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Cameron Summerson

Cameron is a self-made geek, Android enthusiast, horror movie fanatic, and musician. When he's not pounding keys here at AP, you can find him spending time with his wife and kids, plucking away on the 6-string, or watching The Texas Chainsaw Massacre on repeat.

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Sep

ARCHOS G9 Tablets Delayed Until The 'Start of 2012'... Sort Of

Posted by Cameron Summerson in 101 G9, 80 G9, News

Remember the 1.5GHz powerhouse G9 tablets that were officially announced last week by ARCHOS? Yeah, the ones with staggering release dates ranging from September 20th to sometime in October. Need a refresher? Okay - here's the quick and dirty edition:

ARCHOS 80 G9 8GB: 1GHz Processor, 8-inch display, Honeycomb 3.2; available September 20 from ARCHOS.com and September 30th from other online retailers.
ARCHOS 80 G9 16/250GB and ARCHOS 101 G9 16/250GB: 1.5GHz TI OMAP 4, Honeycomb 3.2; available sometime in October.

While the former of the two is now on sale as planned, there has been somewhat of a delay with the latter.

Sep

[Leak] Android 2.3.5 Now Available For The Samsung Infuse 4G And Galaxy S 4G

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Galaxy S 4G, Infuse 4G, News

Owners of the Samsung Galaxy S 4G on T-Mobile or the Samsung Infuse 4G on AT&T have been waiting quite a while to leave Froyo behind and move into the world of Gingerbread. While Sammy and AT&T or T-Mobile have yet to drop the flag on an official OTA for either device, the good folks over at SamFirmware have released leaked versions of Android 2.3.5 for both devices.

Since these are leaked, there's not much of a changelog floating around, nor is there any indication of whether or not this is a final build. What we do know, though, is that these are made to be flashed with ODIN, so if you're not familiar with that process, you should probably do a bit of research first.

Sep

Having Problems After Rooting Your Samsung Epic 4G Touch? Stock Kernel Is Now Available For Download

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Epic 4G Touch, News

One of the biggest fears that many users have before rooting their device is something going wrong with no way to return to stock. Fortunately, we have a brilliant root community behind us, and thanks to Team ACS, we now have an unrooted, stock kernel available to flash via ODIN. This way, if you encounter any issue during or after rooting your device you have a way to restore the kernel back to its factory state.

The process is very simple, and if you have any previous experience using Samsung's ODIN utility, you should be right at home.

For full details, including downloads and instructions, head over the this thread on XDA and this thread on the Team ACS forums.

Sep

Exclusive Download: HTC Vigor Wallpapers, Live Wallpaper, Notifications, Ringtones, And Boot Animation

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Exclusives, News, Vigor

Last Updated: June 5th, 2012

There's no doubt that we're all waiting with anticipation for the HTC Vigor, which is rumored to be coming out as the Droid Incredible HD, to hit the market. It's reportedly going to be the first full HD phone, sporting a 720p display, 1.5Ghz dual-core processor, 1GB RAM, Sense 3.5, and Android 2.3.4 -- in other words, it's going to be a beast.

For those who want to get a little taste of what the Vigor has to offer before this upcoming HTC monster is officially released, we have gotten our hands on all of the multimedia goodies from the device.

Sep

[Tip] Add Events To Google Calendar With SMS And Voice Commands

Posted by Cameron Summerson in News, Tips & Tutorials

You could continue to add events to your Google Calendar the old fashioned way, or you could use this super cool (and fun!) method of SMSing things to your GCal.

The process is so easy a caveman could do it, so follow along and you'll be one step closer to speaking (almost) directly to your calendar:

Add GEvent (48368) to your contacts, name it “Magic Calendar”
Click and hold the Search button to bring up Google Voice Search and say, “Text to Magic Calendar, Pick up kids 2pm at the Cliffs in Valhalla, New York” (or, you know, whatever event you want to schedule)
Wait a bit… you should receive a confirmation text and it should show up on your Google Calendar
Bring up event in your favorite calendar app or widget… click on the link for the location
Click on bubble to check out Places and to get turn-by-turn directions from your free Google Navigation
Extra credit – do the step #2 voice search hands-free using VLingo InCar

And that's it.

Sep

ITAgents, Creator Of Theft Aware, Bought Out By Avast - Updated Android App Coming Soon

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Applications, News

If you've never heard of Theft Aware, then you're missing out on one of the best anti-loss/theft solutions available for Android. It embeds itself deep into root, hides itself from the app tray, utilizes device administration privileges to the fullest, and basically makes itself undetectable, unremovable, indestructible, and unstoppable. Like I said, it's probably the most solid security app that we've ever seen.

In a blog post today, the makers of Theft Aware, ITAgents, announced that it has been been purchased by popular antivirus software company Avast. Upon first hearing the news, I was extremely worried about Theft Aware's future (we all know what happened to Wave Secure after it was bought my McAfee :S) but after hearing some reassuring words from the one of the devs of the Theft Aware project, I feel much more at ease.

Sep

A.I.type Keyboard Gets 'Plus' Version, Brings UI Improvements, Enhanced Autocorrect, And Phrase Shortcuts

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Applications, News

Fans of the popular A.I.type Keyboard who have been running the beta version since its release will likely want to head over the Android Market and grab the newest incarnation of the software in its Plus variant. This is essentially the final build of the current beta run, adding a ton of new features to an already solid keyboard offering.

^{With A.I.type Keyboard Plus, you never have to worry about spelling mudsrjrs again.}

With this new version, you can expect an improved UI which allows you to toggle the appearance of the bottom row buttons, an improved autocorrect engine, and phrase shortcuts that allow you to easily replace simple abbreviations with commonly used phrases.

Sep

Gowalla Updated To Version 4.0 - Removes Features, Adds Force Closes

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Applications, News

Before Facebook started offering its own 'check-in' feature, there was Gowalla and Foursquare, both of which are still widely used. The Gowalla app for Android received an update today to version 4.0 which brings "a brand new version of Gowalla! Tons of new features including Guides, Stories, and Lists, and more. [sic]" to the table. No, really. That was directly from the changelog in the Market listing. The only entry in said changelog, to be exact.

Apparently by "and more," they mean Force Closes, missing features, and removal of everything that made people love Gowalla in the first place.

Of all of the comments and ratings in the Market listing since the update went live this morning, nearly all of them are 1-star ratings with some sort of comment referring to the above mentioned changes.

Sep

HTC Joins Together With Dropbox, Offers 5GB Of Cloud Storage On All Sense 3.5 Handsets

Posted by Cameron Summerson in HTC, News

Not into the girl-centric HTC Rhyme? How about 5GB of free cloud storage courtesy of Dropbox to sweeten the deal? No? Fine. Regardless of whether or not this makes the Rhyme more appealing to the testosterone-fueled among us, HTC has joined forces with Dropbox to up the amount of free cloud storage from 2GB to 5GB on all new and upcoming Sense 3.5 devices.

If you're hoping that your device will snag a Sense 3.5 update and some bonus cloud space to go with it, I wouldn't suggest holding your breath. Even if HTC bumps Sense up to 3.5 on any of its current devices, it's unlikely that the added Dropbox space will come along with it -- I'm sure they're reserving this bonus for those who are looking to pick up a new device.