July, 2012 - Android Community

Google Play Music updated, UI and album art take center stage

By Eric Abent
on 19 Jul, 2012

Google has released an update for the free Google Play Music app, touting that this new version is now "harder, better, faster, stronger" in a nice little homage to Daft Punk. Version 4.3.606 of the Google Play Music app adds a reworked user interface, with transport controls now appearing on the action bar. It addition to the tweaked UI, this update also adds new Now Playing functionality, allowing users to queue up and rearrange songs.

Rumor: T-Mobile planning HTC G3 in the coming months

By Cory Gunther
on 19 Jul, 2012

Recently we've been seeing a bit of news regarding some upcoming HTC devices. Reports of quad-core Tegra 3 devices with AT&T 4G LTE, and even a few tablets have been spotted. Today however new speculation has arrived mentioning that T-Mobile and HTC are teaming up yet again (for the third time) and will be releasing an HTC G3. The original G1 days -- good ol times with that clunky keyboard and updating to Cupcake.

Fuhu Nabi 2 tablet available for pre-order, launching July 22

By Eric Abent
on 19 Jul, 2012

The Fuhu Nabi 2 tablet is on the way to stores, and it's got your children square in its sights. It's available for pre-order now from sites like Wal-Mart, GameStop, and Best Buy, with it scheduled to launch at Target on July 22. The tablet, which it targeted at tiny humans, also comes with a tiny price: $199.

CyanogenMod 9 hits RC2, Jelly Bean on track with CM10

By Cory Gunther
on 19 Jul, 2012

If you're like me and enjoy flashing the absolute latest and greatest nightly builds of CyanogenMod 9, or now 10 we have some good news. While Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and CM10 is in the works the CyanogenMod team is still hard at work on CM9. Today they've announced CM9 RC2 builds are rolling out and it's as stable as ever. This means official releases are coming very soon.

Verizon posts Q2 earnings with 3 million Android phones sold – 50% smartphone adoption

By Cory Gunther
on 19 Jul, 2012

In their usual fashion Verizon has posted their Q2 2012 earning report this morning. Just as expected, the numbers were all rather positive for Big Red with things continuing to climb. For the most part we focus on Android and wireless numbers, but did notice Android had outsold the iPhone this quarter too. More details below.

Auralux: A simple yet excellent new RTS game for Android

By Cory Gunther
on 19 Jul, 2012

Lately Android and mobile games have all been about extremely impressive graphics, stunning visuals, or flying Angry Birds. Today however we have a brand new game that is as equally addicting, extremely simple, relaxing, and fun to play. It's called Auralux and it's a brand new simplified (in every way possible) real-time strategy game. From the developers that helped bring Max Payne and Grand Theft Auto III to Android, you'll want to check this this free game out.

Verizon launching 4G LTE in 33 new markets tomorrow – over 400 by end of year

By Cory Gunther
on 18 Jul, 2012

In what seems to be a bi-weekly event these days Verizon Wireless has announced yet another set of markets that will be receiving the upgrade to 4G LTE (long term evolution). Verizon has continued to roll out upgrades to their wireless network at a faster pace than all the others -- in terms of 4G LTE -- and starting tomorrow another 33 markets will get flipped to 4G.

Qualcomm Q3 report shows strong year-over-year gains

By Eric Abent
on 18 Jul, 2012

Qualcomm has released its financial results for Q3 2012, and even though the company is showing some losses from the last quarter, things are looking pretty great for Qualcomm year-over-year. Take, for instance, total revenue, which was down 6% from last quarter but made a 28% increase from the same time last year, coming it at a pretty solid $4.63 billion. We see something similar happening with Qualcomm's operating income, which sits at $1.38 billion for the quarter - that's a 9% decrease from last quarter but a 24% increase year-over-year.

Nexus 7 suffering from screen defects and separation

By Cory Gunther
on 18 Jul, 2012

The brand new Nexus 7 tablet from Google and ASUS is a mighty fine tablet. Especially considering it only runs users $199 for such an awesome device. We love ours and you can see for yourself in our full review. Sadly it appears that like many products, a few users are having defects from manufacturing. We are hearing multiple reports that the Nexus 7 screen is separating from the body, or lifting up causing it to creak a little.

SwiftKey 3 update adds Jelly Bean and Nexus 7 compatibility

By Cory Gunther
on 18 Jul, 2012

The extremely popular and most purchased 3rd party keyboard for Android has just received a hot new update. We're talking about SwiftKey 3. Today they've posted a quick update that is available now in the Play Store that solves a few pesky bugs, but most importantly now supports Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and the Nexus 7 tablet.