iMore picks of the week: Flipboard, N.O.V.A. 3, olloclip
Every week iMore’s editors carefully cull through hundreds of thousands of iPhone and iPad apps and games, and countless accessories, and pick only one of each — one app, one game, and one accessory. Innovative, interesting, or just plain exciting, they might might be the latest and greatest or the most newly updated, or they might be classics or hidden gems. The only constants are, they’ll always be among our very favorites, and they’ll worthy to join the exclusive ranks of iMore’s new picks of the week. This week we have an old social favorite with new social hook, the sequel to the sequel of one of the best shooters ever, and way to give your iPhone an incredible new set of eyes…
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Every week iMore’s editors carefully cull through hundreds of thousands of iPhone and iPad apps and games, and countless accessories, and pick only one of each — one app, one game, and one accessory. Innovative, interesting, or just plain exciting, they might might be the latest and greatest or the most newly updated, or they might be classics or hidden gems. The only constants are, they’ll always be among our very favorites, and they’ll worthy to join the exclusive ranks of iMore’s new picks of the week.
This week we have an old social favorite with new social hook, the sequel to the sequel of one of the best shooters ever, and way to give your iPhone an incredible new set of eyes…
App of the Week: Flipboard with SoundCloud
Flipboard is a dynamic, up-to-date, but highly personalized magazine created from everything being shared to you from Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google Reeder, LinkedIn, Flickr and most recently added, SoundCloud.
That’s right, now you can enjoy amazing sounds created and shared by your friends and people you follow on SoundCloud as well as explore dozens of recommended audio feeds in new Audio category in the Content Guide.
Using Flipboard is joyous. You simply flip through the different stories in your feeds that are displayed with big images and an expert of text. When reading an article, advancing through pages also requires the act of “flipping”. It’s actually pretty fun.
Flipboard is one of our favorite personal magazine apps, and it also supports our favorite read later services: Instapaper, Pocket, and Readability.
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Game of the week: N.O.V.A. 3
This week, there was really only iOS game worth talking about: Gameloft’s N.O.V.A. 3. The franchise has long been meeting the needs of hardcore Halo fans looking for something similar on their iPhone, and over time, N.O.V.A. has very much come into its own.
You play the role of Kal Wardin, a reluctant (and supposedly retired) military man who’s the only one with the skills to fend off the usual intergalactic threats. Your standard assortment of shotguns, assault rifles, sniper rifles, grenades, and missile launchers are supplemented by superhuman abilities like slowing time, telekentic force pushes, and freezing enemies. Though there’s a 10-level single player campaign, the real game takes place online, where you fight 6 v 6 across a variety of classic game modes, like team deathmatch, free for all, and capture the flag. As you play, win or lose, you gain experience points and level up, which unlocks new weapons, equipment, and add-ons to spawn with. One of the most exciting elements of multiplayer is the ability to hop into a variety of awesome high-tech vehicles, like walker mechs and jeeps.
This sci-fi first-person shooter boasts Retina-optimized graphics for both iPhone and iPad, but be warned new iPad owners – the price for razor-sharp textures is steep. In order to keep the framerate up, you’ll be sacrificing lots of cool effects like depth of field and motion blur. Gameloft is also trying to push in-app purchases for guns, which is a trapping generally left to free games, but luckily you can earn all the in-game currency you need through regular gameplay.
N.O.V.A. 3 provides top-notch action, great multiplayer, and graphics that you will have a hard time finding anywhere else on iOS. Although many scoff at dual-stick shooters on mobile, I find Gameloft has done a great job at integrating gyroscope control since Modern Combat 3, particularly for fine aim adjustments. I also take zero issue with the “inspiration” they pull from sci-fi games on other platforms; if Halo isn’t ever going to find its way to the iPhone and iPad, then more power to Gameloft for bringing it here. For action game fans, N.O.V.A. 3 is a no-brainer.
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Accessory of the week: olloclip lens system
The olloclip is a compact, convenient lens system that easily slides over your iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S camera and turns it into a fun, flexible, photography powerhouse. The olloclip contains both a fisheye and wide-angle lens, and you can unscrew the wide-angle to reveal a macro lens as well. That’s 3 extra options in one small package.
We used the olloclip extensively at both CES 2012 and Macworld|iWorld Expo 2012 and it worked fantastically well. The fisheye let us fit multiple people into frame for video interviews, and the macro let us get in really close for details. We even used the macro to capture the Retina display comparison shots for our new iPad review.
Combine it with the killer tips in our iPhone photography column and you’re on your way to one fairly incredible ultra-mobile photo kit.
$69.99 – Buy now
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Apple sends out Apple Campus 2 brochure to new neighbors
Apple has reportedly sent out a shiny brochure to their new neighbors, detailing aspects of the futuristic campus they’re planning to build on the old HP lot.
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Apple has reportedly sent out a shiny brochure to their new neighbors, detailing aspects of the futuristic campus they’re planning to build on the old HP lot. 9to5Mac got their hands on a copy, and shared some of the details, the most interesting of which is:
Campus 2, as it is currently called, won’t replace the 1 Infinite Loop campus. Instead, it will just provide ‘research facility’ office space for an additional 13,000 employees, more than 3,000 more than 1 Infinite Loop. There is 300,000 feet of expansion space for future growth.
And yes, that seems to mean no museum, no new Company Store, and potentially no next-generation offices for Apple’s executives.
Steve Jobs originally introduced Apple’s new “mothership” the day after WWDC 2011 with a visit to Cupertino City Council captured in the YouTube video below.
The images Apple introduced, and were posted by Cupertino and later updated, were stunning — an enormous circle of curved glass amid an orchard.
Steve Jobs said at the time of the introduction:
There is not a straight piece of glass in this building, it’s all curved. We used our experience making retail buildings all over the world now, and we know how to make the biggest pieces of glass in the world for architectural use. And, we want to make the glass specifically for this building here. We can make it curve all the way around the building… It’s pretty cool.
Some Cupertino residents have been concerned about what the influx of tens of thousands of new workers will do to traffic. Others simply see more tax dollars.
Apple is scheduled to begin work on the impressive new structure this year with a projected end date of 2015. Still no word on whether or not, due to its spaceship design, it will literally be able to abandon Earth and take to the stars, Wall-E style, should Google ever win the technology wars…
Check out the rest of the flyer pics and salient points via the link below.
Source: 9to5Mac
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Motorola: If ICS won’t make our device better, we won’t update to it
Motorola yesterday updated its device update schedule, with the crux being that we'll finally start to see some phones get Ice Cream Sandwich in the next month or so. Specifically, that's the Droid RAZR/MAXX, with the Atrix, Atrix 2, Droid 4 and Xyboards getting it in Q3.
Have a Droid 3 or Droid X2? Sorry, you're out of luck. And today Motorola expanded on why, saying:
"… obviously we want the new release to improve our devices. If we determine that can’t be done—well then, we’re not able to upgrade that particular device."
Interesting choice of words. What it probably means is that Moto determined that the cost in time and effort to update those older phones to ICS outweighs the benefit of Ice Cream Sandwich, which indeed sucks given how young those phones are. But that's the crapshoot we all enter into these days, unfortunately.
Good luck convincing folks that Ice Cream Sandwich won't improve their phones, Moto.
You can get the full statement at the source link below.
Source: Motorola
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jOBS, the unofficial Steve Jobs biopic, gets a website, will film in original Apple garage
The unofficial, independent Steve Jobs biopic starring Ashton Kutcher, has gotten an official name — jOBS — a website, and has released some new details about the production.
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The unofficial, independent Steve Jobs biopic starring Ashton Kutcher, has gotten an official name — jOBS — a website, and has released some new details about the production.
The film chronicling the life of Steve Jobs, the Apple Inc. co-founder and charismatic master of innovation, begins principal photography in June and in keeping with the project’s commitment to accuracy and authenticity, will film early scenes in the actual Los Altos home where Jobs grew up and in the historic garage where he and Steve Wozniak founded Apple.
jOBS is produced by Mark Hulme and Five Star Pictures and directed by Joshua Michael Stern of Swing Vote and Neverwas.
jOBS chronicles the 30 most defining years of Steve Jobs’ life, as seen through his, colleagues’, and friends’ eyes. Dark, honest, and uncompromising, jOBS plunges into the depths of his character, creating an intense dialogue-driven story that is as much a sweeping epic as it is an immensely personal portrait of Steve Jobs’ life.
On the film’s website, thejobsmovie.com, Hulme elaborates on his motivations for making jOBS.
One of the great innovators and futurist patriarchs of our time, Steve Jobs was somehow simultaneously a prophet and a pariah for millions of consumers. His is a truly fascinating story that cannot properly be told in such a short space, and that is why we are determined to bring his tale –both the good and the bad, the regrettable and unforgettable, the villainous and heroic– to the big screen.
Just recently Ashton Kutcher was seen out and about in his Steve Jobs wardrobe.
jOBS current has the tagline “Get inspired” and is scheduled for a late fall, 2012 release. That should be well ahead of the official biopic produced by Sony and based on the Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson, which just hired Aaron Sorkin of The Social Network and The West Wing to pen their script.
Source: thejobsmovie.com
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From the Editor’s Desk: Recharging
No patents. No petitions. No bootloaders. No multitasking. No customs delays. See y'all next week.
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From the Android Forums: Factory data reset questions
acr456 asks in the Android Central forums,
Hello, I am going to factory reset my phone. However, my question is, since this is a complete reset will it also rollback to the version of Android that the EVO was launched with? For example, I know have version 2.3.5. Will it roll it all the way back to 2.1? I just want my data erased, I want to keep all my system updates including whatever updates Sprint sent. Do I have anything to worry about?
Also, the EVO I'm resetting is deactivated. Once the reset is complete will I be able to fully use my phone without the need of a Sprint connection? I have Wifi so that will do.
We're glad you asked! We get this one a lot, and we can see why the term factory data reset would make one think it was being returned to the factory, out-of-box condition. Thankfully, it's not. A factory reset will erase all user settings (things like home screen customizations, Wifi networks, sound settings and the like) and delete all apps downloaded from the Google Play store. It won't touch anything that's part of the system files, so your worse case scenario (and actually the likely scenario) is that system apps that have been updated from the Google Play store (things like the Gmail app or Maps) will just need updated from the Play store again. You'll still be on the latest 2.3.5 version, but the rest will be clean like a new device.
As for it working without Sprint service, everything but calls and SMS/MMS will work just fine. I've had my EVO 4G unactivated for over a year now and use it to keep little ones occupied when they come for a visit. Using Wifi, all your Google services, including the important one — the Google Play store — will still work just fine. Good luck, and have fun with your new EVO PDA!
Have a question you need answered? (Preferably about Android, but we're flexible.) Hit up our Contact Page to get in touch!
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Google-Motorola deal approved by Chinese regulators
Regulators in China have approved the multi-billion dollar purchase of Motorola Mobility by Google. The particulars have already been approved in the US and elsewhere, and China has been the lone holdout. With that bit of dirty business behind them, the deal can now go forward. In statements released to Bloomberg Motorola and Google both confirm the news, and are looking forward to getting the loose ends tied up in short order.
We expect things to stay unchanged between Google and Motorola, as we've heard numerous times that Motorola will remain an independent entity. Only time will let us know how that turns out. It will be an interesting summer, that's for sure.
Source: Bloomberg; Thanks, Alexander!
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Android Central international round-up – May 19, 2012
Compared to all the drama stateside surrounding the customs woes of HTC's new handsets, it was a fairly quiet week for international Android news. But even a quiet week here in the Android world has its share of phone launches, update news, release announcements and the like, so let's dive right in.
We got our first peek at the HTC Desire C this week, as HTC prepares to launch its successor to the Wildfire S. With NFC, ICS and Beats Audio on-board, the Desire C looks like a surprisingly feature-packed little device, and we're looking forward to getting our hands on it in the near future for a full review. Speaking of reviews, we wrapped up our Motorola Motoluxe review this week — Richard found it to be a well-built entry-level handset, albeit one that's limited by Moto's slightly janky software additions.
And the countdown to the Samsung Galaxy S III launch continues — T-Mobile UK announced its pricing for the device, and we heard that some stores in the UK will be opening the evening before the official launch day to give eager pre-order customers the chance to pick up their handsets.
We also got a release date for an Android flagship from another manufacturer — LG revealed that it'll launch the Optimus 4X HD in Europe starting in June.
Check out some choice cuts from the past week's international Android developments below, and if you've got news, be sure to tip us at the usual address.
Special features:
News:
- 200 movies available to rent for 5p on HTC Watch this weekend
- Another minor OTA for the international HTC One X
- Pink Samsung Galaxy Note headed to the UK in June
- Samsung Galaxy S III sees 9 million pre-orders
- Samsung reveals official Galaxy S III TV ad
- Samsung opening first store in Canada
- Motorola XOOM Wifi Android 4.0.3 OTA available in Canada
- HTC and Samsung reportedly make up 86% of UK Android sales
- Samsung Galaxy Nexus vehicle dock launches in the UK on May 22
- Samsung Galaxy S III up for pre-order at T-Mobile UK
- Sony Xperia ICS updates coming 'late May, early June'
- HTC Desire C arriving May 24 for £190, says retailer
- Samsung Galaxy S III available a day early for pre-order customers
- Samsung Galaxy S III user manual appears online
- HTC Desire C is official – ICS, NFC and Beats on a 3.5-inch screen
- O2 UK reportedly rolling out DC-HSPA in 'major cities'
- HTC One XL now available in Australia from Mobicity
- LG Optimus 4X HD coming to Europe in June
- Motorola launches Xoom 2 in Sweden and other countries
- Three UK HTC One S OTA update now rolling out
- Official Samsung Galaxy S III accessories sighted
- T-Mobile UK reveals Galaxy S III pricing
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Motorola: If ICS won’t make our device better, we won’t update to it
Motorola yesterday updated its device update schedule, with the crux being that we'll finally start to see some phones get Ice Cream Sandwich in the next month or so. Specifically, that's the Droid RAZR/MAXX, with the Atrix, Atrix 2, Droid 4 and Xyboards getting it in Q3.
Have a Droid 3 or Droid X2? Sorry, you're out of luck. And today Motorola expanded on why, saying:
"… obviously we want the new release to improve our devices. If we determine that can’t be done—well then, we’re not able to upgrade that particular device."
Interesting choice of words. What it probably means is that Moto determined that the cost in time and effort to update those older phones to ICS outweighs the benefit of Ice Cream Sandwich, which indeed sucks given how young those phones are. But that's the crapshoot we all enter into these days, unfortunately.
Good luck convincing folks that Ice Cream Sandwich won't improve their phones, Moto.
You can get the full statement at the source link below.
Source: Motorola
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Android Central Editors’ App Picks for May 19, 2012
Ready to check out some more of our favorite apps? Each week we bring to you some of our favorites in hopes that they may become your favorites, and we want you to do the same. Drop a line in the comments and let us know some of the awesome applications you have installed on your device, so the rest of the Android Central community can check them out as well!
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Motorola: If ICS won’t make our device better, we won’t update to it
Motorola yesterday updated its device update schedule, with the crux being that we'll finally start to see some phones get Ice Cream Sandwich in the next month or so. Specifically, that's the Droid RAZR/MAXX, with the Atrix, Atrix 2, Droid 4 and Xyboards getting it in Q3.
Have a Droid 3 or Droid X2? Sorry, you're out of luck. And today Motorola expanded on why, saying:
"… obviously we want the new release to improve our devices. If we determine that can’t be done—well then, we’re not able to upgrade that particular device."
Interesting choice of words. What it probably means is that Moto determined that the cost in time and effort to update those older phones to ICS outweighs the benefit of Ice Cream Sandwich, which indeed sucks given how young those phones are. But that's the crapshoot we all enter into these days, unfortunately.
Good luck convincing folks that Ice Cream Sandwich won't improve their phones, Moto.
You can get the full statement at the source link below.
Source: Motorola
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Motorola: If ICS won’t make our device better, we won’t update to it
Motorola yesterday updated its device update schedule, with the crux being that we'll finally start to see some phones get Ice Cream Sandwich in the next month or so. Specifically, that's the Droid RAZR/MAXX, with the Atrix, Atrix 2, Droid 4 and Xyboards getting it in Q3.
Have a Droid 3 or Droid X2? Sorry, you're out of luck. And today Motorola expanded on why, saying:
"… obviously we want the new release to improve our devices. If we determine that can’t be done—well then, we’re not able to upgrade that particular device."
Interesting choice of words. What it probably means is that Moto determined that the cost in time and effort to update those older phones to ICS outweighs the benefit of Ice Cream Sandwich, which indeed sucks given how young those phones are. But that's the crapshoot we all enter into these days, unfortunately.
Good luck convincing folks that Ice Cream Sandwich won't improve their phones, Moto.
You can get the full statement at the source link below.
Source: Motorola
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From the Android Forums: Factory data reset questions
acr456 asks in the Android Central forums,
Hello, I am going to factory reset my phone. However, my question is, since this is a complete reset will it also rollback to the version of Android that the EVO was launched with? For example, I know have version 2.3.5. Will it roll it all the way back to 2.1? I just want my data erased, I want to keep all my system updates including whatever updates Sprint sent. Do I have anything to worry about?
Also, the EVO I'm resetting is deactivated. Once the reset is complete will I be able to fully use my phone without the need of a Sprint connection? I have Wifi so that will do.
We're glad you asked! We get this one a lot, and we can see why the term factory data reset would make one think it was being returned to the factory, out-of-box condition. Thankfully, it's not. A factory reset will erase all user settings (things like home screen customizations, Wifi networks, sound settings and the like) and delete all apps downloaded from the Google Play store. It's won't touch anything that's part of the system files, so your worse case scenario (and actually the likely scenario) is that system apps that have been updated from the Google Play store (things like the Gmail app or Maps) will just need updated from the Play store again. You'll still be on the latest 2.3.5 version, but the rest will be clean like a new device.
As for it working without Sprint service, everything but calls and SMS/MMS will work just fine. I've had my EVO 4G unactivated for over a year now and use it to keep little nes occupied when they come for a visit. Using Wifi, all your Google services, including the important one — the Google Play store — will still work just fine. Good luck, and have fun with your new EVO PDA!
Have a question you need answered? (Preferably about Android, but we're flexible.) Hit up our Contact Page to get in touch!
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Apple announces its iTunes Festival line up, watch live performances on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch
Apple has just announced its line up for the annual iTunes Festival. The event which first started in 2007 has been hugely popular as all of the tickets are given away free of charge. The live concerts all take place at London’s The Roundhouse and it all kicks off on September 1st and goes on until September 30th.
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Apple has just announced its line up for the annual iTunes Festival. The event which first started in 2007 has been hugely popular as all of the tickets are given away free of charge. The live concerts all take place at London’s The Roundhouse and it all kicks off on September 1st and goes on until September 30th.
Every year since 2007, the iTunes Festival has been bringing you a full month of spectacular live music. Many of the world’s biggest stars and the brightest newcomers have graced the festival stage, and this year’s brilliant line-up includes jack White, One Direction, Norah Jones and more. It will all take place in September 2012 at one of the UK’s best live music venues-the Roundhouse in London.
So far Apple has confirmed performances by Usher, Emeli Sandé, Jack White, Norah Jones and every teenage girls dream, One Direction. There will be many more artists to come over the next couple of months so this is certain to be a popular event. Even better the tickets are always free. If you want them just simply apply for them through the app or online. Apple is also running a competition to win a Festival Pass which gives you access to every concert during the festival.
If you can’t make the live shows, you can enjoy all the action live on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch via the iTunes Festival app, as well as on your Mac or PC. The iOS app even supports AirPlay; enabling you to stream the action straight to your Apple TV. Unfortunately, it looks like being exclusively for UK based users as the app is only available in the UK App Store.
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Source: iTunes Festival
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From the Android Forums: Factory data reset questions
acr456 asks in the Android Central forums,
Hello, I am going to factory reset my phone. However, my question is, since this is a complete reset will it also rollback to the version of Android that the EVO was launched with? For example, I know have version 2.3.5. Will it roll it all the way back to 2.1? I just want my data erased, I want to keep all my system updates including whatever updates Sprint sent. Do I have anything to worry about?
Also, the EVO I'm resetting is deactivated. Once the reset is complete will I be able to fully use my phone without the need of a Sprint connection? I have Wifi so that will do.
We're glad you asked! We get this one a lot, and we can see why the term factory data reset would make one think it was being returned to the factory, out-of-box condition. Thankfully, it's not. A factory reset will erase all user settings (things like home screen customizations, Wifi networks, sound settings and the like) and delete all apps downloaded from the Google Play store. It's won't touch anything that's part of the system files, so your worse case scenario (and actually the likely scenario) is that system apps that have been updated from the Google Play store (things like the Gmail app or Maps) will just need updated from the Play store again. You'll still be on the latest 2.3.5 version, but the rest will be clean like a new device.
As for it working without Sprint service, everything but calls and SMS/MMS will work just fine. I've had my EVO 4G unactivated for over a year now and use it to keep little nes occupied when they come for a visit. Using Wifi, all your Google services, including the important one — the Google Play store — will still work just fine. Good luck, and have fun with your new EVO PDA!
Have a question you need answered? (Preferably about Android, but we're flexible.) Hit up our Contact Page to get in touch!
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Android Central Editors’ App Picks for May 19, 2012
Ready to check out some more of our favorite apps? Each week we bring to you some of our favorites in hopes that they may become your favorites, and we want you to do the same. Drop a line in the comments and let us know some of the awesome applications you have installed on your device, so the rest of the Android Central community can check them out as well!
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Get yourself a new Android smartphone just for eating at Chili’s
We've seen some pretty interesting Android promotions in our time, but Chili's latest takes the cake for sure. They have a new app out and they really want you to try it out. In fact, they want you to try it out so bad that they'll give you a free Android smartphone to do so.
The process is fairly simple of course, visit the Chili's website and order up $25 worth of food and you'll get be able to collect a free Android device and then download their app onto it. The fine print is where you may get caught up though, it shows it's with a new 2-year contract and subject to terms but that's just how it has to be. Interested? Check out the link below for the full details.
Source: Chili's; Thanks, Cory!
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Motorola Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich schedule updated
Motorola device owners have been pretty vocal about their want for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich on their devices. Motorola in response to that, has kept an ICS rollout schedule updated and recently they made some changes to it that will either excite you or upset you, depending on which device you own.
Droid RAZR, Droid RAZR MAXX and XOOM 3G/4G owners have the most to be excited about as ICS updates for those devices should be rolling out at just about any moment right now. Atrix, Atrix 2, Droid Bionic, Droid 4 and XYBOARD owners will be waiting until the next quarter for their updates.
Own a Droid 3 or Droid X2 though? Looks as though you better start looking towards some ICS compatible ROM's as those devicse will be stuck on Android 2.3 Gingerbread for the remainder of their lifecycle, minus some bug fix and maintenance releases.
Source: Motorola, Android Central Forums
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Straight Talk, Unified eMail, Signal drops [From the Forums]
We've blown through a bunch of content for you all this week so be sure to get yourself caught up if, for whatever reason you missed out on anything. In addition to the news and editorials, we also managed to do up a Android Central podcast for you all and if that isn't enough — be sure to check out the Android Central Forums:
- HTC One X Forums - Anyone having signal drop issues?
- HTC EVO 4G LTE - Should HTC/Sprint give good will gesture?
- Samsung Galaxy S III Forums - No Android Experience, Tempted by the S3
- Samsung Galaxy Nexus Forums - Straight Talk MMS problems
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How to have a video chat with your Android and BlackBerry friends and family
You’ve got the new iPad, you have tried out your front facing camera with FaceTime, but now you realize that many of your friends don’t live in the iOS world. So, how can you video chat with your BlackBerry, Android, and Windows Phone friends?
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You’ve got the new iPad, you have tried out your front facing camera with FaceTime, but now you realize that many of your friends don’t live in the iOS world. So, how can you video chat with your BlackBerry, Android, and Windows Phone friends?
The good news is that there really are a bunch of options for video chatting with Android, Windows Phone and Windows and Mac PC users. The bad news is that there aren’t, as of yet, a bunch of great options. We will take a look at a good cross sampling to help give you some choices in the realm of video chat. The only caveat here is that you will need to pick an app tied to a service that your friends actually use or are willing to use.
Using Skype on the iPad
Skype is arguably the most popular video chat service in the world. Chances are that some, if not most of your friends are already using Skype on their PC’s or Macs.
Finding and Adding Skype Contacts
Once you have logged into the Skype app, you will want to start communicating with people. To do so, you will have to find them and add them to your Skype contacts list:
- If you are not already in Skype, tap the Skype icon from your Home screen and log in, if asked.
- Tap the Lists key along the left hand margin.
- Tap one of the Contacts lists displayed, then touch the the “+” icon at the top
- Next, touch the Search Skype Directory and type someone’s name, email address or Skype Name. Tap Search to locate that person.
- Once you see the person you want to add, touch his/her name.
- Check the picture to make sure you have the right individual.
- Tap Add Contact at the top.
- Adjust the invitation message appropriately.
- Tap the Send button to send this person an invitation to become one of your Skype contacts.
- Repeat the procedure to add more contacts.
- When you are done, touch the Back key at the top or the Skype directory key if you are not already in your Skype group.
- Tap the Contacts group you just added top from the Lists screen to see all new contacts you have added.
- Once this person accepts you as a contact, you will see him listed as a contact in the group from which he/she was invited.
Making Calls with Skype on Your iPad
So far you have created your account and added your contacts. Now you are ready to finally make that first call with Skype on your iPad:
- If you are not already in Skype, tap the Skype icon from your Home screen and log in, if asked.
- Tap the Lists button.
- Tap a Contact Group to see your contacts.
- Tap the contact name you wish to call
- Tap the Video Call or Voice Call button. Sometimes, you don’t want to “show yourself” so a voice only call can be helpful.
- You may see a Mobile or other phone button. Making any other kind of call requires that you pay for it with Skype Credits.
Easily switch cameras using the Skype app
Switching Cameras with Skype
You can show the individual with whom you are talking on Skype your surroundings by “switching” to the back camera of the iPad. Just touch the Swith Camera icon to do this.All in all, the Skype options on the iPad are just as plentiful as those on your computer.
Free – Download now
Fring for iPad
Fring is a popular Android video chat app that has been around for a while for iOS users.
The killer feature of Fring is that it supports group video chat for up to four users simultaneously.
Like Skype, you can call landlines and other phone numbers for discounted rates – but our interest today is in video chat. Fring also works over 3G and 4G networks as well as over WiFi.
Adding friends in Fring
You add friends in Fring by looking for their User-ID. You can also add your networks, which will bring in your contacts. You can add your Address Book, your MSN Live account, ICQ, Google Talk, Yahoo or AIM.
Add contacts from many different networks
Placing a video call
Simply touch the Video Call button in the middle of the screen to chat with the highlighted contact.
Options on a call
Once a Fring call in initiated, you can: switch cameras, Mute the call, display the call in Full Screen or End the call.
Tap the Group video button and select participants. You can touch the + button to add friends to the call.
Tap the Group icon to start a group call in Fring
Get Fring here:
Free – Download now
ooVoo Video Chat for iPad
ooVoo is a newer service which tried to one up Fring by enabling group video chat for up to 6 people at a time. ooVoo has apps available for smartphones and tablets (iOS and Android) and Macs and PC’s. On Macs and PC’s, you can have up to 12 people on a video chat.
ooVoo also work over 3G and 4G networks as well as WiFi.
Adding friends to ooVoo
When you first start up ooVoo you are asked to upload your address book to their servers to look for friends. You can always Deny this request and input your contacts manually – or Allow it and ooVoo will search for your friends.
Choose to Allow or Deny ooVoo to upload your contacts and look for ooVoo users
Once ooVoo finds your contacts, you can choose which ones to add to your address book.
Placing a Video call
Just select someone from your Contact list and select Start a Video Call. Once they answer, the call is in session.
Options on the call
Very similar to Fring (and the other services) you can Add Friends to the call, Swap Cameras to show what is going on around you, Mute the call or End the call.
Using the Group Call option
There are two ways to do this on ooVoo: you can tap the Multiple Select option from your Contacts screen and just select friends or you can touch the Conference icon when on a call to add more people.
Choose multiple users to initiate a group call in ooVoo
Get ooVoo here:
Free – Download now
Yahoo! Messsenger for iPad
People still use Yahoo! People even still use Yahoo! Messsenger, so having the option of video chatting with Yahoo! Messsenger friends is a great option for your iPad.
With Yahoo! Messenger, video calls and chats are free to your Yahoo! Messenger contacts. Yahoo! also gives you the option of low cost calls to landlines and mobile phones as well as free international texting to a few places.
Adding friends to Yahoo! Messenger
When you sign into the Yahoo! Messenger app, all of your Yahoo contacts will show up. You can also add contacts individually by touching the + icon at the top right of the app.
Placing a video call
Highlight one of your contacts and simply touch the icon of the video camera to initiate a video call.
Tap the video camera icon to initiate a video call on Yahoo! Messenger
Options on the call
You can make the call full screen (or reduce it if it is already full screen,) Swap cameras, Mute or Pause or End the call.
Yahoo Messenger is available here:
Free – Download now
Vtok – Google talk video calls on iPad
If you are a Google voice user, you might want to check out Vtok as an option for video calling using your Google Voice account.
As long as your friends are Google contacts using Google Video and voice chat- you can talk to them – and see them – for as long as you’d like.
Adding Contacts to Vtok
Simply sign in using your Google sign in information and all your Google contacts will show up.
Tap the + button at the top right to add contacts individually.
Placing a video call
If your friends are online, the video camera icon turns green. Simply touch the icon to start the video call.
Tap the green video camera to initiate a video call on vtok
Options on the call
Very much like the other apps, you can Switch the camera, Mute or end the call.
Vtok is available here:
Free – Download now
Tango Video Calls on iPad
Tango is yet another variation on a theme of apps that can be used cross platform for making Video calls. Tango adds some new features, such as the ability to send free video messages as well.
Tango works over WiFi as well as over 3G and 4G networks. Tango is an iPhone app that you need to run in 2x mode to fill up the iPad screen.
Adding contacts to Tango
When you first set up Tango you will be asked to let Tango match up your address book with emails and phone numbers of registered Tango users. If you allow Tango to do this, you will see all of your contacts who also have Tango accounts when you login.
You can also touch the + (invite) icon to send an email invite to friends to join you on Tango.
Placing a video call
The Tango video chat screen
Simply touch the Video icon next to the contact you wish to call and the video call will initiate.
Options on the call
Tango options are pretty limited. You can Switch the camera view, Mute or End the call. The one thing that Tango adds is sort of a gimmick, but it can be fun; that is called Tango surprises. Tap the icon with the stars and you can choose animated surprises - like balloons – to come down during the call. You can purchase more surprises in the Tango store.
Tap the Surprises icon and choose from animated options like balloons
Tango is available here:
Free – Download now
Conclusions:
After looking at all these apps, there are certainly options for iPad and iPhone users if they want to video chat with non-iOS friends and family.
The simple reality is this; if your friends and family have an iOS device, you are hard pressed to beat FaceTime for ease of use and call quality. The one downside to FaceTime is that it can only be used over WiFi.
If your friends or family members are non-iOS users, Skype may very well be the best alternative of the bunch. It is popular, easy to set up and use and the picture and audio quality was generally pretty good – both over WiFI and over cellular networks.
Among the other Video chat services, the bottom line come down to where your friends, colleagues and families are. If everyone is on Yahoo!, then maybe Yahoo! Messenger makes sense. If everyone is on Google, then Vtok might work.
If group video chat is important to you on your iPad or iPhone, both ooVoo and Fring offer easy group video chat. The challenge is that you need to get your friends and family to join the service and learn a new app.
Tango, Fring, Google (Vtok) and Skype are available as mobile apps for most, but not all platforms. Skype is not on BlackBerry and while it is on Windows Phone, it still can’t run in the background, which limits its usability on that platform.
Since each of the apps is free, try them out, see where your friends are and then enjoy yet another feature that helps make the iPad and iPhone so incredibly versatile.
Are you currently using a Video chat app regularly on your iPad or iPhone? Have you tried any of these out and can share your experiences? Let us know in the forums.
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Google-Motorola deal approved by Chinese regulators
Regulators in China have approved the multi-billion dollar purchase of Motorola Mobility by Google. The particulars have already been approved in the US and elsewhere, and China has been the lone holdout. With that bit of dirty business behind them, the deal can now go forward. In statements released to Bloomberg Motorola and Google both confirm the news, and are looking forward to getting the loose ends tied up in short order.
We expect things to stay unchanged between Google and Motorola, as we've heard numerous times that Motorola will remain an independent entity. Only time will let us know how that turns out. It will be an interesting summer, that's for sure.
Source: Bloomberg; Thanks, Alexander!
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Android Central international round-up – May 19, 2012
Compared to all the drama stateside surrounding the customs woes of HTC's new handsets, it was a fairly quiet week for international Android news. But even a quiet week here in the Android world has its share of phone launches, update news, release announcements and the like, so let's dive right in.
We got our first peek at the HTC Desire C this week, as HTC prepares to launch its successor to the Wildfire S. With NFC, ICS and Beats Audio on-board, the Desire C looks like a surprisingly feature-packed little device, and we're looking forward to getting our hands on it in the near future for a full review. Speaking of reviews, we wrapped up our Motorola Motoluxe review this week — Richard found it to be a well-built entry-level handset, albeit one that's limited by Moto's slightly janky software additions.
And the countdown to the Samsung Galaxy S III launch continues — T-Mobile UK announced its pricing for the device, and we heard that some stores in the UK will be opening the evening before the official launch day to give eager pre-order customers the chance to pick up their handsets.
We also got a release date for an Android flagship from another manufacturer — LG revealed that it'll launch the Optimus 4X HD in Europe starting in June.
Check out some choice cuts from the past week's international Android developments below, and if you've got news, be sure to tip us at the usual address.
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News:
- 200 movies available to rent for 5p on HTC Watch this weekend
- Another minor OTA for the international HTC One X
- Pink Samsung Galaxy Note headed to the UK in June
- Samsung Galaxy S III sees 9 million pre-orders
- Samsung reveals official Galaxy S III TV ad
- Samsung opening first store in Canada
- Motorola XOOM Wifi Android 4.0.3 OTA available in Canada
- HTC and Samsung reportedly make up 86% of UK Android sales
- Samsung Galaxy Nexus vehicle dock launches in the UK on May 22
- Samsung Galaxy S III up for pre-order at T-Mobile UK
- Sony Xperia ICS updates coming 'late May, early June'
- HTC Desire C arriving May 24 for £190, says retailer
- Samsung Galaxy S III available a day early for pre-order customers
- Samsung Galaxy S III user manual appears online
- HTC Desire C is official – ICS, NFC and Beats on a 3.5-inch screen
- O2 UK reportedly rolling out DC-HSPA in 'major cities'
- HTC One XL now available in Australia from Mobicity
- LG Optimus 4X HD coming to Europe in June
- Motorola launches Xoom 2 in Sweden and other countries
- Three UK HTC One S OTA update now rolling out
- Official Samsung Galaxy S III accessories sighted
- T-Mobile UK reveals Galaxy S III pricing
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