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		<title>Android Apps Alert #87: Good games and likeable apps edition</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Each week, Androinica.com recaps new and updated Android apps that you may have missed or might enjoy. The apps are picked according to developer requests, user suggestions, and browsing the Android Market. To submit an app for review, send us a note on Twitter. Ring Dimmer Android 1.6 or higher $0.99 USD Ever set your ringer to low because you were at work, and then missed a call later because you forgot to raise the volume once you left the office? If you answer &#8216;yes&#8217; to that question, you might want to try out Ring Dimmer. By listening to your surroundings, Ring Dimmer knows what kind of volume to apply to the ringer. So if there&#8217;s just a little bit of light talking, the ringer will be low or normal. But if the phone picks up on car honking or music blasting, the ringer will be set to its maximum volume. There&#8217;s also a &#8220;Smart Vibrate&#8221; feature that adjusts vibration based on time of day and noise. Ring Dimmer is a niche product, but it&#8217;s worth a buck if you don&#8217;t want to constantly have to monitor your ringer settings. Saving Yello Saving Yello is sort of like Angry Birds. Really, sort of. Players pull back on a fish and launch him through obstacles in order to land in a fish bowl. Players earn extra points for sending Nemo&#8217;s buddy safely into his home without hitting the roof and doing so in as few attempts as possible. Some levels feature toys that the fish can destroy to earn more points. The game should be easily adaptable for anyone who enjoys physics-based games, and integration with OpenFeint sets-up competition to see who can rack up the most points and stars. The first 10 levels are free, but users will have to unlock the rest of the game for $1. Tongue Tied Android 2.2+ required $1.99 USD And while we&#8217;re on the subject of physics games, I think it&#8217;s safe to say that Tongue Tied is the best game in the genre that we&#8217;ve seen in a long time. Two dogs have their tongues tied together, which allows them to shoot forward to pick up bones, swing to different platforms, and reach spots that would otherwise be unavailable to a solo dog. Players of the game must figure out how to make the doggy duo swing to get treats and move safely through a range of obstacles. You&#8217;ll pick-up on some interesting moves along the way and quickly become entertained by the format of Tongue Tied. The game has 60 levels and 33 challenges to unlock more content. When you get really good at the game, you can push your top score higher by employing more difficult tricks. I haven&#8217;t approached that level of mastery yet, but the game has already proven to be quite fun. Likes Android 2.1+ required As Facebook braces for negativity as it undergoes some major changes, a new third-party app focuses on the positive. Likes is an explorer of your area that lists all of the nearby locations and things that your Facebook friends have liked. The app showcases all of the activities, products, places, and people favored by your social graph. Landmarks, theaters, night clubs, restaurants, and retailers are among the many &#8220;Places&#8221; categories available. You can then filter those likes according to locations within 0.3, 1, 5, or 25 miles. Unfortunately, Likes often fails to recognize locations. Three of my friends Like Sole Fly, a great sneaker store nearby, but Likes doesn&#8217;t show an address. Worse yet, dozens of the 2,000+ likes in that section seem to be nonsensical status updates and groups. The app isn&#8217;t a lost cause though, because the &#8220;More Likes&#8221; section shows books, magazines, music, sports, and products that your friends like. It can be a good way to find people to ask for advice or share activities, get insight into gift ideas, or just see what&#8217;s popular among your network. Likes allows users to filter within their network (city, college, etc.) or just Friends, and perform search terms. Cartoon Wars Android 2.2+ required Long ago, the Black and White Cartoon Tribe was subjugated by the Color Tribe. The BWCT&#8217;s revolted and waged war on the CT&#8217;s to win freedom for all in Cartoon World. The premise is a little heavier for what you&#8217;d expect from a game with fighting stick figures, but Cartoon Wars is a fun way to kill a few minutes here and there. The game focuses on real-time strategy battles between the two waring tribes. Players send units out to destroy the Color Tribe&#8217;s towers, fire arrows to protect their own, and send in reinforcements when the opposition proves too strong. Sending in more units requires &#8220;mana&#8221; (points) that players accumulate during gameplay, and the opposition must be destroyed in a certain amount of time. Cartoon Wars features weapons and infantry upgrades for better attacks and defenses. App Reviews &#038; News of the Week Anomaly Warzone Earth HD is a fun tower attack game [Video Game Reviews] Decide for Android tracks product ratings, compares prices, and tells you when to buy [App Reviews] Madden NFL 12 for Android gets price cut and goes for just 99 cents for limited time only Google Wallet appears in Android Market workaround for AT&#038;T and Verizon Galaxy Nexus, T-Mobile Nexus S Rhapsody launches Android tablet app for music streaming service Google updates Chrome to Phone &#038; Docs to improve appearance, fix bugs Rypple blends social feedback and workplace productivity in Android app, plans to integrate Salesforce in the future Team6 announces new FlatOut: Stuntman Android exclusive racing game Mint.com Android app adds tablet support for personal finance management Sky Go brings live TV streaming to select HTC and Samsung Android phones in the UK next month Waze adds Foursquare and Yelp, new look to Android navigation app ]]></description>
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		<title>Rhapsody launches Android tablet app for music streaming service</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Rhapsody streams your favorite music to your Android phone, Google TV, and even your Sonos player. Today, the company added Android tablets to the list thanks to a new tablet view designed specifically with 7 to 10-inch screens in mind. &#8220;We didn&#8217;t just resize Rhapsody – we re-imagined the entire experience for the tablet,&#8221; said Rhapsody CPO Brendan Benzing. The new Rhapsody tablet mode is a prime example of the cool things developers can do with a tablet. As expected, users can stream songs and build playlists or queues, but the larger screen allows them to do it without constantly pressing the back button. It&#8217;s also much easier to browse through a library because Rhapsody greets users with a screen showcasing featured content in three sections: New Releases; Popular artists, albums, and songs; and Suggestions for artists to listen to based on the music users have already added to their library. Rhapsody also has an action bar for the Browse, Features, My Music, Radio (stations built around an artist or genre), search, and control sections. A right panel shows the album cover art, playlist, and controls to play or skip back/forward. A homescreen widget is also included, but it could stand to larger than the 4]]></description>
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		<title>Rypple blends social feedback and workplace productivity in Android app, plans to integrate Salesforce in the future</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:46:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The annual performance review, which can determine if an employee gets a raise or merely gets to keep his or her job, isn&#8217;t the most optimal way to monitor performance. Why wait an entire year for bad habits or inefficient tactics to take hold when you could deliver critical feedback within days, hours, or even moments? Surely an employee will work better performance is reviewed sooner rather than later. Right? That&#8217;s where Rypple , a performance management service recently acquired by Salesforce, comes in. Rypple enables supervisors and employees to create clearly defined goals and discuss or rate the efforts that go into achieving said goals. And since so much of business is conducted on mobile phones today, Rypple has branched delivered a new Android app to manage teams and performance. &#8220;A huge amount of our traffic was already coming from [mobile phone browsers], so we realized we needed an app,&#8221; said Rypple VP of Product Management Maksim Ovsyannikov. &#8220;We kind of reached out to managers and end users to figure what was triggering their request to use the application from their mobile device. The answer was really simple: if you want recognition to be real-time, the only real way to do that is through mobile. Whether you&#8217;re on the run, in a meeting, or not at your desk at the time, which most of us aren&#8217;t always, it became necessary to support Android devices.&#8221; And so Rypple is now here to make feedback more frequent, consistent, and documented. The app creates a work center that a team or company joins and then focuses on collaboration and productivity in key areas. Social Goals are the objectives that employees work towards that managers can monitor in real-time. A supervisor can see when a specific goal is being worked on and when benchmarks are reached. Meaningful Recognition is when a manager acknowledges a goal has been achieved. There are badges created that seem a little over the top, but Rypple keeps track of these achievements over an extended period of time. Ovsyannikov tells us that this can come in handy when you&#8217;re looking for someone within the company who has certain skills, which may be validated by the recognition portfolio. Real-time feedback creates a dedicated space when employees can ask coworkers or supervisors questions, get tips on how to accomplish something, or be nudged away from potential mistakes. Continuous coaching has notes from meetings and goal tracking to monitor progress. Multi-channel access to Rypple from any kind of device, including the newsfeed that displays your progress and that of your co-workers. There&#8217;s also a tab to focus simply on your content or the goals to which you are connected. Rypple sees Android as a key part of plans to &#8220;transform the social feed into a productivity feed,&#8221; according to Ovsyannikov. That&#8217;s why the app incorporates features like photo sharing content and integrating with the calendar. In the future, the service could become even more powerful with integration to other services from Salesforce. When asked how the acquisition could expand Rypple&#8217;s capabilities on Android, Ovsyannikov had this to say: &#8220;Not yet, but it&#8217;s something we&#8217;re planning and building. There will be multiple integration points &#8211; some of the natural ones are Chatter and the service cloud and sales cloud of the CRM product. We have an integration of it in beta right now with an integration of Rypple recognition…it&#8217;s being used by a few customers already.&#8221; As for tablets, Rypple also has that in its plans. The current app was built for Android 2.1 and higher devices in mind because the company wants to focus on delivering a quality product for the high volume of users who already access Rypple on their mobile devices. A strategy for supporting tablet, be it through an HTML5 app wrapped in a native container or a tablet-specific app built from the ground-up, has yet to be determined. Rypple is available for free in the Android Market. It requires accounts that range from free with basic capabilities, Premium for $5, and Phenomenal for $9 per month. More information on the features and structure of these accounts are available at  Rypple.com . ]]></description>
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		<title>Motorola Xyboard – Strange name, solid tablet, serious contender? [Tablet Review]</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I&#8217;m going to skip talking about the Xyboard name for as long as I can. Ok. The name is ridiculous; I&#8217;m moving on. As Verizon&#8217;s newest tablet, the Xyboard has a lot of weight on its shoulders from the Xoom and Galaxy 10.1 debuts. Motorola has certainly impressed me recently, but can their smartphone success translate into tablet success? Is this a worthy successor to a less-than-one-year old tablet? If you&#8217;re looking for a 4G LTE tablet, absolutely, and here&#8217;s why. Hardware The look and feel of the Xyboard is one of Motorola&#8217;s highest efforts over the past few months. With shaved corners and a very thin exterior, the Xyboard feels almost like an 8&#8243; tablet. Unlike the Xoom, the frame is solidly constructed throughout and it can rival the Galaxy 10.1 for thinness, though it is heavier than the Galaxy 10.1. Thanks to Motorola&#8217;s consistent foresight in adding a mini-HDMI output, you can play the Xyboard on your big screen which you can&#8217;t with the Galaxy 10.1. The rest of the Xyboard&#8217;s exterior is minimalistic with a black/silver aluminum frame and a power and volume rocker on the back instead of the sides of the device. I do like what Motorola does with these buttons, and I definitely think this is a more natural positioning for your hand. However, the buttons are too flush with the back and don&#8217;t offer a satisfying click whenever they&#8217;re pressed so you may miss them or not press them if you&#8217;re not paying close attention. Screen/Camera The high-res screen is beautiful, as it should be, but I didn&#8217;t think it was anything overly spectacular. It could get very bright, but the automatic brightness wasn&#8217;t the most intelligent sensor so I was stuck with a blinding light while reading at night. Unlike the RAZR but similar to every other tablet I&#8217;ve tried, the screen can get very smudgy. I was wiping it off with a cleaner every other day just to make it look respectable. The colors and overall screen seem better than my Transformer too. With the camera, I have been fairly impressed with Motorola&#8217;s latest offerings. You don&#8217;t expect to have the greatest camera on a tablet, but on the Xyboard it is more than serviceable.  The photos can speak for themselves: ]]></description>
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		<title>Mint.com Android app adds tablet support for personal finance management</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Mint.com ranks as one of the best personal finance management services around. I said as much when I first reviewed the Mint.com Android app back in 2010, and I&#8217;m more convinced of it now. Especially since the company announced today that users can add Android tablets to the list of devices on which they can monitor the bills and bank accounts. An update to the Mint.com app has added support for Android Honeycomb tablets. The new app is optimized for larger screens and adds the convenience of a touch-friendly mobile app rather than asking users to visit the site through their browser. The same features are available, just in a better-looking format. Organize accounts &#8211; Mint links with your credit cards, checking/savings accounts, and investments to provide a snapshot of your financial picture. The app can only view accounts, not make transfers or payments, so this is strictly a monitoring tool. Track spending &#8211; Members can create a budget organized by category and spending limits, then import transactions from their accounts to ensure that they are sticking to it. You can also manually enter cash transactions. Financial insight - the app shows detailed graphs that show where you spend money, and can be narrowed to a specific period. You can also search for a specific transaction or purchases made within a category, tag, or merchant. Alerts and updates - Mint can set-up reminders to pay bills, recent account balances, and notify you when large transactions take place. Head over to the Android Market and sign-up for a Mint account to start using the service if you haven&#8217;t already. Accounts are free. ]]></description>
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		<title>Waze adds Foursquare and Yelp, new look to Android navigation app</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:51:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The Waze Android GPS app has a new look and a new live integration with social apps to better connect with events and happenings in an area. The just-announced Waze 3.0 update has stripped down to a more minimalist UI that focuses on the road. The previous version of the app had more of a cartoonish look, but the map has been toned down slightly to display in a more traditional map view. (Fret not, it&#8217;s not all business.) The cutesy icons from the top and bottom have been stripped and the core functions are now available through one of two buttons. Slide from left to right to search for an address, place, or person; see your favorites or search history; or do a voice search to trigger navigation. Tapping the left button brings up reports, My Waze section, and sharing to Facebook or email. Users can also slide right to left to send reports of traffic moderate, heavy, or standstill traffic jams. Tapping on the right button brings up the ability to report an accident, police presence, problems with a map or roadway, chat, or check in. The &#8220;check in&#8221; is to Foursquare, which allows users to immediately check-in once they have arrived at the location. That is one of the ways in which Waze 3.0 imports social networks. Someone searching for &#8220;Chinese food&#8221; can see nearby restaurants, but that doesn&#8217;t tell users anything about food quality. Sliding the bottom bar on the results page can take a user to see Yelp star ratings for that establishment. It would be better if the app allowed users to actually go to the restaurant&#8217;s Yelp page to learn more about specific dishes, price, or atmosphere, but this is still a useful tool to have. Waze also has a Foursquare tab that shows how many people are checked-in to a venue and which locations have Foursquare specials. Android 2.0 and higher users get more out of Waze 3.0. The app has a My Waze feature that keeps stats of how a user fares in the gamification/contest aspects of Waze, pre-programs Home and Work locations, and provides live feedback on the best routes to take when driving. The iPhone version has had these features for a few months, so here&#8217;s a quick video filmed by Robert Scoble showing how it works. You can download the Android version for free from the Android Market. ]]></description>
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		<title>Android Apps Alert #86: TurboTax, ESPN, Steam, 1Weather, and more</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:55:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ January&#8217;s almost over and this is the first Android Apps Alert of 2012. Madness, I know, but things kept moving even while we were away dealing with CES and other things. App makers must have had their fingers hovering over the publish button because there have been plenty of apps and games released recently, so here&#8217;s a tidy little round-up of a few that you may want to grab. 1Weather Limited to high-end Android devices (support varies) Radar weather works on in United States As far as weather apps go, it would be easier for me to list how many options aren&#8217;t available than to write down which ones can be on your screen at the moment. If you previously yearned for a minimalist widget that showed the date, weather highs and lows for the day, you&#8217;ve got another style to scratch off the list. 1Weather has an understated 2]]></description>
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		<title>Toshiba Thrive 7 Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Bigger is better. Well, unless we&#8217;re talking about the Toshiba Thrive. While we had a mostly favorable review of the &#8220;Honeycomb Hulk,&#8221; certain elements of the design were a bit awkward. Months after the original Thrive&#8217;s release, Toshiba hits a little closer to the mark with the Toshiba Thrive 7. Playing Bruce Banner to the Honeycomb Hulk, the Thrive 7 has a more sensible build, is more palm-friendly, and makes more sense to own if a user doesn&#8217;t need the full 10-inch screen of a tablet. What&#8217;s less clear is if the Thrive should be considered over the Galaxy Tab 7, Amazon Kindle Fire, and host of other 7-inch screens. How does the Toshiba Thrive 7 stack up when compared to other devices in its class? There&#8217;s only one way to find out, so let&#8217;s get  to it. HARDWARE Toshiba copied the basic design philosophy from the original Thrive and created a mini-me for the 7-inch version of the Android tablet. The Thrive 7 is a long black slab with round corners and a front-facing camera made more distinct thanks to a metal half-circle wrapped around it. The back has a rubber grip texture, though this style is smoother and flatter than the larger ridges we noticed on the original Thrive. It also has the NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor that chugs along nicely and opens users up to a higher class of mobile gaming. The Thrive 7 has a 7-inch LED touchscreen. Other display types typically garner more praise for their array of colors, but the 7&#8242;s high resolution (1280 x 800) on a smaller screen looks fantastic. The downside is that you can&#8217;t do much watching since battery life was suspect. I managed to watch an episode and a half of American Pickers on Netflix before the 7 took a big battery hit, and web browsing and reading activities didn&#8217;t seem to last as long as other tablets do. For leisure activities like reading books in transit or browsing apps on the couch, you&#8217;ll be fine, but things get dodgy if you are out and about for extended periods of time. * 16 to 32 GB of internal memory and a chance to expand with micro SD * The device can be held in one hand comfortable and is very portable, which is excellent for readers and travelers. * MicroSD, mini USB, and micro HDMI ports provide more options for connecting devices and expanding memory. That means more entertainment options than you might get with other devices. * While the original Thrive put speakers on both sides of the device for its &#8220;stereo&#8221; effect, the 7 has both speakers at the bottom in portrait and right in landscape, which often get blocked by the hand. * Battery life is disappointing. CAMERA Toshiba offers a 2 MP front-facing camera and a 5 MP rear camera with flash. You won&#8217;t win any photography awards with either, especially since the camera takes so long that your subject may have moved already. You&#8217;re looking at a 3-5 second delay from pressing the button to the picture actually being snapped. You can still capture images in decent lighting to showcase, or have a video chat while sitting in an airport lounge, but photo-taking is not this device&#8217;s strong suit. The rear camera isn&#8217;t very good, but it gets the job done. Just be sure to watch where you put your hands because of camera placement. The lens is near the top or left of the device depending on orientation, so the natural way to hold a tablet in landscape will cause a user&#8217;s hands to block the lens. Either keep your hand at the bottom of the device or record with one hand (it&#8217;s light enough to permit that kind of operation.) SOFTWARE Little has changed about the smaller Thrive&#8217;s software since we last reviewed the larger version. The 7 is running Android 3.2 and has the stable of standard Google Mobile apps that have been built with tablets in mind. The difference is that Toshiba toned down the amount of pre-loaded software that bloated the larger Thrive. The 7 still has pre-installed apps, but they are limited to a few card and board games, Kaspersky Security, Need for Speed Shift, and Printer Share. I would have preferred to see even those left off, but at least Toshiba slimmed down more than just the physical design of the 7. On the plus-side, the Thrive 7 has standard, regular, no sugar-added Honeycomb 3.2. Most of the other 7-inch tablets we&#8217;ve seen have been heavily customized. While that&#8217;s not automatically a bad thing, it&#8217;s good to know that people who prefer stock Android have an option. Aside from a few awkward attempts to unlock the device while it slowly switched between portrait and landscape, it was a smooth ride. We can&#8217;t speak to upgrades regarding Ice Cream Sandwich because there&#8217;s no official word on it, but fingers are crossed that Toshiba will provide an upgrade. CONCLUSION So what&#8217;s the bottom line on the Toshiba Thrive 7? On the surface, it&#8217;s a solid 7-inch tablet that has better gaming options than the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7, but it&#8217;s tough to say that its really a better buy with the weaker battery life. The Thrive 7 tries to make up for shorter battery life with a longer features list: more port and storage options that are great, a well-performing screen, and a comfortable feel. The person who buys this tablet must be someone who tries the Galaxy Tab 7 and finds some flaw that pushes them into the arms of the Thrive. (He or she might actually be better served with that device.) While the original Thrive was a clunky piece of hardware with enough strong points to overlook those shortcomings, the Thrive 7 offers some of the same awkwardness with more comfort. If you don&#8217;t care about cameras on a tablet and keep a charger handy, you&#8217;ll enjoy your time with the Thrive 7. ]]></description>
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		<title>Is the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 The Right Size For Me? [Tablet Review]</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:11:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ With the proliferation of Android tablets on the market in the past year with specs ranging from cheap to spectacular, the decision to buy a tablet is becoming almost automatic. Now choosing which one is the right fit for you is much more complex. While most companies started with making a direct competitor to the iPad, Samsung was the first to focus on a different strategy, bringing their Galaxy Tab line to different sizes targeting very different user profiles. But which one is right for you? I&#8217;m among those who found Samsung&#8217;s first foray into e-Reader 7&#8243; territory with the original Galaxy Tab and its excellent successor the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus (expertly reviewed here at Androinica) too small for my overall usage, but I know there&#8217;s lots of people, my wife included, who think that around 10&#8243; is too big outside of the house and sometimes inside as well. If thinking in between, you&#8217;re about to have another option with the CES announced Galaxy Tab 7.7 4G LTE , but after a couple of weeks of considerable use to get a good feel for it, I&#8217;m going to make the case for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 being a great all-purpose size that could be just right. The slick and classy look and finish are consistent with the other recent releases in the Tab lineup, other than the bottom speaker placement, on both sides of the Samsung connector. It looks great and has a nice feel to it, and while the display isn&#8217;t quite as spectacular as the Super AMOLED Plus, the TFT does look great for all the videos, text and games that will find their way onto your device. I&#8217;m not going to focus on the specs in this review, because they are very similar to the other form factors except for the size. You won&#8217;t be sacrificing anything in power and it stacks up very well with its big brother. There is a hardware volume rocker, 3.5mm headset jack, power button, microphone, 2-megapixel front-facing camera, and a 3.2-megapixel rear auto-focus camera with a single LED flash. Available in 16GB or 32GB, white or grey, WiFi only or 4G LTE, you have a few customization options before you even pick one up. Dimensions (W x H x D) 9.1 x 6.2 x .34 inches 230.9 x 157.8 x 8.6 mm Weight 15.8 oz. 453 grams As thin as the other 2011 Tabs or the iPad2, and around 3/4 of the weight, you feel a difference immediately when you pick it up. ]]></description>
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		<title>Look it up on Official Wikipedia for Android [App Review]</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:14:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ As Wikipedia comes online again after their anti-SOPA blackout day this week, you can now access it directly through Wikimedia&#8217;s official new app for Android. While it was functional in the mobile-optimized site in the browser, we now have access to their entire 20 million multilingual crowd-sourced encyclopedic articles in a cleaner interface. While there had already been dozens of third-party apps that were doing it for us, its nice to see them finally bringing their app to life on Android. The home screen has the search bar at the top middle ready for your query, and the results are already lightning fast on WiFi and 3G. So for the main use of the app, they&#8217;ve done a great job. The results are laid out similarly to the mobile browser version with the intro and main subheadings listed and you click to expand the section you&#8217;re interested in. I found it scrolled a little smoother than it sometimes did in the browser, and expanded better. They also make use of the rest of the real estate to add some of the same information you&#8217;d see on the language-specific homepage in the desktop browser version. Today&#8217;s Featured Article is immediately viewable, letting you learn something new every day. Scroll down further and you see their In The News. They don&#8217;t have everything from the browser-based page, but I&#8217;d hazard a guess that 99%+ of the time users will be coming here to search, and the Featured Article is just an interesting bonus. Bring up the menu button and you have a few additional options including: Read in.. . to change to any of their 280 available languages Nearby to see any available Wikis on a map view of your local area, like you can on Google Maps. History to see your recent searches Save Page/Saved Pages to let you keep it local on your device Share uses standard Android sharing, but is buried in the More&#8230; menu option. There&#8217;s no reason this couldn&#8217;t be The app is small, light and free &#8211; exactly what you&#8217;re looking for in this sort of app. If they could make this the default handler for Wiki links and make sharing immediately accessible it would get the full 5 stars. Wiki contributors may also be disappointed that you can&#8217;t edit from the app, but I&#8217;m sure when enough of you start asking they&#8217;ll look into adding this functionality. For all the parents out there, now you never need to answer &#8220;I don&#8217;t know&#8221; to your kids&#8217; questions! I had already been using Wikipedia extensively with my toddler son, but now it makes things that much faster and easier. Download it now in the Market and get the answers to all the questions in your life! ]]></description>
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		<title>TuneIn Radio adds Car Mode with voice search</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ TuneIn Radio has added a new feature designed to keep your hands off your phone and on the wheel when driving. The latest update enables a Car Mode that delivers hands-free controls for playing music and switching radio stations. TuneIn Radio is an Android app that pulls in live streams from radio stations across the United States, including local music stations, BBC, NPR, and select satellite broadcasters. So if you&#8217;re someone in Buffalo who would rather listen to LITE FM in Miami, the app can play that station and even record it (recording requires $0.99 pro version of app). Instead of fumbling with one hand to navigate the app while driving, TuneIn can now respond to voice commands. That same person in Buffalo can just tap a voice search button once and say &#8220;Play LITE FM&#8221; and the app will begin streaming from the station. It can also search for a station likely to play a particular artist. Say &#8220;Listen to Eminem&#8221; and the app will start streaming a station with Eminem in its playlist. Car Mode focuses in on Presets, Recently played stations, and Recommended stations. It also differs depending on your software. On my HTC EVO (Android 2.3) it has four easy-to-access tabs, but it merely goes into landscape mode on my Galaxy Nexus (Android 4.0). It can still do voice search, but the button is in the top right corner and small, severely diminishing the convenience factor. Download TuneIn Radio from the Android Market for free. Not all radio stations are included because of broadcast restrictions, so keep that in mind if your favorite station isn&#8217;t available in the app. ]]></description>
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		<title>ASUS Transformer Prime Review: greatness disguise sold separately</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:44:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Spoiler alert: the ASUS Transformer Prime is the best Android tablet that money can buy. It’s usually considered bad form to give away the conclusion of a review in the opening paragraph, but there&#8217;s no use in trying to mask the obvious. I could tease you for 1000 words and go on about how this device supercharges an already formidable Honeycomb tablet, but we&#8217;d eventually reach the same conclusion &#8211; the ASUS Transformer Prime is the optimal Android tablet. Yes, that pun was completely intentional. Let&#8217;s take a look at the device. HARDWARE &#038; GAMING ASUS took everything that was good about the original Transformer tablet and elevated the Prime to be more premium and polished. The latest form-changer is thinner and has an aluminum back with a circular pattern that shines when the light hits it. Available in multiple colors, the aluminum build feels a lot better to touch than the grip texture on the Toshiba Thrive or the plastic posterior of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 . The edges are sharper and less round than those other devices, so the Prime doesn’t feel as good when held in portrait. And just like the original Transformer, the Prime benefits from an optional dock that turns the device into an Android-powered pseudo-laptop. (Unfortunately, we were unable to secure a dock for review purposes, so we’ll try to circle back in the future and update this post.) The Transformer Prime has the distinction of being the first quad-core tablet running NVIDIA Tegra 3. The revamped architecture that we’ve detailed before gives the tablet an extended battery life (12 hours) and better performance thanks to a more efficient way of completing tasks. Best of all, it really advances the gaming capabilities of what’s previously been available in Android. Most impressive were the games that I’ve seen for the first time, namely Bladeslinger. The monsters-meets-Western slash and shoot game is just a preview version, but it’s already stellar in terms of scenery and elementary action. Comparing existing games helps point out the bump in quality. Riptide GP has been one of my favorite games to play on Tegra 2 devices, but seeing what Tegra 3 is capable of knocked me off my imaginary jet ski. The increased computing power, lighting effects, and graphics rendering makes it possible to have more realistic wave movements and a top speed mode that draws in players. I had my doubts when NVIDIA said that people would notice that big of a difference with how water splashes when they’re busy trying to race in Riptide, but my eyes did pick up on the blur effects and improved rendering. I noticed similar upgrades when comparing how Shadowgun looks on my current tablet and how the explosions and opponents have more details and capabilities on the Prime. Solid specs of 1 GB memory, 32 &#8211; 64 GB internal storage, and ports for micro HDMI, microSD, and an optional keyboard dock that extends standard battery life from 12 hours to 18 hours. Dock sold separately for $149. 10.1-inch Super IPS+ screen with Gorilla Glass and 1280 x 800 resolution. Images look crisp, video playback is great, and there are many modes for customizing brightness. And this baby is bright . The colors look great as long as you don’t turn on Power Saver mode, which reduces color diversity to conserve energy. That Super IPS+ setting will tear through battery like nobody&#8217;s business after a while. I wouldn&#8217;t recommend reading books outdoors unless you have an outlet nearby. Some early reports suggest that there are some GPS bugs that may need to be addressed in a software update. Has a locked bootloader, so it&#8217;s not as hack-friendly as some other Wi-Fi tablets. A campaign has been started to urge ASUS to unlock it, but be advised that you may have to wait on a workaround before you&#8217;re able to load custom ROM&#8217;s. SonicMaster technology creates crisp sounding audio&#8230;on one side. The speaker is placed in a terrible spot, leading to audio being pumped from the right/bottom. SOFTWARE It’s not all fun and games; the Transformer Prime has some twists to Honeycomb to add to your experience with apps. The Prime has a slightly tweaked version of Android 3.2 with promises for an upgrade to 4.0 at an unannounced date. There’s a custom toggle switcher to change between IPS/Super IPS+ modes, change into power savers, and turn on auto-rotate, Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth. Users can revert to the stock app switcher, and there aren’t as many heavy changes that we’ve seen in devices from other manufacturers. Instead, ASUS focuses on apps and widgets that enhance the software without cutting too deep into Honeycomb. The best of those widgets is MyZine, an almost full-screen pack that shows images from a chosen folder; a browser and music thumbnail; a weather snapshot; and a dashboard showing the number of unread emails, events, and books stored on the device. These aren’t earth-moving features, but they are simple and offer sensible utility. Pre-installed software includes: App Backup – an app that creates backups of the apps installed App Locker – a tool to password protect select apps File Manager – the name says it all; the app is surprisingly decent My Cloud/Vibe/Webstorage – a trio of apps that provide cloud-based storage for your media and documents. It also provides links to Internet radio stations and content stored on your PC/Mac. My Library – An e-reading app that is pretty bad. Skip this and just download Aldiko, Google Books, Kindle, Nook, or one of the many other options. Polaris Office – A great mobile Microsoft Office suite SuperNote – a note-taking app for gestures or keyboard entry Zinio – A magazine reading app The software is overall favorable, but there are definitely noticeable hiccups. In my testing of the Prime over the past two weeks, I’ve experienced multiple instances of excessive lag when switching orientation or slow responses to launch. I’ve experienced the same problem occasionally on the Galaxy Tab 10.1, so this is an issue that Android just can’t seem to shake. One would think that Tegra 3 would add some kind of computing power to stamp out the slow response times once and for all, but that’s simply not the case. CAMERA Tablet cameras are typically ”meh” because the use-case for them doesn’t require much. That didn’t stop ASUS from upgrading the Prime to an 8 megapixel camera with LED flash on the rear of the device. The photos and videos captured are of good quality, which is a sign of respect from someone who rates a rear camera as one of the least important things about a tablet. The front-facing camera, which is more likely to be used and thus more important, surprisingly didn’t see much of a boost. It’s still a 1.3 megapixel camera that isn’t as smooth or crisp as the rear lens obviously, but it’s good enough for the occasions when you’ll be video chatting. I had a video chat sitting next to a lamp in a poorly lit room and the other person on the line had no trouble seeing me. Here are a few samples CONCLUSION The opening paragraph already confirmed your suspicions that the ASUS Transformer Prime is the best Android tablet currently on the market. The question is: is it the best for you? At $499 for the 32 GB version and $149 for the dock, you’re close to spending the same amount of money that you would on a laptop. That’s a lot to ask, especially with the original Transformer costing $100 less for the base model, and other Android tablets starting go on sale for less. Yes, the Prime offers a premium experience that surpasses others, but it’s tough to say that paying that premium is worth it. While the dock may be the main draw of the Transformer Prime, I’d say that the tablet is definitely worth a purchase if you’re tablet hunting. The Prime is the best Android device for gaming, should have a longer shelf life thanks to the Tegra 3 processor, and has a great screen that should fare better than its rivals in most situations. Like any device, there are areas in need of improvement. However, there are fewer things to change – or transform, if you will – in the pursuit of a phenomenal tablet. Comments Comments by ASUS Transformer Prime Review: greatness disguise sold separately ]]></description>
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		<title>Koush’s Tether Alpha adds USB tethering WITHOUT requiring root or tether plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Around these parts, we&#8217;re big fans of Koushik Data, a CyanogenMod team member and developer of great Android things like ROM Manager and Clockwork Mod . Unlike the previously mentioned features, the latest innovation from &#8220;Koush&#8221; doesn&#8217;t require root. ClockworkMod Tether is an alpha application that enables wireless tethering on Android devices. The difference between this and most other solutions is that it: 1 &#8211; Doesn&#8217;t require the phone to be rooted 2 &#8211; Doesn&#8217;t require a monthly tethering plan from your carrier 3 &#8211; Will supposedly not be detectable by carriers thanks to a workaround to be implemented In his Google+ post announcing the app, which is still in testing and seeking constructive feedback on issues that you may run into, Koush says ClockworkMod Tether &#8220;should work with any carrier and phone, and is not blockable or detectable by carriers.&#8221; To get started, user only need download and run a Mac, Linux, or Windows application. The desktop client is required to function, and will initiate set-up on both the computer and phone. Download links are available at Koush&#8217;s Google+ post . I just tested on a Mac OSX laptop on a non-rooted Galaxy Nexus and it worked without a hitch. Start-up was a little slow, but I was soon browsing the web. The tethering app, which is not final, even provides a running clock to warn users how much data they are downloading and uploading while tethering. (Your normal data caps will still apply.) [ Google+ ] via Reddit Comments Comments Related Stories Android Apps Alert #85: Winter Wake Up, Star Wars: Republic, and more Steam for Android shows when gamer friends are online, lists specials from store Redux TV delivers curated, leanback viewing experience for Google TV [App Reviews] ]]></description>
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		<title>Android Apps Alert #85: Winter Wake Up, Star Wars: Republic, and more</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Happy New Year, everybody! This will be the last edition of Android Apps Alert published in the year 2011. It was a prolific year for the Android Market, which underwent more changes than we have time to recount, and we&#8217;re happy to see the constant stream of new Android apps available for our phones and tablets. However, the stream was a little soft this week as development has slowed during the post-Christmas, pre-CES lull. Here are a few new and noteworthy apps that you may want to grab anyway. Old Republic Security Key Android 2.1+ required Star Wars: Old Republic debuted this week, and this is probably the first time that you&#8217;ve come up for air since you got your hands on the new MMORPG. Fans of Old Republic spend a great deal of time and money on quests in the game, and they want to ensure that their investment remains in tact and secure. With the Old Republic app, users can get a two-stage verification that prevents their accounts from being accessed without approval. The app creates a one-time keycode that acts as a secondary security layer to keep your game info protected. Winter Wake Up Android 2.1+ required Ever woke up at your scheduled time only to discover that there&#8217;s a mountain of snow that needs to be moved before you can get your car on the road? Download Winter Wake Up and avoid the weather delays. Winter Wake Up (WWU from here on out) works by taking asking users what time they wake up and how much extra time they would need under heavy snow or frost. The app then intelligently monitors local weather conditions, as determined by GPS, and wakes users up earlier. So if it snows overnight and you need 20 minutes to shovel or de-frost the windshield, WWU rings the alarm at 6:20 instead of 6:40 AM. There&#8217;s even a feature that says, &#8220;Don&#8217;t bother to wake me&#8221; if conditions are really bad, but be careful about that one. Your job may still require some sort of notification that you aren&#8217;t coming in. via  TechCrunch Free New Years Live Wallpaper Android 2.2 required I&#8217;m sure we&#8217;re all hoping that the Mayans were wrong, but either way, it&#8217;s time to party like it&#8217;s  1999 2012! The Free New Years Live Wallpaper offers glowing live wallpapers with multiple themes and effects to bring in the new year. Your wallpaper may be a purple-and-orange Statue of Liberty one minute, but it could just as easily be fireworks exploding over parties celebrating the new year. Download the free app and get ready for a new beginning (or end depending on what you believe). Ancestry.com Android 2.1+ required Phone and tablet compatible Ancestry.com is a popular resource for researching, creating, and maintaining a family tree. The official Android app that debuted recently makes it possible to do that from a phone. Ancestry.com can show your existing tree or start a new one, so users can add or delete people and events (Sometimes, you need to prune your family members apparently.) The app includes zooming in/out, search, profile info for family members, and viewing historical documents that may provide clues about your family history. Light Flow LED Android 2.2+ required Free Lite, $1.99 premium Light Flow tweaks how the LED notification light operates. So instead of seeing a standard flashing light for all notifications, it shows green when a text message comes in, white when a new email arrives, purple for a calendar reminder, or red for a missed call. Users can customize colors so they know what type of notification comes in. Purchase the premium $1.99 app and you&#8217;ll get more notification options for specific apps like Facebook, Foursquare, Kik, Skype, Tweetdeck, Twitter, WhatsApp, and more. Able Remote Android 1.6+ required ,  Google TV required A couple of weeks ago, I reviewed a free  Android app called Able Remote , an interesting remote for Google TV that controls the TV and accessories. (It even uses voice commands.) There&#8217;s also a page that bookmarks common apps for easy access. The latest version of Able Remote now allows users to customize that page. After purchasing a $0.99 in-app upgrade, users will be able to select which Google TV apps are bookmarked so they can get to them with a couple of taps rather than going through the entire menu. There&#8217;s also new graphics, editable buttons, and improved on-screen caller ID. ]]></description>
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		<title>Redux TV delivers curated, leanback viewing experience for Google TV [App Reviews]</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:57:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Google TV is not a cord cutters one stop solution because resistance from networks and online video providers makes it so. However, the recent addition of Android apps has unlocked more video options other than YouTube and vimeo. Redux TV is a clever Google TV app for users looking to fill in programming gaps with noteworthy online video. Redux TV doesn&#8217;t hunt down television shows or online web series. Instead, it crawls the web for interesting videos, documentaries, and displays them in channels centered around a certain topic. For instance, the Tech channel has TED talks and interviews by Digg founder Kevin Rose. The Dress Code channel is all about fashion, home life, and style; Caught on Tape has unbelievable home video and closed-caption clips; Adrenaline is about extreme sports; Underground Comedy has funny skits, Music Backstage has performances and behind-the-scenes footage; and Street Level has documentaries on subcultures and interviews with tastemakers. All channels on Redux are curated by a humans, an interesting change of pace from the algorithm-driven apps that have passed through Androinica HQ in recent months. On some channels, like Tech and Dress Code, it&#8217;s a winning formula because there&#8217;s a steady stream of great content that would appeal to all viewers. That&#8217;s not always the case with Comedy and Music channels because both artforms are so subjective. What curators find funny may make me laugh, but it may be a massive dud for others. Likewise, bands featured on the Music channel may lead me to do a lot of skipping while you&#8217;re still enthralled with a concert performance. The curated stream of Redux is a risky but overall favorable strategy. Redux TV focuses on pressing play and leaning back to not put in any effort. Would it be nice to be able to find specific videos or have a central navigation menu? Sure. But then it would just be another YouTube. Instead, Redux goes out and finds interesting online videos, skits, short films, and docuseries that will keep your Google TV constantly broadcasting entertainment. Comments Comments by Redux TV delivers curated, leanback viewing experience for Google TV [App Reviews] ]]></description>
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