Samsung has some additional treats for upcoming buyers of the Galaxy SIII device. Once registered, users will be granted 50GB of cloud storage through Dropbox. Dang, that’s a lot of storage! Along with that, the Flipboard app which shares qualities with many news feeds such as Google Currents and Pulse will come pre-installed on the device. It’s [...]
Well friends the most anticipated device is officially here, but the Galaxy S III didn’t come alone. That’s why Sammy took some time during its Unpacked event to also introduce some pretty neat compliments to the Galaxy S III smartphone. From car docks to a battery charging stand to an HDMI adapter, Sammy has you [...]
As we’ve reported already today Samsung’s new flagship is bringing some impressive hardware customisations to Android – including impressive voice control features, a la Siri. Christened S Voice by Samsung it appears that, once By this point I think it’s clear to everybody that voice control is going to become the future – it’s getting [...]
The new flagship device from Samsung has just been announced and – unsurprisingly – its got one of those ever-so-pretty Super AMOLED – weighing in at 4.8″ at 720p – displays onboard. However, whilst the display is undoubtedly super, we’re all left wondering how super it can be seeing as it hasn’t been blessed with the [...]
HTC One customers aren’t the only people getting free Dropbox space to sweeten their smartphone purchase. Samsung has announced that anyone who buys and registers a Galaxy S III will have their Dropbox accounts expanded to 50GB for two years. We’re not sure whether buyers will see any special deals after that, but it’s a [...]
Archos have issued updates for two tablets in their G9 line, the 80 and 101. For starters, we’ve got fixes for WiFi disconnection issues, fixes to help with GPS stability, and fixes for an issue where the device would reboot if an application took up a lot of resources. You can find the full changelog [...]
Toshiba annonce a little while ago that they’d be bringing a new range of tablets to market under the “Excite” moniker. With three tablets sized at 7.7, 10.1 and a massive 13.3 inches Toshiba wants to bring a complete range of sizes to the market. It’s certainly not a bad strategy – especially seeing as [...]
Will You Use Google Drive? Google’s long-awaited answer to Dropbox has finally been released. Google Drive lets you keep a section of your hard drive in the cloud like Dropbox but with a few extra features that tie in to Google’s existing ecosystem. For instance, rather than dragging and dropping a file into Gmail to [...]
The next Galaxy S device might put an end to Samsung’s habit to make all-black phones. The Galaxy S, the Nexus S, Galaxy S2, Galaxy Nexus, and a lot of other lower-end phones from Samsung are all black. I think they’ve figured out that they need more style for their phones, so they are going [...]
Recently one of the developers from Halfbrick decided to venture out on his own and create his own game development studio called Total ArKade Software. Their first game has finally been released onto multiple platforms including Android is called AbraWORDabra. Read more… … Continue Reading Here Former Halfbrick dev starts Total ArKade Software, releases AbraWORDabra [...]
T-Mobile customers with the HTC Sensation 4G might not have to wait much longer to get their Android 4.0 update. T-Mobile has announced that they have finished testing out Android 4.0 for the HTC Sensation 4G and that it should be released to owners of the device shortly. Unfortunately, no specific timeframe was provided. The [...]
ASUS Transformer Pad 300 Everyone knows about the ASUS Transformer Prime and its Tegra 3 processor as being one of best tablets on the market and it has the premium price to go along with it retailing for $499. ASUS just released the Transformer Pad 300 which will replace the original transformer as their lower [...]
Back in the beginning of March 2012 Sega announced that their upcoming Phantasy Star Online 2 RPG would be smartphone and tablet compatible for both the iOS and Android platforms. Along with that news came word that it would be a free-to-play game supported through in-app purchases but as the game’s series producer explains, it [...]
There’s a lot of strength behind this ‘Android Army’ of ours, with strong numbers of device activations and a vast range of devices from numerous manufacturers to choose from it definitely seems like we’ve got numbers on our side, not to mention choice. However, the iPhone 4S garnered strong sale results after its introduction towards the end of [...]
If you were Amazon – you know, that mega corporation you pour your hours and money into – what would be the next big thing that you do? Well, bring a Smartphone to market, of course! That’s just what Wired think their next move is. It’d certainly make sense as well, after all, Amazon is one [...]
The new Android version breakdown released today shows some significant changes over last month. Android 4.0 is on the rise, likely due to the increasing shelf space occupied by ICS-powered devices like HTC’s One X and One S, and the large number of Android 4.0 updates we’re seeing – like those for Sony’s Xperia Arc [...]
Many Verizon Galaxy Nexus users are reporting that they’re getting prompted to update their devices with the new Android 4.0.4 update which was released about a month ago for the GSM variant of the phone. While many of you with rooted devices were able to flash the new build onto your phones, average users who [...]
Many Verizon Galaxy Nexus users are reporting that they’re getting prompted to update their devices with the new Android 4.0.4 update which was released about a month ago for the GSM variant of the phone. While many of you with rooted devices were able to flash the new build onto your phones, average users who [...]
If you’re a Samsung Galaxy Note owner (international version, model #GT-N7000) that has been waiting for CyanogenMod 9 to hit your device, there’s some sort of good news for you. Team Hacksung, a group of developers that work with Samsung devices, have compiled CyanogenMod 9 with Android 4.0 ICS for the Galaxy Note. This port [...]
During the second Humble Bundle for Android, one of the games being offered was called Swords and Soldiers. Developed by Two Tribes, this is an action-strategy game, layered with a lot of humor, where you control an army of vikings in their quest to create the ultimate BBQ sauce. Read more… … Continue Reading Here [...]
According to ComScore, Android is now (back) at 51% market share. It actually achieved this market share earlier last year, and has mostly stagnated around 50%, but then the big iPhone 4S launch came, and dropped Android’s market share for about a quarter by a few percentage points. But now Android is back at over [...]
One of my favorite parts of Android is the apps. Sure I love my OS, I love the customization, the themes and mods, but the apps are what makes our devices truly shine. There are apps out there for everything. We have used and featured many apps on AndroidSPIN, all offered something that we thought you guys [...]
Zen Studios, developers of the great pinball arcade platform Zen Pinball THD for Tegra-based Android devices, have put on sale three Marvel related tables on sale for $0.99 for a limited time. These tables are on sale to celebrate the release of Marvel’s The Avengers movie. Read more… … Continue Reading Here Zen Studios put [...]
Today, the Blackberry OS 10 was unveiled by RIM, and it looks surprisingly good for an OS coming from RIM. The demo hardware also had some high-end specs, like an 1280×768 resolution on a 4.2″ display, which obviously means you won’t be able to see any pixelation, although it remains to be seen if [...]
Hello my Android friends. Thank you as always for clicking in to another episode of The ManDroid Show. Today’s show not as ridiculous as last Friday’s show, but hopefully it will satisfy your Android needs. Thanks for watching! News Topics AT&T HTC One X pre-orders start at Amazon HTC One X gets CM9 Port New [...]
Five months after it was launched, users in the UK will finally be able to purchase official accessories for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus devices. UK retailer Clove announced that a number of new accessories for the popular Android 4.0 device was now available to purchase from their site. Now available from Cloves, Galaxy Nexus owners [...]
People who download applications and side-load them onto their devices are sometimes at risk, whether we want to believe it or not. Whether it’s from an alternative market such as Amazon’s Appstore or Getjar, it is best to take a safe approach when installing all applications. To help save you the stress, Lookout Mobile Security [...]
As we all know android is great at giving you options in backing up your information wirelessly through a number of applications. This is great for people like me, because I don’t mind using a few different tools to handle all my important stuff. But for the average user let’s be honest, you want something [...]
LG have announced that they are going to focus on developing their Android smartphone catalogue and that they have no immediate plans to increase their Windows Phone range. I would not say this is a particular shock, since LG started making WP7 phones in 2009 the OS has failed to really take off. According to Lee [...]
I think that almost everyone would admit to accidentally sleeping in on at least one occasion. Surely there is a way of combating this issue, if so I am certain that the Play Store will yield some results! The problem is which of the apps are worth downloading? Well hopefully my Top Ten 10 Android Alarm Clock Apps will help [...]
eVoKINGS has released an update to (RMS)(AOKP) Dianxin Hybrid 4.0.4 Beta 34 (Android-Engineering) 4/28/12. The latest version is now beta. This release is supported on the following Device(s):- HTC Sensation Head over to eVoKINGS’s CommunityRelease Developer Homepage for more information and downloads. Register now on Community Release and follow your favorites. Get instant notifications for: [...]
Skype for Android has received a little update recently, bringing a couple noteworthy features to the masses. If you still use Skype from time to time, then you will notice a newly revamped Ice Cream Sandwich look, plus the app now has a reported faster start-up time. Good to know big developers are beginning to [...]
This morning Verizon has announced another new price and offering for the prepaid plan folks. The new plan is 3G only and is a prepaid, contract free, and is offering unlimited talk and text, along with 1GB of data for a low price of just $80 a month. It might not be the best deal [...]
While Sprint owners can enjoy all that pure ICS goodness on the newly released Galaxy Nexus, they have yet additional reasons to be excited for the device: the arrivals of CM9 Nightly and ClockworkMod Recovery. The ClockworkMod Recovery, which is the gold standard in ROM management will be available in touch and classic flavors, while [...]
LG is the latest mobile entity to announce their own cloud storage offering, which will allow users to stream content to a smartphone, PC, or TV set. The cleverly named LG Cloud will launch in beta on May 1st and gets its own Android app that will automatically sync content from a user’s smartphone for [...]
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