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Feb

[MWC 2013] Samsung Makes The Galaxy Note 8.0 Official Before MWC: Coming In The Second Quarter, No Price Available

Posted by Jeremiah Rice in Galaxy Note 8.0, News, Samsung

We've seen it leaked a few times, but Samsung has beaten the Mobile World Congress rush and officially unveiled the Galaxy Note 8.0. The device is basically a super-sized version of the Note 2 smartphone, right down to the physical home button (a first for Samsung's post-Android 3.0 tablets), call capability, and vertical orientation.

The screen is an 8-inch 1280x800 panel, and it's unfortunately a TFT LCD - I had been hoping that they would make it Super AMOLED, and create a spiritual successor to the sadly underutilized Galaxy Tab 7.7. Naturally, you get the S-Pen and all of Samsung's custom TouchWiz applications on top of Android 4.1.2.

Feb

Sonoma Wire Works Cracks The Code, Finds A Fix For The Low-Latency Audio-In Issue On Android

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Android OS, News

When it comes to music creation, modification, digital instruments effects, and the like, iOS has always been overwhelmingly ahead of Android. There's one simple reason for this – it's not because of hardware limitation. It's not because developers and effects manufacturers don't want to to support Android. It's because of the audio-in latency – it's simply too high. For those who may not know, audio latency is "a short period of delay (usually measured in milliseconds) between when an audio signal enters and when it emerges from a system." In this case, it's the amount of time it takes to get the signal from an instrument (or similar creation device) through the Android OS.

Feb

55 Best (And 2 WTF) New Android Apps And Live Wallpapers From The Last 2 Weeks (2/6/13 - 2/22/13)

Posted by Jeremiah Rice in Applications, Best Apps/Games/LWPs Of The Week, News, Roundups

Last Updated: May 13th, 2013

Welcome to the roundup of the best new Android applications, games, and live wallpapers that went live in the Play Store or were spotted by us in the previous 2 weeks or so.

This is the app roundup. The game roundup from this week can be found here.

Please wait for this page to load in full in order to see the AppBrain widgets, which include ratings and pricing info.

Looking for the previous roundup editions? Find them here.

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Color Splash Effect

Today's roundup is sponsored by Color Splash Effect from Lyrebird Studio. Ever wondered how those striking black and white photos with a single colored element get made?

Feb

First Leak Of Touchwiz-ified 4.2.1 Shows Up For The Samsung Galaxy S III (i9300)

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Galaxy S III, Leaks, News, Videos

Given Samsung's recent track record with updates, there's been little question whether or not the Galaxy S III would receive Jelly Bean 4.2.x, but a leak that showed up today over at SamMobile removes all doubt of the build's existence. The leak shows off Samsung's take on some of the 4.2 modifications, including a fully TouchWiz-ified Quick Settings menu (which actually looks more useful than stock Android's).

Aside from that, it appears that Sammy has added several voice actions, which should allow you to control various parts of the OS through speech. Otherwise, it basically looks like the current TouchWiz builds on Android 4.1, including the Premium Suite, Multi-Window, and the like.

Feb

[The Android Police Podcast] Episode 50: Endless Stream of Russian Dash Cams

Posted by Eric Ravenscraft in News, Podcast

Welcome to the Android Police Podcast, Episode 50.

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!

Feb

Android Police At MWC: Here's What To Expect In The Next Week During Mobile World Congress

Posted by David Ruddock in News

We're here in Barcelona, preparing for what has probably become the world's biggest mobile-centric trade show: Mobile World Congress. This year's show may have a few surprises in store, but there are a few things we're expecting to see. We'll be bring you live coverage courtesy of our friends at Avast!

High on everyone's list is, of course, Samsung. There's been a lot of speculation that the Galaxy Note 8.0 tablet will be unveiled at the show, though Samsung has no press conference planned, and hasn't made a point of teasing any new hardware leading up to MWC. Still, Samsung unveiled a number of new products on the down-low at MWC last year, like the Galaxy Beam.

Feb

CloudOn Updated With Support For A Handful Of Android Phones, Puts MS Office In Your Pocket

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Applications, News

CloudOn, the service which previously brought the full Microsoft Office experience to Android tablets, is now available on some phones. Yes, that means you have Office on your phone, in your pocket, and everywhere you are. That could be quite useful.

For the moment, however, the company is only supporting a handful of handsets:

Samsung Galaxy S III
Samsung Galaxy Nexus 4G
Samsung Galaxy Nexus
Samsung Galaxy Note
Samsung Galaxy Note II
Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket

Notice something about that list? Yeah, they're all Samsung phones. That's really not much of a surprise, as Samsung is undoubtedly the largest and most popular manufacturer of Android phones, but you'd think CloudOn may have at least considered a couple of other brands, as well.

Feb

36 Best (And 1 WTF) New Android Games From The Last 2 Weeks (2/7/13 - 2/20/13)

Posted by Jeremiah Rice in Best Apps/Games/LWPs Of The Week, Games, News, Roundups

Last Updated: May 13th, 2013

Welcome to the roundup of the best new Android applications, games, and live wallpapers that went live in the Play Store or were spotted by us in the previous 2 weeks or so.

This edition focuses only on new games. The app roundup is coming up soon.

Please wait for this page to load in full in order to see the AppBrain widgets, which include ratings and pricing info.

Looking for the previous roundup editions? Find them here.

Featured App

Catch The Candy

Today's roundup is sponsored by Catch the Candy from Herocraft. Good God, this thing is so cute it makes me sick.

Feb

Oppo Find 5 Review: Not Perfect, But You Should Probably Pay Attention To It Anyway

Posted by David Ruddock in Find 5, Oppo, Phone Reviews

Last Updated: March 14th, 2013

In a world where Samsung and Apple dominate the smartphone sphere, and multi-billion dollar companies like Sony, LG, and Motorola struggle to maintain single-digit market share, it's rather easy to convince yourself that real innovation and excellence costs lots of money. And, as an extension of that thought process, that there's little reason to look outside the current crop of popular phone makers.

But you'd be wrong.

Known mostly in the United States for its Blu-ray players (yes, really), Oppo is a Chinese electronics maker that is easily ignored. I hadn't even heard of their Blu-ray players until last week (and only because I looked them up on Wikipedia).

Feb

Qualcomm Unveils Quick Charge 2.0 And Snapdragon Voice Activation - Charge Your Phone Faster, Wake It Up By Voice

Posted by David Ruddock in News

Last week, Qualcomm showed off Quick Charge 1.0, a technology that makes your phone charge more quickly, and that you may already have. Today, they've announced Quick Charge 2.0, and surprise of surprises, it charges your phone faster than Quick Charge 1.0!

Quick Charge 2.0 will allow your phone to juice up at rates up to 75% faster than a phone or tablet without the technology. The catch with the new version is that you'll need to have a device with a Snapdragon 800 processor... and no such devices have yet been announced. Given that HTC's brand-new flagship, the One, is sporting a Snapdragon 600 chip, we probably won't be seeing 800-powered hardware until later this year.