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Snake ’97 emulates your old Nokia brick, buttons and all

By Michael Crider
on 24 Jan, 2012

ShadowGun. Temple Run. Sonic 4. Do all of these dazzling 3D masterpieces leave you longing for a simpler era in mobile gaming? Do you get a warm, fuzzy feeling every time you see a movie where the hero's "top of the line" cell phone uses a black and white screen? Then you're the perfect audience for Snake '97. Forget all these fancy sprites and polygons, toss the touchscreen controls, and bask in the timeless story of dots and a line that loves to eat them. It's a free download in the Android Market.

ShadowGun: Leftover heading to Android Market this week

By Cory Gunther
on 23 Jan, 2012

For all those fans of the 3rd person shooter style game ShadowGun for Android we have some good news. It appears the once iOS exclusive add-on known as ShadowGun: Leftover will soon be headed to the Android Market. So soon that users that have purchased the original should see an update this week.

ASUS Transformer Prime 700 series hands-on

By Cory Gunther
on 10 Jan, 2012

Just when we all were happy that the ASUS Transformer Prime was finally starting to reach our doorsteps and resellers were getting stock ASUS goes and announces another one -- but I'm not complaining. This is the Transformer Prime 1920 x 1200 display full 1080p version and they are calling it the ASUS Transformer 700 series.

CES 2012 Monday mid-day wrap up

By Cory Gunther
on 9 Jan, 2012

In case you've been wondering, yes we are live at CES 2012. Getting near zero sleep and tons of gadgets to play with I'd call it tiring bundles of fun. Today's had plenty of excitement from the world of Android. In case anyone missed it Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for the Transformer Prime is actually available today -- not the 12th. More details below.

Toshiba Thrive 16GB hits bargain bin, $280 today only

By Cory Gunther
on 5 Jan, 2012

The Toshiba Thrive 10" Android Honeycomb tablet has been making the rounds over the past few weeks and hitting all of those deals sites but today we have an even better offering. The almost famous woot.com has the 10" 16GB tablet on sale for an excellent price of just $279 and $5 shipping.

The 10 highest-rated Android apps of 2011

By Michael Crider
on 29 Dec, 2011

As the end of the year draws nigh, just about everyone is putting together their wrap-up stories that are, let's be honest, pretty predictable if you've been following tech news for 2011. But at least one story caught our eye this morning: Mobilewalla's app scores. Mobilewalla is one of many app aggregation services, though unlike a lot of Android specific sites, it doesn't distribute its own apps. Instead it keeps a close eye on the various app platforms and offers up an updated database of apps that anyone can use. This year, the top ten list is dominated by games.

Happy Holidays: Top apps for your new Android Tablet

By Cory Gunther
on 25 Dec, 2011

So today is Christmas for many of us (or something similar) and for all of you that were lucky enough to tear open the wrapping paper on a brand new ASUS Transformer Prime or Galaxy Tab and are wondering what apps or games to try for that new Android tablet -- we have you covered. Below you'll find a few awesome choices for that 7 or 10 inches of screen real estate.

Happy Holidays: Top apps for your new Android Smartphone

By Cory Gunther
on 25 Dec, 2011

It's the holiday season and everyone should be full of good food and surrounded with friends or family. You might be having hot cocoa this Christmas morning, or maybe even some Mimosa -- either way we hope you enjoy it. Here at Android Community we decided to round up a small list of our must have top apps for that new smartphone anyone may have received for Christmas. Below are just a few of many we thought were worth mentioning. Hit that little white and green icon shaped like a shopping bag titled "Market" and get started.

Shadowgun update hits Android Market with Tegra 3 support

By Cory Gunther
on 22 Dec, 2011

If you are one of the lucky few that was able to snag a pre-order for the hotly anticipated ASUS Transformer Prime and that beastly quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor then I have some great news for you. One of the best shooter games available for Android called SHADOWGUN has just been updated with Transformer Prime and Tegra 3 support -- making it have by far some truly stunning graphics.

Galaxy Nexus gaming performance: ShadowGun and Riptide GP

By Michael Crider
on 20 Dec, 2011

Wondering how the Verizon Galaxy Nexus will handle all the high-end games that are coming out and taking advantage of super-powered Android hardware? Well wonder no more. Chris Burns over at SlashGear took his shiny new Nexus on a gaming bender, trying out two high-profile 3D games that are quickly becoming the standard for Android graphics: third-person shooter ShadowGun and jet ski racer Riptide GP.