Kevin Krueger

CyanogenMod HTC One GSM Models Combined Under “m7″

Jan

2014

If you’re looking for the January 7th nightly for your AT&T (m7att), T-Mobile (m7tmo), or International (m7ul) HTC One, the CyanogenMod device build trees were combined under a single “m7″ tree. With this merge, developers can now target all GSM HTC One handsets instead of separate builds for each. HTC One GSM (m7) unified builds – m7ul, ...

LG G Flex U.S. Carrier Line-up Announced at CES 2014

Jan

2014

Amid new 4K UHD panels and “connected” stainless steel appliances, LG Electronics announced the U.S. carriers planning to carry the LG G Flex at their CES 2014 press conference today. Slated for release in the first-quarter of 2014, the carrier line-up includes Sprint, AT&T, and T-Mobile. Specific pricing and dates are to be released at a ...

CyanogenMod 11.0 M2 Builds Available Now

Jan

2014

The next round of CyanogenMod 11.0 “M” builds cranked out overnight and are available to download now. CyanogenMod “M” releases are a monthly snapshot of the code base and are considered experimental. The team started releasing these snapshots to give users something a bit more stable and higher quality than unofficial or nightly builds but ...

HTC Evo 4G LTE Android 4.3 Update Pushed to February

Jan

2014

We last reported that the Sprint’s Evo 4G LTE was scheduled to receive its Android 4.3 update by the end of the year. Jason Mackenzie, President of HTC America, responded to a question about the delay via Twitter and confirmed the Evo 4G LTE, still in the long update process, is set to enter lab testing ...

Review: Christmas Rink Live Wallpaper

Dec

2013

Christmas Rink Live Wallpaper by 7art Studio is another well done live wallpaper you may use to celebrate the season on your phone’s home screen. Choose from two different free backgrounds or a third “Chirstmas Park” scene as an in-app purchase. There are four character sets from Victorian style skaters having fun, Victorian couples, Santa’s ...

Review: Snowfall Live Wallpaper

Dec

2013

Kittehface Software has been making high-quality OpenGL live wallpapers for Android since their first release of Galactic Core in March of 2010. For this Christmas season, you can checkout Snowfall Live Wallpaper and Snowfall Free Live Wallpaper. Both give you a fully functional live wallpaper scene of the winter forest with snow falling. The free ...

AllCast Streaming App Exits Beta, Available in Google Play Store

Dec

2013

Koushik Dutta’s AllCast video streaming app is out of private beta and available to the public in the Google Play store. AllCast supports sending local video streams from your Android device to Roku, Apple TV, Xbox 360 and Xbox One, Samsung and Panasonic Smart TV’s, WDTV, Google TV and other screens that support DNLA rendering. The Google ...

Review: Cut the Rope Holiday Gift

Dec

2013

ZeptoLab’s Cut the Rope: Holiday Gift made its way to Google Play right in time for this year’s Christmas season. Just like the initial iOS only version that launched and disappeared last year, this is a time limited release so grab it before the holidays are over. Om Nom is back for 25 levels of ...

Deal Alert: Moto X $150 Discount – Today Only!

Dec

2013

If you missed out on Motorola’s Cyber Monday (then Wednesday, then Monday and Wednesday again) special, you can grab one TODAY only for a $150 discount on the off-contract price or 50% off the 2-year contract price for select carriers. The Today Show sponsored sale also includes 50% off an accessory. This deal is running ...

Verizon HTC One Android 4.3 Jelly Bean OTA Released – Get it Here!

Dec

2013

Verizon HTC One Android 4.3 OTA Released The HTC One Android 4.3 update made its way through Verizon’s approval process, and Verizon HTC One owners are starting to receive the notification that they can update today (myself included). The update brings your HTC One up to build 2.10.605.1 and includes a new radio baseband 1.12.41.1112_2. Although the Android ...