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.

04
Jan
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Print Magazine Subscribers Can Now Grab Their Free Digital Copies Directly From Google Play

Posted by in Applications, News

When Google first launched Play Magazines, there was an immediate backlash from users who were already subscribed to paper magazines that offer a free digital copy, as there was no way to grab said digital subscription from Google. Instead, these users were treated as if they had no prior subscription at all and were effectively forced to pay again if they wanted to read on their mobile device. Needless to say, that didn't go over very well.

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Fast-forward to now, and you can finally get your digital fix from your analog subscription straight through Google Play. For magazines that offer such a thing – like Wired and GQ, for example – there's a new entry under the "subscribe" option: "Free for print subscribers." After selecting this entry, it's pretty cut and dry – just enter your current subscription info and you're good to go.

03
Jan
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Polaroid Announces A New 7" Tablet For Kids That You Should Not, Under Any Circumstance, Even Considering Buying

Posted by in News

Well, it's CES time again – time for manufacturers to show off what they've been working on for the last several months in hopes of coaxing you into opening your wallet to them. Normally, we get a slew of fantastic, exciting, and innovative devices in the CES storm; however, there are also a few that just aren't worth even considering. This new Polaroid tablet for kids is one of them.

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NEEDS MOAR BEZEL!

You may or may not have already heard about it today. For those who haven't, here's the skinny: it's a 7" tablet with a display resolution of 800x480, half a gig of RAM, a 1GHz single-core processor, 8GB of storage, a 2MP rear shooter, and Android 4.0.

03
Jan
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Samsung Starts Pushing Update (Build I9300XXELLA) To The Galaxy S III In The UK, Reportedly Fixes The 'Exynos 4 Bug'

Posted by in Galaxy S III, News

I'll be the first to admit – this one's a bit of a mess. Samsung just started pushing a small OTA update to Galaxy S III units in the UK, which is said to bring a number of potentially major fixes. Considering there's no official word (or changelog) from Samsung, however, we're having to go on hearsay for this one.

Firstly, this update fixes the bug that allows any app to root and gain full access to Exynos 4 systems. That's a good thing, and has been confirmed over at XDA as patched with this OTA. From here, however, things get a little fuzzy.

02
Jan
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Samsung Posts Jelly Bean Kernel Source Code For The International Note 10.1, Tab 2 10.1, and Tab 2 7

Posted by in Galaxy Note 10.1 (GT-N8000 / N8010 / N8013), Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, Galaxy Tab 2 7.0, News

You know what's fun? Source code. Source code is fun. OK, maybe it's not everyone's idea of fun, but Samsung has just released the kernel code for three more tablets – the international Note 10.1 (GT-N8010), Tab 2 10.1 (GT-P5110), and tab 2 7 (GT-P3110) – and we thought some people may get excited about that.

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This means more tweaks, mods, and other un-stock things are coming to the aforementioned devices. So, if you've been waiting to overclock (or some other neat thing) your tablet, keep an eye on your favorite dev – all the goodies should be just around the corner.

01
Jan
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[Updated: Here Are The Winners!] Giveaway: Win One Of 20 PowerAmp Or 20 InDrive Licenses

Posted by in Applications, Contests / Giveaways
Last Updated: January 15th, 2013

Who wants some free apps? You do? Cool. Read on.

I'm sure you've all heard of PowerAmp before. But for those who haven't, it's probably the most powerful, versatile, and customizable music player in the Play Store. And that's saying something, because there is no shortage of music players on there. So, what's so cool about it? The fact that it can do basically everything you could possibly want from a media player. That's a lot of stuff – just take a looksee.

This contest is now over. Here are our winners, selected at random:

PowerAMP winners:

  1. Ahmad Abdullah   
  2. Vozár Tamás
  3. Adam   
  4. dmuhamma   
  5. mefink   
  6. Michael Lebowitz   
  7. xriderx66   
  8. alina   
  9. Matthew Cheung   
  10. Pat Heimann   
  11. John Kow   
  12. Mattias F
  13. BruceLee   
  14. budhraninilesh   
  15. SxperiaS   
  16. Lucus au   
  17. DoctorRabbitfoot   
  18. Asif Khan   
  19. Alex   
  20. Freez76  

InDrive winners:

  1. ads901119   
  2. Todd Moore   
  3. Cody Dean   
  4. reevester   
  5. Frost_Designs   
  6. Sukumar Patel   
  7. mug3n   
  8. Ryan McFadden   
  9. faceless128   
  10. DrewNusser   
  11. Chad Cesaro   
  12. JHS_NL   
  13. Ivailo Stoyanov   
  14. DraconisV   
  15. Razvan Coroama   
  16. Nikhil   
  17. Thomas Schuster   
  18. Isam Sami Moghamis   
  19. David   
  20. Jared Pannell  

Congratulations, guys - all of you will be contacted for your information in the near future!

01
Jan
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Une Bobine Review: /Facepalm

Posted by in Other Reviews

We've looked at a wide variety of accessories over the past couple of years: cases, cradles, headphones, speakers, etc., but I'm not quite sure we've ever seen a product like Une Bobine. In a nutshell, it's a microUSB cable. But it's not your average USB cable - it's an adjustable, bendable, flexible USB cable that can be used to hold your phone – a dock and cable in one, if you will.

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Now, the first question you may be asking yourself is: why would I want this? To answer that honestly, I really have no idea. I've had this thing for several weeks now, and I really can't find a good use for it.

27
Dec
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Jelly Bean Update For The Original Galaxy Note Confirmed To Bring Enhanced Premium Suite With Multi-Window, Air View, And More

Posted by in Galaxy Note (GT-N7000), News

Ever since Samsung released the Note II with awesome new features like Multi-Window and Air View, owners of the original Note have been wondering if they would ever see these enhancements. Considering the Galaxy S III started receiving its Premium Suite update about a week ago, we all assumed that the Note would be next. Samsung has now confirmed that with a new microsite highlighting all of the features of the Jelly Bean Premium Suite for the phablet that started it all.

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The update is set to bring many of the features that make the Note II so great, including Multi-Window, Popup Note/Video/Browser, Easy Clip, Paper Artist, Air View, and more.

27
Dec
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Jelly Bean Rolling Out To The Toshiba Excite 10

Posted by in Excite 10 (AT300 / AT305), News, Toshiba

Hot on the heels of the Jelly Bean update for the Excite 7.7, Toshiba is also pushing the OTA to its larger brother, the Excite 10. Reports are scattered and details are pretty scant at the moment, but we have confirmed that it's rolling out now.

It appears that the OTA – which brings Android 4.1.1 – is being pushed in stages to both the AT300 and AT305. You can see if it's available on your device by heading into Settings > About Tablet > System Updates or by jumping directly into Toshiba's Service Station.

Happy Pulling!

Thanks, Tiffany!

26
Dec
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Toshiba Excite 7.7 Jelly Bean Update Rolling Out Now

Posted by in Excite 7.7 (AT270 / AT275), Jelly Bean 4.1, News

Given Toshiba's track record with Android updates, I thought I'd never get to write this post. Alas, here it is – Android 4.1.1 is officially rolling out to the Excite 7.7. At first blush, it looks like Toshiba did a good job on this one. It actually uses the new "hybrid UI" (like on the Nexus 7), which leads to a much better experience on smaller slates like the 7.7.

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The update clocks in at a cool 348MB, so be prepared to wait for just a bit to grab this Jelly Bean goodness. Past that, though, I see absolutely nothing to complain about – this update really does make a great tablet even better.

24
Dec
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MightyText Release Tablet Companion App, Lets You Send SMS Messages From Your Slate

Posted by in Applications, News

While text messaging may be one of the easiest ways to get messages across the wire, having lengthy conversations with only a tiny keyboard to type your messages can be tedious and annoying. As a result, apps like TabletSMS, DeskSMS, and MightyText were born. The latter has always made it easy to send SMS from your PC, but thanks to a new app in the MightyText family, you can now do the same directly from your tablet.

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Basically, If you're already a MightyText user, the setup should be pretty seamless. If not, you need only install the phone app and get it set up.

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