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Oct

10

2010

Android Rant – Samsung, HTC, Motorola: Back Off!

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by Dustin Karnes
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Do you have an HTC phone? How about a Samsung or Motorola device? If so, a lot of you are familiar with the way manufacturers put their own overlays on user interfaces: HTC Sense, Motoblur, and TouchWiz are what I’m talking about here. Today’s rant comes in by saying this: manufacturers need to back off [...]

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Sep

29

2010

LauncherPro to undergo some major changes

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by Dustin Karnes
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LauncherPro, one of the most popular third party home screen replacements for Android, is about to go through some major changes. The developer has written up a blog post addressing these changes, and they all look pretty good to us. The problem with LauncherPro now, according to the developer, is that the code is “a [...]

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Sep

22

2010

LauncherPro gets updated to version 0.7.9.0

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by Tyler Cunningham
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LauncherPro, the popular Android home replacement app, has been updated to version 0.7.9.0, which features a couple of new changes.  For users of the free version: Increased the sensitivity for swiping through homescreens. It should respond to shorter swipes now. New: Customizable homescreen grid size! You can now choose how many columns and rows of [...]

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Sep

10

2010

LauncherPro updated, Facebook widget coming really soon

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by Chris Moor
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LauncherPro really needs no introduction, but in case you’re not familiar with it, it’s one of the best replacement launcher’s you can get. It’s got so many options to configure, it’s almost overwhelming, but it really allows to you transform your Android phone’s interface exactly the way you want. It was also updated a few [...]

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Sep

5

2010

Download: Angry Birds icon for LauncherPro

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by Chris Moor
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If you’re not already using LauncherPro, I’d highly recommend it as a fantastic way to customize your Android experience. LauncherPro replaces your default Android launcher with something that you can customize the snot out of, including changing the icons in your dock. There are tons of icons available for essentially every app, except Angry Birds [...]

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Sep

2

2010

Use the LG Optimus Z launcher on your non-LG Android phone

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by Chris Moor
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If there’s one thing about Android users, it’s that they’re never satisfied with “stock” settings. If it has the ability to be changed, we’ll change it and if it doesn’t have that ability, we’ll figure out a way to make it have that ability. When it comes to launchers, that is especially one of the [...]

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Jul

24

2010

TouchWiz launcher now available for Nexus One users

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by Chris Moor
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. . . The TouchWiz launch, commonly found on devices like that T-Mobile Vibrant and AT&T Captivate can now be installed on your un-rooted Nexus One with simply an .apk file. Be warned however, that the launcher is currently pretty slow, so if’ you’re the impatient type, you may want to skip this one. But [...]

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Jul

19

2010

LauncherPro: Now with widgets and a price

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by Chris Moor
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There’s a lot of options when it comes to launchers for your Android device, but the most popular options seem to be ADW and LauncherPro. Hoping to pull ahead in the launcher-race, Federico Carnales, the man behind LauncherPro, has recently added a new trick, scrollable widgets. The following widgets are available: People Widget – To [...]

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