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David Ruddock

David's phone is an HTC One X+. He is an avid writer, and enjoys imparting a legal perspective on Android news where it is relevant. He also doesn't usually write such boring sentences.

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Dec

Samsung Drops Jelly Bean Source For Verizon Galaxy S III

Posted by David Ruddock in Development, Galaxy S III, Jelly Bean 4.1, News, Verizon Wireless

While the day after Christmas is rarely an exciting one in terms of tech news - aside from the length / level of disgruntledness of return lines around the US - we do have a tidbit for developers this morning. The Verizon Galaxy S III, recently updated to Android 4.1, now has matching source code. Samsung released the Jelly Bean-based source this morning (software version LK3), and you can get it at the source link (pun very much intended on this boring day) below.

Samsung Open Source (VZW GSIII)

Dec

Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Update For HTC One S Rolling Out Throughout Europe

Posted by David Ruddock in Device Updates, Jelly Bean 4.1, One S (Ville)

We're hearing from tipsters, as well as over on XDA, that HTC has begun the wide rollout of Android 4.1 for a large number of HTC One S devices, all of which seem to be WWE handsets ("WorldWide English"), which are sold by and large in European markets. The software version is 3.16.401.8, and the full update file can be found here, direct from HTC. The size of the update is a staggering 612MB.

According to XDA, the following CIDs are part of the rollout:

HTC__001
HTC__E11
HTC__203
HTC__102
HTC__405
HTC__Y13
HTC__A07
HTC__304
HTC__M27
HTC__032
HTC__016

There are possibly more, so if your CID isn't in the list but you've received the update, let us know in the comments.

Dec

[Four Days Of Tegra Holiday Giveaway] Day Four: Win An Unlocked HTC One X Or One X+, Each With A $25 AMEX Gift Card

Posted by David Ruddock in Contests / Giveaways

Last Updated: December 27th, 2012

We've selected the winners. Congrats to:

Mel D.
Matt B.

We'll be in touch shortly.

It's time to wrap up our NVIDIA Tegra holiday giveaways here at Android Police, and we've saved what we think is the best for last. We really like the One X (color may not be white as shown below, just FYI), and by relation, we also really like the One X+. So we're giving away one of each today, courtesy of NVIDIA, both with a little deal-sweetener right in the box, in the form of a $25 AMEX gift card.

What's so special about Tegra 3?

Dec

[Four Days Of Tegra Holiday Giveaway] Day Three: Win One Of Three Fuhu Nabi 2 Tablets, Each With A $25 AMEX Gift Card

Posted by David Ruddock in Contests / Giveaways, Nabi 2

Last Updated: December 27th, 2012

We've selected the winners. Congrats to:

Dana R.
Chris F.
Richard S.

We'll be in touch shortly.

Time for day three of our NVIDIA Tegra holiday giveaways! We'll be holding one more Tegra-themed giveaway tomorrow, and it's a biggie - so be sure to come back check it out. Today's giveaway is - you guessed it - more tablets! We're offering up three Fuhu Nabi 2's (which Cameron heartily recommends) - powered by NVIDIA's Tegra 3 processor. We're also throwing in a $25 AMEX gift card with each tablet.

What's so special about Tegra 3? Well, for one, you can get exclusive visuals in games like those found in the Tegra Zone.

Dec

[The Android Police Podcast] Episode 41: Thirteen Tablets, Five Children, One Bag

Posted by David Ruddock in News, Podcast

Welcome to the Android Police Podcast, Episode 40.

Don't forget - the Android Police Podcast's live broadcast is every Thursday at 5PM PST (www.androidpolice.com/podcast). The unedited video version of the podcast can be found here - and will likely include various verbal expletives, technical snafus, tangents, and probably a good 5-10 minutes of pre-podcast banter as we prepare. Watch at your own risk!

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The Cast

Matthew Smith, Host
Bob Severns, Editor, A/V
Cameron Summerson, Co-host
David Ruddock, Co-host
Eric Ravenscraft, Co-host

THE OUTLINE

Carrier 411

Sprint is buying the rest of Clearwire, because every carrier wants to be number one.

Dec

[Weekend Poll And News Roundup] Which New Android Phone Are You Most Looking Forward To In 2013?

Posted by David Ruddock in News, Polls

Welcome to the Android Police Weekend Poll and News Roundup. For last week's poll and roundup, see What Twitter App Are You Using?

As we near the end of 2012, the rumor mill for 2013 is already churning away. Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal published a report on a Motorola 'X Phone' project being headed up by a former Googler, and I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm dying to see a Google-Moto mashup, especially if the premise is trying new and interesting things.

But Motorola's not the only one with new stuff on the horizon in the next year.

Dec

Archos To Release New Tablet That's Basically An iPad Because Why Not?

Posted by David Ruddock in 97 Titanium, ARCHOS, News

I could tell you about the Archos 97 Premium's features. It's specifications. The version of Android it's running. How much it might cost. But honestly, Archos has made it a near certainty that no one will remotely care about any of these things, because of the 97 Premium's decidedly interesting design. Let me just do a little side by side for you.

Is the 97 Premium an iPad? No. Is it so obviously meant to draw comparisons to the iPad that it borders on something I'd expect out of a fly-by-night Chinese manufacturer? Definitely.

Archos has, however, been careful to avoid a couple key design trademarks of Apple's tablet.

Dec

Motorola And Google Are Working On An 'X Phone' According To WSJ Rumor That Kind Of States The Obvious

Posted by David Ruddock in Motorola, News, Rumors

Hey, so, this is crazy, but Google bought a smartphone company (Motorola), and now they're working on a smartphone together. Shocker. Snarkiness aside, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that, according to its sources, Motorola and Google are working on making a flagship phone specifically to compete with the iPhone and Samsung's Galaxy line. It is internally known as the 'X Phone,' and will allegedly be released in 2013.

At this point, if Motorola and Google weren't working on a high-end phone for 2013, I'd be worried. I'd be surprised, actually. And that makes this rumor sort of the opposite of surprising, even if it does get my nerdy-parts excited.

Dec

[Four Days Of Tegra Holiday Giveaway] Day Two: Win An ASUS TF700 Tablet + Dock Or ASUS TF300 + Dock

Posted by David Ruddock in Contests / Giveaways, Transformer Pad 300, Transformer Pad Infinity

Last Updated: December 27th, 2012

We've selected the winners. Congrats to:

Robert E.
Max L.

We'll be in contact shortly.

Time for day two of our NVIDIA Tegra holiday giveaways! We'll be holding 2 more Tegra-themed giveaways in addition to this one over the next couple days - so be sure to come back every day through Sunday to check out the latest one. Today's giveaway is - you guessed it - more tablets! We're offering up the ASUS Transform Pad Infinity (TF700) and Transformer Pad 300 (TF300T), both bundled with their respective keyboard docks - both of which pack Tegra 3 quad-core power.

What's so special about Tegra 3?

Dec

[Update: More X+ Kernels] HTC Publishes AT&T One X+ Kernel Source

Posted by David Ruddock in Development, News, One X+

Update: If you head to the source link at the bottom of this post you'll see updated kernels for other X+ variants available as well. (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Europe, etc.)

HTC has released the kernel source for the AT&T version of the One X+ (that is, the US LTE model). You can find the kernel source (version 1.15.502.9) directly here or at the link below.