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Mar

Download: 18 Gorgeous HTC Sense 5 Wallpapers From The HTC One

Posted by Artem Russakovskii in HTC, News, One

HTC Sense 5 wallpapers, wallpapers, 18 gorgeous wallpapers! Who wants them? Do you want one? And you? Wallpapers for everybody!

Thanks to some quick thinking of an enterprising xda-developers forum member loan92, who used his charm and boyish good looks to distract HTC employees from his sneaky actions at an event in Italy, we have eighteen beautiful wallpapers the company bundled with the upcoming One flagship.

For your convenience, I've mirrored them to an imgur gallery where they can be viewed using the widget below. If you just want all of them, as a zip archive, proceed to our mirror or hit up the source link.

Dec

Google Offers Some Android-Centric Holiday Cheer With 'Happy Holidays' Video, Digital Cards

Posted by Liam Spradlin in Android OS, Google, Videos

If you aren't quite feeling the holiday spirit yet, Google has decided to lend a hand with a few holiday-oriented offerings focused on our favorite green robot.

The official Nexus page on Google+ shared a few "Happy Holiday Cards" this evening, depicting Bugdroid hanging out with some arctic pals sitting by a fire, having a party, ice skating, and – of course – playing with Android-powered phones and tablets. To download the full-resolution cards or share with friends, just click through to the original post, linked below.

Google also published a video titled "Happy Holidays from Android" which shows how a few tablets can brighten even the loneliest robot's holiday.

Aug

'PIE UI Revisited Silver Dark' Is A Custom UI That Reminds Us Why Android Is Awesome

Posted by Ryan Whitwam in News

MyColorScreen is a site where Android enthusiasts can show off the sometimes stunning UIs they design with various apps and mods. Most of what you come across on the site is fairly predictable; a different widget here and a custom wallpaper there. Although, on occasion someone creates something truly wonderful, and the new PIE UI from AdamF is definitely one of those.

The PIE UI theme is a unique UI that takes advantage of a number of apps like WidgetLocker, Nova Launcher, and Power Widget. The creator of the theme has hosted a .zip file you can download that has all the necessary files (but not the apps themselves) to recreate the interface as shown.

Dec

Download: 11 Gorgeous Motorola XYBOARD / XOOM 2 Static Wallpapers

Posted by Artem Russakovskii in Motorola, News, XYBOARD / XOOM 2

Earlier today, Verizon officially announced the upcoming Droid XYBOARD's / XOOM 2's December 12th release date, but who really wants to wait this long just to grab all of its delicious wallpapers? Nobody, that's who, which is why all 11 of them are now looking for a new home, thanks to Droid Life.

Download them one by one (right click, then Save Link As) or grab the whole collection if you want - the choice is yours. The only question is, which one of these 1920x1408 beauties will conquer your heart? Mine's quite partial to the first one here:

Nov

[Download] Here Are The Top 2 Winning Gorgeous Android Police Wallpapers And 25 Stunning Runners-Up

Posted by Artem Russakovskii in Contests / Giveaways

A few weeks ago, we launched what ended up being my favorite creative Android Police contest to date - the wallpaper design contest. With over 250 submissions, it took me a little while to sort through everything and pick out the two winners, the top 25 runners-up, and even one hilarious entry that we absolutely had to include.

As promised, the first place entry will receive a 16GB Sony Tablet S, and the second one will get the Philips Fidelio AS851 that we reviewed earlier.

For a history of creative contests, see these posts:

AP banner design
AP 404 page design (here are the top 20 entries)
AP T-shirt design
AP Twitter page design
XOOM/Otterbox defender photo

Note to runners-up: Because we had so many excellent submissions but only two prizes, we decided that all runners-up should receive at least something for their efforts.

Nov

Creative Contest: Design A Gorgeous Android Police Wallpaper, Win A 16GB Sony Tablet S Or A Philips Fidelio AS851 Stereo Dock

Posted by Liam Spradlin in Contests / Giveaways, S1, Tablets

Last Updated: November 23rd, 2011

Following up on the success of our 404 design and banner design contests, we've decided to run another creative giveaway, graciously sponsored by NVIDIA and Philips. Personally, I think the creative contests are always the best - we get beautiful graphic assets and designs, and our talented readers get a platform on which to showcase their skills and creative abilities. Besides all that, looking through the entries is always a good time.

The Contest

This time around, we're looking for static wallpapers. Specifically, we're looking for well-designed, versatile wallpapers that are clearly related to Android Police - think of it as designing the official AP wallpaper.

Oct

Download: 12 Leaked Galaxy Nexus/Nexus Prime Ice Cream Sandwich Wallpapers

Posted by Artem Russakovskii in Galaxy Nexus, Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0, News

Hot on the heels of the leaked media files, we now have yet another leak, also courtesy of P3Droid, this time of the 12 wallpapers found in Ice Cream Sandwich. As someone put it on reddit: "I feel like whoever is leaking these is like some kind of psychopath giving us parts of his victim, piece by piece." That sounds pretty accurate, doesn't it?

Instructions

You can download an app P3 put together (registration required) and use it to install these wallpapers, or if you want to explore by yourself:

Download the zip from our direct mirror - no ads or popups.

Oct

[Monthly Home Screen Challenge, October 2011] Post Your Android Home Screen, Win An Android Police Shirt

Posted by Liam Spradlin in Development, Home Screen Challenge

Last Updated: January 3rd, 2012

Creating an aesthetically pleasing home screen for your phone or tablet has become an art in itself, and an entire ecosystem packed with widgets, themes, wallpapers, launchers, and custom ROMs has built up to support it. Sometimes, it can be tough to find a winning combination of elements to create a beautiful and enduring home screen that provides both form and function.

For this reason, we have decided to open up a call for gorgeous, well-decorated home screens of all shapes and sizes. Each month we will select the very best home screen configuration(s) and completely break it down into its component parts, providing you with all the necessary information to create your own awesome home screen.

May

HTC EVO View 4G System Dump Leaks Online - Here Are The New Wallpapers Contained Within

Posted by Artem Russakovskii in Development, EVO View 4G, HTC, News, Sprint

The 1.5GHz 7" HTC EVO View 4G tablet doesn't even have a definitive release date on Sprint outside of "this summer," but that didn't stop the infamous 911sniper HTC ROM blog from releasing the full dump yesterday, full of EVO View's guts. After downloading and looking through it in hopes of delicious goodies (wallpapers, ringtones, etc), I was disappointed to see pretty much nothing new besides a bunch of 1200x1024px static wallpapers.

Curiously, these wallpapers are different from the Flyer (which is what this device is called outside of the U.S.) dump a few weeks back. Since they are meant for devices with a 1024x600 resolution, I can't guarantee they'll look correctly on every one out there, although I did manage to successfully load them up on my EVO using JustPictures.

May

[Download] Leaked HTC Flyer User Manual And Wallpapers

Posted by Nate Kimmey in Flyer, News

We may not know exactly when HTC's first foray into the Android tablet world will launch (though we would guess sooner rather than later), but if you simply cannot wait to crack open that case and tear into the user manual, we have good news for you. A PDF file containing the manual has been leaked, along with a several nice-looking wallpapers. Inside the manual, you'll find a full run-through of Sense 3.0, as well as more information on the Scribe software.

Both the manual and wallpapers are available for download below:

Manual | Wallpapers