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Jul

IMDb App Gets Update, Now Optimized For Honeycomb

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Applications, News

The Internet Movie Database, or IMDb as it's commonly known, pushed an update to its official Android app earlier today that includes some new features, including full Honeycomb support - and it looks quite good, too. The interface is very intuitive and clean, and it takes full advantage of the large display.

The update also brings movie rating, a watchlist where you can track movies and TV shows, enhanced showtimes, the ability to purchase tickets directly within the app, improved performance, and tons of bug fixes.

The update is live in the Android Market, you can grab it by hitting the widget below.

Jul

Google Shopper For Android Updated, Google Offers Now Live In New York City

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Applications, News

Google Shopper - an app that uses your phone's camera to locate products and prices on the web - received an update today that brings about some new features, as well as an interface overhaul. In an effort to streamline the experience, tabs have been added to the bottom of the app that highlight some of the newest features of Shopper, and the 'starred' and 'history' buttons are now located at the top.

Among the new tabs along the bottom is "Today's Offer" - part of Google Offers - which shows a single offer for specific products or services in certain areas: Portland, OR; the San Francisco Bay Area, the recently added New York City.

Jul

Sprint And Samsung Delay GRJ90 Update For Nexus S 4G, Pull EF09 Update For Transform

Posted by Jaroslav Stekl in Nexus S 4G (Crespo4g), Samsung, Sprint, Transform

July 11th has come and gone, but owners of the Samsung Nexus S 4G still haven't received the bug-fixing, NFC-enhancing GRJ90 update that was supposed to begin its rollout yesterday. Well thanks to Android Central, we now have an idea of why this is so:

Also noteworthy is the bottom half of that screenshot - specifically, the two bullet points about the Samsung Transform and its EF09 update, which began rolling out about a week ago but has now been pulled.

Not great news, but hopefully Sprint and Samsung will be able to address the issues soon and reinstate the updates quickly.

Jul

[Unconfirmed] Sony S1 Tablet Available For Pre-Order In The UK On September 1st

Posted by Cameron Summerson in News, S1

According to This is my next, rumor has it that one of Sony's upcoming tablets - the S1 - will available for preorder in the UK beginning on September 1st. That's still a couple of months down the road, so pricing, availability, final release date, and other details (including possible US release date) are lacking at the moment.

The S1 is one of a pair of tablets that Sony announced back in April, alongside the clamshell style S2. It houses modest specs, along with an unusual design:

^{Right: Promo shot; Left: Mockup of the "off-center gravity design"}

9.4 inch display
1Ghz dual-core Tegra 2 processor
Front and rear cameras
Honeycomb

It also sports a custom overlay on top of Honeycomb, but Sony has yet to let us catch a glimpse of what that is expected to look like.

Jul

HTC Droid Incredible 2 Gingerbread Update Rolling Out Now

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Incredible 2 (Vivow), News

If you're the proud owner of a Droid Incredible 2, then you may want to grab it and check for updates, as the official Gingerbread update started rolling out for some users late last night. Aside from bringing Android 2.3 to the device, the update brings numerous bug fixes and enhancements:

Overall improvements to the performance of Mobile IM.
Resolved Hotmail sync & connect issues when setting up a one day sync.
Improvements to device connectivity when roaming on global GSM/UMTS networks.
New download manager
New app and power management details
Improved word selection and copy functionality
Alarm notifications turned off while in emergency mode
Improved stability reduces device resets and lockups
NY Times added to browser bookmarks
Addition of the Wireless Charging UI
New desktop dock app

If the update hasn't hit your device yet, you can manually check for it by heading into the Settings menu and tapping Software Update.

Jul

[App For Kids] The Tale Of Peter Rabbit Is A Beautiful PopOut Book For Your Android Device

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Applications, News

Last Updated: July 18th, 2011

We cover a variety of apps here at Android Police: productivity, games, root, and even wtf every once in a while - but this one is a bit different. This one is for the children, and it's so well done that we couldn't resist throwing it out there for all of the parents.

The Tale Of Peter Rabbit is an interactive pop-out book that does more than just read to you. It creates an absolutely gorgeous environment inside its digital pages, with little additions here and there that really bring the entire experience together - like being able to drag items out of the images, pull them to the foreground, and move them around.

Jul

[New App] Relive The Days Of Old With Historypin

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Applications, News

History is a great way to get in touch with your surroundings, find out where you came from, and learn the past trials and tribulations of your hometown. Historypin is a great new app that aims to help you with these things by way of photograph. Using geolocation, it allows you to browse through thousands of images and stories relevant to where you're at in the world, as well as overlay the classic image on a modern backdrop in augmented reality fashion.

You can also include your own piece of history by uploading your own photos, or digitizing an old photo directly from within the app.

Jul

HTC myTouch 4G Slide Goes On Sale July 27th For $199.99, Available For Pre-Order Starting July 19th

Posted by Jaroslav Stekl in HTC, myTouch 4G Slide (Doubleshot), News, T-Mobile

Get ready, on-the-go photographers - come July 27th, you'll be able to pick up the myTouch 4G Slide, which, according to T-Mobile's presser, will be the best camera phone yet.

As a reminder, the latest iteration in the myTouch series will cost $199.99 with a new two-year contract and will pack:

A 1.2GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor
A 3.7" SLCD 800x480 display
Android 2.3 with Sense 3.0
An 8-megapixel camera with dual-LED flash and 1080p video capture
A full QWERTY keyboard
"4G" (HSPA+) connectivity

You'll be able to pre-order the device starting July 19th, and while we're not so sure about that 3.7-inch WVGA display, we doubt that'll stop you if you're serious about great keyboards or mobile picture-taking.

Jul

EA Releases Official Scrabble App, We Are Liberated From The Buggy Shackles Of Words With Friends

Posted by Jaroslav Stekl in Games, News

Last Updated: July 31st, 2011

Wordsmiths who like to take their vocabulary games with them no longer have to rely on Zynga's popular but super-buggy Words with Friends, as Electronic Arts has made good on its promise to release an official Scrabble app today.

Coming in at the wonderful price of free, the app allows you to play Scrabble with your friends - be they iPhone or Android users - or with random online opponents. It also features Facebook integration for the social butterflies amongst you, and for those who like to socialize during their Scrabble sessions, the app also includes a chat feature.

Jul

[New Game Review] Inotia 3 Gives Us A Great Hack And Slash, But Is It Ruined By Micropayments?

Posted by Matt Demers in Game Reviews, Games, Reviews

Last Updated: July 24th, 2011

Inotia 3, at it's core, is a story-driven RPG where you use a party made of six classes to confront your destiny, yadda yadda yadda. Along the way, you'll complete quests, World of Warcraft style, to appease villagers, get loot and become stronger. The game's main story is actually quite expansive; I haven't had the chance to play through the entire thing yet, but the developer touts 230+ quests, 130+ maps and enough quest text to let you get right deep into it.