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Jet Set Radio coming to Android later this summer

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 02:08 PM PDT

Gamers who remember the Sega Dreamcast may be familiar with Jet Set Radio. The game offered players the opportunity to skate around a virtual world with the goal of graffiti "tagging" different locations. Jet Set Radio was regarded as one of the top titles for the Dreamcast platform with a vibrant universe of cel-shaded graphics and a great soundtrack.

Anyone who was a fan of the game will be glad to know that Sega has announced plans to release a new version of the game later this summer that will run on Android devices. It sounds like it will be a faithful port of the old classic with only some minor tweaks or additions to allow for new technologies such as the use of cell phone pictures in game. With the improved capabilities of today's HD devices, the graphics should be stunning.

No release date or pricing information is available. TalkAndroid will keep our eyes open for any updates.

source: PocketGamer

Mysterious Archos LUDOG10 device shows up in GLBenchmark

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 11:26 AM PDT

Foreign website Notebook Italia readers reported spotting an entry on GLBenchmark for a new Archos device dubbed the LUDOG10. The device's listing includes all kinds of interesting information. The resolution for the device is listed as 1920 x 1008. Is this a typo and should have been "1080" which is a much more common size? That seems likely and would suggest a 1080p HD screen.

The listing also indicates the device will have Texas Instrument's OMAP 4470 cpu which includes a PowerVR SGX554 for gpu duties. Reportedly running at 1.5GHz, this appears to be the first device to surface in GLBenchmark with this chipset. The Archos unit is listed as running Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich.

Much of the speculation regarding the device is that it is a gaming console. Anyone else want to take a guess as to what the LUDOG10 may be?

source: Notebook Italia
via: Phandroid

Jelly Bean Updates Rolling Out for Five More Carriers Around the World

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 10:51 AM PDT

Earlier this week Jelly Bean had begun appearing on Nexus S devices in Pakistan. Today on the Nexus Google+ account, they announced that Jelly Bean is currently being released to customers on at least five different carriers around the world, presumably, this includes the unlocked GSM models too. Here’s the official announcement:

We’ve started rolling out Android 4.1, Jelly Bean, to Nexus S phones on a number of carriers including T-Mobile, H3G, O2, Rogers as well as Vodafone in most countries, with more to come. Enjoy!

If you’ve already gotten Jelly Bean on your Nexus S, let us know how it’s doing in the comments!

source: Google+

Samsung Says “Save The Date” For Next US Galaxy Device On August 15th

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 12:28 AM PDT

 

Samsung is sending out Save the Date emails to the press about a big Galaxy announcement on August 15th. The email is pretty direct about announcing a new Galaxy device, but totally mum on what that device may be.

 ”Please join Samsung Electronics America for a major announcement and unveiling of the newest Galaxy device.“

See what I mean? Ok, so it could possibly be the Galaxy S Blaze Q, but our money is on the Galaxy Note 10.1, the S-Pen enabled tablet we caught our first glimpse of at Mobile World Congress in February. While the Galaxy Note 2 is also a possibility, the more believable rumor has that being unveiled at IFA 2012.

What do you hope to see? Let us know in the comments!

 

Verizon Galaxy S III To Receive Update to VRLG1, Removes Unified Search and Updates Kernel

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 08:55 PM PDT

If you are a Verizon subscriber and own a Samsung Galaxy S III, you may be receiving an update soon. This is meant to update the kernel and to dumb down the search capabilities of the device. As we have already seen, Samsung has been pushing the same update to both the Sprint and AT&T Galaxy S III.

When we talk about “dumbing down search capabilities” this is what you should expect. Currently, when you search via the search bar, it returns results from the web, apps, contacts, etc. all in a unified manner. However, with the current Apple Vs. Samsung debacle, search results will be limited to the web with no localized results.

If you are having any issues with your S III and get a replacement, your new device will already have been updated to I535VRLG1. The same is expected for those who go out and purchase one today. However, for those of you who jumped on the sale during launch week, we haven’t heard any news of the OTA hitting, but will update you as soon as we know!

source: droid-life

 

Google Acquires the Popular iOS E-Mail Client Sparrow

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 06:01 PM PDT

Google’s G-mail app on Android is by far the best G-mail experience you can get on any mobile device. Sadly, the same can’t be said about Androids stock e-mail client. It seems as if that may change as Google has officially acquired Sparrow. If you’re not familiar with Sparrow, it’s arguably the most popular and best e-mail client available for iOS and Mac. Thus, I’m sure it would be welcomed with open arms by Android users if Google ever decides to incorporate it into their OS.

You can check out Sparrow’s official statement regarding the acquisition after the break. 

Sparrow

We’re excited to announce that Sparrow has been acquired by Google!

We care a lot about how people communicate, and we did our best to provide you with the most intuitive and pleasurable mailing experience.

Now we’re joining the Gmail team to accomplish a bigger vision — one that we think we can better achieve with Google.

We'd like to extend a special thanks to all of our users who have supported us, advised us, given us priceless feedback and allowed us to build a better mail application. While we'll be working on new things at Google, we will continue to make Sparrow available and provide support for our users.

We had an amazing ride and can’t thank you enough.

Full speed ahead!

Dom Leca
CEO
Sparrow

We also want to thank our advisors and investors — Loren Brichter, Dave Morin, John Maeda, Xavier Niel, Jérémie Berrebi — as well as our friends and family: Simon Istolainen, Jérémie Kanza, Sacha Cayre, Cedric Gepner, Laurent Merlinot, Didier Kuhn, Tariq Krim, Christophe Baillon, Laurent Cerveau, Christophe Giaume, Sebastien Maury, Manuel Colom, Bertrand Guiheneuf and all of you who have helped us along the way.

For all press inquiries, please email press@google.com.

Sparrow is now part of Google!  As a result, our Terms will transition to Google's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy on August 24, 2012.

Photo Of Sprint’s Upcoming LG “Cayenne” LS860 QWERTY Slider Leaked

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 05:52 PM PDT

A couple of months ago we covered an upcoming QWERTY slider known as the LG Cayenne (LS860) that is heading to Sprint. Today, a new photo of that device obtained by evleaks has surfaced and shows us 3 physical capacitive buttons and running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The device will contain a dual-core MSM9860 Snapdragon S4 processor, which we all know by now is no slouch. The disappointing part is that the device will sport a WVGA resolution. The least they could have paired it with was qHD, especially since it already has such a powerful processor in the Snapdragon S4.

Either way, I’m sure this device will find its niche of users as physical QWERTY sliders aren’t quite dead yet and still sought after.  No news on pricing or availability, but you can be sure that we’ll fill you in as soon as we learn more.

source: evleaks
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