Show of hands: Who likes the NetFlix app on their Logitech Revue GTV sets? Thought so.
Although it doesn’t seem to be on mass distribution yet, it seems a few Revue users have received an update to the NetFlix app. No word on when this one will hit the masses; but updates are updates, and polish is polish. Yay!
Here are a few screengrabs of the new look. Follow the link to SatelliteGuys down below for some more. There is also a video of it in action.
[via Android Central | Scott Greczkowski @ SatelliteGuys]
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For you doubleTwist fans, doubleTwist has just launched a new feature: syncing over WiFi, courtesy of AirSync. Once you’ve got the free version of doubleTwist installed to your Android device, you’ll only need to upgrade for $.99 within the application. After you’ve upgraded, it’s a simple process to pair up with your desktop and one less wire to worry about.
Now, if only they would come out with an Ubuntu solution.
[via Phone Scoop | Comic courtesy of: doubleTwist]
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One of the hottest, most talked about Android handsets on the radar today is the LG Star. The not-yet-announced LGP990 features a Tegra 2 processor, an 8 megapixel camera, and HDMI output among other things. We’ve seen a handful of images arrive lately but nothing teases folks better than moving pictures. The lucky folks at GSM Israel were privileged enough to get their hands on a Star and only too kind to film it for us. Hit the jump below to see seven minutes of their hands-on time with the hotly anticipated smart phone!
Although the Star is seen sporting Froyo (2.2) in pictures and video, we’re expecting to see it launch with Gingerbread when it debuts in 2011. So who is ready to set aside a little cash for this one?
Via: AndroidAndMe
GSM Israel Plays Seven Minutes of Heaven with LG Star originally appeared on AndroidGuys.
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The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google is set to launch their own ebook store, Google Editions by the end of the month. The idea has been kicked around since May 2010 and was initially set to launch this past summer. Scott Dougall, a Google product management director, tells the WSJ it is set to debut in the U.S. by the end of the month and internationally in the first quarter of next year. There’s also word from some independent booksellers who say they have received their contracts for the venture from Google already, so it does appear that things are ready to launch.
What does this mean for us? Google is set to take on the big players in this space with a new distribution model — web-based book reading. The goal is to have content purchased from Google, or any of its independent partners entered into an online library tied to your Google account, and accessed via any modern web browser. Of course plans for applications for popular platforms are in the works, and you can bet that Android is high on that list. While we don’t know how well this model will work, you can bet devices like the Samsung Galaxy Tab will soon be seeing some Google Edition love. [WSJ online]
Google set to tackle the eBook market with Google Editions posted originally by Android Central
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The Archos line of Internet Tablets featuring Android (the 28/32/43/70/101) have received their fair dosage of Froyo today, as the (for now) latest version of Android has arrived. Along with the bump up in version number comes a pretty good list of enhancements and additions. The full list:
- Higher performance: just in time compiler (JIT) technology makes applications run up to 5 times faster than previous Android “Eclair” 2.1 firmwares
- Enhanced Microsoft Exchange support: it is now possible to synchronize contacts and calendar events
- Allow to install more 3rd party applications by installing them on the storage memory (for applications that supports it)
- Video: movie information and cover retrieval in video file info dialog
- Multiple selection mode is now always enabled in the file manager
- External bluetooth GPS receivers are now supported
- Better assistance is provided in the tethering wizard to pair with cell phone using bluetooth DUN profile (smart APN detection)
- OpenVPN is now supported
- Slideshow support for network shares has been added to Gallery and Photoframe applications
- Photoframe: full screen picture can now be displayed on double tap when in floating image mode
- Manual white balance setting has been added in Camera application
- Faster USB write transfer
- Battery: more accurate battery charge estimation
- Audio: improved compatibility with android audio stream volume management (voice/music/ringtone etc.)
- Orientation: fixed compatibility issue with some applications working with inverted accelerometer axis
That should help give the Archos line at least some of the extra “umph” it seemed to be missing out of the box, but, as we’ve heard before, no currently available version of Android is exactly primed for tablets. Anyone rocking one of these devices?
[via Archos, thanks to Tony for sending this our way!]
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The holiday season has snuck up on us and our inboxes and To Do Lists have been blizzarded upon with items. Yes, blizzarded is a word – I just made it up. For those wondering where the heck our weekly Tuesday Giveaway has been hiding, it’s under the pile of priorities, and we’re going to have to push it back to tomorrow.
Tune into tomorrow’s podcast at 2:30 PM EDT and at some point in the podcast, we’ll find an interesting way to select a winner for our weekly giveaway. Added to this week’s selection are cases from Seidio and I’ll be doing a full review using my Nexus One in the near future.
Wednesday. December 1st. 2:30PM. Tune in or miss out!
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It didn’t take long for the T-Mobile G2 to get root, but it didn’t last long either. HTC had taken precautions to prevent permanent rooting of the device, resetting every time the phone was powered down. Still, a workaround was found to allow for permanent root, but why stop there? Flashing ROMs is one thing, but the G2 still wasn’t as developer-friendly as, say, the Nexus One or original G1. Well, thanks to some savvy work and dedication by the folks over at XDA the T-Mobile G2 is now as primed for tinkering as it could be.
The methods to accomplish all are detailed in the source links below, but this isn’t for your first-time hacker. Those of you who want this type of access without the risk may want to hold off for automated methods that will surely come later. An interesting read either way!
[XDA via AndroidCentral]
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Two new entry-level Android handsets are headed to India, both of which attempt to cram as much value into a small package as humanly possible. The Micromax Andro A60 is a re-branded ZTE Penguin, and will retail for 6,999 INR (~$152). For the price you get Android 2.1, a 2.8-inch resistive touchscreen, 3.2MP autofocus camera, and 600MHz CPU.
If the oblong stylings of the Andro A60 don’t sit well, perhaps the Motorola Charm’s more boxy approach will. This is the same Charm we have seen on various other networks, QWERTY keyboard and all. It was Motorola’s first phone to attempt a Blackberry-style keyboard (later perfected for the Droid Pro) and features Android 2.1, a 2.8-inch capacitive display, 3.2MP camera, and will be available through Aircel for 13,990 INR (~$300). Twice the price of the Micromax handset for similar features, but arguably better in build quality and reputation.
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Somewhere, in some bizzarro, alternate universe the HTC Merge has been released, and we have the proof. The folks over at AndroidCentral stumbled upon a full two-page spread in Entrepreneur Magazine advertising the handset as the “work phone updated for your life,” See it take the tasks of your day an easily swat them down, showing off it’s slide-out keyboard in the process. The problem is, in this universe the phone hasn’t gotten so much as an announcement.
Initially pegged as part of the pre-Black Friday blitz of releases, the HTC Merge hasn’t been heard from much in the past few weeks. Verizon no doubt still intends to launch this phone, but perhaps they decided their stacked holiday lineup would overshadow the Merge and decided to hold it off until later, with this advertisement slipping through the cracks. Or maybe this will be another fireworks-less release for Verizon quietly landing on shelves without much fanfare.
[via AndroidCentral]
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The deal of Black Friday have come and gone, but Verizon is still in a giving mood this holiday season. Each day up until Christmas the carrier is featuring a special deal, and today’s is for $30 off of a Motorola Droid X and Jawbone Icon Bluetooth headset bundle. Not the most extreme deal, but a good one nonetheless. Those Bluetooth headsets are becoming more and more important as areas continue to ban the use of handheld devices while driving, definitely a great holiday gift idea.
[via DroidLife]
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