News
- Evernote requires new passwords after security breach.
- FCC to investigate phone unlocking ban
- Team Win Recovery Project updated to 2.4.3.0
Device Releases
- Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (US Cellular)
- Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)
- Quad-Core, 1.4 GHz Exynos processor, 2 GB RAM
- 16GB internal storage
- 5 megapixel autofocus rear-facing camera
- 1.9 megapixel front-facing camera
- ZTE Grand Memo
- Android 4.1 – Jelly bean
- Thickness: 8.5mm
- 5.7inch, HD.TFT, 16M color, multi-touch capacitive screen
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor with quad-core Krait CPUs
- 3200mAh super-long standby battery
- Memory: 16GB Rom +2GB RAM
- Mifavour UI user interface
- WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, accelerometer, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor, gyro
- LTE 100/50Mbps
- 13MP Intelligent AF Camera with face recognition and panorama,1MP front-facing camera, 1080p HD video playback
- Asus Padfone
- 5″ 1080p (441ppi) display
- Quad-core 1.7GHz Snapdragon 600 Processor
- 2GB RAM
- 13MP Rear Camera (with a 2MP front shooter)
- 2400mAh battery
- Up to 64GB built-in storage
- Android 4.2 Jelly Bean
- Asus Fonepad
- 7″ 1280×800 IPS display (that’s ~215ppi)
- 1.2GHz Atom Z2420 processor
- 1GB RAM
- 4270mAh battery
- Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
- 3MP rear camera (and 1.2MP front camera)
- Unspecified 3G Connectivity
- HP Slate 7
- 7” 1024×600 display
- 1.6GHz dual-core processor
- Android 4.1.1
- microSD slot
- 3MP rear cam
App Updates
- ESPN Bracket Bound 2013
- Updated for the 2013 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Follow your favorite teams, enjoy the latest ESPN college basketball content, and fill out up to 10 brackets with ESPN Tournament Challenge.
- Pocket Casts
- Fixes rare issue were the app could crash on launch
- Attempts to fix download issues for some users on Android 4.0.4
- Fixes other crash issues that have been reported to us
- Pebble
- Added a setting to specify a music player to be controlled from Pebble; this should offer functionality similar to media-button-router.
- Improved messaging around enabling the Pebble accessibility service.
- Bug fixes for issues reported via HockeyApp.
- Field Trip
- New content from Art Nerd New York, Cultureist, Mad Girl Eats, Weekend Sherpa, Wilderness Press and more.
- When receiving a notification, unlock slider lets you swipe right to unlock, left to dismiss, up to snooze.
- When snoozed Field Trip will not send notifications for the rest of the day.
- Configuration option to keep screen turned off. When you hear the notification sound, press power button to read.
- Configuration option to get notifications via standard Android notifications.
- Google Play Books
- Improved performance.
- Fixed over 90 issues, including crashes.
- Implemented a number of UI improvements, including an added drop-down menu in the library to filter books by type, and identifying place names on the current page when the reading controls are showing.
- AccuWeather
- Completely redesigned for tablets and phones, with landscape & portrait modes
- NEW! Multi-location, resizable widgets with more detail.
- NEW! Customizable My AccuWeather forecasts.
- NEW! Pushed severe weather notices for tablets.
- NEW! European radar and a snapshot view for your saved locations.
- Chrome
- Improved scrolling performance
- Increased responsiveness to pinch-zooming on pages
- Faster interactive pages thanks to the latest version of the V8 javascript engine
- Audio now continues to play while Chrome is in the background
- Expanded support for HTML5 features
- Pushover
- Work around a problem with Google’s notification servers sending duplicate messages
- Poweramp Music Player
- improved volume handling during notifications
- improved compatibility with 3rd party skins
- fixed issue with pausing on screen on/off on some Samsungs
- fixed issue with some widgets crashing in landscape (Android 2.x)
- Route Media action bar button (JB 4.1.2+)
- JB 4.2+ lockscreen widget
- MusicFX API support (Settings-Audio-Advanced Tweaks)
- Poweramp lockscreen rotation (large screens)
- fix for playlist/library being reset sometimes
Firmware Updates
- LG Intuition (Verizon) Build VS95011B
- Email split view
- Forwarded email attachments
- Improved speakerphone
- multiple text message error fixed
- Color and V Cast apps removed
- Amazon Appstore added
- Google Updates
- Samsung Galaxy Stellar (Verizon) Build IMM76D
- Google Now
- Improved Notifications
- Sony Xperia TL (AT&T) Build v9.1.F.1.120
- Updated Sony Media Apps
- Increased personalization options
- improved app organization
- Google Now
- Samsung Galaxy SIII (Sprint) Build L710VPMB1
- Voicemail application update
- SMS 3-digit support
- Calendar sync issues
- 3rd party software licensing
