Jul

59 Best (And 3 WTF) New Android Apps And Live Wallpapers From The Last 3 Weeks (6/17/12 - 7/9/12)

Posted by Artem Russakovskii in Applications, Best Apps/Games/LWPs Of The Week, News

Last Updated: July 18th, 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 3 weeks or so.

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

Nobody does app roundups like AP. If you like this post, consider voting for it on Reddit.

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?

Jul

[The Android Police Week In Review] The Biggest Android Stories Of The Week (7/1/12-7/8/12)

Posted by David Ruddock in News, Week In Review

It's time for the Android Police Week In Review, your source for the most important Android bullet points of the week. You can catch a lot of this news in our podcast as well.

Features

11 modern Android devices compared with 13 storage benchmarks (spoiler alert: the Transformer doesn't do well).

Android at Arms (legal news)

~~The~~ ~~Galaxy Nexus~~ ~~just got banned from the United States~~ ~~and~~ ~~Google Play, probably asked a stupid question in IRC.~~ And it's back on the Play Store.
And Google is going to release an update to un-ban it.
Nokia politely suggests the Nexus 7 is probably infringing on one of its Wi-Fi patents, manages to avoid filing 20 lawsuits in the process.

Jul

The Great Android Police Storage Benchmark: 11 Modern Devices Compared In 13 Tests

Posted by Aaron Gingrich in Devices By Manufacturer, Features, News

A week ago, I posted a head-to-head comparison/buyer's guide of the Asus Transformer Pad (TF300), Transformer Prime (TF201), and Transformer Pad Infinity (TF700). The most upvoted comment: how is the internal storage performance? So I sat down to benchmark 6 devices.... and with the help of the team, ended up benchmarking 11:

HTC One S (S4)
HTC One X (T3)
Motorola Droid RAZR Maxx
Samsung Galaxy Nexus (Android 4.1 - Jelly Bean)
Samsung Galaxy Nexus (Android 4.0.4 - Ice Cream Sandwich)
Samsung Galaxy S III (S4)
Asus Transformer Pad (TF300)
Asus Transformer Prime (TF201)
Asus Transformer Pad Infinity (TF700)
Nexus 7 (Android 4.1 - Jelly Bean)
Toshiba Excite 7.7

The Tests

At Mekerz86's suggestion, we used both RL Benchmark and AndroBench, both available for free on the Play Store.

Jul

73 Best New Android Games From The Last 3 Weeks (6/11/12 - 7/6/12) - You're Going To Need A Longer Weekend

Posted by Artem Russakovskii in Best Apps/Games/LWPs Of The Week, Games, News

Last Updated: July 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 3 weeks or so.

This edition focuses only on new games. The app roundup is coming up soon, and you can find the tablet app roundup here.

Holy crap, there were a lot of quality games released in the last few weeks. This is probably the best collection I've seen in a really long time. Who says there aren't any good games on Android?

If you enjoy this post, feel free to upvote it on Reddit.

Jul

15 Best Android Apps For Tablets From The Last 6 Weeks (5/18/12 - 7/4/12)

Posted by Artem Russakovskii in Applications, Best Apps/Games/LWPs Of The Week, Games, News, Tablets

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 6 weeks or so.

This edition focuses only on new tablet apps or ones that added tablet support. Regular apps and games are coming 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 App

Rogue AI

Today's tablet roundup is sponsored by a pretty awesome game called Rogue AI.

Jul

Getting To Know Android 4.1, Part 2: The Glorious New Notifications

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

Last Updated: August 10th, 2012

Hello and welcome to round 2 of Getting To Know Android 4.1. If you missed the inaugural episode (about the lock screen, software buttons, and icons) you can catch a rerun right here. And if you did see it, I suggest you go look at it again, because I updated it with a crazy menu button bug. Seriously, go look. I'll wait.

Today we're getting into something a little more meaty: The revamped notifications system! And we aren't doing some wimpy overview, we're sticking everything I can find under the GTKA microscope. First up, the fresh, new design:

Design

Just look at that, everything is different.

Jul

[The Android Police Week In Review] Google I/O Special Edition (6/24/12-7/1/12)

Posted by David Ruddock in News, Week In Review

Welcome to a very special edition of the Android Police Week in Review. This week was obviously all about Google I/O, so that's what we're going to be focusing on. Oh, and you can hear even more I/O-y stuff on our podcast.

GOOGLE I/O

Nexus 7

Feature: Nexus 7 initial impressions and hands-on.
The Nexus 7: by the numbers.
Full factory images for the Nexus 7 (JRN84D)
Nexus 7 UK availability.

Jelly Bean (Android 4.1)

Feature: Getting to know Android 4.1, Part 1 - Slide Unlock / Software buttons / New Icons, or, An Obsessive Compulsive's Guide to Jelly Bean.

Jun

Getting To Know Android 4.1, Part 1 - The Basics: Slide Unlock, Software Buttons, And New Icons

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

Last Updated: August 10th, 2012

The new version of Android is out, it's real, and yours truly has a (mostly) working copy. That can only mean one thing: Getting To Know Android is back!

The title may not rhyme anymore, but it's still home to the most in-depth look at the next version of Android on the internet. That's right, the world's most OCD changelog is here to point out every polished pixel of Android 4.1: Jelly Bean.

The usual GTKA caveats apply: This is beta code (the Jelly Bean preview from I/O, in fact) and subject to change. Plus I've got it running on a phone it isn't even meant to run on, so we won't be too hard on it.

Jun

[The Android Police Week In Review] The Biggest Android Stories Of The Week (6/17/12-6/24/12)

Posted by David Ruddock in News, Week In Review

It's time for the Android Police Week In Review, where I lay out a smorgasbord of delectable news-bites for your reading pleasure. You can catch a lot of this appetizing information on our weekly podcast as well, which airs live every Thursday at 5PM PST, at androidpolice.com/podcast. There's an IRC channel there, too. We might even use it occasionally.

Hardware Reviews

Ron reviews the Samsung Galaxy S III: and it's surprisingly adequate.
Fuhu Nabi 2: because your kids are too clumsy and destructive for an iPad.
Have you ever wanted a cool retro travel clock radio with Bluetooth that is basically so fragile you can't take it anywhere?

Jun

[The Android Police Week In Review] The Biggest Android Stories Of The Week (6/10/12-6/17/12)

Posted by David Ruddock in News, Week In Review

Welcome back to another edition of the Android Police Week In Review. It's like news inception. You can also catch a lot of these stories on our weekly podcast - available here, and broadcasting live every Thursday at 5:00 PM PST.

Hardware Reviews