Contests / Giveaways

Feb

[Andru Giveaway] Win One Of Four Adorable Android-Themed USB Chargers

Posted by Liam Spradlin in Contests / Giveaways

Remember yesterday, when we introduced you to an adorable USB charger named Andru? In case you missed it, Andru, from Gen, is a cute Android accessory that "wants to charge your phone." This little guy is not only a USB charger, but an awesome cubicle decoration. Modeled after the bugdroid we all know and love, Andru's power-plug legs can be hidden by a matching base, he has moveable arms, and his eyes light up blue, making Andru perhaps the most dynamic, fun USB charger you'll ever encounter. Luckily for our readers, Power by Gen has given us 4 Andru ...

Feb

305

Book Giveaway #14: Use Your Web Developing Skills To Create Android Apps With "Building Android Apps With HTML, CSS, And JavaScript"

Posted by Aaron Gingrich in Contests / Giveaways, Dev

You're already a web developer, master of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. You have a great idea for an Android App, but your particular skill set doesn't help you create that app. Or does it? O'Reilly media just released a 176-page 2nd edition of "Building Android Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript" by Jonathan Stark and Brian Jepson that explains how to do just that.

Making Native Apps With Standards-Based Web Tools

It’s true: if you know HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, you already have the tools you need to develop Android applications. Now updated for HTML5, the second edition

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Feb

AnDevCon III Is Happening May 14-17 In The San Francisco Bay Area, Get Your Tickets Early To Save Some Cash (Or Score A Couple Of $1245 Tickets From Us)

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Contests / Giveaways, Dev, News

The newest iteration of AnDevCon (Android Developer Conference) is creeping up on us, and if you want to save some serious cash, now is the time to register. While the event doesn't actually kick off until May 14, 2012, you can stick a solid $550 back in your pocket by picking up your tickets before March 2 - a pretty substantial savings. Unless you don't like saving money, of course.

So, what's AnDevCon all about? Developers, baby. It's four days of classes, exhibits, and networking, all built for developers, by developers. No marketing people, carriers, or manufacturers hanging around to ...

Feb

383

[Updated: Here Are The Winners!] Lightning Giveaway: Win 1 Of 20 Free ClockworkMod Touch Recovery Codes For ROM Manager

Posted by Artem Russakovskii in Contests / Giveaways, Mods

If you want to install the ClockworkMod Touch recovery on your Android device, there are currently two ways of doing so:

install it for free manually from http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager or
use the more convenient $1.99 in-app purchase option from within ROM Manager (please keep your opinions about this option to this thread)

The Giveaway

Today, we're giving 20 of you a chance to enable the latter in your ROM Manager for free. The giveaway is short and sweet - it'll end tonight, and all you need to do is leave a comment.

We're also testing a new giveaway management tool ...

Jan

232

[Updated: Here Are The Winners!] Book Giveaway #13: Kick Your Developing Game Up A Notch: We're Giving Away 5 Copies Of "Application Security For The Android Platform"

Posted by Aaron Gingrich in Contests / Giveaways, Dev

Last Updated: February 5th, 2012

Thanks to our two-dozen (or so) previous book giveaways, you probably now know how to develop for Android. If so, it's probably time to kick your game up to the next level by mastering application security. Luckily for you, O'Reilly Media recently published a new book on the topic, titled "Application Security for the Android Platform: Processes, Permissions, and Other Safeguards." Written by Jeff Six, the book is a concise (112 page) treatise on the subject.

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

hectormoi
Gracjan
James Ebby
rolltidedad
Antonio Chillaron Barahona

Congratulations, guys

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Jan

Samsung Mobile USA Giving Out 10 Of Each Of These On Facebook: Galaxy Nexus, SGSII, Tab 10.1 - Jump In By Jan 15 '12

Posted by Artem Russakovskii in Contests / Giveaways, Galaxy Nexus / Nexus Prime, Galaxy S II, Galaxy Tab 10.1, News

Samsung Mobile USA is quite excited about recently reaching 1 million Facebook followers and is celebrating this event by giving out 30 high-end devices and 100 $50 Media Hub vouchers to anyone who follows them on Facebook and submits an entry form (you can do that once per day).

As a thank you to our one million Facebook fans and counting, we asked you what prize you'd love most... a Galaxy S II, Nexus, or Tab. Your responses were so overwhelming that we've decided to give away not one but ten of each. Enter now!

The 30 devices include 10 ...

Jan

438

[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

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Jan

293

[Updated: Here Are The 10 Winners!] Nexus New Year's International Ultimate Giveaway: Win One Of Ten (Yes, Ten) Galaxy Nexuses From AVAST And Android Police

Posted by David Ruddock in Applications, Contests / Giveaways, Galaxy Nexus / Nexus Prime

Last Updated: February 6th, 2012

We know, we told you our holiday giveaway series would feature some of our largest contests to date. And it did - we gave away over a dozen tablets and nearly as many phones to our readers. But we thought we'd start the new year off with our biggest giveaway yet (an international one, to boot) - 10 Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphones, courtesy of our amazingly generous friends at AVAST Software.

This contest is now over. There were over 13,500 entries, making it our largest contest ever by a huge margin (unsurprisingly). Apologies for the long wait - it

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Dec

339

[Updated: Here Are The Winners!] Skin Your Holiday Gift Giveaway Win One Of 50 Amzer Phone Or Tablet Cases For Doing Almost Nothing

Posted by David Ruddock in Contests / Giveaways

Last Updated: January 2nd, 2012

Now that the holiday season has drawn to a close, a lot of you probably have shiny new Android-powered gifts you're struggling to put down for more than 30 seconds. That also means your brand-new toy might not yet have a case - and we're here to help. Our friends at Amzer have graciously provided 50 of their awesome phone cases to help protect your Android device from the many dangers it will face throughout its life.

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

Rajaram Janardhan

haibl

B J Books

Paul

Alex

Robert Walters

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Dec

[Updated: Here Are The Winners!] Mega-Holiday Giveaway #9: Santa's Samsung Grab Bag: Win A Verizon Galaxy Nexus, T-Mobile Galaxy S II, Galaxy Tab 10.1 And More

Posted by David Ruddock in AT&T, Captivate Glide, Contests / Giveaways, Exhibit 2 4G, Galaxy Nexus / Nexus Prime, Galaxy S II, Galaxy Tab 10.1, Samsung, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless

Last Updated: January 23rd, 2012

In our biggest giveaway yet, we're handing out a whole boatload of awesome Samsung Android products - including the Verizon Galaxy Nexus, T-Mobile Galaxy Tab 10.1, and the T-Mobile Galaxy S II. Also included are the Captivate Glide and the Exhibit II 4G, all courtesy of our friends at Samsung's Mobile US division. This contest is open to US entrants only (they're US-only devices and Samsung USA is sponsoring, sorry guys).

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