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Android Central Podcast 103: Live nude Jelly Bean flashing, Nexus abounds, group data love

Thing 1: Nexus 7 all up in here

• Check out the official Nexus 7 guide book
• Get to grips with new Jelly Bean features
• Top 5 Games for your new Nexus 7
• How to unlock the bootloader and root the Nexus 7

Thing 2: Software, software, software

• Jelly Bean ported to the HTC HD2
• XBMC for Android is coming soon, source code available for building and testing
• Carbon for Android will be free, aiming for release later this month
• Early CyanogenMod 10 preview build brings Jelly Bean to Galaxy S III

Thing 3: Other odds and ends

• T-Mobile Galaxy Note is officially official
• Sprint triples its LTE cities in 24 hours
• The Nexus Q running CyanogenMod
• AT&T announces shared data plans – not forcing anyone to switch though

Mobile Nations podcast 17: Tasty hardware profits

Kevin from CrackBerry.com, Phil from AndroidCentral.com, Daniel from WPCentral.com and Rene from iMore.com talk Google I/O, Windows Phone 8, WWDC, BlackBerry 10, 7-inch tablets, and media streamers. This is Mobile Nations!

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Podcast App Pays Homage to Dieter Rams? TG 60 Tape Recorder

A great story here from TUAW, which writes about an Easter Egg that has been discovered by a developer called Ben Lenarts, in the design of Apple?s new Podcasts iOS app. Lenart noticed that when you play a podcast in the app, you do it on what resembles Dieter Rams? classic TG 60 reel-to-reel tape recorder, which was popular in the 1960s. TUAW says that just as with Apple today, in his time, Rams was famed for his focus on product design. Apparently this is not the first time that Apple has sneaked in a little homage to Rams in one of its products, as TUAW writes that the iOS calculator app design was inspired by the Braun ET66, which was designed by Rams. It also looks a little like a face when you look at the Podcast player, or is it just me that thinks so?! This excellent app just gets better and better!

Source: Apple’s Podcasts app UI inspired by Dieter Rams’ TG 60 tape recorder | TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Dual Core vs. Quad Core, 4.0.4 OTA has arrived [From the Forums]

We're getting all settled in for another Android Central podcast tonight, while you're waiting though you can check out some posts from earlier today or jump on into the Android Central forums for some discussion. Just make sure you come back in time for the podcast Mmmkay?

• HTC One X Forums - Just returned my One X
• HTC One S Forums - GPS makes device get really hot
• HTC Rezound Forums – Odd Home button behavior
• Samsung Galaxy S III Forums - Dual Core vs. Quad Core
• Samsung Galaxy Nexus Forums - 4.0.4 OTA has arrived!

If you're not already a member of the Android Central forums, you can register your account today.

HTC One X leak performance, What keeps you on Android? [From the Forums]

We've steamrolled through plenty of content this week despite the fact we skipped the Android Central podcast. Missed out on something? Get yourself get up here on the blogs and in the Android Central Forums. On that note, stay safe this long weekend folks and enjoy your Memorial Day:

• HTC One X Forums - Leaked AT&T 1.85 update
• HTC EVO 4G LTE Forums - It's still 4G… right?
• Samsung Galaxy Note Forums - Note problems that bug you the most
• Samsung Galaxy Nexus Forums - What's really keeping you tied to Android?
• Android Contest Forums – ASUS Transformer Pad TF300 giveaway — week three

If you're not already a member of the Android Central forums, you can register your account today.

Straight Talk, Unified eMail, Signal drops [From the Forums]

We've blown through a bunch of content for you all this week so be sure to get yourself caught up if, for whatever reason you missed out on anything. In addition to the news and editorials, we also managed to do up a Android Central podcast for you all and if that isn't enough — be sure to check out the Android Central Forums:

• HTC One X Forums - Anyone having signal drop issues?
• HTC EVO 4G LTE - Should HTC/Sprint give good will gesture?
• Samsung Galaxy S III Forums - No Android Experience, Tempted by the S3
• Samsung Galaxy Nexus Forums - Straight Talk MMS problems
• Droid RAZR Maxx Forums - Non-Unified eMail inbox possible?

If you're not already a member of the Android Central forums, you can register your account today.

HTC one X vs. Galaxy Nexus, Could the Galaxy S III become an Apple target? [From the Forums]

We're getting ramped up for the Android Central podcast right now but in case you missed out on anything today — get yourself caught up. Need to know what we'll be talking about? Head on back ohhh… 5-6 pages. If you're looking for something to do before we kick things off, check out the threads below from the Android Central Forums.

• HTC One X Forums - HTC one X vs Galaxy Nexus
• HTC One S Forums - HTC One S crashed – Strange battery error
• HTC Thunderbolt Forums - 3G with screen off 4G with screen on
• Samsung Galaxy Nexus Forums - Google Wallet 1.1-R63-v12 (May 16th update)
• Samsung Galaxy SIII Forums - Apple blocking One X in US. Could S3 become their next target?

If you're not already a member of the Android Central forums, you can register your account today.

CTIA Special-Edition Podcast – Day 1!

• Anndrew held the Vu http://www.androidcentral.com/lg-optimus-vu-hands
• How Dinc 4G compares to EVO LTE http://www.androidcentral.com/sprint-evo-4g-lte-versus-verizon-droid-incredible-4g-lte
• LG's ICS software http://www.androidcentral.com/lg-optimus-4x-hd-hands
• Kyocera's ICS on Hydro and Rise http://www.androidcentral.com/kyocera-rise-hands  http://www.androidcentral.com/kyocera-hyrdo-hands
• Discuss Spectrum crunch, and AT&T's connected home ideas http://www.androidcentral.com/big-4-keynote-ctia-liveblog

Samsung Galaxy S III wrap-up

It's been a busy day here in London, as we've spent the past few hours getting acquainted with Samsung's new flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S III. So as the day draws to a close — here in England, at least — why not take a look back over our extensive Galaxy S III coverage. We've got exhaustive hands-on features on the phone's hardware and software, including a run-through of major software features like the camera, picture-in-picture, S Beam and more.

And when you're done checking out all of the day's news from Earl's Court, be sure to have your say over on our Samsung Galaxy S III forums.

Ask AC: Looking for a full-screen agenda widget for the Galaxy Note

Chucky1 asks in the Android forums,

I've been looking for a full screen or close to a full screen agenda widget for the Note. Has anyone come across one by chance?

Thanks

There's few things we can all agree on here at Android Central — listen to a podcast or two and see what I mean. But this, we have covered. We love Pure Calendar widget. It comes with about a million different sizes and configurations (including a full screen version), and themes will make it fit in with any setup you could dream up.

Besides your calendar entries, it will sync tasks with Astrid, Ultimate To-Do List, TaskSync, CalenGoo, DGT Gtd, gTasks, Got To Do, Task Organizer, Due Today, TouchDown, and Pocket Informant. To top it all off, it's scrollable on supported launchers or Ice Cream Sandwich, and the configuration options for syncing and calendar views make it easy on your battery. It's one of the first apps we install on a new phone. It's $1.99 in the Play Store, and there's a link after the break.

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