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Apr

Samsung Announces A Mid-Range 4.7", Android 4.1 Phone Called The Galaxy... Sigh... The Galaxy 'Win'

Posted by Eric Ravenscraft in News, Samsung

Don't let your eyes deceive you. That is not a Galaxy S III (or IV) you're seeing. No, that is a new phone from Samsung. Yes, it has a name. You know what else it has? A 4.7" 800x480 display powered by a 1.2GHz quad core processor. What's that? You want to know the name? No, you don't. You want to hear about the 5MP camera, or the 8 whole GB of internal storage!

Let me tell you all about how this phone is a decent device for mid-range customers. Not cutting edge, but not too terrible, either. Hmm? You still want me to tell you the name?

Feb

Hideman Is A Stellar Multiplatform VPN App That Lets You Route Traffic Through One Of 22 Countries [Deep-Dive Look]

Posted by Artem Russakovskii in App Reviews, Applications, Reviews

For the past few weeks, I've been testing Hideman - a VPN solution with a feature set I've been seeking for a very long time. I've been using both Android and Windows apps to test the service, and let me tell you - it is everything I was hoping it would be and then some.

Hideman is available for the following operating systems:

Android
Windows
MacOS
Linux (via OpenVPN - you can find configs once you log in)
iOS.

But let's start from the beginning.

Oct

[New Game] Hothead Games Releases Big Win Football – Customize, Compete, 'Go For The Big Win'

Posted by Liam Spradlin in Games, News

Encouraging players to "go for the big win," Hothead Games recently released Big Win Football to the Play Store. The makers of the artistic masterpiece that is Machinarium and the similarly sports-minded Big Win Soccer have added another entry to their catalogue of "Big Win" sports games, bringing the same customizable, competitive and unique gameplay dynamic to football fans, allowing them to create their own customized dream team, play against opponents online, and enhance player skills with game-changing boosts.

One of the things that makes Big Win Football different from other football games, besides its Mii-like character style, is the ability to play big impact cards.

Aug

Tokyo District Court Delivers Win To Samsung, Dismissing Apple Patent Claims And Call For ¥100 Million Damages

Posted by Liam Spradlin in Legal, News, Samsung

A court in Tokyo returned a favorable ruling for Samsung Friday, finding that Samsung's mobile devices were not in violation of an Apple patent related to inter-device media transfer.

This news comes one week after Samsung lost in what was (and continues to be) one of the most compelling trials tech has seen in a long time, with a San Jose jury ruling that Sammy owed Apple over $1 billion in damages over various trade dress and patent claims levied by Apple. By contrast, the jury awarded no damages to Samsung, finding that Apple didn't violate any of Samsung's patents and that all of Apple's patents retained validity.

Jan

[Updated: Here Are The Winners!] Giveaway: Win One Of Fifty PowerAmp Licenses - Just Tell Us Why You Love It

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Contests / Giveaways

Last Updated: January 13th, 2012

If you listen to music on your Android phone (and who doesn't?) then you need PowerAmp. What is PowerAmp, you ask? It's probably the best music player for Android. It's packed with basically every feature you could possibly want in a music player, all wrapped up in a sexy looking package. And we have fifty licenses to give away to fifty different people.

This contest is now over. Here are our winners, selected at random:

aaron	adam	Adrian Miller
Aftab	Andrew	Atul
benjy	Brad	CA Nikhil Dsouza
Carlos Paixao	Chad	Darshan Karia
dziadek	eagleeyetom	Gadget Man
Gerardo	Ira Javier	Jason
JBS	Jean-Luc Tendler	jess
K	Kurt Hoffman	Kyle Sonney
Laurentiu	Martin Tohill	Michael Spanton
Miro	Nikhil	Nyamka Ganni
Oliver Cam	PasadenaGeek	PB
Pete Lam	PezLee	Preetpal
RBI411	rd	Rohit Kumar Singh
Sketaful	Sri Vamsy Gurram	the android guy
TheFox	TJ Hardin	Torstein Molland
Trung Dinh	Valentino Bianchi	Victor
yuku	zmijek

Congratulations, guys - all of you will be contacted for your information in the near future!

Nov

[Updated: Here Is The Winner!] Turkey Day Giveaway #3: Win An HTC EVO Design 4G For Answering One Simple Question

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Contests / Giveaways, EVO Design 4G, Sprint

Last Updated: December 20th, 2011

A few days ago, we received a mystery package from the good folks at RadioShack. Inside the package were three phones - the Samsung Stratosphere on Verizon, HTC EVO Design 4G on Sprint, and Samsung Infuse 4G on AT&T. Since these phones are ours to do with what we please, we've decided to do what we always do when we end up with extra goodies: give them away.

Since we have three phones to hand out, we're going to make each contest quick and dirty. Each one will last for one day, and one day only.

RadioShack's Pre-Black Friday Sale

Before we get into the giveaway details, we want to give a shoutout to the guys at RadioShack.

Nov

[Updated: Here Is The Winner!] Turkey Day Giveaway #2: Win A Samsung Infuse 4G On AT&T For Answering One Simple Question

Posted by Cameron Summerson in AT&T, Contests / Giveaways, Infuse 4G

Last Updated: November 25th, 2011

Since we have three phones to hand out, we're going to make each contest quick and dirty. Each one will last for one day, and one day only.

RadioShack's Pre-Black Friday Sale

Before we get into the giveaway details, we want to give a shoutout to the guys at RadioShack.

Nov

[Updated: Here Is The Winner!] Turkey Day Giveaway #1: Win A Samsung Stratosphere On Verizon For Answering One Simple Question

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Contests / Giveaways, Stratosphere, Verizon Wireless

Last Updated: December 7th, 2011

Since we have three phones to hand out, we're going to make each contest quick and dirty. Each one will last for one day, and one day only.

RadioShack's Pre-Black Friday Sale

Before we get into the giveaway details, we want to give a shoutout to the guys at RadioShack.

Nov

[Update: Here Are The Winners!] Review / Giveaway: Win One Of Ten Cases Of Your Choice From Incipio For Doing Basically Nothing

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Contests / Giveaways

We love giving stuff away here at AP, and today we have ten cases from Incipio to hand out to ten lucky readers. Incipio offers five main types of case: Dermashot, feather, Silicrylic, NGP, and Edge (they also make a case called "Step" for the Droid X2). I've recently spent some hands-on time with the Dermashot, feather, and Silicrylic models, so before we get into the giveaway, we're going to take a closer look at those. Before that, though, I want to give a big shoutout to Incipio for sponsoring the giveaway. Thanks, guys!

Dermashot

The Dermashot is a soft silicon case made to protect your device from short falls and scratches.

Sep

[One-Day Giveaway] Win One Of Three Otterbox Cases Of Your Choice

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Contests / Giveaways, News

Last Updated: October 2nd, 2011

Who likes free stuff? You? Great, because we have some to give away (don't we always?)! Up for grabs today are three cases, courtesy of the awesome guys over at Otterbox. We all know and love Otterbox cases for the rugged, durable protection they provide our devices, but here's a quick look at each series of case.

Impact Series

Durable, simple, and stylish, the Impact Series is made of a molded silicon designed to protect your device from scratches, drops, dings, and other minor injury. It probably won't help if you toss your phone out of a helicopter, but how often could that happen?