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Apr

10

2012

Unboxing of the HTC One V [Video]

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We’ve all heard plenty about the HTC One Series, especially the One X and the One S. There is another handset in the series, though, called the One V. The website Netbook News has located the budget handset for sale in Taiwan, on Chunghua telecom. It cost 10,000NT, which is around $325 USD, off contract. [...]

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Apr

7

2012

HTC no longer will bundle Beats headphones with future smartphones

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In an attempt to separate itself from the many Android manufacturers, HTC’s latest partnership with Beats Electronics has developed the Beats Audio software making the music-listening experience much more enjoyable and customizable for a small amount of their current Android users. To help create awareness, HTC had decided to bundle Beats headphones with the purchase [...]

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Apr

6

2012

LG developing a “thinking smartphone” for their future Android offerings

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Over the last year or so, LG has really made some strides in their manufacturing and development of Android. You won’t have to look very hard to find a LG Android phone with fairly decent specs and hardware. However in this industry, it’s important to incorporate features and functions that will help separate oneself from [...]

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Apr

5

2012

Update for Google Play Books adds new features for Froyo and Gingerbread users

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Google has just released a new update for their popular Google Play Books app that will add a little finesse for those of you still rocking Android 2.2 Froyo and 2.3 Gingerbread. Version 2.4.3 will bring a new UI along with 3D page-turn animations. Some other nifty tweaks include new home screen shortcuts for single [...]

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Apr

4

2012

Ice Cream Sandwich coming to the DROID RAZR and RAZR MAXX “soon”

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If you remember our previous story, Best Buy had leaked that an update to Ice Cream Sandwich might be available on April 4th for the DROID RAZR and RAZR MAXX. It seemed like this leak might be accurate when we heard that there was a build of Android 4.0.3 that was leaked and then pulled [...]

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Apr

3

2012

Sprint’s first LTE smartphone, the LG Viper 4G, starting pre-orders on April 12

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It is now official, ladies and gentlemen. Sprint’s eco-friendly titan, the LG Viper 4G, will be the carrier’s first device available to offer Sprint’s new LTE technology courtesy of their recent Network Vision initiative. We got our first glimpse of the LG Viper 4G back at CES in January. The phone will boast a 4-inch [...]

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Apr

3

2012

TSF Shell Launcher brings new features with update 1.4.0

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One of the many examples as to why Android is so great is the limitless amount of apps and home replacements available in the Google Play Store suited to customize and personalize your mobile device. Since Android’s early years, there have been great home replacement launchers such as PandaHome, aHome and Launcher Pro that have [...]

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