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May

22

2012

Select Devices Get Beta Version Of “Test Drive” With New Amazon Appstore Update

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by Joe Sirianni
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The Amazon Appstore has recently pushed out an update bringing it to version 2.6.53.  In addition to bug fixes, Amazon has now added their popular Test Drive capabilities to the little screen. For quite some time now you’ve been able to test drive an app on your PC in an emulator to see how it runs, looks and feels. [...]

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May

20

2012

Motorola Won’t Update Its Devices To Android 4.0 If It’s Too Much Of A Hassle And Won’t Improve The Device

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by Roy Alugbue
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We mentioned recently that Motorola updated its timeline for when some of its premium devices would get ICS— even though you know, it was first found in December 2011. If you own a smartphone or tablet such as the DROID RAZR/RAZR MAXX, Atrix 4G or XYBOARD series of tablets, then you have a lot to [...]

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May

19

2012

S-Voice Pulled from the Galaxy S III, Download the App Now!

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by Stacy Bruce
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After the big Galaxy S  III announcement we knew it would only be a short amount of time before the cool software features were pulled from the phone for use across other Android devices. One of the more noteworthy GSIII features is the S-Voice app, basically Samsung’s version of Siri. Thanks to XDA member Ascarface23, we [...]

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May

18

2012

Motorola Refreshes Its ICS Update Timeline For Devices, DROID RAZR And RAZR MAXX Are On Deck For Update First

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by Roy Alugbue
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Oh boy— if you’re like me and an owner of a premium Motorola device released in the last 12 – 15 months, then this news is for you. Motorola has updated its ICS update timeline for select devices. Within the next month and some change, MOTO devices will begin receiving Android 4.0 with a (MOTO)BLUR topping, [...]

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May

18

2012

Remove Sense 4.0 Lag on the HTC One X With This Tweak

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by Jack Holt
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While we are waiting for Apple and HTC to hash out their differences regarding the Import delays for the possible Apple patent violations made by HTC, some folks have found a fix for a possible device annoyance. Regardless of which version of the One X is being used, folks have noticed a slight lag on [...]

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May

17

2012

Chameleon is Now a Kickstarter Project Looking to Make the Tablet UI Sexy Again

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by Jack Holt
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  The great thing about Android is the fact that if you don’t like the way it looks, you can use a slew of various launcher applications  to change it to work for you. NOVA Launcher and Go Launcher are just a few of the launcher options you have. However the one thing I find [...]

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May

17

2012

HTC Wants Customers To Know Its Multitasking Is “Operating Normally” On Its One X Smartphone

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by Roy Alugbue
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  The HTC One X smartphone is perhaps the best smartphone of the year so far, but it hasn’t come without its quirks. While Sense 4.0 has been rightfully praised because of its revamped look and tweaks to Android 4.0′s multitasking, it has brought some unwanted and unnecessary confusion to how the multitasking actually works. Let [...]

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May

15

2012

Sorry T-Mobile Users, Free Tethering Ending with ICS Update

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by Jack Holt
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Yesterday we told you how tomorrow will come with a sweet update for your Sensation 4G device and that the Amaze 4G device would be seeing its update “in the coming weeks.” While this is exciting in itself the secondary news following it isn’t so much. Those of you that have been using T-Mobile‘s free [...]

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May

15

2012

Sony Confirms ICS Update Will Arrive For Xperia S Smartphone By Early June

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by Roy Alugbue
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Sony’s Xperia S has been an awesome phone except for well, its lack of Ice Cream Sandwich. While it’s questionable to launch a device of that nature with Gingerbread 2.3 in a world of Android 4.0, Sony has taken the time to finally give us what we have been waiting for— a concrete date for [...]

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May

15

2012

Twitter For Android Gets Update, Packs In A Load of Bug Fixes

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by Jack Holt
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For those of you that use the official Twitter for Android App you’ll be happy to know that there is an update waiting for you. Hit the My Apps section of the Google Play Store and you’ll find the update. It fixes issues with sync settings as well as fixes issues that people who are [...]

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