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Mega Grip Mega Giveaway winners announced

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by Chris Moor on
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Well, another contest has ended folks. This was a very successful contest for us as we had our most entries of any contest to date! But enough of the boring facts, let’s announce who won the contest shall we?

  1. @SheanZ
  2. @Dennis_Smit
  3. @Jazzshade
  4. @rekaviles
  5. @bluazul7
  6. @Chuck_Coggins
  7. @theoryofben
  8. @Lovtrain
  9. @Lillunachi
  10. @mang3lo

So there you have it! Each one of you can choose ONE out of the four Mega Grip products we reviewed:

Now all that’s left for the WINNERS to do is wait for a DM from us and we’ll take it from there. Thanks again to all who entered and be on the lookout for the next contest from TalkAndroid!

DirectTV’s NFL Sunday Ticket for Android app now available

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by Steve Ginter on
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Watch football?  Sure you do!  And if you’re a DirectTV subscriber who is paying extra for the NFL Sunday Ticket To Go service, you get a treat!  No longer are you restricted to your man-cave when the game is on.  Watch live streams of every NFL Sunday ticket game & Red Zone Channel right on your Android phone.  NFL Sunday Ticket To Go app also lets you keep tabs on player and team stats, scores, standings, schedules, and highlights.

Stick this one next to your Yahoo and/or ESPN Fantasy Football apps and you should be set for football season. Head on past the break for the market link and QR code.

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DIY Macro Lens for your Nexus One

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by Steve Ginter on
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Here’s another one of those DIY macro lens attachments for you amateur cell phone photographers looking to get those tricky close-up shots.  Rather then buy one for his phone, Nexus One owner Thomas went the do-it-yourself route using an old binocular lens, epoxy, and a headphone jack to secure it his phone.  I especially like the use of the headphone jack mount for easy attachment and removal.

Keep reading to see the before and after shots:

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LauncherPro Updated with New Facebook Widget

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by Chris Moor on
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Last week we reported that a further update for the popular home-screen replacement, LauncherPro, was due out really soon. Well the developer has kept his word as version 0.7.8.0 was released earlier today.

As per usual, there are different updates for all users and the Plus (paid) version users. Here are the updates for all users:

New: Ability to use custom icons and labels on homescreen shortcuts. Long-press on a homescreen and choose “Shortcuts”. After selecting the shortcut, you’ll get a popup with the icon and label for the shortcut. You can click on the icon to choose a custom icon from your gallery, and you can edit the label before adding the shortcut.

And here are the updates only for the Plus users:

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Update to AppBrain App Market brings new social features

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by Tyler Cunningham on
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AppBrain, the popular Android application database, has announced an update to their mobile Android app.  On top of a crisper UI to go along with their recently updated website, they have added a slew of new social features, including a means of connecting to Facebook, and sharing apps on Twitter.

In addition to this, you can also browse “celebrity” app lists, including Leo Laporte.

Rate and download: AppBrain App Market

[via AppBrain]

Android 2.2 update will bring Google Search to the Fascinate

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by Tyler Cunningham on
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In spite of all the problems some people have been reporting with the Samsung Fascinate, we have some good news to bring.  Android 2.2 is bringing Google Search to Big Red’s version of the Galaxy S, although Bing will remain the default search engine.

Verizon was not clear as to when the update may be rolling out, but did offer a few suggestions to customers wanting to use Google search now, including using it within the browser, as well as downloading Voice Search from the Android Market.

[via CNET]

Adobe demonstrates the power of Adobe Air

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While not falling entirely under the Android news category, it can definitely be filed under the awesome category.  To show off the power and flexibility of Air, Adobe has demonstrated the same application, powered by the exact same code, running on five different platforms.  The example used is a Reversi game, and is shown running on an iPhone, iPad, Motorola Droid, Desktop (Windows, Mac, and Linux) and in the browser.

Developers looking to achieve cross-platform distribution of their applications may want to take a look into Adobe Air.  You can watch a video demonstrating the application running across all the platforms listed above after the break.

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Verizon Fascinate’s long list of issues gets leaked

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by Steve Ginter on
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The latest Galaxy S phone by Samsung just hit the Verizon stores this week, but it might have been released a little too soon.  If there is one thing that’s not so fascinating about the Samsung Fascinate, it’s the long list of bugs that got leaked out over at BoyGeniusReport.com.  Some of the issues are minor, but others are annoying enough to make you want a refund – at least until they get an update pushed out.  The bugs range from broken calendar notifications and email/exchange problems, to blank screen issues and call disconnects.

It’s a long list, so hit the jump if you want to see the nitty gritty:

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Android 2.1+ now takes up 70.4% of Android devices

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by Dustin Karnes on
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According to the Android Developers Blog, Android 2.1 and 2.2 are now on 70.4% of Android devices. The latest stats show Eclair at 41.7%, while Froyo is sitting at 28.7%. Check out the time chart below:

It’s nice to see 1.5 and 1.6 heading the way of betamax tapes, but we could definitely stand to see some more progress going full steam ahead.

What do you think of Google’s progress? Be sure to let us know in the comments!

[via Google Developers Blog]

Cellular South announces availability of HTC Desire by mid-next week

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The HTC Desire is finally going to be available in stores mid-next week for Cellular South customers as promised.  This announcement comes to us less then 2 weeks after US Cellular announced that they had it in stock.  It’s good to see the smaller carriers getting such a good phone as it keeps the big 4 aware that they aren’t the only ones carrying top of the line Android smartphones.

As a reminder, here are a few specs on the HTC Desire:

  • 1GHz Snapdragon CPU
  • 3.7″ screen
  • Optical Touchpad
  • 5MP Camera

via [cellularsouth]

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