Mar
26
2012
Sega just announced that Phantasy Star Online 2 will be coming to the PC and PS Vita, but it will also be hitting Android and iOS. It will be a little different though as in it won’t have the same online cross-platform gameplay, but focus instead on social game elements, simpler controls, and character creation. [...]
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Mar
26
2012
With all the talk about NFC, how about the ability to pay merchants by simply telling them your name? One of the most popular mobile payments service providers, Square, just reintroduced the Card Case app as Pay With Square. Card Case has actually been around for a while, but now it’s a whole lot better. [...]
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Mar
26
2012
With the recent release of CyanogenMod 7.2-RC1, the most famous Android ROM developers just released two videos. The first is an introduction to 7.2 and the other is an overview of the settings. In the introduction video they show you all the cool lock screen features and various other settings. Pay attention because it’s done [...]
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Mar
26
2012
You gotta love the development community for Android. It’s amazing what things they come up with. The latest is from RootzWiki and is for all the AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket owners. Your wait for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is over. Well not technically. This is a leaked build that you can manually [...]
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Mar
24
2012
XDA forum user faiyyaz came up with a nifty little app for those of you looking for a new notification method for your incoming calls. Upon installation, whenever you get a call, your camera flash LED will blink. It can also act as a flashlight, or torch as he calls it, by simply opening the app. Upon [...]
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Mar
23
2012
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 was announced last September and has been available overseas for quite a few months. It finally made it’s way to the U.S. as the latest 4G LTE tablet on Verizon Wireless. There’s certainly no shortage of tablets available, but if your next tablet purchase has to have LTE connectivity, your [...]
Mar
23
2012
When Google Music launched last year with a limit of 20,000 songs per account, we never imagined there could be a streaming limit, but one such user encountered one. Turns out that apparently there is a daily streaming limit, but that it has been set high enough that the majority of users are unlikely to [...]
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Mar
23
2012
We’ve already seen a nice press image of the upcoming LG Lucid 4G for Verizon Wireless, so now all we need is the specs. Unfortunately there is nothing to wow you, but this could make a really nice mid-level 4G LTE phone. Specs include a 4-inch (800 x 480) IPS display, 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, [...]
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Mar
22
2012
There seems to be something going on with the Android Gmail app for many users out there, and it doesn’t appear explainable. It started sometime yesterday afternoon for both rooted and non-rooted users. Upon opening Gmail from your Android phone or tablet, it gets stuck in a loop of trying to refresh and it flickers. [...]
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Mar
22
2012
We heard about Acer’s first quad-core tablet, the A510, last November. Then earlier this month they announced it as the Olympics Edition. Now all we needed was the price. We were expecting it to come in at $500 , but we’re pleased with the aggressive price point of $449. This is a solid price for [...]
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