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Galaxy Nexus My Verizon update adds new UI and reminds us of Data Widget

By Cory Gunther
on 30 May, 2012

Today Verizon has just issued an update for their popular My Verizon App. The version here for my Galaxy Nexus was just updated this morning and claims to have some impressive new UI features (that I'm not seeing) but does manage to bring a new widget reminder along with it. If you've ever used My Verizon you'd know it's the easiest way to check data and minute usage, as well as pay your monthly bill.

Thousand Clocks Gallery is the ultimate widget collection

By Cory Gunther
on 13 Apr, 2012

We all love widgets and today I've got an awesome app that just landed in the Google Play Store yesterday called Thousand Clocks Gallery. What this gives you access to is literally over a thousand different clock, calendar, weather, and even battery widgets for Android. If Beautiful Widgets is getting old, or you'd like to try something new and fresh this would be a good start.

BlingBoard: The ultimate all-in-one social widget [Hands-on]

By Cory Gunther
on 11 Apr, 2012

One of my favorite parts of Android has always been the widgets. Developers come up with all types of awesome widgets for our phones but today I've ran across one that just might be my new favorite. It's called BlingBoard: Social Widget and it is exactly that. The ultimate social widget for Android bringing everything from Gmail, Twitter, missed calls and more into one easy to use and beautiful widget. Enjoy more details and hands-on video below.

Beautiful Widgets passes 1 million paid downloads, celebrates with Google

By Cory Gunther
on 8 Dec, 2011

Hopefully everyone is well aware of Google's latest news that the Android Market has surpassed 10 billion downloads. Today LevelUp Studios is celebrating something similar as the first paid app to pass 1 million downloads from the Android Market. I know things like Angry Birds comes to mind but it didn't launch originally on the Android Market and most of its downloads were on GetJar. The extremely popular weather and clock widget Beautiful Widgets is the first to 1 million downloads on Android and gets to claim the crown.

HD Widgets v2.1 now supports phones and 7″ tablets

By Cory Gunther
on 10 Nov, 2011

The folks from cloud.tv that brought us HD Widgets for Honeycomb are back with an awesome update to their widgets pack. Their simply beautiful and stunning widget collection is the best you can get for Honeycomb and they've just updated to HD Widgets v2.1 and have added support for 7" tablets and all Android smartphones. Originally just for 10" tablets but now it is available for all.

Widget Locker update brings ICS to your phone and tablet lockscreen

By Cory Gunther
on 25 Oct, 2011

For everyone that loves the new Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich lockscreen found on the Galaxy Nexus I have a treat for you today. The popular lockscreen replacement application Widget Locker has just received a huge update that brings many new features, the biggest being a new Ice Cream Sandwich unlock option. It works great on phones and tablets both so check it out.

Tips to make your Android feel new and fresh again

By Cory Gunther
on 14 Oct, 2011

We all love our Android phones, but if any of you are like me I occasionally find myself wanting to change things up a tad. Most of us have the same phone for around 2 years while we are on contract, but if you’ve wanted some change in your Android world then I have a few tips to keep things fresh. From the obvious like new wallpapers, to changing the entire lockscreen and more so check it out below.

HD Widgets App: Made for Honeycomb and look amazing

By Cory Gunther
on 25 Aug, 2011

I don't know about you guys but I'm constantly changing my widgets and live wallpapers on my Android devices. When we have all these different options to choose from why not right? Today we have a set of amazingly awesome and beautiful new widgets designed specifically for Android tablets. HD Widgets brings crisp, clear, and truly HD quality widgets to your homescreen and is available right now in the Android Market.

Themed MIUI Animated Clocks [Download]

By Cory Gunther
on 5 Jul, 2011

I know you all love to mod and tweak your Android phones just like I do so when I saw this I figured you'd all enjoy it. What we have here is a huge collection of themed clocks. The highly popular MIUI animated clock is being used as it's neat and clean looking and really makes your phone look sharp. Just about every color you can imagine is listed in his thread so you can get exactly what you want and the modder 00McD00 is even taking requests.

Beautiful Widgets now supports tablets, looks great on Xoom [Mini Review]

By Cory Gunther
on 13 Apr, 2011

Beautiful Widgets by LevelUp Studios has been one of, if not the most downloaded app for Android other than some games. Everyone that doesn't have HTC Sense seems to use Beautiful Widgets. They have now updated the widget pack to support Android tablets and the new look and interface for my Xoom sure looks like. I have some pics for you all to enjoy. It just recently finished it's BETA.