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Apr

AT&T Turns On LTE In 20 More Markets Including, Shreveport, Chattanooga, And Huntsville

Posted by Cody Toombs in AT&T, News

Does anybody remember when Verizon started deploying batches of new LTE markets by the week? Well, it seems that AT&T wants to be in on some of that action. Earlier this month, the second largest carrier launched a string of new sites with the promise of several more to come this summer. As of today, new or expanded coverage came to 20 more locations.

Alabama
Huntsville

Arizona
Phoenix (East Mesa and Sun City)

Tucson (Oro Valley)

Arkansas
Monticello

Mountain Home

Florida
Lake City

Ocala

Louisiana
Shreveport / Bossier City

Michigan
Lansing

Mississippi
Gulfport / Biloxi

New Hampshire
Manchester (Nashua)

North Carolina
Henderson

Pennsylvania
Mechanicsburg

Tennessee
Chattanooga

Texas
Athens

Corsicana

Huntsville

Nacogdoches / Lufkin

Paris

Washington
Centralia

This comes in addition to a 12 other sites that went live over the last couple of weeks.

Apr

HTC Releases One Kernel Sources For U.S. (Sprint, T-Mobile), Asian, And European Variants

Posted by Cody Toombs in Development, HTC, News, One

HTCdev just finalized a fairly timely release of kernel sources for several carrier-specific and unbranded variants of the HTC One. The list of newly covered models includes:

U.S.: Sprint and T-Mobile
Asia: Taiwan and Hong Kong (CHT)
Europe: unbranded European version, Italy (TIM), France (Bouygues), and Germany (O2).

Of course, the Canadian and Developer Edition had their own releases earlier this month.

Among US carriers, only AT&T and Cincinnati Bell are still unaccounted for, but likely to make their own appearances shortly. You can pick up your copy of the source code at HTC's developer portal.

Source: HTC Dev

Apr

Yahoo! For Android Goes 1.0 With Story Streams, 'Summaries By Yahoo!'

Posted by Liam Spradlin in Applications, News

Yahoo's self-branded app for Android – called simple Yahoo! – has just moved up to version 1.0, an update that brings with it some not-insignificant enhancements.

First among these is the app's story streams and "summaries by Yahoo!", in which news stories are parsed into bite-sized summaries. The functionality is somewhat similar to Wavii's aggregation and summarization service, but is more probably tied to Yahoo's recent acquisition of Summly. While we can't be sure just yet if Summly's handiwork is making Yahoo's app tick behind the scenes, it was noted at the time of acquisition that the summary service's technology would "soon return to multiple Yahoo!

Apr

NEC Terrain Tipped For AT&T: A QWERTY-Packing Candy Bar Coated With Confusion

Posted by Jeremiah Rice in NEC, News

If you've never heard of Japanese manufacturer NEC, don't worry, you're in good company. While the corporation has indeed been producing Android devices for years, some of which are quite unique and impressive, they haven't seen fit to expand most of their mobile hardware beyond Japan. (Note the complete lack of cellular devices on NEC's American page.) That's why it's so puzzling to see noted tipster @evleaks' latest break: the NEC Terrain for AT&T. The phone would be NEC's very first Android phone to hit America's shores.

Even more interesting is the fact that it appears to be a budget-focused candy bar phone with a full QWERTY keyboard.

Apr

[Hands-On] Dickorate Spruces Up Your—Ahem—Parts With Hats, Mustaches, And Self-Loathing

Posted by Eric Ravenscraft in Applications, News

I would like to personally thank the developers of Dickorate for making an app that is slightly less-obviously ripe for the banning on the Play Store. However, avoiding cartoon imagery of naughty bits still might not be enough to save this app from the banhammer. The Dickorate app allows you to take pictures of any elongated cylindrical object you have handy and add mustaches, hats, sunglasses, and more. To save you the trouble, I have personally tested this app and included the image I took below.

Apr

Google I/O 2013: Google's To-Do List This Year

Posted by Ron Amadeo in Android OS, News

Last Updated: May 3rd, 2013

Google I/O is coming! We'll know about all of Google's new projects in just 2 ~~short~~ agonizingly long weeks. While we desperately count the days until May 15th, we thought it would be a great idea to take stock all of the things we've caught wind of lately.

Calling this an "I/O Preview," sounds a little too certain. I'm not predicting everything here will come out at I/O, this is just a list of everything we know Google is working on - their "To-Do" list. Just like any to-do list, Google could cross something off and release it, or endlessly procrastinate, or completely cancel something.

Apr

Deal Alert: $50 Off Sprint Galaxy S4 Upgrades On Amazon ($199.99)

Posted by Bertel King, Jr. in Deals, Galaxy S4, News, Sprint

After a short delay, Sprint is now ushering Samsung's highly anticipated successor to the popular Galaxy S III to store shelves, but how much does it cost? New customers can pick up the Galaxy S4 with a two-year contract for $149, but existing customers looking to upgrade must plop down $249 to bring home the same phone. This isn't the best of news for current Sprint customers, but there is now another option available.

As of today, Amazon is allowing existing Sprint customers to upgrade for $50 less. This brings the price of upgrading an existing contract down to levels resembling the price of starting a contract anew.

Apr

Samsung Completely Loses Its Mind With Gangnam Style Parody And Indulgent Design Ads

Posted by Eric Ravenscraft in News, Samsung

We should've seen this coming. Really, Samsung, it's our fault. We should've stopped you when you put on that incredibly sexist Broadway show. We didn't. We argued that it was funny and then even enabled you by saying you have better marketing than HTC. We set you up for this. What could we have expected except a Gangnam Style parody that touts the virtues of the Galaxy S4?

The above video of the song...*sigh*...Samsung Style, was taken at a Galaxy S4 launch party in India. The man you see singing on stage is Ranveer Singh, a Bollywood superstar.

Apr

Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 Review: A Midsize Tablet With A Lot To Love, And A Few Things To Hate

Posted by Jeremiah Rice in Galaxy Note 8.0, News, Reviews, Samsung

The Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 is a strange beast. Sitting more or less between the Note II and the Note 10.1, the Note 8.0 feels like a Frankenstein Android device, mixing elements of both smartphones and tablets. Of course, that's kind of the point: in territories where carriers don't have such a stranglehold on the wireless industry, the Note 8.0 is exactly the giant phone that it looks like. Here in the States, we'll have to make due with an 8-inch WiFi tablet - a mid-sized device for the category, with a premium price.

That said, the price may be the only major downside of the Note 8.0 for some very targeted users.

Apr

Evernote Food For Android Goes v2.0 - Now Lets You Explore Recipes And Restaurants, Is Kind Of Amazing

Posted by David Ruddock in Applications, Apps/Games, News

When Evernote Food for Android was released last year, I had my, shall we say, doubts, about its real usefulness. Today's update to the app has significantly reduced them. Evernote Food has gone from being a tool to record your homemade recipes and restaurant eating endeavors into a food exploration experience.

Which is to say, now you can browse recipes from a large repository of popular sites, and look up restaurants. Of course, these features wouldn't be complete without a heaping helping of Evernote-infused awesomness. You can tag restaurants as "saved" (oddly, it doesn't seem you can un-save them), so you know you've been there, or want to go.