Saturday, February 5, 2011

Samsung TV Remote App Now Available for all Android 2.1+ Devices

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We’ve got word that the fabulous Samsung TV Remote App that’s been in Samsung Apps for a while now on Galaxy S / Galaxy Tab is now available for all Android devices version 2.1 and higher. We’re having mixed results, however, and wonder if this announcement came just a bit too early. The App is indeed appearing in the Android Marketplace (where it was not appearing at all whatsoever in the past,) but does not appear on several of our non-Galaxy devices.






























This app is one you can use by connecting through Wifi to your brand new TV that accepts such a connection. You’ll be able to use your remote app’s on-screen QWERTY keyboard, control settings, and run Samsung Apps on your TV. A four-way directional pad is another control you can use, and televisions included in this neat project are thus, as listed by Samsung: “including the LED C6500 series and higher, the LCD C650 series and higher, and the Plasma C6500 series and higher.  It will also support select 2011 smart TVs.”
The image above is what the app will look like to you in the Android Marketplace if you’re able to see it. Once you download it, or if you’re unable to see the app in the market, let us know below – we’re interested in which phones this app works with.
Samsung Continuum – Yes
LG Optimus U – No
Samsung Nexus S – No
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CyanogenMod 7 Gingerbread Now on Galaxy Tab

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The day has come, after so much waiting. Oh you didn’t expect this day to ever come? Perhaps you expected the Samsung Galaxy Tab to remain in Android 2.2 mode forever? How would you like to turn on some Android 2.3.2 Gingerbread lights in your lovely little Tab? Lucky you, Technomancer of XDA Forums has posted a path to CyanogenMod 7 for Galaxy Tab bringing you all the tasty Gingerbread your heart could desire.
 
Most of the basic functions appear to be working on this build, and the developer(s) working on this project are making pretty frequent updates. Any help in continuing to develop this hack is appreciated, so says Technomancer. If you plan on attempting to make this version of CyanogenMod work on your Galaxy Tab, you do so at your own risk, and any bricking, blasting, or melting will be attributed to you alone. That said, head over to the XDA thread for this mod and have some fun!


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Galaxy S 2 Specs Leaked Specs from SamFirmware

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As you might already know, we’ve had some earlier possible specs leaked here and there on this long awaited followup to last years heavily successful Galaxy S line. This new phone has just today had a brand new set of specs leaked to the folks at SamFirmware – these are above and beyond the possible 4.3 inch or 4.5 inch screen and Orion Dual-core processor on board featuring 1.0 GHz or 1.2 GHz of power. What’s not known for certain is the rest. Let’s take a look.
What’s been told today is the following: Screensize : 4.3” or 4.5′, Super Amoled Plus screen, 8 Megapixel camera on the back with LED flash, 1.3 Megapixel camera on the front, Sd support of up to 32 GB, an Orion Dual Core 1.0 or 1.2 GHZ processor, Android 2.3 Gingerbread, Bluetooth 3.0, coded as Samsung I9100, and it includes the future of mobile computing : NFC chip inside.
And that’s about it! We’re still unsure of what the device will look like, what colors it might be (black,) or essentially anything else. Are you excited? We are so very excited. And ALSO it appears more than likely that this phone will be released at Mobile World Congress 2011, which we will definitely be at, bringing this info to you live.
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Angry Birds Valentines Expansion Called “Hogs and Kisses

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If you’re a fan of Angry Birds, and you know we are when we’re not feeling cynical, you’re pretty pumped up about the oncoming expansion to be released on Valentine’s Day. Very little has been known about this project, which up until this moment has been called “Pink.” What we know now, thanks to out best buddy Ina Fried, is that this Angry Birds expansion is called “Hogs and Kisses,” comes in HD for iPad (and hopefully something similar for Honeycomb,) as well as its standard Android and iPhone/iPod Touch versions, and apparently it’ll be out sooner than expected – next week soon!










We DID think it was a bit strange to release a holiday themed expansion for a game the day of the holiday – the feeling of warmth in your heart would only last one day! So this move does make a whole lotta sense. As you can see in the game, it appears to be essentially the same situation as we’ve had in previous expansion, the backgrounds of course different, and falling hearts (or floating hearts?) instead of the leaves or snow of previous holidays. There are some new bits, it seems, including wings attached to blocks, flying pigs with bows and arrows, and a few new bonus hearts (these being the same as pumpkins or presents in previous versions.) Also there’s cloud blocks, which we assume will work similar to snow blocks in their floatiness and ease in breaking. Check out the high-res gallery of screenshots below:






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HTC Inspire 4G Presale at Radio Shack

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Radio Shack has announced that today they’ll be offering the HTC Inspire 4G for preorder. This phone will cost $99 attached to a 2 year agreement, and those who take the bait for this offer will also be granted a $30 credit toward accessories for the phone. What will that buy? Maybe a cloth to wipe off fingerprints? Perhaps a new microSD card with 2GB of space?
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AT&T Still Doesn’t Like Sideloading: Will Not Be Possible on HTC Inspire

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The above picture, captured by Android Central, confirms our suspicions: Much as with the Motorola Backflip and several of their other Android offerings, AT&T is not allowing the installing of non-market apps. As those of you with Android phones are probably aware, there is usually an option on the above screen that has the choice to “Allow installation of non-Market applications.” As you can see, this choice is not given on the HTC Inspire. Thankfully, there are other options available to those who are looking to sideload apps. We’re not surprised, but we’re sad to see that AT&T hasn’t reconsidered the limitations they’re putting on their users.
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Dell Venue coming unlocked February 18 for $499

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Looking to get your Dell Venue on? Looks like you’ll be able to get it direct from Dell for $49.99. The price gets you one unlocked Venue.
This phone has just a touch of it’s sister running Windows Phone 7, and comes with:
  • Android 2.2
  • 4.1-inch WVGA touchscreen
  • 8 megapixel camera
  • 1 GHz processor
  • 512 MB of RAM
  • Wi-Fi
  • GPS
  • 3G
  • Bluetooth 2.1
Are you planning on grabbing this little baby? Be sure to let us know in the comments.
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Fring Updates Android App

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In a posting on their blog, Fring has announced that they have updated their Android application to improve the quality of video and regular calls using their service.  The above video is the app running on the Nexus S, which touts "enhanced" support with Fring.
Here are the highlights of the new update from the posting on Fring's blog:
  • NEW Notifications – Now you get all fring updates right to your home screen/ notification bar so you never miss a call, chat or other fring event
  • FRESH Activity log – all your fring activities are listed in 1 activity log – calls, new friends, chats, video calls, history, system messages…
  • IMPROVED Audio – major audio improvements on Jitter buffer so your calls are smoother
  • ENHANCED Nexus S support – you lucky enough to have this bad boy? Video call us and show us it in action
  • TASTY Gingerbread support (Android 2.3) – yum.


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Friday, February 4, 2011

HTC Inspire 4G system dump available

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New phones always means new goodies for developers and hackers.  With the release of the HTC Inspire 4G to a few people, it was only a matter of time until the system of AT&T's big beauty were pulled out and made available.  As you can see in our hands-on with the Inspire 4G, it's the new version of HTC Sense -- Evo, Dinc and Desire hackers take note -- without too much AT&T bloat added in to screw it up make things better.
If you're curious, or like to tinker grab it and have a look.  And if you're planning on getting the Inspire 4G and doing any type of happy hacking on it, grab it as a safety net.  Trust me ;)
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