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Angry Birds Plush toys? Where and how much!?

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by Chris Moor on
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If you thought you wanted those Android mini-collectibles (which you can win in our contest), then wait until you feast your eyes on the Angry Birds (You know, that tiny, little game that had 1,000,000 downloads on day one of it’s Android release) plush toys. (Which I’m sure you’re finally reading this after staring at the picture above & drooling for the past 30 seconds)

Anyway, what you see above is the product of Peter Levin, who is Rovio’s US adviser and CEO of GeekChicDaily. Peter will have his angry toys-in-tow at the Big Apple Comic Con this weekend in NYC.

Personally I could care less about comics, I just want to know where the hell I can buy that big, red, Angry Bird.

[via techcrunch]

How to: Improve the quality of your apps

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by Chris Moor on
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With Android being so popular in the United States and across the world, it’s no wonder that developers are scambling to get on the Android bandwagon. Unfortunately, some of them do anything to hop on board and just end up slapping some crappy code together, call it an app, and send it to the Android Market. Then thousands of people download that crappy app and get a sour taste for the Android Market and Android in general. Obviously this is bad news.

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Winamp for Android now available in beta

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by Dustin Karnes on
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Winamp, the popular (and totally awesome) media player for your desktop, has now made a new landing on you Android device. Winamp for Android is now available and in beta stage. The app works on Android 2.1 and later. According to Winamp’s site, features include:

  • Mobilize Your Library - A complete Android media management solution, that seamlessly syncs with your Winamp desktop library (USB or Wi-Fi).
  • Wireless Desktop Sync - No need to tie your Android phone down. Enable Wi-Fi sync and leave your cable behind (Winamp 5.59 beta required).
  • Persistent Player Controls - Quickly pause, change tracks, manage your play queue, see what’s playing and access the Winamp home screen.
  • Play Queue Management - The play queue is a temporary track listing that allows you to easily select and sort tracks. And if you like, save it as a playlist.
  • Widget Players & Shortcuts - Add playlist shortcuts and the widget player to the Android home screen. As well as enable playback control from the lock-screen.
  • Now Playing - Displays song info, album art and more. Press and hold on the song info to interact with other apps like Pandora, YouTube and the Amazon MP3 Store.
  • Scrobbling - Supports scrobbling with the Last.fm app installed (on your Android device). Capturing all of your mobile listening history in real time.
All you need to do is download and install the beta version of the desktop app found here, and then visit the “rate and download” link below to check out the Android app.
[via Winamp]

Logitech Harmony Remote App Free in Android Market

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by Jesse Bauer on
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Logitech Harmony Remote App for Android

Google TV has launched and Logitech began shipping its Logitech Revue boxes yesterday to customers nation-wide. If you have one coming, and you also have an Android device, you’re in the goods as Logitech released a Harmony Remote app to the Android Market as the Revue began shipping.

This app will control your Logitech Revue (Google TV) box with full features and support. Unlike the physical Harmony remotes which can cost over $100, this app is free!

Scan the QR below or search for “Harmony remote” in the Android Market.

Logitech Harmony Remote QR

[via droid-life]

AppBrain gives an insight into their Hot Apps section, updated Android app

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by Tyler Cunningham on
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The popular Android application database website AppBrain has posted a little snippet on their blog discussing some of the cool features of their “Hot Apps” section, as well as changes to their Android application.

Recently, they implemented a trackback section in Hot Apps which shows some of the most popular sites with links back to that particular app. You can see an example of this feature in action via the picture above, which is showcasing the newly released Winamp Android app.

The post also details a recent update to the AppBrain Android app, which adds an optional notification in your top bar which lists your last viewed apps. With this list, you can easily delete apps, create a shortcut, or share the app with friends using AppBrains social features.

You can find out more information about these updates, as well as links to past AppBrain blog posts, by hitting up the source link below.

[via AppBrain]

Hacks: Unlock the next world stages in Angry Birds

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by Steve Ginter on
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So, you are addicted to Angry Birds, but can’t get passed that one stubborn level.  Well, there’s a clever way to hack your way past it, right to the next world stages.  Reddit user braaaiins found this out by accident, and here’s how you do it:

  1. Load up Angry Birds and go to the world select screen.
  2. Centre a locked world on the screen.
  3. Push back button all the way out of Angry Birds.
  4. Load Angry Birds back up and when the “Play” button appears tap it like crazy *explicit deleted*.
  5. Great success! You should be inside the locked worlds stage select screen.
  6. To keep it unlocked just pass the first world.

Give it a shot if you want to cheat yourself to the next stage, we don’t mind cause we know you’ll return to get those bastard pigs you skipped eventually.

[via reddit]

New YouTube app out for 2.2 devices

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by Steve Ginter on
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An all new YouTube app (version: 2.0.26) has hit the market and is up for grabs if your Android device is on Froyo.  This is actually the first time an official YouTube app has been in the market and it packs a noticeable improvement over the stock version that came on your phone when you bought it.  Here’s a few changes you’ll notice:

  • Brand new UI design
  • You can now watch videos in both portrait and landscape mode
  • Rotate to landscape to view in full screen
  • Videos are played in-page so you can read comments while viewing
  • New player controls
  • Personalized home screen
  • Easier search access
  • Swipe easily between channel info, related videos, and comments.

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VPlayer for Android Plays Almost Any Format

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by Jesse Bauer on
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VPlayer for Android

So you’re a former iPhone lover with a bunch of .mp4 and .mov videos backed up. You do the right thing and buy an Android, but have no way to play those videos of your best friend making a fool of himself at the local pub. Although your friend may be thankful for that, he’ll have to hold his breath, cause the VPlayer for Android is available in Alpha release, and it’ll play those vids no problem.

Along with the 2 codecs mentioned, VPlayer will also play DivX, WMV, MKV, avi, Xvid, and many more. Currently this app is only supported on Android 2.2 devices, but has been found to install on most devices with Android 2.1 as well (Droid X and Droid 2 are not supported).

Search for “VPlayer” in the Android Market or scan the QR below to dust off those once “unplayable” videos!

vplayer QR

Android Market Link

[via lifehacker]

Latest Swype beta having problems

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by Jesse Bauer on
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Swype Android

Looks like the latest beta for Swype on Android has lit up the Swype forums from unhappy, frustrated users begging for the old beta back until more work is done to the latest build.

The main problem seems to be “rogue” words popping up even after deleting them from Swype memory. Words such as “day” were swyped properly, only to show “dai” as the suggested word spelling as an example.

If you are one of these users who see problems with the latest Swype beta, visit the Swype forum linked below, and let them know. Power is in numbers.

[via Swype Forum]

Sony Xperia Users Need to be Happy too

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by Jesse Bauer on
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Sony Happiness App

Who doesn’t want to be happy? I want to be happy. I bet you do too as you’re reading this. Sony also recognizes its Ericsson Xperia users like to be happy, but haven’t been lately due to the long wait for Android 2.x updates for the Xperia family of handhelds. To make amends, Sony is releasing an app called simply “Happiness”, available to all Xperia users via the Android Market.

The Happiness app will offer “free entertainment content such as music, videos, as well as exclusive discounts across leading brands, high street retailers, restaurants and bars.” You may be asking what that really includes. Well, it includes discounts on meals, deals on clothing, footwear, free downloads, and ticket discounts. Xperia users can also share these discounts with up to 3 friends who don’t have to be Xperia users themselves to receive the benefits.

Not bad Sony, not bad. But they will be happier if you just update the Xperia family and move forward we think. What do you think?

Read the full Press Release below

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