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The Android lockscreen is a thing of beauty. It has evolved over time from being a simple screen that kept you from opening apps and has involved into a whole separate experience. Having options to change out apps that can be launched directly from the lockscreen, various bits of information like...

Last night, the Parson’s School of Design hosted its annual user experience awards. Guess who won for best platform experience? Ice Cream Sandwich! That’s right, the platform we all love and has proven that Android is a mature and beautiful OS for mobiles has taken the Gold Prize. Matias...

LG has announced where will it start the launch of it newest flagship device, the Optimus 4X HD, stating that Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, UK, Italy and other major European countries will be the first to receive the device. The LG Optimus 4X HD is powered by NVidia’s Tegra 3 Quad-core processor,...

Metro PCS and PrivacyStar have announced a new joint venture that will offer privacy features to all MetroPCS’ Android users via a Metro Block-it application. A first national carrier rollout, Metro Block-it offers the ability to block unwanted calls and text messages along with a feature to directly...

It looks like Fido has a new flagship device. The Motorola DROID RAZR will be available via the carrier beginning next Tuesday, January 10th. Of course, this is no surprise for those who’ve been following this development, as Fido was anything but secretive about employee training for the RAZR...

As the dust begins to settle from this weeks announcement that AT&T has bailed on their attempt to acquire T-Mobile, many of us are still left wondering what the future has in store. Yesterday, Sprint quickly threw in their two cents and praised the USJD for blocking the deal. Magenta Chief Operations...

OK, so we’re a bit late to the party on officially announcing this, but that’s because we wanted to take our time to make sure we have everything ready for public viewing. We’re proud to announce that you can now subscribe to AndroidSPIN on Google Currents, the search engine giant’s...

Our good buddy @Stericson, and his company, meporter, have just released their latest project to the Android Market. It is called Meporter and offers a lot to a very large community. He states that it is out but still an early release, so you may encounter a few bugs here and there. What is you ask?...

Currently in the U.K., and every other country, if you make a digital copy of your personally owned CD or DVD you are technically breaking the law. It doesn’t matter that you paid for the content and are merely transferring it to your device for mobile enjoyment. It is still illegal. The Government...

T-Mobile has announced a few new renovations to their current offerings in talk, text, and data plans. The new changes are geared towards making the plans more affordable for families on their rapidly expanding 4G network.  Plans will be available for existing and new T-Mobile customers and will allow...

Seems like New York is serious about catching up to Silicon Valley in terms of high tech companies located there and now they are closing the gender gap. In the process leaving many Californians scratching their heads and asking why isn’t this happening here? “Anything you can do…”...

The “official”  Twiitter app for Android has been updated again. Hopefully fixing all the little issues and bugs of version 2.0 that was released a few weeks ago.   What’s in this version: Timeline now maintains its position when you exit/enter the app. Tapping on a map thumbnail...

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Remember that price drop we showed you last week for the Galaxy Tab by Verizon Wireless? A recent press release gives the reason why: a new Galaxy Tab sporting LTE is on the way. That’s not all the new Tab is going to be getting though, also coming is a bump in the processing power to 1.2 GHz,...

Tonight is just full of all kinds of pre-CES announcement goodies. The above photo appeared as an ad in the latest issue of Rolling Stone, brought to us courtesy of AndroidCentral, shows not only the Thunderbolt, but a mysterious device destined for At&t. The Inspire 4G. Yes you read that correctly,...