Android may not be every Mac user’s cup of tea, but it’s the biggest mobile operating system in the world, and it’s important to know what’s going on with Android — what it’s doing right, and what it’s doing wrong. Here’s the best stories that hit today over at our sister site, Cult of Android.
LG Introduces Its First LTE Tablet, The Optimus Pad LTE
LG recognizes consumers need for speed, and since LTE is the fastest way to go, it’s releasing its first LTE tablet, the Optimus Pad LTE. The tablet will see an initial release in Korea with possible market expansion in the future. Past LG tablets haven’t generated much of a splash, but the Optimus Pad LTE has some nice features and could fare well if given the right price. The Optimus Pad LTE will feature a 8.9-inch IPS True HD Display along with: More…
DotEmu To Bring Classic Amiga Hit “Another World” To Android
DotEmu prides itself on bringing retro games back to life, and yesterday they announced they’d be bringing the cult classic Another World (Out Of This World to us in North America) to Android with the 20th Anniversary Edition. While the game has been available on iOS since September of 2011, it’s expected to hit Android in the next few months. More…
Android 4.0 Starts Rolling Out To All WiFi Motorola XOOM Models
Over the weekend, a couple thousands WiFi XOOM owners began a soak test of Ice Cream Sandwich. It didn’t take long for the update file to leak and almost everyone began loading it onto their XOOM. And now, the official OTA has begun rolling out to all WiFi Motorola XOOMs. More…
Sony To Release 11 Additional Handsets This Year According To Leaked Document
Even without Ericsson, Sony has quite the plans for its smartphones in 2012. According to a leaked sales report in India, Sony has plans to release eleven additional smartphones this year. The leaked document has quite the info, including names, release dates, and price. These most likely won’t be set in stone but here they are: More…
Clove UK Announces Pre-Order For Motorola DEFY MINI, MOTOLUXE And White RAZR
Today on Clove UK’s blog, they announced prices and pre-orders for three new Motorola devices. If you head over to the Clove site today, you can now pre-order the Motorola DEFY MINI, MOTOLUXE and the White Motorola RAZR. We’ll give you a run down of specs and source links for those interested in picking up one of these Motorola devices from the UK retailer Clove. More…
ASUS To Offer Extended Warranty And Full Refunds To Unsatisfied Transformer Prime Owners [UK Only]
ASUS sent the Android community into a frenzy when they announced they would be releasing the world’s first quad-core Tegra 3 Android tablet. Pre-orders lasted minutes, stock sold out in hours, and they even managed to update it to Ice Cream Sandwich already. Everything about the Transformer Prime seemed perfect, that was until people began using it for GPS. Apparently the metal unibody casing of the Transformer Prime was affecting the GPS signal and hindering performance. This lead to ASUS formally apologizing and removing GPS from the list of features on the Prime’s specification sheet, as well as all marketing material. More…
Verizon Flips The Switch For Five New LTE Markets Tomorrow
Verizon continues its LTE takeover, adding more and more markets every month. Tomorrow they will be adding five new market to their LTE army along with enhancements to three existing markets. If you’ve been holding off on purchasing a 4G phone because of lack of service, you might want to check the list of new markets after the break, your city may just be on it. More…
Samsung Galaxy Note Coming To Canada Mid-February – Hope You Have Big Hands Eh?
The behemoth “not a phone, not a tablet” Galaxy Note will be coming to Canada soon, and already has its own landing page where you can sign up for updates on its arrival. This thing has definitely been making the rounds as of late. First we heard about it landing on AT&T, then the possibility of it coming to Verizon and Sprint, and now our brethren to the north are getting it. It won’t be long before we find out just where a 5.3″ device fits into this mobile ecosystem, and whether or not the demand for one will be as big as the hands needed to hold it. More…
Google+ Team Adds Two New Features To Mobile Web App: What’s Hot Stream And Seeing Who +1′d A Post
Google+ continues to get better by the day, and as they continue to add features, we slowly see them trickle into the mobile app. Today the Google+ team was happy to announce two new features that will be available in the mobile app: What’s Hot stream and seeing who +1′d a post. It’s always nice to see web features added to the mobile version, and with these two you get: More…
