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Oct

AT&T U-verse Mobile TV App Now Available For (Select) AT&T Android Phones

Posted by Jaroslav Stekl in Applications, AT&T, News

I'm usually not too fond of carrier's bloatware, manufacturer's skins, and other causes of lag and potential frustration for end users (not to mention that I'm especially skeptical when it's coming from AT&T), but AT&T's new U-verse Mobile app for Android isn't looking too bad. To be clear, this isn't anything new; the app's already been available for the iPhone, the Blackberry, and the Xbox 360 in addition to being available on Windows Phone 7 devices at launch, but now it's made its way to our operating system of choice!

The app is only relevant to U-verse subscribers, and rather than allowing users to actually watch TV over a 3G connection, AT&T merely allows its minions to:

manage DVR recordings
browse the U-verse TV program guide

Literally, that's it - unless you're on WiFi, in which case you can download (not stream) the content to your device.

Oct

Amazon Steps Up Again: Drops Price Of T-Mobile G2 To Just $80 For New Contracts

Posted by Aaron Gingrich in G2 (Vision), News, T-Mobile

We swear, we're not gradually converting from news to deal-watching - but hot damn, how can we ignore this: Amazon Wireless is continuing its aggressive price-leadership strategy, and has now dropped the T-Mobile G2 to just $80 for new customers. Better yet, the deal includes free two-day shipping and there's no mail-in-rebate (MIR). Oh, and Artem would want me to point out that there's no sales tax and no activation fee - both of which are fast becoming standard fare (hell, he probably also thinks the title should have some metaphor for how this price is on fire or something).

Oct

Sprint And Clearwire Teaming Up To Provide WiMax In NYC Starting Nov. 1st, LA From Dec. 1st And SF By Year's End.

Posted by Brian O'Toole in Epic 4G, EVO 4G (Supersonic), News, Sprint

This news has been some time coming, but it finally looks like the time is nigh: Sprint WiMax will soon be available in three of America's hottest of hot-spots. While Sprint has had 4G-capable devices out for several months now, the country's two main technology centres have been starved of WiMax coverage. Sprint may fear the same backlash AT&T received when their network got hammered by the iPhone, so they must be hoping for a more positive reception.

The coverage itself will be provided in conjunction with Clearwire, who have been busy setting up their networks in preparation for these final deadlines.

Oct

HTC Announce Gratia For Europe, Looks Oddly Familiar

Posted by Brian O'Toole in Devices By Manufacturer, HTC, News

On the one hand, we have the Desire HD. People may call it the EVO 4G for Europe, but it really isn't. Here we have the newly unveiled HTC Gratia. People are calling it the HTC Aria for Europe, and that's exactly what it is. The hardware appears to be identical save for some new colours, which, considering people seem quite fond of the Aria in the USA, is probably a good thing.

Another point of interest is that the Gratia will be released this November with Froyo. That's surely a sticking point right now with Aria owners, and it remains to be seen how well Android 2.2 will run on a 600 MHz processor, but it seems a win nonetheless.

Oct

HTC Glacier ROM Leaked - Is This The New myTouch? [UPDATED]

Posted by Brian O'Toole in Devices By Manufacturer, HTC, News, T-Mobile

Somewhere behind the Great Firewall of China, a group of devout HTC hackers are working hard at doing what they do best. Over at the now-famous 911sniper blog, another ROM belonging to an as of yet unannounced HTC device has just been posted ahead of time.

Sadly, the filehost they chose appears to be running their server through a 56k modem, so not much can be said right now as to the ROM's contents. However, you can be sure that once the file gets downloaded and torn apart, there will be plenty of goodies contained within, hopefully including confirmation of that rumored dual-core processor.

Oct

Last Week's Best New Android Apps And Games (10/11/10 - 10/17/10)

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

Last Updated: April 13th, 2011

Welcome to the weekly roundup of the best new Android applications and games that went live in the Market in the previous week or so.

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Best New Android Apps

Whrrl

What’s your REAL WORLD passion? Join groups of people with shared passions. Are you a Live Music fan? a Mountain Biker? a Mexican Food Fanatic? There are over 3,000+ Societies and growing on Whrrl. Don’t see one you like? Create your own Society! Get ideas for things to do at nearby places from people just like you.

Oct

ADW Launcher Updated To 1.20, ADW Notifier Companion Released

Posted by Brian O'Toole in Applications, News

One of the most popular alternate launchers, ADW Launcher, perhaps known best for being bundled with CyanogenMod, has just received a welcome update. Version 1.20 now grants you the ability to fluidly resize your widgets, much like the launcher provided by MOTOBLUR. This allows you to treat your desktop much more like a customizable canvas than a rigid set of squares.

Along with this update, developer Ander Webbs also released an auxiliary service called ADW Notifier. Put simply, ADW Notifier puts a counter tag on application icons showing how many notifications it currently has. The tag works equally well on the desktop or in your dock.

Oct

Hot: Samsung Epic 4G Now Also $99.99 On Amazon.com

Posted by Artem Russakovskii in Epic 4G, News, Samsung, Sprint

Hot in the heels of the incredible $100 Amazon deal on Sprint's flagship EVO 4G, we found ourselves looking at the same price tag on an even more expensive and more recent 4G device - the Samsung Epic 4G. Retailing for $249.99 at Sprint, the best deal we've seen on an Epic so far was $200 at both Amazon and Wirefly.

What we're looking at today is a brand new Epic 4G for $99.99 on a new 2-year contract, with free 2-day shipping and no tax. Amazon is also temporarily waiving the $36 activation fee until the end of today.

Oct

Weekend Tablet Rundown: Japanese Carrier Gets Custom Samsung Galaxy Tab, Advent Vega Won't Have Market... At First?

Posted by Aaron Gingrich in Devices By Manufacturer, Galaxy Tab, Gingerbread 2.3, News

Two-for-one on this post: Japanese carrier KDDI revealed this morning that they'll be selling a customized version of Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Tab. On a similar tablet note, it looks like the Advent Vega will be joining the list of budget Android tablets that won't have the market. Turns out we've never covered the Vega either, so I'll provide a few extra details on it. Let's start with the Galaxy Tab: what's custom about it?

First and most obviously, it comes with a slightly redesigned appearance - white edges (bumpers?) along the top and bottom, capacitive buttons that are rotated for landscape use (versus the normal portrait orientation), and a custom dock.

Oct

Rovio Tweets Out Angry Birds Download Stats: Over A Million Downloads On Friday Alone

Posted by Jaroslav Stekl in Games, News

It all makes sense now. GetJar's servers crashing, the number of times our post announcing the arrival of the full version of Angry Birds was re-tweeted, the amount of cash Rovio, the company behind Angry Birds, must be rolling in right now...

Rovio has just tweeted out just how many times their incredibly addictive Angry Birds game has been downloaded, and frankly, they've got a huge hit on their hands. The figure? One million downloads on Friday, October 15 (the first day the full version of the game was available) alone. Let's just hope that this sounds out the signal that Android truly is a viable gaming platform and can compete with the iPhone in this arena.