.2 mm thin. Not only is the device incredibly thin, Huawei is boasting about the attention to detail they’ve put into every aspect of the phone. » Read the rest

Android could hit 1 billion phones shipped annually by 2017, Windows Phone expected to have 400% growth

by Harrison Kaminsky on Jun 5th 2013, 11:31pm
tagged Android, Google, one billion, shipments, windows phone

Android’s got a pretty steady grip on the market right now, and it doesn’t seem like it’s going away anytime soon. Canalys, a marketing research firm, has recent reports backing up that statement, and the statistics may even be a little bit scary.

By 2017, Android is expected to hit 1 billion phone shipments— annually. And this is all with Android expected to lose 0.6% of its market share, standing tall at a total of 67.1%. Right now, Android ships 470 million phones annually, so that figure is expected to more than double. Oh, and one more thing— this is only counting phones, and not tablets, or any other type of device Google launches four years from now running Android.

Windows Phone is expected to take a pretty solid chunk of the market too, as it is expected to see 400% growth between now and 2017. Check out the full presser after the break. » Read the rest

TalkAndroid Weekly Recap for May 27 – June 2, 2013

by Robert Nazarian on Jun 2nd 2013, 1:20pm
tagged Weekly Recaps

We had another busy week at TalkAndroid so here’s a recap of all the top stories. Those that love hardware and vanilla Android will be happy to know that the HTC One Nexus Edition is real. It was announced by Sundar Pachai and will be available on June 26. The big question is if Google plans on releasing anymore Nexus devices, or at least Nexus phones? The Motorola X phone has been confirmed for October release, but you can grab the white Nexus 4 now. Samsung made the Galaxy S 4 mini official, but they have some more stuff to announce on June 20th in London. This coming week we have Computex, so expect some announcements from ASUS and Acer for the tablet segment. It’s time to get caught up and get ready for another exciting week.

Editorials

Updated DROID DNA, not the HTC One, will land on Verizon this summer

Here’s why the Nexus 4 will probably be the last Nexus phone

Guides

How to boot your Android phone or tablet into safe mode for troubleshooting

Best To-Do, Checklist, and Task Applications for Android [May 2013]

Reviews

PAUL the app [Entertainment]

Privacy Manager [Tools]

Artflow – Sketch, Paint, Draw [Media & Video]

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