Android has really grown quickly in the realm of mobile gaming, especially with the influx of Tegra 2 phones and tablets. Keeping that momentum going, Madfinger (creator of Samurai 2) is currently working a new game optimized for Tegra devices called SHADOWGUN. There will be two version of this game – one for Tegra 2 [...]
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The HTC Flyer is an interesting animal because the tablet is trying to bring the sexy back to 7-inch tablets in the Android space even as competitors like Samsung and LG are eying larger screens. In this review, we’ll see if the highly-customized version of Android with the new Sense UI is good enough to [...]
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The other day Madfinger Games, developers of the awesome action game Samurai II: Vengeance, announced their upcoming title for dual and quad-core Android devices called Shadowgun. Since then many media sites have been labeling it as one of the most graphically impressive games for Android. Read more… … Continue Reading Here Madfinger Games’ upcoming game [...]
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Glu, as of late, have been very busy developing and releasing new games for a variety of platforms including Android. Recently they just released Contract Killer and Big Time Gangster, both of which follow the Freemium business model. Now Glu is getting set to release two more titles this Summer. Read more… … Continue Reading [...]
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Over the weekend, Google has pulled a batch of popular video game emulators from the Android Market, including N64oid, and all other -oid apps made by the same developer. The apps would allow you to play games for the original Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Genesis, Atari, Game Boy, and others. There are still plenty of [...]
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Another week in the Android books — with a long holiday weekend, to boot — and just a few days away from the upcoming reader meet- up (which you are attending, correct-) Lloyd dropped a little treat for us this week with the announcement of the new Android Central T-Shirts, which we know you ordered one [...]
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Running a site like AndroidSPIN takes a lot of time away from our families. All our contributors work in their spare time to try and bring you news, reviews, rumors and a lot more for your enjoyment. As you may know, AnroidSPIN was a dream of mine a couple of years ago and started as [...]
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Top 20 Hottest Android Apps Today $9.99 Gaia GPS (Topo Maps) Price Drop by TrailBehind Inc. Off-trail, road-tripping, or wandering abroad? Use Gaia GPS to navigate anywhere you aren’t connected. Gaia GPS is a f … 1,000-5,000 downloads, Rating 4.32 (117) Free Software Data Cable New by Go2mobile Droid Lab Transfer files (folders) between [...]
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So you’ve purchased your first Xperia PLAY, your first ever gamer phone, a PlayStation phone like you’ve never seen before. It’s fabulous, the games are great, and you’re having the time of your life. But wait, is this it- Aren’t there any more apps to be downloaded- All I see are regular games in the [...]
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Behold the next game NVIDIA is showing off to display the power of quad-core, NVIDIA’s next project Kal-El, the name of the case. This is a game presented also by the developers Madfinger Games, makers of Samurai II: Vengeance. This newest game is a shooter game of some note, some fantastic blasting out the faces [...]
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eViL_D has released an update to Virtuous Fusion MT4G v1.1.1. The latest version is now v1.1.1. This release is supported on the following Device(s):- HTC Glacier/T-Mobile myTouch 4G v1.1.1 – WIPEMoved EVERYTHING to /system **Rebuilt – Complete clean upRemoved Burgandy themeREPLACED Swype with FlexT9Doubleshot camera (HDR & Burst will FC if you try to use [...]
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While this is in no way any indication of an immediate release, seeing the Motorola Droid 3 listed in Verizon’s device management pages means the folks at big red are getting ready for the new slider to make it’s way into stores. We’ve seen pictures of the Droid 3 a few times, but the release [...]
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The group AlwaysInnovating is a bit peeved with ASUS’s new phone/tablet combo. AlwaysInnovating is a company based out of San Francisco who seems to have a knack for coming up with cool ideas that don’t take off until someone else copies them. The “All-in-One Smart Book” clearly came first, having a youtube video demo over [...]
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The image seen above is apparently a test device given to “a buddy that works in the Android Dev Labs”, and is supposed to be the next Nexus (Nexus 3 or whatever they decide to call it). Google may be in talks with HTC and LG over who the next manufacturer will be of the [...]
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This shouldn’t be TOO much of a surprise for anyone who has heard of the Samsung Galaxy S II and how much it kicks butt like Chuck Norris kicks in teeth while sleeping, but it is now the title holder of fastest selling Samsung device to date. After it launched on April 29th 2011, it [...]
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The Future Of Check Out Near Field Communication (NFC) has been written and spoken about countless times by analyst and Google itself. What it all adds up to is Google Wallet and Google Offers a combined deal and payment system that makes checking out a quicker and more convenient process. It is the start of a [...]
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Our time with the Asus Eee Pad Slider stretches all the way back to its unveiling at CES in January of this year, but it was once again on hand at Computex, and our pal Charbax got hands-on with the slate. The tablet remains the same with its slide out keyboard, but Asus has made [...]
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Computex is in full swing, and the Android gadgets are out in force. As you might expect, tablets continue to be one of the biggest trends at trade shows near and far, and we had the pleasure of going hands-on with the Asus Memo, the self-proclaimed world’s first 7-inch Honeycomb tablet. While we have heard [...]
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Is it a pad or is it a phone- That’s the questions Asus has been teasing us with, and while they managed to keep some things a secret we saw the new Asus Padfone coming from a mile away. Still, the new device with its phone-in-pad design made its debut at Computex 2011. After a [...]
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Earlier this morning, while we were all still asleep in our nice soft (or firm if you like it that way) beds, a pretty sweet concept, which is turning into a reality pretty quick was introduced. We’ve all seen the Motorola Atrix 4G, and the add-on dock that you can purchase with it; well ASUS [...]
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Intro: The droid Incredible 2 was announced and I remember thinking that it couldn’t be better or even as good. I was kind of wrong. I think this could be something Looks In the looks department… This is an incredible with a few upgrades. This one has a front camera and of course the old [...]
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There is a lot of wireless back up / restore, locate and wipe applications available in the Android Market. But a lot of the time, getting all those solutions into one application is hard. You’ll often find one app may have some of the features while; you’ll need to download another in order to get [...]
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TELUS’ sub-brand Koodo Mobile will be adding another Android powered device to their lineup. They already have the LG Optimus One and the “pure Google” Nexus S but coming soon is the INQ Cloud Touch. This comes with OS 2.2 Froyo, integration with Facebook, 3.5-inch display … Continue Reading Here Koodo Mobile to release the [...]
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Behold the next chapter in our review series of the games currently exclusive to (or otherwise optimized for) the Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY, aka the PlayStation phone. What this game “Battle Bears -1″ consists of is you controlling an upright-standing cartoon 3D bear from a 3rd person over-the-shoulder perspective as he collects weapons and cuts [...]
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The original Samsung Galaxy S was a global success (Captivate, Fascinate, Vibrant). It was the first Android lineup to sell 10 million units and by the looks of how sales are going for the Galaxy S II it seems it’ll blow past that number. Samsung confirmed that the Galaxy S II has sold … Continue [...]
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I’m a big fan of puzzle games on my Android. They tend to work well in a touch-controlled medium because their concepts are usually simple enough to pick up and play. Refraction is no different, and challenges players with over 120 levels of color-matching, light-bending goodness that will have even the smartest of you scratching [...]
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Back in February, we were informed of several new devices ViewSonic had up its’ sleeves for tablet devices in 2011. One of which we heard of was the ViewPad 10Pro, which upon early specs, looked to be a dual-booting Android and Windows 7 Pro tablet device. Cool right- Well, not as cool as we had [...]
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I’m not sure how many times we’ve heard about the Motorola Droid X getting it’s well overdue Gingerbread update. Almost a month ago we posted news indicating that it was coming soon. The Gingerbread leaks have been around long before that if you didn’t mind rooting your phone. Now it’s official and you don’t have [...]
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Samsung is pouring on the heat in the mobile markets with it’s Galaxy family of devices over the last year or so. Why stop now right- Well, this news may be a bit premature from Samsung, even if it is just a few nuggets of hints thrown at us wild mobile dogs. Still, with the [...]
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We knew that ViewSonic was going to be making a run at being the first 7inch tablet to ship with Android 3.0 Honeycomb, and now at Computex 2011 in Taipai, we have some real images of the ViewPad 7x tablet. The specs are pretty much the same as what we had heard about a couple [...]
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A good portion of the world (North America) has yet to receive the Galaxy S II and we’re already hearing about a Galaxy S III. JK Shin, head of Samsung Mobile, has mentioned to the Wall Street Journal that they’re aiming to release the next generation flagship in the first half of 2012. We don’t [...]
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Update 3: ZodTTD, developer of several well-known emulators, recently met a similar fate as yongzh – both his Market account and his apps were removed from the Market. Today, he decided to clarify a few things in a blog post, noting that the removal of the apps was indeed Sony’s doing – PSX4Droid’s icon apparently [...]
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It appears that HTC has had a bit of a leak in the form of a trademark filing for a so-called “HTC PLAY.” This name is set to be attached to a store that will be working with mobile content (aka at least Android, maybe Windows Phone 7,) in more area than one. It’ll be [...]
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Dunno how we all missed this during Google IO — but we did. There in the demonstration of how you can resize widgets is either a fun little Easter egg, or a very excited Andy Rubin, who on May 6 apparently sent an e-mail with the following subject line: K release – I’ve got the [...]
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More Honeycomb apps, you say- Why, of course! Evernote, who received honors of being Phandroid’s highest-ranked note taking application, has gotten a tablet version and is now in public beta. While the phone-specific application was still great on tablets, we always appreciate developers taking the time and effort to further refine the user experience and [...]
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