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Aug

[The Android Police Week In Review] The Biggest Android Stories Of The Week (8/19/12-8/26/12)

Posted by David Ruddock in News, Week In Review

It's time again for another edition of the Android Police Week In Review. This week, there's all sorts of crazy law stuff and Note 10.1 things going on, so be sure to check out the Android At Arms and Product Review sections! You can also hear us talk about most of these topics on our weekly podcast.

Carrier 411

T-Mobile unveils its new unlimited data plan that's really unlimited, as opposed to the old unlimited data plans that really weren't unlimited, but are still called unlimited. Right.

Rumor Roundup

Samsung teases the Note 2, and something about a German guy.

Aug

41 Best (And 1 WTF) New Android Apps From The Last 2 Weeks (8/5/12 - 8/22/12)

Posted by Jeremiah Rice in Applications, Best Apps/Games/LWPs Of The Week, News

Last Updated: January 30th, 2013

Welcome to the roundup of the best new Android applications, games, and live wallpapers that went live in the Play Store or were spotted by us in the previous 2 weeks or so.

This is the app roundup. The game roundup from this week can be found here.

Please wait for this page to load in full in order to see the AppBrain widgets, which include ratings and pricing info.

Looking for the previous roundup editions? Find them here.

Featured App

Video Locker Pro

Today's roundup is sponsored by Handy Apps' newest addition to its privacy and security stable, Video Locker and Video Locker Pro.

Aug

[The Android Police Week In Review] The Biggest Android Stories Of The Week (8/12/12-8/19/12)

Posted by David Ruddock in News, Week In Review

Time for the Android Police Week In Review, and a review-worthy week it is. Be sure to catch our podcast, too. You'll find many of these words there, spoken by us!

Product Reviews

The Tablet Claw: It's not very good. Alternatively: my first thought upon seeing it.

Carrier 411

Sprint is giving away ZTE Optiks to people who buy new phones. We'd probably just say no, thank you. They'll also give you a $100 AMEX gift card.
Verizon is bringing LTE to 34 new markets and expanding in a boatload of others, and I've probably typed this headline in one form or another several dozen times at this point.

Aug

29 Best New Android Games From The Last 2 Weeks (8/3/12 - 8/16/12)

Posted by Jeremiah Rice in Best Apps/Games/LWPs Of The Week, Games, News

Last Updated: August 23rd, 2012

Welcome to the roundup of the best new Android applications, games, and live wallpapers that went live in the Play Store or were spotted by us in the previous 2 weeks or so.

This edition focuses only on new games. The app roundup is coming up soon.

Please wait for this page to load in full in order to see the AppBrain widgets, which include ratings and pricing info.

Looking for the previous roundup editions? Find them here.

Featured Game

Birds On A Wire

Today's game roundup is sponsored by Birds On A Wire, the action puzzle game from the pros at Herocraft.

Aug

Google Is Gearing Up To Finally Introduce Play Store Gift Cards And A Wishlist [APK Teardown]

Posted by Artem Russakovskii in Android OS, APK Teardown, Apps/Games, Google, News

Last Updated: October 17th, 2012

A new Google Play Store v3.8.15 apk started rolling out to Android devices today, but upon running through its UI, I was unable to uncover anything different from the versions before that. Yet the apk size gained a few ~~pounds~~ kilobytes, and not knowing what the 300KB of code and resources added was killing me. Not to worry, a few minutes later, I decoded both 3.7.15 and 3.8.15 and compared their contents.

Play Store Gift Cards

What I found inarguably points to Google gearing up to finally release redeemable Play Store gift cards - something we've been anxiously waiting for since the Android Market started supporting paid apps.

Aug

Getting To Know Android 4.1, Part 4: Miscellaneous Stuff, The New Default App Picker, And Insight From A Googler!

Posted by Ron Amadeo in Features, Getting To Know Android, Jelly Bean 4.1, News

Last Updated: October 14th, 2012

GTKA is back! For those that don't know, this is the series where we compare the new version of Android to the previous one, in excruciating detail. I'm going to dub this the "Miscellaneous edition," because there is a bunch of new things I want to talk about, but they don't really fit into a nice, organized category. (This doesn't mean I'm running out of things to talk about, not by a long shot.) The usual GTKA style applies, Ice Cream Sandwich is on the left, Jelly Bean is on the right. Let's get to it:

Has anyone else noticed a general toning down of the Tron design from Honeycomb to ICS to Jelly Bean?

Aug

[The Android Police Week In Review] The Biggest Android Stories Of The Week (8/5/12/-8/12/12)

Posted by David Ruddock in News, Week In Review

It's that time again - the Android Police Week In Review is here to put all of the stuff you might want to read in a list. And who doesn't like a good list now and then? And if you don't like lists, you can listen instead. On our podcast.

Features

Should your fridge run Android? Probably not.
Android Movie Studio: Yeah, I forget about it, too.

Carrier 411

AT&T wants you to sign on with its new Mobile Share plans. But it won't make you. Yet.
Sprint's LTE network made a blip in the SF Bay Area, and yes, that apparently warrants its own story.

Aug

[The Android Police Week In Review] The Biggest Android Stories Of The Week (7/29/12-8/5/12)

Posted by David Ruddock in News, Week In Review

Welcome back to the Android Police Week In Review - your one-stop shopping destination for all things Android news in the last 7 days. You can also find a lot of these stories in a semi-easy-to-digest format as part of our weekly podcast.

Features

Android Back To School Smartphone Buyer's Guide 2012

Carrier 411

Republic Wireless is ready to take on some new customers - so if you want to spend less in order to have both a crappy phone and a crappy network, now's your chance to feel good about yourself.
Verizon was fined $1.25 million by the FCC, told to play nice with its spectrum.

Aug

34 Best (And 2 WTF) New Android Apps From The Last 2 Weeks (7/21/12 - 8/4/12)

Posted by Jeremiah Rice in Applications, Best Apps/Games/LWPs Of The Week, News

Last Updated: August 9th, 2012

Welcome to the weekly roundup of the best new Android applications, games, and live wallpapers that went live in the Market or were spotted by us in the previous 2 weeks or so.

This is the app roundup. The game roundup from this week can be found here.

Please wait for this page to load in full in order to see the AppBrain widgets, which include ratings and pricing info.

Looking for the previous roundup editions? Find them here.

Featured App

Video Locker Pro

Today's roundup is sponsored by Handy Apps' newest addition to its privacy and security stable, Video Locker and Video Locker Pro.

Aug

34 Best New Android Games From The Last 2 Weeks (7/19/12 - 8/2/12)

Posted by Jeremiah Rice in Best Apps/Games/LWPs Of The Week, Games, News

Welcome to the weekly roundup of the best new Android applications, games, and live wallpapers that went live in the Market or were spotted by us in the previous 2 weeks or so.

This edition focuses only on new games. The app roundup is coming up soon.

Please wait for this page to load in full in order to see the AppBrain widgets, which include ratings and pricing info.

Looking for the previous roundup editions? Find them here.