Welcome back to the Android Police Podcast, the only official semi-official audio source for all things Android. This week, we're talking about Samsung's trademarking addiction, Read It Later (Pocket), and dongles. Your favorite hosts Matthew Smith, Cameron Summerson, Bob Severns and myself are flying solo this week, but we'll have Eric Ravenscraft back on the show for the next episode.
Carrier 411
- Verizon is going on an LTE blitzkrieg around the nation, giving lots of people moar gees in moar places.
- T-Mobile has decided Carly would be much more appealing in pink leather pants.
Rumor Roundup
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A crash log spills the [jelly] beans on the next version of Android, which we all pretty much know is called Jelly Bean, but hey, this looks legit.
Code Google
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Google just signed MGM to Play Store Movies, bringing titles like Terminator and Robocop to Android. Oh, I see what they did there.
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Google Drive rumo - *zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz*.
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The Play Store just launched a phone support line, which will probably lead to some confused customers of this company.
The Hotsheet (device news)
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The Sprint Galaxy Nexus is coming on April 22! And it's sold out, which is going to do great things for Sprint's super-robust 3G network.
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Sprint announced the LG Optimus Elite, which I've just heard took the award for "Saddest Phone Of The Year."
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The Transformer Pad 300 is up for preorder, and hey look, we found it without ever using GPS!
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The One X is coming to AT&T May 6th, and let's face it, it's going to be the best Android phone on the market when it does.
App Update
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QuickOffice launches QuickOffice Connect, a really expensive cloud service for really stupid people to spend their unneeded money.
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Read It Later is now Pocket and totally free, and that's probably so they can take money from you again later. Yay capitalism!
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Chrome for Android now has UA switching, so the, *ahem*, special websites on the internet will stop giving you their useless mobile pages.
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Motorobo is an Android desktop management client and it's pretty and I just can't bring myself to even care enough to write a joke about it.
Developer News
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Sony is willing to lend developers its handsets fo' free. Good idea on paper, until they get them back covered in Cheeto dust, the world's only known permanent dye.
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ADT was updated to version 20, and updates are good. At least that's what I hear.
In Other News
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Samsung trademarks the Galaxy Velvet, the world's first phone to come with its own track suit.
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Pebble Watch made lots of money on Kickstarter, and that should make you feel a little better about the world.
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