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.
- Motorola and Verizon are announcing something on September 5th that we're trying really hard to get excited about. Nope, didn't work.
- Amazon is then announcing something on September 6th, which we are also trying really hard to get excited about.
- T-Mobile is canceling the Galaxy Note, making that the second smart thing they've done this week.
- Samsung is getting on the Android camera bandwagon. God help us all.
Android At Arms
- Motorola is suing Apple because patents.
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Apple v. Samsung Verdict Stories
- Weekend Poll: Is the verdict going to change anything for the industry?
- The jury's members weigh in on what went down in the deliberation room.
- Samsung's reaction: THIS SUCKS, MAN.
- What can we expect next? Appeals?
- Samsung won $0.00.
- Apple won $1.05 ... billion.
- The verdict: as it happened.
Code Google
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GOOGLE PLAY GIFT CARDS ARE COMING, HAVE YOU HEARD? Oh wait, they're here.
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Does "Xperia S" say "AOSP support candidate" to you? No? Too bad.
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Google Wallet might come to more carriers at some point. Or it might not.
The Hotsheet
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The Optimus Vu: weirding up a country near you soon.
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Verizon is going to call the Vu the "LG Intuition," which is almost not as bad as the original name.
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The Photon Q is out there and you can buy one.
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The Motorola Bootloader Unlock Tool: A cruel, cruel joke on Motorola owners everywhere, basically.
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CyanogenMod 10 is coming to a device near you, ROM-flashing Brazilian street gangs reportedly "stoked."
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CM10 Nightlies: EVO 4G LTE, One S, AT&T One X, US Cellular GSIII.
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Device Updates: Transformer Pad 300 (US), Xperia P / Sola / Go / U, Xperia Arc S / Neo / Neo V / Mini / Pro / Active / Ray, Xyboard 10.1 / 8.2 (Wi-Fi), HTC ThunderBolt, Incredible 2.
Product Reviews
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The Galaxy Note 10.1: Just read this.
App Roundups
App Update
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The FBI took down Applanet and some other sleazy app pirating websites.
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Facebook is forcing its developers to use Android phones in order to shame them into making the app better.
In Other News
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Things are happening at OnLive, like the company going totally broke. Hooray.
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The Nikon S800c is a camera that runs Android that should never, ever see the light of day.