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HTC: Sense 4 multitasking and memory management working as designed

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The confusion over the Sense 4 multitasking methods is about to come to an end, albeit in a way that many of you aren't going to like. . . . → Read More: HTC: Sense 4 multitasking and memory management working as designed

Verizon to kill grandfathered unlimited data plan

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Verizon has plans to kill the current unlimited data add-on and force users to a shared pool of tiered data . Speaking at today's 40th annual J.P. Morgan Technology, Media, and Telecom conference, Verizon Communications CFO Fran Shammo stated that all customers will be migrated off of current unlimited data plans and on to a new data-share plan to launch this summer . . . → Read More: Verizon to kill grandfathered unlimited data plan

Motorola Droid 4 gets leaked ICS build, official Android 4.0.4 may soon follow

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We’ve known for quite some time that Motorola intended to push Ice Cream Sandwich to the Droid 4 , but until now the waiting game continued, with no end in sight. It now appears that the smartphone maker is making serious progress on its own Motoblur-infused flavor of ICS, with a stock version of the upgrade making the rounds since last night. According to early adopters, the build seems to enable complete functionality, but upgrading early will leave your device locked to 4.0.4, with no option for future updates. . . . → Read More: Motorola Droid 4 gets leaked ICS build, official Android 4.0.4 may soon follow

Sonic 4: Episode II Tegra 3 edition review

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Remember back to Christmas , and we let you know that Sega and NVIDIA would be bringing an enhanced Tegra 3 version of Sonic 4: Episode II, and today is that day! If you thought Sega did a great job with Sonic 4 Episode I , wait until you try this one! Designed for the Tegra 3 SoC, the latest addition to the popular Sonic the Hedgehog franchise brings true console quality gaming, easy controls, and hours of fun for folks with the right hardware to run it. The rolling, the jumping, the bouncing — it's all there, and looks as good as it ever did thanks to the new HD graphics engine and in-game physics, and the backgrounds and ambient sounds are done the way only the Tegra 3 can bring them to you. . . . → Read More: Sonic 4: Episode II Tegra 3 edition review

Xiaomi Phone gets a Youth Edition, a less powerful, cheaper alternative for students

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Many of you are already familiar with the Xiaomi Phone and its reverence in the MIUI community, but now the Chinese manufacturer has introduced a less expensive counterpart to the original, which is aptly known as the Youth Edition. Priced at 1,499 yuan ($237), this smartphone will sell for a full 500 yuan less than its elder and will retain many of its components, which include a 4-inch, 854 x 480 display, an 8-megapixel camera, 4GB of ROM and a 1,930mAh battery. In fact, the only significant changes are the dual-core 1.2GHz CPU (which is down from 1.5GHz), and 768MB of RAM instead of the original 1GB . . . → Read More: Xiaomi Phone gets a Youth Edition, a less powerful, cheaper alternative for students

Google Music limits device de-authorizations to 4 a year

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A bit of a wet blanket has been tossed onto Google Music recently. . . . → Read More: Google Music limits device de-authorizations to 4 a year

HTC One X and EVO 4G LTE imports stalled by U.S. customs

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HTC this evening has confirmed in a statement to Android Central (and everybody else, we imagine) that importation of the HTC One X and HTC EVO 4G LTE handsets have been delayed at the U.S. . . . → Read More: HTC One X and EVO 4G LTE imports stalled by U.S. customs

Multitasking on the HTC One X isn’t broken, it’s customized

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There's been a bit of fuss over the way the HTC One X (and One XL) handles multitasking, with some folks saying the phone is broken when talking about the way it handles tasks in the background. While it certainly is different than what we see on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus , or other devices running previous versions of Android, it's not broken at all — HTC has just tweaked it . . . → Read More: Multitasking on the HTC One X isn’t broken, it’s customized

New Baidu Cloud phone unveiled: Changhong H5018 with 300GB of cloud storage

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That new Baidu Cloud phone we told you about last week? You’re looking right at it! Following the flagship Dell Streak Pro D43 (which was branded with what was then known as Baidu Yi aka version 1.0 of the platform), this Foxconn-built Changhong H5018 is the second smartphone to have its Android Gingerbread system enhanced by Baidu, meaning it’ll come with 300GB of cloud storage space (instead of the old 100GB), voice search, voice control and a set of other online services offered by the Chinese search giant. As for the hardware itself, we’re looking at a 10.3mm-thick matte chassis housing a 650MHz MTK6573 processor, a 3.5-inch 480 x 320 display, a three-megapixel camera and a non-removable 1,400mAh battery, all of which would explain that highly affordable CN . . . → Read More: New Baidu Cloud phone unveiled: Changhong H5018 with 300GB of cloud storage

Machinarium for Android – The most beautiful (and beautifully frustrating) game you may ever play

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Spend even just a couple minutes with Machinarium, and two things are abundantly clear: This quite possibly is the most visually stunning game I've ever played. You're going to need some patience to get through this one.'' It's puzzles meet steampunk in this hand-drawn world. You guide Josef through the “legendary city of Machinarium . . . → Read More: Machinarium for Android – The most beautiful (and beautifully frustrating) game you may ever play

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