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After seeing the Lenovo IdeaPad A1 Tablet at CES 2012, I was anxious to get my hands on one to do a full-fledged review for our readers, simply because I was sure that the tablet was one that could prove to be a strong contender in the sub-$250 7-inch tablet wars. Of course, we’ve all seen the...

Griffin Technology officially launched the new HELO TC Assault on its website on Thursday. The Assault, a remote-helicopter which can be controlled by any Android or iOS device, is the follow-up to Griffin’s HELO TC – a similar device released back in 2011. The device is controlled with...

One of the hardest pills to swallow as an Android enthusiast is the rate at which technology evolves. In nearly all cases of electronic purchases, your new toy is obsolete the second the cashier tenders your transaction and that’s exactly the situation when you buy a new smartphone. Most carriers...

Assuming most of you have already seen the first two ‘Men in Black‘ installments, you’re probably just as anxious for one of the year’s most talked about films — Men in Black 3 — to hit the big screen. Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones are back again in round three of...

Oh, how we love the infamous rumor mill here at AndroidSPIN. Everybody loves a good rousing every now and again, don’t they? Well, here we are again in the wee hours of the morning and we’ve got another fatty of a tale that just landed on our doorstep. Before you continue reading, you’ve...

Capcom is celebrating the launch of its latest addition to the ever popular Resident Evil franchise, Operation Raccoon City, by unleashing an ”augmented reality zombie experience” on the United Kingdom. Beginning March 22nd, waves of undead flesh-eaters will walk the streets of Bristol,...

Bitbar has announced an open beta for its Testdroid Cloud service, a very clever suite of tools that allows developers to test their Android applications for compatibility on over 100 different devices. If you’re a budding developer, you might want to give this a look. The service allows for fully...

Heads up Samsung Galaxy S II owners! Your long wait is almost over and that purchase is about to pay off. Thanks to a heads up from The Verge, we now know Sammy has officially announced the highly anticipated update to Android 4.0, aka Ice Cream Sandwich for the SGSII. The update will be available beginning...

Tablet owners, I’m sure you can all agree — Google Play isn’t always the friendliest of places when you’re hunting for an app that will play nice with your Android tablet. Sure, there’s staff recommendations and featured apps for tablets, but they’re not always the...

While, widgets may be a dime a dozen these days, the waters are often a bit muddied with options that aren’t really all that spectacular. It’s always nice to find that one gem waiting for you on Google Play and you sometimes even find yourself wondering, “Where has this app been all...

I’ll keep this short and sweet. You know how much we love launchers, we know how much you love launchers. I just stumbled upon an interesting new — yep, you guessed it — launcher that should keep you guys busy for a while. While it’s absolutely not an Ice Cream Sandwich update, andy572 has...

Hello and happy Thursday, my lovely AndroidSPIN’ers! For today’s Trending App of the Day pick, I wanted to share with you all a clever little game called Push the Zombie, by BRAVO Game Studios. I stumbled upon it in the trending list and I’m actually really glad to have found it....

  Well, kids. I really don’t know how to tell you this, but I hope you didn’t have your heart set on an amazing new phone or tablet being at the center of Samsung’s big announcement planned for SXSW. Nope. There’s no Galaxy S III here, nor is there any 11.6-inch tablet like...

Many of you may remember when the White Samsung Galaxy S II launched back in December. At the time, the only way you could get your hands on one was to go online, order one and wait for it to ship out to your doorstep. As of tomorrow, March 8th, all that changes. Thanks to a post from our buddy David...

Here at AndroidSPIN, we realize there’s not a new Android device released every single day for us to gawk about. We also realize that it’s not every day that major changes are made, such as yesterday’s transition from the Android Market to Google Play. That doesn’t mean there’s...