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Sep

The King Lives! Nexus One Developer Phones Back In Stock

Posted by Artem Russakovskii in Dev, Google, HTC, News, Nexus One

The Nexus One died for the general public, sadly, but continued to live on with the help of Google’s own ADP (Android Developer Phone) program.

For an unsubsidized but reasonable price of $529, registered Android Market publishers (anyone can be for $25) could purchase this masterpiece, even though it was canned by Google and sold out pretty much everywhere else… until it sold out even as the ADP 3 weeks ago.

Nexus One Stock Update

Developers grew sad but Google got to work and started pestering HTC for more units. Happily, I…

Sep

Camera ZOOM FX Review + Giveaway

Posted by Jaroslav Stekl in Applications, Contests, Reviews

When it comes to photo editing on the fly, there are usually two kinds of apps: those intended for mindless fun, and those intended for actual work. Without a doubt, Camera ZOOM FX falls into the latter category, along with its mediocre UI, strange (though not necessarily poor) selection of effects, and (relatively) low price tag. So is it worth a look? A purchase? Read on for the full Android Police review.

The Review

Design

Like I said in the introduction, Camera ZOOM FX’s design is not exactly my definition of sexy. The…

Sep

Unrevoked 3.2 Is Out – Brings 1-Click Froyo Root To EVO 4G, Incredible, Desire, Aria, Eris, Wildfire; NAND Unlock/S-OFF To EVO 4G, Incredible, Desire

Posted by Artem Russakovskii in Aria, Desire, Droid Eris, Droid Incredible, EVO 4G, Froyo 2.2, Mods, News, Wildfire

This is seriously impressive stuff – the guys from the unrevoked team did it again, and this version 3.2 is definitely their best release yet. Most of the credit, outside of the core unrevoked team, belongs to Sebastian Krahmer for discovering the exploit that works on all supported phones.

This article mentions rooting, Nandroid, and flashing of custom ROMs. If you’re unfamiliar with some of the terms, hit up our primers here:

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Sep

August Quantcast Numbers: Android Gaining Ground In Mobile Web Battlefield, Stealing Share From Every Other Platform

Posted by Brad Ganley in News

The mobile industry is a very competitive, complicated, fast changing world. The name of the game, though, is simple: get your product out there, get people using it, and do it fast. Quantcast, a company that specializes in the world of internet usage trends, recently released some information showing how well the players in the mobile OS and software game are doing. The information is intriguing, to say the least.

There are several things we can take away from this information, the number one being that Android is definitely…

Sep

Dual-Mode Android HTC Slider Coming To Verizon

Posted by Aaron Gingrich in HTC, News, Verizon

Thanks to the FCC, we now have pictures and details on a new dual-band Android device for Verizon. It looks pretty similarly-proportioned to Samsung’s Epic 4G, and that may not necessarily be a bad thing. The details we have at the moment:

4" Screen
Both CDMA and GSM radios on-board (EV-DO Rev. A, also)
802.11 b/g/n
Slide-out four row QWERTY keyboard
Dark silver body, keyboard backing is bright red with black keys

The device (the "PD42100" – catchy) is also rumored to have a 1.2…

Sep

Angry Birds Beta For Android Is Here – Download It From The Market

Posted by Artem Russakovskii in Games, News

Angry Birds, one of the top selling games for the iPhone, hit the Anroid Market this morning.

Rovio, the company behind Angry Birds, promised an off-Market beta earlier this week, but got so much positive response that it decided a Lite Beta version in the Market was actually a much better idea. In fact, the Android launch is turning out to be so popular that Rovio’s own servers are are too overloaded to handle all the traffic.

Gameplay

The premise behind the game is simple – you use a sling and launch angry, bickering, round birds at…

Sep

[Epic Lulz Thursday] Prank Your Friends With Shavester And Watch Them Freak Out

Posted by Artem Russakovskii in Applications

I’m not usually a supporter of apps that don’t have much of a purpose, especially the ones that fall under the "pranks" category. Now, I say "usually" because most of the time these apps are pretty stupid (I’m looking at you, iFarts) or not very prank-worthy.

Rarely, however, worthy apps do come out, and the recent Shavester is one of them – it caught my attention due to the freakout potential of turning your merry friends into something like Britney here, except not as happy, if only for just a few seconds.

The premise behind Shavester is…

Aug

Move Over EVO – Sprint’s 2nd 4G Phone, Samsung Epic 4G, Now Available

Posted by Artem Russakovskii in Epic 4G, News, Samsung, Sprint

It’s August 31st and like clockwork, the first CDMA Galaxy S counterpart of the T-Mobile Vibrant and AT&T Captivate, the Epic 4G is finally available both online and in stores.

If you’ve been following our Epic 4G coverage, you would know that:

we were very excited about this phone when our own Ian Douglas reviewed the Epic in detail last week
we were not alone – other reviewers were just as excited
it has already been rooted, before even hitting the general population
you can shave an extra $50 off

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Aug

App Roundup: Hurricane Season Edition

Posted by T. Carter Ross in Applications, Reviews

With the Atlantic hurricane season ratcheting up and several named storms expected to form before the season ends on Nov. 30th, it makes sense for those of us in potential hurricane zones to look for an app that will help keep an eye on developing tropical systems. For example, Hurricane Danielle has dissipated in the North Atlantic, but Earl is expected to hit the East Coast before the end of the week and Fiona is hot on its heels.

Several applications are available through the Android Marketplace with varying degrees of usefulness. All of them rely on public…

Aug

Panzer Panic For Android Goes Freemium. Fire Up Those Gorgeous Cartoonish Tanks, 1 Or 2 Players At A Time

Posted by John Thompson in Games, Reviews

Panzer Panic is a game that has been available on the Android Market for quite some time now in the form of a paid version, costing €2.99 (approx. $3.80 at the time of writing). Although it offers a really cool experience, some users clearly thought that the price was a little too steep, as it has only managed between 1000 and 5000 downloads in the Market. In response to this, the developers have just released a free version, which is exactly the same game, but with an advert on the bottom of the screen.