May, 2012 - Android Community

Sony shows Xperia go and acro S specs in new videos

By Michael Crider
on 31 May, 2012

Those of you looking forward to Sony's pair of water-resistant smartphones get a bit of a treat today, as the company is showing off its new Xperia go and Xperia acro S in new videos. For those of you who live and breathe specs, they've embedded all the relevant details for each phone in the separate videos - you don't even need any of this here boring text, just scroll down a little.

AOKP adding swiping widgets to Galaxy Nexus navbar

By Michael Crider
on 31 May, 2012

We've got to hand it to the Android Open Kang Project: when it comes to taking advantage of the Galaxy Nexus, no one's going faster or harder. The custom ROM team has one of the most comprehensive modifications to the Galaxy Nexus' nearly unique soft navigation buttons out there already, with custom shortcuts, icons, colors and widgets. Their next trick is to add multiple widgets to a single icon, allowing users to quickly and easily adjust settings and playback from just about any app.

N.O.V.A. 3 by Gameloft available now – takes up 2GB

By Cory Gunther
on 31 May, 2012

Who's ready for some Crysis meets Halo for your Android phones and tablets? We've been patiently awaiting this brand new game from Gameloft and expect it to be everything the first two were, and better. Gameloft has just silently launched N.O.V.A 3 for Android, available right this minute for the pricey $6.99 on the Google Play Store.

Pandora Radio updated with support for “Upcoming Android OS”

By Cory Gunther
on 31 May, 2012

If you're like us and like to take small little hints and over exaggerate them, then we have something you'll like today. The folks from Pandora Radio have just updated their popular music streaming app for Android only the change log had a small line that has us confused, and excited. Check it out after the break.

Facebook for Android updated with performance fixes – still slow

By Cory Gunther
on 31 May, 2012

The boys from Facebook are back today, pushing out a quick incremental update for Android that appears to fix multiple bugs and even improve performance. We've seen and heard the "improve performance" comment in the past so decided to quickly update and give it a try.

Sony Smartwatch update brings bug fixes and always-on clock

By Cory Gunther
on 31 May, 2012

Remember Sony's Smartwatch? Well the little device that could is getting a huge update today from the folks at Sony that should bring a host of new features, as well as fix tons of bugs with the Android-powered smartwatch. This isn't quite that Pebble Watch we've been keeping an eye on, but the update is worth a quick look.

Samsung releases Galaxy S III source code

By Cory Gunther
on 31 May, 2012

Now that the Samsung Galaxy S III has launched in more than 28 countries Samsung has decided it's time to release the source code, and developers can't thank them enough. This is how it's supposed to be done folks. Today Samsung has released the full source code for the GT-i9300 (SGSIII) and it's available for download now.

Microsoft Office for Android coming November 10 according to rumors

By Cory Gunther
on 31 May, 2012

Some rumors have been floating around that Microsoft will be releasing their popular office suite for Android later this year. Most likely being called Microsoft Office Mobile. We reported on this earlier this month that it would possibly land around November but now some sources claim that to be the official time frame.

ASUS teases possible dual boot Android and Windows 8 Transformer Pad

By Cory Gunther
on 31 May, 2012

We know ASUS has been innovative when it comes to Android tablets. With the Transformer coming with a dock, and now the Padfone with a built-in Android smartphone. What if their next tablet rocked Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, and Windows 8? An all-in-one, that also separates into a dual boot powerhouse tablet. Check out their latest teaser video after the break.

HTC One S launched in Taiwan with 1.7 GHz dual-core

By Cory Gunther
on 31 May, 2012

The popular HTC One S should be very familiar by this point for most. Since being first announced in Barcelona, Spain we all know it has that new and impressive 1.5 GHz dual-core S4 processor from Qualcomm and Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Today however, the company launched a different version in Taiwan with a 1.7 GHz dual-core instead.