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DroidMatters weekly news roundup

DroidMatters weekly news roundup

July 31, 2011 | Comments (0)

It has been a great week in the Android world, we can finally confirm that the  Galaxy S II is coming to the U.S., the Iconia Tab A500 got Android 3.2 and  I got a Logitech Revue for 0….How about you- In case you missed anything Android related, we’ve got you covered! News Google acquires [...]

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[App Roundup] Five Apps From July 2011 That We Thought Were Awesome

[App Roundup] Five Apps From July 2011 That We Thought Were Awesome

July 31, 2011 | Comments (0)

DeskSMSAs a Canadian, I can’t use Google Voice in order to send my SMS. However, there are numerous apps that act very similarly, including the new DeskSMS from the developer who brought you ClockworkMod. DeskSMS transfers SMS to both your e-mail and other IM applications through the use of your Google Account. This allows you [...]

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Unboxing – Verizon Motorola Droid X2

Unboxing – Verizon Motorola Droid X2

July 31, 2011 | Comments (0)

The Motorola Droid X2 from Verizon has been crazy popular since it came out a couple of months ago. If you haven’t managed to get your hands on it yet, that’s okay… because we did that part for you. Today, we’ll be going through a quick unboxing and look at the X2, and later we’ll [...]

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The Week in Android News

The Week in Android News

July 31, 2011 | Comments (0)

Sunday seems to roll around rather quickly these days, just like that the week is over and you are left wondering where it went. If you have been busy, odds are you missed something like a chance to win our Droid 3, or some other big news. Well, fear not, let’s take a look below [...]

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ROM – @Damo CrystalPyramid v1.0.1 for HTC Sensation

ROM – @Damo CrystalPyramid v1.0.1 for HTC Sensation

July 31, 2011 | Comments (0)

Damo has released an update to CrystalPyramid v1.0.1. The latest version is now 1.0.1. This release is supported on the following Device(s):- HTC Sensation v1.0.2-Enabled Panorama in Camera (HDR does nothing and Burst causes fc )-Added bitrate selection for 720p and 1080p-Removed Stock android keyboard-More RAM optimizations-New Kernel-Fixed camera flash-Fixed Lockscreen issues-Removed TellHTC-New darker keyboard with [...]

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ROM – @m-deejay Virtuous Sensation v.1.0.1 for HTC Sensation

ROM – @m-deejay Virtuous Sensation v.1.0.1 for HTC Sensation

July 31, 2011 | Comments (0)

m-deejay has released an update to Virtuous Sensation v.1.0.1. The latest version is now 1.0.1. This release is supported on the following Device(s):- HTC Sensation v.1.0.1: – Newest kernel UNITY V2 … Continue Reading Here ROM – @m-deejay Virtuous Sensation v.1.0.1 for HTC Sensation CommunityRelease – androidspin.com

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ROM – @slayher CM7 for Thunderbolt. RC1.4 for HTC Thunderbolt/ Verizon Thunderbolt

ROM – @slayher CM7 for Thunderbolt. RC1.4 for HTC Thunderbolt/ Verizon Thunderbolt

July 31, 2011 | Comments (0)

slayher has released an update to CM7 for Thunderbolt. RC1.4. The latest version is now RC 1.4. This release is supported on the following Device(s):- HTC Thunderbolt: Verizon Thunderbolt ** Changes/Fixes to 7/29 **-Updated to 2.3.5-Fixed Ringtones not repeating.-Headphone Mic is working (for me)-Sync`d Up to the mainline. Head over to slayher’s CommunityRelease Developer Homepage [...]

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ROM – @Liquid0624 Liquid Thunderbread v2.5 for HTC Thunderbolt/ Verizon Thunderbolt

ROM – @Liquid0624 Liquid Thunderbread v2.5 for HTC Thunderbolt/ Verizon Thunderbolt

July 31, 2011 | Comments (0)

Liquid0624 has released an update to Liquid Thunderbread v2.5. The latest version is now 2.5. This release is supported on the following Device(s):- HTC Thunderbolt: Verizon Thunderbolt *********************************** v2.5 Changelog (07/30/11) ********************************** * VERY IMPORTANT NOTICE! (PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING BELOW INSTALLING) * MUST WIPE DATA, CACHE AND DALVIK ONCE! (IF YOU DON`T WIPE ISSUES [...]

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ROM – @dhemke17 GingerBean v2.0 for HTC Thunderbolt/ Verizon Thunderbolt

ROM – @dhemke17 GingerBean v2.0 for HTC Thunderbolt/ Verizon Thunderbolt

July 31, 2011 | Comments (0)

dhemke17 has released an update to GingerBean v2.0. The latest version is now 2.0. This release is supported on the following Device(s):- HTC Thunderbolt: Verizon Thunderbolt v2.0- For those of you who got used to Luncher Pro, I`m sorry, the main launcher used in this release is ADW…it has nice features and seems to play [...]

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[Game Roundup] Five Noteworthy Games From July 2011

[Game Roundup] Five Noteworthy Games From July 2011

July 31, 2011 | Comments (0)

Welcome to a new feature here on the site, where we’ll be giving five awesome games that’ve been released in the past month the spotlight we feel they deserve. Below are our picks from July – enjoy! Asteroid Tower Defense There seems to be no shortage of tower defense games on Android, but most seem [...]

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AT&T to Start Data Throttling on Those With Unlimited Data

AT&T to Start Data Throttling on Those With Unlimited Data

July 31, 2011 | Comments (0)

When the new tiered data-usage model was first announced, there were many frustrated users. When the plan was put into place by Verizon and AT&T on their respective networks, this trend continued. Now that the fallout has settled from this business decision, AT&T is changing its data plans yet again, this time throttling data speeds [...]

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ROM – @TeamRoyal_Roms Royal Senseless V1.2 for HTC myTouch 4G (Glacier)/ T-Mobile

ROM – @TeamRoyal_Roms Royal Senseless V1.2 for HTC myTouch 4G (Glacier)/ T-Mobile

July 31, 2011 | Comments (0)

TeamRoyal has released an update to Royal Senseless V1.2. The latest version is now 1.2. This release is supported on the following Device(s):- HTC myTouch 4G (Glacier): T-Mobile Change Log Version 1.2 -Completely Re-based off of the 2.3.4 MySense Leak-Removed Bloat and Sense (stripped down to 180MB)-Theming-Gtalk Video-Genius Button-Car Mode-Battery Percentage-Overscroll Effect- GPS fixes for [...]

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Fido Optimus 2X, Xperia Pro and Galaxy Q all launching in August

Fido Optimus 2X, Xperia Pro and Galaxy Q all launching in August

July 31, 2011 | Comments (0)

Yesterday we let you know that Fido was on the verge of releasing 3 new Android devices: LG Optimus 2X, Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro and Samsung Galaxy Q. If this plan-o-gram is correct then those who are itching to get hold of one of these will not have to wait long. The LG Optimus 2X [...]

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7 Android 3.0+ Apps For Honeycomb Tablets From The Last 2 Weeks (7/18/11 – 7/31/11)

7 Android 3.0+ Apps For Honeycomb Tablets From The Last 2 Weeks (7/18/11 – 7/31/11)

July 31, 2011 | Comments (0)

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 week or so. This edition focuses only on new tablet apps or ones that added Honeycomb support. Regular apps and games are coming soon. Please wait [...]

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Logitech Revue Price Drop To $99.99 Now In Effect – Android 3.1 Still Coming “Later This Summer”

Logitech Revue Price Drop To $99.99 Now In Effect – Android 3.1 Still Coming “Later This Summer”

July 31, 2011 | Comments (0)

The Logitech Revue, originally highly overpriced at 9.99, was recently reported to be going down in price heavily to a sweet spot of .99 that it should have shipped with in the first place in my opinion. As of today, the price drop is in effect, so you can order the Revue for .99 with [...]

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Virgin Mobile no-term price drops: Galaxy S Vibrant now $349.99, Pearl 9100 only $99.99

Virgin Mobile no-term price drops: Galaxy S Vibrant now $349.99, Pearl 9100 only $99.99

July 31, 2011 | Comments (0)

Virgin has priced dropped a couple smartpones – both about a year old but still incredibly worth it. The Android-powered Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant is now a low 9.99 outright (upgrade to OS 2.3 coming in August), followed by a further price drop to the BlackBerry Pearl 9100 to a shockingly low .99 no-contract. Check [...]

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Rogers HTC EVO 3D complete pricing

Rogers HTC EVO 3D complete pricing

July 31, 2011 | Comments (0)

The HTC EVO 3D is a unique Android device, mainly due to it’s 3D capabilities (glasses free 3D) but also because it’s powered by OS 2.3, has a 4.3-inch display and a 1.2GHz dual core processor. So the specs are stacked. Earlier this week Rogers went live with the pre-order page and gave it a [...]

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Sony Ericsson MT11a And MT11i Androids Revealed By User Agent

Sony Ericsson MT11a And MT11i Androids Revealed By User Agent

July 31, 2011 | Comments (0)

    Sony Ericsson’s 2011 Android line-up is growing fast as the manufacturer just added the Xperia Ray and Active to the already popular Xperia Play, Arc, Pro and Neo phones. It appears that the company is working on releasing another handset codenamed MT11a (and its MT11i variant), as we learn from user agent profiles.The [...]

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Lenovo’s Android Ideapad gets listed for $499.99 at Future Shop

Lenovo’s Android Ideapad gets listed for $499.99 at Future Shop

July 31, 2011 | Comments (0)

Sure seems that the magical price tag for tablets is around 9.99. The iPad2, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, HP TouchPad, Motorola XOOM, LG Optimus Pad and the BlackBerry PlayBook are priced around this mark. Soon you’ll be adding another one to the mix. The recently announced Lenovo Ideapad is coming to Canada. This is now [...]

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Unlocked Motorola Droid 3 with AT&T 3G Available for Preorder

Unlocked Motorola Droid 3 with AT&T 3G Available for Preorder

July 31, 2011 | Comments (0)

    If you’ve got an eye on the sleek Droid 3, which has a qHD 960×540 display, dual-core TI OMAP CPU, 1GB of RAM, and a lot of other goodies, you’ll be excited to know that there’s a UMTS 850/1900 version of the device up for pre-order, allowing it to work over AT&T’s 3G [...]

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Leaked images show new Motorola device, possibly the ATRIX 2-

Leaked images show new Motorola device, possibly the ATRIX 2-

July 31, 2011 | Comments (0)

A glorious new set of images has leaked online… what we’ve got here are some pics of an unnamed/unannounced Motorola smartphone that might be the next evolution of the ATRIX. The overall look is similar, but as you can see this beast has some sort of curved glass to it. In addition, the ATRIX came [...]

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HTC Wildfire S now available at SaskTel

HTC Wildfire S now available at SaskTel

July 31, 2011 | Comments (0)

It’s a tiny device but packs some power, nothing like the dual-core Samsung Galaxy S II but the HTC Wildfire S has an 800 MHz processor. This entry level Android has finally made its way to SaskTel and runs OS 2.3 Gingerbread with HTC Sense UI and has a 5 megapixel camera. The price is [...]

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Confirmed: Fido to release the LG Optimus 2X, Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro and Samsung Galaxy Q

Confirmed: Fido to release the LG Optimus 2X, Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro and Samsung Galaxy Q

July 31, 2011 | Comments (0)

It’s all coming together. A couple weeks back we posted news of a new “Smartphone Lite” category that Rogers will soon be releasing. Listed on the internal doc were a couple new devices, the Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro and Samsung Galaxy Q. In addition, we were also tipped that Fido will be releasing the LG [...]

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DailyRoads Voyager for Android – Your Own Personal Dash-Cam

DailyRoads Voyager for Android – Your Own Personal Dash-Cam

July 31, 2011 | Comments (0)

Click here to view the embedded video. – - I recently came across a video (embedded above) that opened up my eyes to something that I had never thought necessary. Dash-cams have been around for a long time, but never had I thought it important enough to get one for myself. After watching this video, [...]

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Android Market Web Version Gets Another Update

Android Market Web Version Gets Another Update

July 31, 2011 | Comments (0)

The Android Market when you’re not on your device hasn’t seen a lot of love in the past but as of late things have changed a bit. I personally use market.android.com all the time for its convenience. Just a few days ago it received a fancy update adding graphs to application download history and although [...]

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LG Thrill 4G Delayed Til End of August

LG Thrill 4G Delayed Til End of August

July 31, 2011 | Comments (0)

That fancy new 4G device with glasses-free 3D known as the LG Thrill 4G, yea apparently it’s getting delayed for a few more weeks. A few weeks back we saw a leaked RadioShack memo claiming August 7th was the release date as well as the amazing price of just dollars. Now we are hearing slightly [...]

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Truly Manage your Data Usage with “Track Your Plan” for Android

Truly Manage your Data Usage with “Track Your Plan” for Android

July 31, 2011 | Comments (0)

Well, I guess it’s come to this. Gone are the days when you could get an all-you-can-eat buffet of data for a flat-rate every month. Now, it’s all about how quickly carriers can get you to hit the arbitrary data cap every month, so that they can charge you exorbitant fees. But I digress… This app does [...]

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Logitech Revue Now Just $99

Logitech Revue Now Just $99

July 31, 2011 | Comments (0)

In a recent earnings call by Logitech they announced that the Revue wasn’t selling so hot and it would be getting a steep price drop. Today that has finally happened and now you can get the highly functional device for only . It originally launched for 9 at places like Best Buy so this is [...]

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First AOSP 2.3.5 ROM’s Appearing on the Galaxy S II

First AOSP 2.3.5 ROM’s Appearing on the Galaxy S II

July 31, 2011 | Comments (0)

Not long after Android 2.3.5 has been reaching more devices, XDA member AdamG has brought us some more excellent news. Apparently, he has released to the public an AOSP version of Android for the Galaxy S II, incorporating a few bugfixes and features. Though the ROM follows the common minimal approach of numerous others, and [...]

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Western Digital Launches The WD 2go App Allowing My Book Live Customers Remote Access To Their Data

Western Digital Launches The WD 2go App Allowing My Book Live Customers Remote Access To Their Data

July 31, 2011 | Comments (0)

There are plenty of network-attached storage ("NAS") solutions available, however if you are a fan of Western Digital, you may be the owner of their My Book Live line of devices (available much cheaper on Amazon). Although reviews indicate that it is a solid product, it lacks a convenient method of remotely accessing the data, [...]

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Modified Torch APK Released for MIUI (and CM7)

Modified Torch APK Released for MIUI (and CM7)

July 31, 2011 | Comments (0)

Sometimes a user just needs choices. Little things like an obnoxiously bright orange Torch application can make or break the user experience, and because of this we look for alternatives. Well, look no further than this modified Torch app from XDA member demo23019. Demo23019 set out to modify MIUI’s stock application to a more pleasing [...]

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Beta Modern Warfare 3 App Hits the Android Market

Beta Modern Warfare 3 App Hits the Android Market

July 31, 2011 | Comments (0)

If you’re one one of the millions waiting anxiously for the release of Modern Warfare 3, look no further than this app from XDA member j.13.leach. Though the app is still in beta and the game has not yet been released, it functions as a comprehensive guide to many new perks, videos, maps, weapons and [...]

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AT&T to begin throttling top 5% of unlimited data users

AT&T to begin throttling top 5% of unlimited data users

July 31, 2011 | Comments (0)

If you are one of the lucky AT&T users who were able to lock into that awesome unlimited data plan before they changed over to their tiered structure — and also happen to use more data than AT&T thinks is reasonable under that plan — be prepared for some potentially slower speeds. AT&T has announced that starting [...]

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Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant without contract from Virgin Mobile for $350

Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant without contract from Virgin Mobile for $350

July 31, 2011 | Comments (0)

Virgin Mobile is now offering the Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant for 0 without contract. So anyone in Canada looking for a top shelf Android device and also enjoy the pre-paid style carrier service can get this phone at a decent price. The Vibrant packs the following specs making it a great device worth checking out: [...]

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Capital One comes to Android

Capital One comes to Android

July 31, 2011 | Comments (0)

The Capital One Mobile Banking app just launched in the Android Market. You can use your existing login information to manage both your bank account and credit card. For now it supports Android 1.6 – 2.3 with plans to release a tablet version soon. Features: Pay bills Transfer funds between banking accounts Check balances Find [...]

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