Sunday, November 11, 2012

Android Phone Fans

Android Phone Fans

Android Overload: Nexus 7 deals, Nexus 4 and 10 launch details, T-Mobile 2-day sale and more

Posted: 10 Nov 2012 06:01 PM PST


Hello Phandroids! We are here to bring you all the Android-related news that didn’t make it to our home page. Many of these are still worth a read, so go ahead and check them out before you take off for your holiday weekend endeavors!

  • 32 GB Nexus 7 to sell for $229 at Office Depot this Black Friday [Reddit]
  • Google clarifies Nexus 4 / 10 availability [Android Police]
  • T-Mobile organizing a 2-day sale for Nov 16, 17 [Into Mobile]
  • Motorola RAZR HD becomes first 4G LTE phone in Mexico soon after Telcel’s LTE network launch [Into Mobile]
  • Multiview feature ported to the OG Samsung Galaxy Note [XDA Developers]
  • First ROM for the HTC One X+ [XDA Developers]

Google services halted in China – Communist Party Congress at fault?

Posted: 10 Nov 2012 03:36 PM PST


It was all good and usual in China until reports of issues with Google services started flooding in. The reasons are still unknown, but it seems Google services have been halted in the faraway land. This includes Gmail, Google Maps and Google Docs, which are essential to many users.

What is even more interesting is that it happened right as the 18th Chinese Communist Party Congress takes place, which is when the country’s new leaders are elected. During this event, the Chinese Government holds the right to block any websites that don’t comply with their media regulations. The same regulations Google mentioned, in 2010, they would not comply to.

The problem is more than likely related to this, as Google has stated the following:

“We've checked and there's nothing wrong on our end” -Google

Meanwhile, Google searches are being re-routed to a Korean site by using DNS Poisoning. Google has seen a major drop in traffic in said country, so there is no doubt this is no accident.

It is sad to hear our Chinese friends are not able to enjoy these services at the moment. If you have ever experienced a server drop from Google, you would know a huge part of our internet use is affected. To some of us, it would become near impossible to continue with our daily tasks, and we might not even be able to easily continue our work.

We just have to wonder how this is working with mobile devices in China. Are Android’s native applications and Google services being affected on smartphones? If we have any readers from China, please do let us know. For now, let’s just wait and hope it all goes back to normal soon.

[via Business Week]

Apple vs Samsung: UK orders Apple to pay all legal fees due to site’s misleading statement

Posted: 10 Nov 2012 01:43 PM PST


Samsung’s victory against Apple in the UK was everything but unnoticed. The court went as far as ordering Apple to publish a notice in their official website stating that Samsung did not infringe on the patents at hand. Of course, Apple didn’t see this through with crossed arms and managed to publish a statement that gave more credit to the iPhone maker than it did to the case’s results. UK authorities then forced Apple to edit the statement, which they did, but not without a bit more trickery.

We knew this was all going to come back and bite Apple in the rear, and so it did. The Court of Appeal of England and Wales is now forcing Apple to pay for all of Samsung’s legal fees, due to their “false and misleading” notice.

We must keep in mind that such practices are usual in the UK: losers usually do end up paying for the winners’ legal fees. But the fact that this decision was based on an indemnity basis makes for a very sound slap with a white glove. It is meant to remind Apple, and everyone else, that what they did was wrong.

Now that this one is out of the way, let’s get ready for the hundreds of lawsuits to come. This game is not ending any time soon, guys. It won’t until we change our legal system to get rid of all these problems, which many times are based on insignificant factors.

[Source: Bailii Via: The Verge]

Android Overload: Google exec says there should be more carrier UI’s, T-Mobile 2-day sale for select Samsung phones, and more

Posted: 10 Nov 2012 01:17 AM PST

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  • AT&T offering $100 off tablets with a 2-year data plan. [AT&T]
  • Pulse updated in the Play Store to version 3.0. Brings new navigation and improvements. [Play Store]
  • T-Mobile 2-day sale offers discounts on select Samsung devices (no Galaxy Note 2). [TMoNews]
  • Android (and iOS) app Blippar breathes life into the ShortList magazine via augmented reality. [Mashable]
  • Nvidia’s Q3 revenue hits record $1.2 billion thanks to Tegra 3 processor sales. [NVIDIA]
  • Google Ventures executive thinks carriers should be doing more to customize their Android UI’s. [FierceMobile]
  • Paper Monsters coming next week to the Google Play Store. [YouTube]
  • Ubuntu team releases Ubuntu Nexus 7 desktop installer. [DroidDog]
  • Light Flow for Android updated in the Play Store. Brings support for 4.2 Jelly Bean. [Play Store]
  • Arcane Legends launching within a week for Android in the Google Play Store. [SpacetimeStudios]
  • Google and all Google services being blocked in China (again). [Readwrite]
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