Welcome to our 101st episode extravaganza…Jere and Guru are back from Charlotte with another exciting episode.
Show Notes
- `Southeast Linux Fest wrapup…Jere tries openSuse and Fedora, among others.
- Guru and Jere meet the fans.
- Guru learns to live without an SD slot.
- As an experiment, Guru sets up a subreddit for Android Buffet. Who wants to do our work for us?
- In Other News
- Nothing “Unhealthy” on the McDonalds menu, according to Head Chef Daniel Coudreaut. “The average fast food goer eats at McD’s about three times each month, so he questions what’s going on with the other 87 meals.”
- Verizon to switch from unlimited data and limited voice and text to the other way round. $40 per line, plus $50 for the first gig of data.
- Try the Booster Brolly, a Solar Umbrella that charges your phone and boosts wireless signal.
- Platform News
- Deeper Smarter Fishfinder for Android up for pre-order for $149.
- Samsung brings NFC to the Masses with TecTiles Programmable Tags, 5 for $15.
- Apple opted not to delay the launch of the Galaxy S III, so that the case goes to trial sooner. A hearing is set for 6/21 and trial for 7/30.
- A non-profit organization called Linaro has posted code that significantly boosts Android performance, and has now been baked into AOKP.
- Try a Lamborghini tablet, only 75,000 rubles($2300) and doesn’t even have ICS.
- CM9 code freeze has begun. Release Candidates will be done over coming weeks for first round of devices, with additional devices coming afterward.
- CM7.2 released, adds some backported features from ICS, additional devices supported, and will be the end of the road for some devices, and a stepping stone for those devices that can support CM9.
- App News
- NextCall Helps you Keep Track of Contacts You Haven’t Called in a While. (Play Link)
- New Android Eyes-Free Assistant, Robin, goes nationwide.(Play Link)
- Android gets an Xbox Live app. The app can be used to view and modify your 3D Xbox avatar, track your achievements, connect with Xbox LIVE friends, and even get news and information from the Xbox Spotlight feeds. (Play Link)
- Aviary Photo Editor, for when the stock editor is not enough. (Play Link)
- American Red Cross First Aid App, First Aid being essential. (Play Link)
- Holo Launcher – Make your Froyo or Gingerbread device look like ICS. (Direct Download Link)
- Kinectimals comes to Android. Please no… (Play Link)
- Vonage updated, offers better battery life, bluetooth, and and better voice quality. (Play Link)
- Amazon Mobile updated, offers new sort and filter options, barcode scanning shortcut, faster navigation, and more. (Play Link) Still no tablet version.
- Kindle for Android enhanced with tablet experience, including two pages in landscape mode. (Play Link)
- Magic Piano arrives on Android, Guitar-Hero like game. (Play Link)
- Hovernote is a Floating notepad app for tablets. (Play Link)
- Google Authenticator updated with internal clock sync, to avoid generation of incorrect codes.
- Fast Burst Camera allows pictures up to 30 frames per second if your camera can handle it. (Play Link)
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