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- HTC Thunderbolt launch delay by the iPad 2 confirmed
- ViewSonic ViewPad 10 Dual-Boot Android / Windows 7 Tablet Available Today
- Motorola Xoom users having a hard time with Verizon account activation
- Words with Friends Sharing Personal Info
- HTC : Release the Dogs [AC Event Security Series]
- Fast Society group texting app hits Android
- Google fills Android Market XSS hole
- Angry Birds “Go Green, Get Lucky” St. Patricks Day levels previewed [Video]
- Kazaa allows Android users to stream music without needing an app
- HTC EVO View 4G trademark filed for tipped CTIA 2011 debut
- HTC ThunderBolt Clues [Wisconsin Rep Talk]
- Sprint EVO View, Nexus, and EVO 3D [CLUES]
- MPSI WindPad 100A Honeycomb Tablet with Tegra 2 Dual-Core Processor Demoed in [Video]
- Android sails past BlackBerry to become the number one smartphone platform
- Microsoft to pay Nokia $1 billion for Windows Phone 7 handsets
- Android 3.0 Honeycomb Secret Bee
- Google Maps for Android updates – now with rerouting
- Samsung Galaxy Tab II gets the FCC approval
| HTC Thunderbolt launch delay by the iPad 2 confirmed Posted: 08 Mar 2011 10:56 AM PST It seems that the launch date for the HTC Thunderbolt at Verizon is once again slipping. But this time it isn’t due to bad battery life or any other technical issue. We’ve been able to confirm what we reported yesterday that the delay is actually the fault of Apple and it’s March 11th launch date for the iPad2. Apparently, it’s problematic to launch two major platforms at the same time due to staff training. And since Apple’s date isn’t likely to slip, the Thunderbolt will have to wait.
This isn’t the first time Thunderbolt fans have had to wait for their 4G Android phone. We reported here that the Thunderbolt’s delay has been caused by problems extending the phone’s dismal battery life. But our report last night also focused on issues that Verizon has had switching from 3G to 4G as they roll out to over 200 cities this year. The date has slipped several times and now it looks to launch next week after the Apple faithful line up for the Jesus Tab. It’s probably best. Mixing Apple fans and Android fans and tossing in long lines could be a recipe for disaster. And that’s not even including activation issues, returns, and the like. And having two events with long lines would always be preferable to one. [via Droid Life] )
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| ViewSonic ViewPad 10 Dual-Boot Android / Windows 7 Tablet Available Today Posted: 08 Mar 2011 10:53 AM PST Behold the ViewSonic ViewPad 10 dual-boot tablet that allows you to work in either Android 1.6 (weird!) or Windows 7 on demand. This device runs a 10-inch 1024 x 600-pixel touchscreen display, 1.66GHz Intel Atom processor, has a total of 2GB of memory, connects via Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, and has a 1.3 megapixel front-facing camera for video chat. The odd thing about this device (if all those specs weren’t enough) is that we were introduced to a very similar tablet by the name of ViewPad 10 Pro, one that ran Android 2.2 Froyo, at Mobile World Congress 2011.
Another odd bit is that we were told that the “Pro” would be running Android 2.2, and that this “Pro” version would replace the ViewPad 10. THEN he said that the ViewPad 10 would be sent an OTA update to Android 2.2 Froyo in March (aka now) to update it to the level of the Pro, which should also be released on March. What in the world? Either we’re just losing our minds, or ViewSonic really needs to differentiate their model numbers with more than a letter of a number. That said, having the ability to boot to either Windows or Android in one device does seem fun, if not unnecessary. In our experience, working with a tablet means you’ve got a certain number of things you want to accomplish, thus you pick the one that’ll accomplish them. Having two systems on one single tablet to us seems indecisive.        )
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| Motorola Xoom users having a hard time with Verizon account activation Posted: 08 Mar 2011 10:03 AM PST It seems that Verizon may be stuck in the dark ages when it comes to new customers activating their Motorola Xoom tablets. CDSmith over at Reddit shares his frustration at buying a new Xoom tablet and when trying to activate a new Verizon account in order to make payments and manage their accounts. The issue lies with not being able to activate a user account since Verizon sends the activation password either by SMS text message to a phone on the same account, or via snail mail. Being that the Xoom doesn’t have a phone number, a user account can’t be activated directly. And if new users don’t have a Verizon phone on the same account, their only option is through snail mail, which is problematic since the temporary passwords are reportedly expiring before the users can receive the notification.
But here’s how CD Smith got around the issue. He returned the Xoom to the Verizon store and told them they could either activate the tablet or give him his money back. The employees had to actually ad a phone to his account temporarily (after much complaint that they couldn’t) so that he could receive the text message with the password. Then he was able to activate his account. Seems like a clunky way to get an account working. But the Xoom isn’t the only one. The iPad is also problematic in that users have to connect the device to iTunes with a computer in order to activate a user account. If a user doesn’t have another computer, they’re forced to have the store activate it for them. There has to be a better way, but clearly, it appears that no one is interested in discovering it. [via Reddit] )
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| Words with Friends Sharing Personal Info Posted: 08 Mar 2011 09:43 AM PST A fan of the popular Android game app Words with Friends, got a peak into the kind of information is shared with advertisers after he had problems with the game crashing. Smackywolf over at Reddit Android discovered that the game sends the following information to advertisers: the users MEI, the build of the phone and it’s make and model, brower details. Smackywolf believes that with that information, advertisers has access to his carrier, his unique browser ID, phone fingerprint, email address and possibly his phone number. And he’s not happy about it.
Apps developers have come under fire of late for mining personal data and Words with Friends seems to be just the next in the long list of apps which have been caught with their hand in the privacy cookie jar. According to a recent test, it’s been found that anywhere from 20-50% of all Android apps are sending private information to advertisers without the user being aware. Google, however, states that every user is advised upon installation that data will be shared and that warning is part of their developers terms of service. But in reality, do users really read all that information? Do they really know that their location, gender, age and other personal information is being sent to advertisers? And considering apps as popular as Words with Friends, the app developers brag in their marketing that they’ve got millions of online users. That’s a lot of privacy violations to gloss over. Users are well advised to read the privacy policies of apps before installing them so they know what information they are unwittingly sharing with the world. [via Reddit] )
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| HTC : Release the Dogs [AC Event Security Series] Posted: 08 Mar 2011 08:26 AM PST Standing there at the HTC booth at Mobile World Congress 2011 several minutes after they’d had a press conference in a different place entirely with the rest of my teammates, I came to see a mad rush to release the next generation of HTC handheld devices. Holding the crowd back from the showroom floor, as it were, the various representatives, workers, and show people replaced about every other phone that was already on the floor with the new devices that’d been announced less than a half hour before. This was no less than a microcosm of the event as a whole and indeed of this new mobile technology culture’s ravenousness as a whole. Come with us on this pointed journey.
Meanwhile, photographers tried their hardest to snap a photo from afar, or maybe to get a treasured shot of someone holding one of the three devices that weren’t software ready: the HTC Flyer tablet, the HTC ChaCha, and the HTC Salsa. As I and a crowd at least as large as you see in the image above were waiting, a fellow whose job it was to man the desk you see at the bottom of the photo was placing these coveted devices in the glass cases on the corners of the desk. As a cohort of his closed and locked one of the doors, the man held the HTC Flyer in a way that everyone around me found it necessary to snap up a thousand photos. It was odd, as if these exhibitors did not know that the photos they were taking were essentially already up on all the main tech blogs – what where they doing taking more? They wanted these photos for themselves. They wanted to get past the guards and put their hands on the precious unnatural magic that was this new collection of devices, to see what it felt like to hold them and to move back and forth from screen to screen with them.
The social implications of this event are ripe with both exciting and terrifying points. How did the industry mold these consumers into a pack of ravenous beasts, ready to tear through one another for a chance at a close-up photo of a phone that, to the layman, isn’t that different from the devices already out in the market? Once the head HTC fellow said “alright,” myself and the rest of the crowd essentially fell upon the devices, all of them, including the ones that’d been on display for two days at this point, were surrounded and awed over. What a treat it was for them to be able to see such a wonderful piece of technology! I looked upon these devices and indeed, they were good. I photographed these devices and yes, they did look very nice. I’ll take a ChaCha, if anyone wants to write that down for later? Also the Flyer looks like it could be the white storm the new tablet market (at least on the Android non-giant-tablet side, anyway.) It has a stylus! Then thereupon I did leave that release and I did continue to run about wildly. What did I gain from such an experience? What did I learn? Nothing I didn’t already know from years of going to Star Wars movie openings: keep your head up don’t fall over, and if they say no cameras, make sure you hide yours really well.
NOTE: this post is part of a series of posts we’re experimenting with here on AC marked with the tag [AC Event Security Series]. Whether we expand on this series in the future, move to different similar such series, or abandon it altogether is all up to you, the greater community. We want to bring you what you love and what you’re interested in inside the Android world, wherever that may be, and we’re here to give you the best and deepest dives into information that’ll make your fingers tingle. That said – let us know what you think!                    )
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| Fast Society group texting app hits Android Posted: 08 Mar 2011 06:10 AM PST
The app features in-app messaging so you can chat within the app to save on text costs. It can be toggled between push notifications and SMS notifications too. The app offers channels, you can talk with up to five teams, and you can have permanent teams as well. Conversations with past teams are saved with the app so you can look back at them when needed. Public invites are also supported for folks not in your contact list. You can also share photos and locations as well. Pricing on the app is unknown at this time. [via Mashable] )
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| Google fills Android Market XSS hole Posted: 08 Mar 2011 06:01 AM PST
The persistent XSS vulnerability was in the description fields for apps on the Android Market web store. The field allows nefarious types to inject JavaScript code that was executed when the page was accessed on the browser. The malicious code could be triggered remotely to install a malicious app. The only caveat to exploit the hole was that the user had to be logged into the web store. The exploit was brought to the attention of Google by John Oberheide, a security specialist for Android devices. [via H-online )
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| Angry Birds “Go Green, Get Lucky” St. Patricks Day levels previewed [Video] Posted: 08 Mar 2011 05:48 AM PST Rovio has revealed its latest addition for Angry Birds Seasons, a special St. Patricks day bundle of levels for the pig-busting title. “Go Green, Get Lucky” will be released imminently for Android gamers (as well as those playing it on iOS devices, with Palm and Nokia following on afterwards).
Beyond the color-scheme and some big, traditionally Irish hats, the St. Patricks day update is pretty much in keeping with everything we’ve seen from Angry Birds before. That means towering stacks of pigs, various feathered weapons and the sort of addictive gameplay that makes you miss your stop on the bus. Angry Birds Seasons is a free download for Android handsets. More details on the new levels in the video below.
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| Kazaa allows Android users to stream music without needing an app Posted: 08 Mar 2011 05:24 AM PST If you are one of the folks that loves to listen to music everywhere you go and are a fan of Kazaa the company has announced a new breakthrough for mobile device users. Kazaa is now set up to allow Android, iPhone, and iPad users to stream digital music to their devices to listen to on the go without having to install an app.
Kazaa reports that anyone that has a subscription can use Android and other devices to navigate to the Kazaa website and start streaming tunes immediately with no app or software needed to listen. The music service is charged to the user’s mobile bill or credit card and in some cases, it can be charged to their home phone bill. "We intend to broaden access for our service with new and dedicated applications, so that the browser is not the only way customers can access our service," commented Ray Musci, Atrinsic's COO. "For Kazaa, Apple's App Store is just one of many marketing and distribution channels we already engage in, with our primary objective of making it convenient and easy for customers to access our service." Mr. Musci continued, "We have been carefully monitoring our users habits and interacting with them for several months while we build out and customize Kazaa's products and services to better fit their needs. We intend to continue this practice with many new and exciting innovations to enhance our product and expand our direct marketing relationships." )
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| HTC EVO View 4G trademark filed for tipped CTIA 2011 debut Posted: 08 Mar 2011 02:42 AM PST HTC has applied for “HTC EVO View 4G” trademark, seemingly confirming the incoming Android device expected to make its debut at CTIA 2011 next month. Two filings – here and here – lock down the name, though of course don’t give us any further details about the device itself.
It had been speculated that the EVO View 4G would be a tablet, perhaps even a CDMA version of the HTC Flyer, though there’s no specific mention of tablets in the “goods and services” description. However, you could extrapolate from the “portable computers” section, perhaps, so the Flyer may still make a Sprint appearance. Most interesting, though, is the 4G element, with the device certain to have Sprint’s WiMAX built in. Considering the HTC EVO 4G is nine months old and still retails for $199.99 with a new agreement, it’s about time we had another potential flagship to take its place. [via Good and EVO] )
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| HTC ThunderBolt Clues [Wisconsin Rep Talk] Posted: 07 Mar 2011 08:28 PM PST We’ve got a bit of an inside source who has come forth from the state below yours truly, from the city I love best in this most cheesetastic of states, Madison, Wisconsin. This source also has the most awesome of names, Chris, and has spoken with a Verizon Representative that’s given him new info on what’s become the most popular set of subjects surrounding the HTC ThunderBolt in these most current weeks: when is the ThunderBolt coming out, and why hasn’t it come out yet?
First of all, Chris asked this Verizon representative why the phone hadn’t yet been released even though the crowds of Android fans were more wild and ravenous than a pack of starving crazed weasels – she said that even though the original release date was officially February 24th, 2011, Verizon had a problem with the switch between 3G and 4G LTE. This representative for Verizon said that the group was not satisfied with data switching between the two connection speeds, and that the transfer between the two connections was not as “seamless” as they truly desired. Finally, the Verizon representative let it be known that she did not know the exact release date of the HTC ThunderBolt, but that she knew it would not be coming out this week because of the iPad 2 release. Her exact words, apparently, where “we don’t know but we have the iPad2 coming out this week” to which our tipper asked “so not this week” receiving a friendly smile and head nod. Thank you Chris for asking this seemingly very friendly Verizon rep for information in such a way that would make her feel like sending it unto the world was not a crime. And to you reps in the stores – tell us everything you know! We promise not to tell anyone but our friends. )
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| Sprint EVO View, Nexus, and EVO 3D [CLUES] Posted: 07 Mar 2011 08:08 PM PST We’re sitting here with our notepads out, our magnets and our divining rods, OUIJA boards and dirt-mall-psychics, all of it together to put together the pieces on what Sprint might be bringing us during the utterly gigantic 2 and a half hour time slot they’ve got us slated for at CTIA in a couple weeks. Incase you do not know, 2.5hours for an event such as this is a long time, long enough to announce several new products – new Android products. We had our eyelids open this afternoon when Engadget was tipped anonymously on several new phones including an EVO View, Nexus S 4G, and EVO 3D – now we’ve got some extra clues that might just thread the needle.
These clues come in the form of web addresses sitting on the back of Sprint. First there’s http://now.sprint.com/evo3d, then there’s http://now.sprint.com/evoview and http://now.sprint.com/nexus. Depending on where you’re located, it seems, these pages either redirect you back to Sprint’s main page, or they show you a sticky-note fellow who says nothing more helpful to you than “Oops… We’re not quite ready yet. But come back because this page will be ready soon.”
Our first thought is – that’s silly, I bet that happens on no matter what page you go to just so long as it’s not a real address. Nope. When you go anywhere that’s a broken address, say you add “123″ to the end of any of the addresses above, Sprint leads you to a “that ain’t even real” page. You know what that means? It means we can look forward to an EVO device that’ll be able to record and display 3D content, an EVO device that’s closer to a tablet than it is to a smartphone, and a Nexus S 4G, all of them hanging out on Sprint’s lovely network. All of this is conjecture of course, but they’re all right in line with where the market currently would put them in a great place to sell off the shelves – so if it speaks like a horse, it is a horse, right? [via Phonescoop] )
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| MPSI WindPad 100A Honeycomb Tablet with Tegra 2 Dual-Core Processor Demoed in [Video] Posted: 07 Mar 2011 03:05 PM PST We’ve been passed a video apparently filmed during CeBIT in Germany by The Inquirer of a relatively new, not yet released, but not completely unannounced Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet by the name of Windpad. The full name they’re going with thus far is MSI WindPad 100A, MSI of course standing for our good pals at Micro-star International, a Taiwanese electronics firm that was more than glad to show off the pad to an intrepid reporter. This tablet is approximately the same size as the Motorola XOOM at 10.1-inches in the display (capacitive), but has some excellent if not odd features that are quite enticing.
First you’ll notice the trackpad – but wait, where is it? It’s essentially invisible, sitting right up there in the upper right hand corner for you to use with your thumb so that you’ll not have to hold the tablet with one hand, a practice which the presenter says is unhealthy. At the moment we’re not entirely sure if what we’re seeing along the righthand side of the display is four physical buttons or if it’s just dips in the glass showing where four buttons are accessible by touch – and is the trackpad a nubbin, or a tiny flat pad? We’ll see soon enough. Inside is what we hear will be a 1GB Tegra 2 dual-core processor, a completely custom user interface (that more than likely every developer from here to Japan will reduce back to Honeycomb basic,) which includes a dock showing home, web browser, books, gallery, movies, music, and apps – which we believe means we’ll be able to fill this dock with whatever we like. Either way though, again, more than likely this UI will either change before the release or be changed by hackers once its out. Additionally, we know this tablet will have storage of 32GB in an solid state drive. On the back of the tablet there’s a 5-megapixel camera while the front has a 2-megapixel camera. Along the righthand side, (and remember we’re landscape here,) is a full-sized USB port (for a keyboard, says the presenter) as well as a power cord port. On the left side you’ll find a power button, miniUSB port, HDMI port, SD card reader, headphone jack, and a switch that locks the orientation of the screen. There will be two versions shipped, though we’re not sure where and on what carriers, one just Wifi and the other 3G. The unit weighs in at 800g which is 1.764 pounds which, as you may already know, is about .1 pounds heavier than the XOOM (which we have a full review of here.) More enhancements are in place made to move you further and further away from having to use your fingers at all including a feature in their photo gallery allowing you to simply tip the tablet one direction or the other to move to and from neighboring photos. But they haven’t forgotten about fingers, of course, noting that they’ve got up to four finger touch when you want to use them all. The tablet has a rather unique form factor in that the display is there with its averaged sized black bezel, but then there’s a sort of dip and bonus white plastic bezel around that for comfort in holding. Not only that, they mention that this extra border adds protection for the main panel if you decide to drop it – smart! This along with the tough aluminum back should keep this tablet in the game while you’re whipping it across your house when you realize how difficult Monster Madness can really be. The battery lasts 8 hours (which is definitely not quite as good as the XOOM,) but the price is definitely set to compete, starting at 399 EURO, according to this report. This tablet is set to release near the middle of 2011, which puts it right in contention with the big fat giant wave of tablets coming out at that time – so we wish it good luck, unless it can come faster and actually be one of the first Honeycomb tablets. That is the most important part, again, the fact that although you’re seeing this video of the device running Android 2.3 Froyo, but that it’ll be mass-produced with Android 3.0 Honeycomb – if it can make it inside the next couple months, it might have a really good chance of selling the heck off the shelves. Check out another video from CharBax from way back at CES 2011 below — why has this received such a small amount of press? We just can’t figure it out – maybe it’s too cute. [via CrunchGear] )
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| Android sails past BlackBerry to become the number one smartphone platform Posted: 07 Mar 2011 01:52 PM PST Like watching a semi rumble past from the side of the road, Android has sailed past BlackBerry to become the number on smartphone platform in terms of market share. Nearly one third (31.2%) of US Smart phones now run the Google operating system, while only 30.4% of smartphones ran on BlackBerry during the same period from February 2010 to January 2011. Apple’s share of the smartphone pie has remained rather flat during the time, while Microsoft’s market share was cut nearly in half, even after the debut of Windows Phone 7. The rise of the Android’s platform has occurred in just over two years and can largely be due to Google’s open source philosophy which has been adopted by a wide range of smartphone manufactures, but really hit it’s stride after Motorola released the Droid in 2009.
At the beginning of 2010, RIM/BlackBerry enjoyed a 42% market saturation, while Google had just 7% market share. In the twelve months that followed, Google increased it’s footprint to the point where over 350,000 activations of over 170 different Android handsets were being done daily. The leap was able to improve its share well over four fold to gain dominance in the marketplace, leaving all three competitors wondering how the world it happened. The reality is, since Google’s Android operating system is free to implement, it was shovel ready, therefore allowing manufacturers to dive into the Cellphone business with little OS development. And that’s not all. With the ability to bypass OS development, handset manufacturers have been able to cut development time for hardware in half, making a new smart phone hitting the market almost a daily affair. Although Android is number one in the smartphone category, it still lags behind Nokia’s Symbian OS for web enabled phones in general. But that lead is being chipped away quickly and it’s been stated that by 2014, Android will be the number one cellphone handset in the world. So, with such momentum on Google’s side, the question is, can Apple, RIM and Microsoft turn back the tide, or will be a simple case of too little too late? [via CNN] [via )
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| Microsoft to pay Nokia $1 billion for Windows Phone 7 handsets Posted: 07 Mar 2011 01:25 PM PST When the news broke that Nokia had entered an alliance with Microsoft to make Windows Phone 7 handsets exclusively, everyone thought it was a headslap moment. Now the word is out as to what Microsoft had to do to sweeten the deal. Microsoft will pay Nokia more than $1 Billion to promote and develop Windows Phone 7 handsets. In return, Nokia will rebate back a fee to Redmond for every copy of Windows used on it’s phones. The $1 Billion dollar payment was designed to not only keep Nokia from jumping on the Android bandwagon, but will also help to offset the amount lost by Nokia to focus exclusively on the Windows Phone 7 platform.
Although the entire costs won’t be required up front, a percentage will go to Nokia before the company begins selling handsets. And by contrast the royalty payments by Nokia back to Microsoft will recoup the investment and even make a profit on the Windows Phone 7 platform. The deal is also rumored to be the end of Nokia’s MeeGo smartphone which was scheduled to be released this year. Once a major player in the cellphone industry, Nokia lost significant marketshare once Apple released the iPhone and Google set the world on fire with it’s shotgun Android approach. Nokia has been scrambling to gain back lost ground ever since. So it wasn’t surprising that they would grab the Windows Phone 7 Life preserver, but even at that, Nokia was wary, no doubt to do the nagging SD card issue that’s been plaguing Windows Phone 7 hand sets since December. Both companies have seen stock decline since news of the deal was announced, but Nokia has seen a greater loss to the tune of 26 percent. [via Bloomberg] )
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| Android 3.0 Honeycomb Secret Bee Posted: 07 Mar 2011 12:44 PM PST We were tapping around our Motorola XOOM a little bit, looking for object to post about, and what should we find? A big fat bee! In a similar manner to easter eggs of the past, this one’s found on everyone’s favorite screen. Open up your Settings screen, click on Info, and find the Android version 3.0. Click the Android version bar repeatedly. Over and over and over again until whoa! What’s that big bee doing there?! He is buzzing.
The bee appears floating over whatever homescreen background you’ve got running and will have a momentary message that says “REZZZZZZZ…” Above you’ll see the bee flying around some clouds which we’ve got running as an animated wallpaper. You can grab this free wallpaper from the Android Marketplace by clicking [here] or by scanning the QR-code below. This is one of the many top-downloaded live wallpapers as created by our pals at Kittehface Software.
If you click the thumbnails below you’ll be able to see the location unto which you must click as well as the two ways the easter egg can be displayed. For more awesome live wallpapers and such from Kittehface, simply head to our sweet little [Kittehface specific portal]. AND know that if you find any more easter eggs yourself, feel FREE to post them below or via our TIP US button up top!    )
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| Google Maps for Android updates – now with rerouting Posted: 07 Mar 2011 12:09 PM PST Google has updated to it’s popular Google Maps app which relies on both historical and current traffic data to plan routs and offer alternates. The previous version, could advise drivers of bad traffic ahead and offer a shortest alternative, but often times, the shortest route wasn’t always the fastest. The new version will offer three alternatives, the distance of each route and the projected time it takes to transit the detour.
Users don’t have to update the app as the change is done at the server level. That’s great news as all that the driver needs to do is access the Google Maps app as usual. There are also pings to return directions as well. The new Google apps features are available to North American and European markets where Google can link to real time traffic data. [via Technologizer] )
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| Samsung Galaxy Tab II gets the FCC approval Posted: 07 Mar 2011 11:46 AM PST Samsung’s followup to the Galaxy Tab has been approved by the FCC and is ready to hit the market. Dubbed the Galaxy Tab II, the new tablet was approved for wireless bands 802.11 a-n, Bluetooth, and GSM bands 850 and 1900. Also included in the approval were WCDMA bands II and V. All these bands are indications that the Tab II is set for US release through AT&T.
The model number is listed at GT-P7100. This makes it the same Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 which was showcased at Mobile World Congress and which we featured in a hands on here. The Galaxy Tab II runs a dual core Tegra 2 processor and sports Android 3.0 (Honeycomb). It’s capable of full HD 1080p playback and has an 8 megapixel rear facing autofocus camera for HD video recording. It has the same TFT LCD screen as it’s little brother, the original Galaxy Tab as a Super AMOLED screen would’ve been way too expensive to support as it will have to compete with the iPad 2. You gotta love the request for confidiality, in lieu of the fact that the Freedom of Information Act allows everyone to glean details from the application online. And considering that Samsung announced the Galaxy Tab II last month at MWC, one has to wonder what’s left to keep under wraps. The application for the Tab II was processed to the FCC in late January and included a short term confidentiality of 180 days, meaning it could hit the markets by late July. Users in Europe, however, will get the benefit of getting it first this month.     [via FCC] )
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If you like to be able to text specific groups of people when you want to chat about a specific event or something that you all have in common there are apps for Android devices already that will allow you to do that. A new app has surfaced for Android called Fast Society that is also a group texting service. The app was on the iPhone before and has landed on Android now as well.
Google has filled a security hole in the Android Market that would allow the installation of apps onto a user’s device without the user’s consent to the install. The hole even allowed the installation of an app on the user device without having physical access to the Android smartphone or tablet. The hole was in the cross-site scripting or XSS on the Android Market.
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