September, 2012 - Android Community

Samsung Galaxy Note II event scheduled for October 24th

By Cory Gunther
on 27 Sep, 2012

Are you ready for the "next big thing" as Samsung likes to call it. Surely you've seen their commercials showing just how awesome the Galaxy S III is while everyone waits in line for the iPhone 5. Today however they've started sending out those casual "save the date" invites for October 24th where we'll all see what's truly the "next big thing" with the Galaxy Note II for the US.

Gameloft’s NFL Pro 2013 coming soon to Android

By Cory Gunther
on 27 Sep, 2012

Gameloft is back with yet another game announcement this afternoon. Following along with previous titles, Gameloft has just released their official trailer for the brand new NFL Pro 2013 for iOS and Android. Sadly as usual, the game is available today for the former, but not quite ready for Android yet but is coming soon. Check it out below.

Qualcomm S4 Play processors set to bring quad-cores to mass market

By Cory Gunther
on 27 Sep, 2012

Qualcomm has just announced an all new line of mobile processors to join their growing set of popular and powerful Snapdragon chips. Better known as SoC (system on chip) the new Snapdragon S4 Play processors are a new dual and quad-core lineup with impressive power for all those entry-level devices.

Google rumored to launch $99 Nexus 7 tablet

By Craig Lloyd
on 27 Sep, 2012

If you thought $199 was a steal for Google's Nexus 7 tablet, you may want to think again. Digitimes is reporting that Google and ASUS have teamed up once again and are currently working on a cheaper Nexus 7 tablet model that will go on sale for a mere $99 later this year.

AMD AppZone Player brings Android to the PC

By Craig Lloyd
on 27 Sep, 2012

Playing around with Android apps on a larger screen isn't anything new -- BlueStacks has been offering it for a while, but AMD announced today that they're joining in on the fun. The company revealed a partnership with BlueStacks and introduced the AppZone Player. It uses a specially-optimized version of the BlueStack software that's modified to run on AMD Radeon graphics and APU processors.

Chrome for Android updates with x86 support

By Craig Lloyd
on 27 Sep, 2012

Google has updated its Chrome mobile browser for Android, which now supports devices running x86 processors. This means that newer devices running on Intel's Medfield chip, like the Motorola RAZR i, can now enjoy Google's own browser solution. Before the update, Chrome was sadly not compatible with non-ARM devices, but that's no longer the case.

LG Optimus Vu II arrives in Korea, looks to take on Galaxy Note II

By Craig Lloyd
on 27 Sep, 2012

In a move to compete with the slowly-growing phablet market, LG has decided to launch one of their own smartphone-and-tablet hybrids. The LG Optimus Vu II, as it's called, has a 5-inch display with 4:3 aspect ratio, which is something we don't normally see these days from an Android device. LG hopes to compete with Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Note II phablet head on with this new device.

YouTube updated with new UI for Gingerbread and older devices

By Cory Gunther
on 26 Sep, 2012

We have great news for the millions of Android users still not running the newest Android 4.1 Jelly Bean or even Ice Cream Sandwich. We've been enjoying an awesome new user interface on YouTube for quite a while, and today Google's updated it for all those older devices. Users running Android 2.2 (FroYo) or 2.3 Gingerbread will have an update today making YouTube even better.

Motorola Atrix 2 getting Android 4.0 ICS update

By Cory Gunther
on 26 Sep, 2012

Late last week Motorola issued a statement and updated the public regarding their plans to update devices to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean, but the results didn't look too good. After the Atrix 2 was pushed from Q3 to "further plans coming soon" we were worried, but today they've actually started the initial ICS update.

Google Play services version 1.0 launches

By Eric Abent
on 26 Sep, 2012

Google I/O was filled with a lot of announcements this year, but one of the announcements aimed solely at Android developers was the reveal of Google Play services. In a nutshell, Google Play services allows app developers to integrate other Google services, like Google Plus, into their apps. Today, Google rolled out version 1.0 of Google Play services, inviting developers to get to coding.