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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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Jun

Gameloft Announces 4 New Titles At E3, Including Next Iteration Of Asphalt Racing Series

Posted by David Ruddock in Games, News, Videos

With E3 well underway, mobile developer Gameloft has let loose a salvo of new titles it'll be unveiling at the conference today. These include: Asphalt 7: Heat, The Amazing Spider-Man, Kingdoms & Lords, and Cosmic Colony.

Asphalt 7: Heat

Asphalt 7 is the latest in the iteration in Gameloft's long-running racing franchise, though it appears the gameplay has remained largely unchanged (read: racing games on phones still aren't very good), while graphics and the choice of vehicles have been noticeably stepped up. No release date has been announced.

The Amazing Spider-Man

Commissioned by the studio producing the movie of the same name, it's exactly what it sounds like: a movie game.

Jun

[Update: Pre-Orders Are Live] Sprint Announces The Galaxy S III Available June 21, Pre-Orders Start June 5 - $199 For 16GB, $249 For 32GB

Posted by David Ruddock in 4G, Galaxy S III, News, Samsung, Sprint

Alongside Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile, Sprint has announced that it, too, will be carrying the next Galaxy in just a few short weeks. As far as we can tell, the device will be unbranded aside from the standard Sprint logos, but we've yet to confirm this (Sprint has not provided images).

Yesterday, we'd heard from Samsung that the device would be coming to five carriers in the US, and with Sprint's announcement, we're now up to all five. Sprint's will be the only Galaxy S III in the US to come with Google Wallet pre-loaded on the device, which makes sense, as AT&T, VZW, and T-Mobile are all members of the ISIS mobile payment platform alliance.

Jun

[Update: Winners] Win One Of Ten Pairs Of Really Awesome Nocs NS200 Earbuds

Posted by David Ruddock in Contests / Giveaways

Last Updated: June 7th, 2012

The winners have been selected. Check the list below to see if you won!

Do you like listening to music on the go but find that your headphones, for lack of a better word, suck? Then today is (potentially) your lucky day, because Nocs and Android Police are giving away ten pairs of Nocs NS200 earbuds (a $70 value each - find them at Amazon here), and they rock. In fact, check out our review of the NS200s, because you might just end up skipping this giveaway and buying a pair right now.

Never heard of Nocs? Neither had I until a few weeks ago, but I was stunned by the fidelity, character, and comfort of the NS200s, and I'm really looking forward to any more Android products they have coming down the line.

Jun

US Cellular Announces The Samsung Galaxy S III, Pre-Orders Begin June 12

Posted by David Ruddock in 4G, Galaxy S III, News, Samsung, US Cellular

Alongside Verizon, Sprint, AT&T, and T-Mobile, regional carrier US Cellular has made official that it will be carrying Samsung's Galaxy S III, with pre-orders beginning on June 12th. Pricing has yet to be announced, but as a regional carrier, US Cellular often has slightly higher premiums than its national counterparts, so potentially expect something above the standard $199 price-tag for the 16GB model.

As with all the announced US Galaxy S III devices, it is packing a Snapdragon S4, rather than a quad-core Exynos processor, which means full LTE support.

US Cellular will offer the device in both blue and white; however, only the Marble White color will be available with the 32GB capacity version.

Jun

[The Android Police Week In Review] The Biggest Android Stories Of The Week (5/27/12-6/3/12)

Posted by David Ruddock in News, Week In Review

The Android Police Week In Review is back. And I have coffee, so I'm very excited about it! And if you don't want to read my jittery ramblings, you can always check out our weekly podcast, where you can hear my (and the rest of the podcast team's) slightly-drunken ramblings. About news, and stuff.

Hardware Reviews

Holy crap the Huawei Ascend P1 is boring.
Cameron reviews a stylus. Get to the point, already.

Features

Eric says you shouldn't expect your smartphone to be revolutionary. I guess Samsung should cancel its plans for the Galaxy Che Guevara.
Ron has done another amazing Google I/O preview that will probably set your expectations way, way too high, but it's fun to dream, right?

Jun

T-Mobile Galaxy S II Will Be Getting Ice Cream Sandwich Update On June 11

Posted by David Ruddock in Galaxy S II, Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0, News, T-Mobile

T-Mobile just announced via Twitter that its iteration of the Galaxy S II will be getting the Android 4.0 bump come June 11th.

Samsung Galaxy S II owners: @Android Ice Cream Sandwich is coming via Samsung Kies starting 6/11! More details soon!

— T-Mobile USA (@TMobile) June 1, 2012

No update doc is yet available on T-Mobile's website illustrating the changes, but one should be coming sooner rather than later. The update will take place via Kies.

Twitter

Jun

[The Android Police Podcast] Episode 12: I Heard A Pop, Then Smelled Burning

Posted by David Ruddock in Podcast

It's that time again - the Android Police Podcast is back for another week of all things Android in an easy-to-digest audio format. This time, we're talking ASUS-nexus-Tegra-tablet-gate, sums of parts, and Oracle ass-kickings. As always, you can listen to us on Soundcloud or via one of numerous subscription options (yes, we have RSS).

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Features

Eric says you shouldn't expect your smartphone to be revolutionary. I guess Samsung should cancel its plans for the Galaxy Che Guevara.

Rumor Roundup

The Galaxy S III and three other phones I don't care enough about to include in this sentence are coming to T-Mobile.

May

Judge: Oracle's Java APIs Are Not Copyrightable As Asserted, Copyright Claims Against Android Dismissed

Posted by David Ruddock in Android OS, Legal, News

We're hearing via The Verge that Judge William Alsup has just handed down his decision on the copyrightability of Oracle's 37 Java API's, asserted by Oracle as having been infringed by Google in the Android operating system. This is probably the most important issue of the entire case. While a jury decided that Google did infringe Oracle's APIs as asserted by Oracle, that decision hinged on the assumption that the APIs were in fact copyrightable in the way Oracle had insisted they were.

Alsup determined that Oracle's API's are not, in fact, copyrightable in their "sequence, structure, and organization," and the related infringement claims against Google have been dismissed.

May

[Deal Alert] eBay Daily Deals Has The Unlocked GSM Galaxy Nexus For $370 Shipped

Posted by David Ruddock in Deals, Galaxy Nexus

eBay's Daily Deals is once again proving its capacity for awesome - by offering the GSM unlocked Samsung Galaxy Nexus for just $370. And as far as I can tell, at least in California, you won't even have to cough up sales tax - making this an even better deal than Google's $400 (which totals out at $440 with tax and shipping for CA).

So, you might want to get on that. Like, now. Because we doubt they're going to last.

eBay

May

Huawei Ascend P1 Review: 110 Grams Of Mid To High-End Ice Cream Sandwich Phone

Posted by David Ruddock in Ascend P1/P1 S, Huawei, Phone Reviews, Reviews

If Toyota made a phone, it would be the Huawei Ascend P1. I don't mean that as an insult. It's an objective assessment of what the P1 is; namely, the Camry V6 of smartphones. It's not entry level - it's actually fairly beefy - but it's no cutting-edge speed-demon, either. It caters to the sense of pragmatism, rather than the lustful desires, of those who would buy it, all at a class-leading value.

If, for example, you were to line up a Galaxy Nexus, HTC One S, and a Huawei Ascend P1 (let's take network compatibility and the $400 GSM Nexus in the US aside, here), and force someone to buy one for its unlocked retail MSRP, I imagine almost everyone concerned with value would choose the Huawei.