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Jun

[The Android Police Week In Review] The Biggest Android Stories Of The Week (6/17/12-6/24/12)

Posted by David Ruddock in News, Week In Review

It's time for the Android Police Week In Review, where I lay out a smorgasbord of delectable news-bites for your reading pleasure. You can catch a lot of this appetizing information on our weekly podcast as well, which airs live every Thursday at 5PM PST, at androidpolice.com/podcast. There's an IRC channel there, too. We might even use it occasionally.

Hardware Reviews

Ron reviews the Samsung Galaxy S III: and it's surprisingly adequate.
Fuhu Nabi 2: because your kids are too clumsy and destructive for an iPad.
Have you ever wanted a cool retro travel clock radio with Bluetooth that is basically so fragile you can't take it anywhere?

Jun

[The Android Police Podcast] Episode 15: Team Waffle Dippers, Unite!

Posted by David Ruddock in Podcast

I didn't pick the title. Anyway, welcome back to another edition of the Android Police podcast, this week with super-special guest Ron Amadeo. He writes here, in case you didn't know. Be sure to catch us live every Thursday at androidpolice.com/podcast too!

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THE OUTLINE

Carrier 411

Verizon is at it again, giving more people in more places 4G LTE service.

Rumor Roundup

Some Motorola keyboard phone is coming to Sprint. The supposed device codename is "Irrelevant."
The Wall Street Journal says Google is working even harder on voice control.

Jun

Verizon Announces 4G LTE Service For 46 New Markets, Expansion In 22 Existing Markets On June 21

Posted by Cameron Summerson in 4G, News, Verizon Wireless

Looks like it's the time of the month for Verizon to flip its 4G LTE switch to 'on' in new markets. It seems that the rollout has been in hyperspeed lately, as more and more cities are getting their taste of the blazing fast 4G service; this time Big Red is giving it to 46 new markets:

Florence, AL
Harrison, AR
Yuba City/Marysville, CA
Panama City, FL
Carrolton, Gainesville, and Newnan, GA
Blackfoot, ID
Decatur/Effingham, Kankakee/Bradley-Bourbonnais, and La Salle/Peru/Ottawa, IL
Columbus and Michigan City/La Porte, IN
Greater Portland, ME
Greenville/Greenwood, Jackson, and Tunica, MS
Houghton and Traverse City, MI
Jefferson City, Lake of the Ozarks, and West Plains, MO
Binghamton, Elmira/Corning/Hornell, and Oneonta, NY
Burlington, Hickory/Lenoir, Jacksonville, and New Bern, NC
Bedford and Sharon/Farrell/Hermitage, PA
Anderson, Florence, and Greenwood, SC
Lufkin/Nacogdoches, Midland, San Angelo, and Waco, TX
Danville, VA
Ashland, KY
Huntington and Logan, WV
Fond du Lax, Janesville, Beloit, and Sheboygan, WI
Gillette, WY
The Lihue, HI (launched on June 11)

And expand in 22 existing markets:

Denver and Fort Collins/Loveland, CO
Philadelphia, PA
Wilmington, DE
Daytona Beach, Gainesville, and West Palm Beach, FL
Hilo, HI
Boise/Nampa, ID
Chicagoland, IL
Lafayette, IN
Hammond, LA
Springfield, MO
Glens Falls and New York, NY
Charlotte/Gastonia and Greensville, Washington, NC
Indiana, PA
Hagerstown, MD
Chambersburg, PA
Sioux Falls, SD
Norfolk/Virginia Beach, VA
Seattle, WA
Appleton, Oshkosh, WI

Yay for 4G in more places!

Jun

Verizon Hasn't Forgotten About The OG Droid Incredible, Has A Small OTA (Build 4.08.605.15) Update 'Coming Soon'

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Incredible, News

And you thought carriers/manufacturers didn't care about their customers! You should be ashamed of yourself! Turns out that carriers actually do care - why else would Big Red be preparing an OTA update for the old school Droid Incredible. Sure, it's far from a major update, but it it something:

Device Features, Improvements, & Fixes

Record and send a Visual Voice Mail to up to 10 recipients while seeing all parties in a list.
Improvements made in Bluetooth Car connectivity.

Applications & Widgets

Resolved issue where purchases Verizon App ringtones could not be saved to the device.

It's not much, but there's something to be said about an OTA update coming to a two-year old device.

Jun

First Batch Of CyanogenMod 7.2 (Stable) Builds Now Available For A Ton Of Devices

Posted by Liam Spradlin in Android OS, Development, Gingerbread 2.3, News

Those of you who have been waiting for a stable Android 2.3.7 build for your device from CyanogenMod are in luck - the first stable CyanogenMod 7.2 builds have just been released for an absolute slew of devices. For those who don't feel like decoding all the code-names for themselves, here's a handy list of supported devices (at the time of writing – more devices are being added):

Barnes&Noble

NOOK Color (encore)

HTC

Hero CDMA

myTouch 4G (glacier)

myTouch 3G Slide (espresso)

Desire (bravo)

Desire HD

Tattoo (click)

Wildfire (buzz)

Incredible (inc)

Incredible 2 (vivow)

Droid Eris (desirec)

LG

myTouch T 4G (e739)

Optimus Sol (e730)

Optimus Hub (e510)

Optimus Pro (c660)

Motorola

Droid 2 (Global)

Samsung

Galaxy S (galaxy smtd/sbmtd)

Galaxy SII (AT&T and international)

Fascinate

Nexus S/4G (Crespo/4G)

Galaxy Ace

Sony Ericsson

Xperia Pro MK16 (iyokan)

Xperia Neo (Hallon)

Live w/ Walkman (coconut)

Xperia Arc (Anzu)

Xperia Ray (urushi)

Xperia Play (zeus)

Xperia Mini/Pro (smultron/mango)

ZTE

Blade

Arcee notes in a post to the CyanogenMod blog that 7.2 brings a few backported ICS features and a few important bug fixes to a list of devices which includes 20 more than the list of 7.1 recipients.

Jun

[New Game] Max Payne (Finally) Hits The Play Store, Bringing Gameplay That "Redefined The Action-Shooter Genre" To Android

Posted by Liam Spradlin in Games, News

After multiple delays, it looks like Max Payne Mobile has finally come to Android, just in time for Rockstar's latest release date promise. Before we publish our full-on review tomorrow, it's worth taking a moment to get a quick look at the much-anticipated game's Android iteration.

The game, which bears the original's award-winning title, follows the story of, you guessed it – Max Payne. Max is a fugitive cop, running both from the police and the mob. The game bills itself as "relentless" and "story-driven," promising a myriad of plot-twists, plenty of Bullet Time, gunplay, and action. As in the original title, Max Payne Mobile features graphic novel-style cutscenes, and a gritty almost noir vibe sure to satisfy fans of the original.

Jun

After Several Delays, Max Payne Mobile Is Finally Coming To Android On June 14th

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Games, News

Let's travel back in time together. Free your mind, and journey back with me, if you will. It's the sixth of April, two-thousand and twelve. One of the most anticipated games in recent months has just been announced: Max Payne Mobile. The crowd roars.

The game was expected to hit the Play Store on April 26th. We all waited with baited breath, but it never happened. So far as Android is concerned, everything goes dark.

Fast-forward to the present day - new information is now available regarding this illusive throwback. Rockstar posted on its blog that we should expect to see this title hit the Play Store in three days' time, on June 14th.

Jun

HTC One V Review: Can A Cheap Phone Really Be Cheerful?

Posted by John Thompson in Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0, One V (Primo), Phone Reviews, Reviews, Three UK

There are many cheap Android phones on the market today. Most of these devices will have a single core processor clocked at around 1GHz, and there won't be an awful lot of RAM to speak of either. This remains true of the HTC One V, but the latest budget phone to come out of the Taiwanese company has one key difference: it's running the latest version of Android.

That's right, you can finally own a budget device that doesn't ship with a version of Android that was released 2 years ago! Before you start celebrating too soon, though, you may want to take a look at some of the pros and cons that come with this phone and decide whether you want to take it on a 2-year contractual spin.

May

[Editorial] The Life And Trials Of Android: A Beautiful Mess That Is Destined To Survive

Posted by Aaron Gingrich in Editorials

Last Updated: May 27th, 2012

First, A Brief Introduction...

If you've been paying even the slightest bit of attention to the tech world for the past year or two, you're probably well aware that Android has more or less taken over the smartphone scene. Way back in June of 2010, Google revealed that 160,000 Android devices were being activated per day - at the time, that was more than double the combined total of iPhone, Mac, and iPad activations. According to comScore, Android had already conquered 28.7% of the market in December of 2010. In March of 2011 - just a few short months later - comScore's numbers showed market share had leapt to 34.7%.

May

Samsung The King Of Android With 45.4% Of All Global Shipments In Q1 2012

Posted by Abhiroop Basu in Android OS, News, Samsung

IDC's report for the first quarter of 2012 indicates that Google's Android continues to grow its market share to 59%, while Apple's iOS lags in second at 23%. Unsurprisingly Samsung has given the biggest boost to Android, accounting for a whopping 45.4% of all Android smartphone shipments worldwide.

In total 152.3 million smartphones were shipped in the first quarter of 2012, of which 89.9 million were Android-based smartphones (59%), 35.1 million were iOS devices (23%), 10.4 million were Symbian-based phones (6.8)%, followed by BlackBerry, Linux, and Windows Phone 7/Windows Mobile devices.