August, 2011 - Android Community

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Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch Hands-On Special Edition with Philip Berne [Video]

By Chris Burns
on 31 Aug, 2011

It's always an great day when you run into Philip Berne, Samsung Telecommunications Marketing Manager, Technical Media, and columnist for our sister site SlashGear - this week we asked him to give us a special edition rundown of what we should expect from the Epic 4G Touch version of the Galaxy S II USA launch, and he of course gratefully provided us with nothing less than a super classy look at the device. You may remember our look at the international version of the Galaxy S II back at CTIA 2011 with Philip Berne as well - an internationally known set of videos that gave many their first look at one of the best selling Android devices in history. Join us for a cool hands-on demo video straight from the pro.

Samsung Galaxy S II AT&T Featured Apps App Hands-On [Video]

By Chris Burns
on 31 Aug, 2011

Beyond what we've seen thus far in what new apps we'll be getting to see on these USA versions of the Galaxy S II, there are a sparse (and perhaps thankfully sparse) few additional new apps to behold on each of the devices. One app that we're refreshingly GLAD to see added to the lineup comes on AT&T's version of the Galaxy S II, an app called "Featured Apps", it being an extremely simple system for AT&T to be showing off applications that it suggests specifically to the device it's featured on, thereby helping the (perhaps new) owner with finding out with what their device is capable of.

Toshiba Excite Ultra-Thin Tablet Pictured at IFA

By Cory Gunther
on 31 Aug, 2011

A few days ago we mentioned a new Toshiba Tablet was on the way but this time around it would be much thinner than the Toshiba Thrive. We saw a few pictures earlier this week but today from IFA the real deal was officially on hand and we have pictures. This is the new ultra-thin Toshiba Excite Tablet.

Motorola DROID Bionic Launching September 8th, 16GB SD card included

By Cory Gunther
on 31 Aug, 2011

There you have it folks. If we didn't already have a pretty strong idea this was the day, these documents make it even more officially official. Verizon equipment guides have now been leaked showing the Droid Bionic will launch across all major channels on September 8th, just like rumors suggested. There is no mention of direct fill or pre-orders so that status is still unknown, maybe they want everyone waiting in line at stores.

HTC Sensation 2 Special Edition with Beats Audio details leak

By Cory Gunther
on 31 Aug, 2011

Yes you read that title right, what we are hearing this evening is HTC is preparing to launch a HTC Sensation 2 SE or special edition with Beats Audio by Dr. Dre. First off I'm going to throw this instantly in the rumor mill for a few reasons. First being the Sensation hasn't been out long enough to replace it, second being why call it special edition if all future HTC handsets are going to have the Beats Audio technology inside, just a thought.

MIUI Xiaomi MI-One Phone Now Shipping

By Cory Gunther
on 31 Aug, 2011

This week the guys at MIUI have finally started shipping the MI-One smartphone in China with more locations coming soon. In case you've not been following along MIUI is the extremely popular custom ROM developers for Android and they've recently announced and are now launching their very own Android phone. Complete with their own custom version of Android 2.3.4 pre-installed, something I wish CyanogenMod would do too.

HTC Thunderbolt and Incredible Update to 2.3 Gingerbread coming this September

By Cory Gunther
on 31 Aug, 2011

HTC today has just announced that the HTC Thunderbolt will finally receive the much anticipated update to Android 2.3 Gingerbread come sometime this September, basically in the next 30 days unless it gets delayed again. The announcement was just made over at HTC's Facebook page.

Google Voice Updated to 4.2.34, Fixes for delayed notifications and more

By Cory Gunther
on 31 Aug, 2011

The Google Voice app received an update today folks. Not only did Google add some much needed fixes but there are a few new UI changes too. First off at the top of the list you'll notice them reference being able to make calls without data connectivity. What this means is once you call a number once, Google Voice will remember it and you wont need a data connection to call that number in the future. More details below.

Motorola Xoom with Android 3.2.2 and 4G LTE Spotted

By Cory Gunther
on 31 Aug, 2011

Just like we mentioned earlier last week a select group of Verizon business accounts and government users were able to send in and update their Motorola Xoom to 4G LTE thanks to Motorola. The link above details the upgrade in detail, now after a 5 day turn around users are receiving their upgraded Motorola Xoom's in the mail from FedEx with Android 3.2.2 Honeycomb.

Motorola Droid Bionic Live on DroidDoes.com and DroidLanding has been initiated [Video]

By Cory Gunther
on 31 Aug, 2011

It is that time again everyone. The DroidDoes.com and @DroidLanding sites have both been initiated for the Motorola DROID Bionic. This go around Verizon will be having what appears to be a scavenger hunt for the Droid Bionic. What they are calling this is ARena. It will be a Augmented Reality scavenger hunt and they will be giving away tons of Droid Bionic phones to lucky winners as usual.