May, 2011 - Android Community

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T-Mobile Sensation 4G Availability Revealed [Official!]

By Chris Burns
on 31 May, 2011

We've just got our hands on the press release as revealed by T-Mobile that contains all the information we've gotta have before we know how much cash we're going to have to drop down on the HTC Sensation 4G. This press release lets us know that the device will be out "by June 15th," this POSSIBLY dashing hopes that the device will be announced on June 8th, but not completely - announcements, releases, and presentations are all different of course.

Android Community mini collectibles series 02 Giveaway Number 2

By Chris Burns
on 31 May, 2011

Win your very own Android toy like you see in essentially every single video we film - those happy little plastic robots that come in so very many different varieties. We've got a contest going on right this second in which you'll be able to win one, two, three, or even four sealed "blind" boxes of Android Mini Collectible Series 02 - aka the second of two sets, as sold out as the first set, this one containing a fabulous assortment including that cool little cupcake you see in the photo below.

Riptide GP Upgraded Video Review

By Chris Burns
on 31 May, 2011

If you'll recall all the way back in mid-April on the 19th, we had an early-early look at the completely awesome jetski racing game by the name of Riptide GP. This is a game we got to see first all the way back at CTIA 2011 being demoed on the T-Mobile / LG G-slate, a device we then got to review and use for our own initial review then and again for our final review now. Riptide GP is a game that's both massively impressive and expansive in its graphics and ultra-simple in its gameplay. Steer your vehicle and win, experience the color fantasy.

Nexus 3 was a Fake, Hearts Break

By John Scheible
on 31 May, 2011

Well people the internet over were skeptical. I personally wanted it to be true, but it turns out that the supposed leaked image of the Nexus 3 was indeed a fake. As several people have noticed, there do appear to be signs on the image which would tend to indicate a photoshop job. The site responsible for the leak has apologized and explained that their source, whom they believed to be a Google employee, was in fact not. It was fun while it lasted, now we go back to awaiting the real Nexus 3.

New Malware from the Folks That Brought You DroidDream

By John Scheible
on 31 May, 2011

It's been a few months since we first reported on the outbreak of "Droid Dream," a piece of malware which was found present on the Android Market. Now it appears that a new, stripped down DroidDream is appearing in the market, and has affected tens of apps from no less than 6 developers. Google has removed the apps from the market, but we aren't sure if they've used their kill switch to nuke the apps from any phones that have downloaded them at this time.

Sprint Releases Details of 3D Content to be Available for Evo 3D

By John Scheible
on 31 May, 2011

While we're still waiting for a release date, Sprint and has decided to tease us with a few new details about the HTC Evo 3D. The dual-core, glasses-less 3D featuring phone is launching on Sprint's 4G network sometime this summer, and now we're starting to get a better idea of what sort of content we'll have to take advantage of that 4.3" 3D screen.

Two New Games for Tegra: Galaxy of Fire 2 and Hardwood Backgammon

By Chris Burns
on 31 May, 2011

If you've been paying attention to the app previews and reviews we've been doing over the past few months, you've noticed that we've had a rather exciting run of games come to our desk released exclusively for Tegra 2 devices. NVIDIA's been working VERY closely with the top minds and most ambitious developers in gaming to move the greatest possible games to mobile via Android - all of them through the app called NVIDIA Tegra Zone. What's coming up next, you might be asking yourself? Why, Galaxy of Fire 2 and Hardwood Backgammon, of course!

Plants VS Zombies Review [Amazon App Store Free App of the Day]

By Chris Burns
on 31 May, 2011

Well would you look at that? Plants vs Zombies is out! It's been on Apple's iOS for what seems like forever and it's finally lumbered its undead self on over to our favorite mobile platform, Android! And, following the example of Rovio's Angry Birds RIO before it, Popcap has decided to release Plants VS Zombies on the Amazon Appstore first, it being free for the entire day today, today being May 31st, 2011. We've got a mini review of the game right here, too!

Sony Ericsson Teases Bouncy Device?

By Chris Burns
on 31 May, 2011

No, not really. What you're seeing is an image that was passed to us by a friendly tipster by the name of Bouncy (well named!) and shows off a bouncing Sony Ericsson ball hitting the ground between some white lines drawn on the ground surrounding it. What this sort of thing generally means is that we're going to see a new device on the horizon. What this particular image ACTUALLY means is something much less sinister and a whole lot more 2012.

Android 2.1 Upgrade FINALLY Available for Xperia X10

By Chris Burns
on 31 May, 2011

With half the world's eyes turned to Android 2.3 Gingerbread, the tablet-based Android 3.1 Honeycomb, and yes, even the next upgrade Android x.x Ice Cream Sandwich, you may have certainly forgotten that some Android devices out there are still running Android 2.0! Can you believe it?! One of those devices is the AT&T based Xperia X10, Sony Ericsson announcing today that they're going to be releasing Android 2.1 very very soon.