The ASUS Padfone 2 will be unveiled on October 16th

In February of 2012, ASUS showed off the original Phone/Tablet hybrid, the Padfone, which was released in April of the same year. Now, only six months later, they will unveil the next iteration of their 2011 hype-machine on October 16th.  As someone who was very excited when the original Padfone was unveiled, I’ll be anxiously awaiting for the 16th to arrive.

The original Padfone was somewhat overhyped. The original was preceded by a swath of “leaked” benchmarks and specification sheets, only to be released with  mainstream specs and a severely underwhelming display. Now, complete with its own set of leaks and promises, the successor is in the same position. Fans and followers of the original are now anxiously awaiting for October 16th to see if ASUS can release the groundbreaking device that was promised with the original.

Source: NotebookItalia

Dyzplastic reveals yet another figurine, number 8, from their Series 3 Android collectibles

Earlier today we reported on Dyzplastic’s plans to start taking orders for their Series 3 Android collectibles starting on September 24th and shipping slated to commence on the 26th. With that announcement, Dyzplastic also showed the 7th figurine in the series. Since then they have updated their blog with yet another figurine bringing the count up to eight. This one goes by the name Professor Skully McRivethead and is graced with a design by artist Huck Gee, famous for his Skullhead designs.

If you are looking for a little bling to decorate your desk space, you may want to get ready to place your order.

Source: Dyzplastic

Upcoming Wikipad Gaming Tablet Gets The Hands-On Treatment

The game-changing Wikipad is one step closer to being in the hands of Android gamers everywhere, but one lucky son of a gun was able to see the intriguing tablet in action, courtesy of its creator James Bower. Right off the bat, users are treated to what is a fairly slim and trim profile that is smooth to the touch except for the middle of the back. That section of the device has a square-shaped groove along the back center of the tablet, which is intended to help give it a solid grip. Oh and Bower also touts the groove helps to “keep the tablet cool under stressful gaming power-consumption”.

The big focus of the device is no doubt its performance capabilities and the Wikipad delivers. Powered by a Tegra 3 chip and Jelly Bean, it helps to power games like Cody and a port of famed action-adventure game Max Payne like a true champ. The graphics were fluid as expected, while he controls gave better-than-expected results– thanks to comfortable dual analog sticks and responsive buttons. One minor critique may be the fact the tablet plus controller dock can possibly make the complete unit a little heavier than some would like. Then again, it’s assumed most people won’t be playing on the Wikipad for hours on end.

You can see more pictures and details of the hands-on when you hit the source link below.

Source: Twinfinite

Bing will be the default search engine on the Kindle Fire HD

With Amazon unveiling their new Kindle Fire lineup at such low prices given the specs of the tablets, it looks like they have been finding numerous ways to make back some of the money they’re going to lose upon each Kindle Fire they’re going to sell. First Amazon places ads around the OS (most notably the lockscreen) to create some extra revenue, and now they have struck a deal with Microsoft to make the Fire’s default search engine into Bing, as opposed to Google Search in the first Kindle Fire.

This is a huge win for Microsoft as we should expect to see the new set of Kindle Fire’s to outsell last years predecessor. Anything to help subsidize the costs of these tablets, right? Looks like there will be some slight drawbacks in having these high end tablets for a cheap price.

Source: Business Insider

Palringo Group Messenger v5.2.9

Current Version: 5.2.9
Requires Android: 2.2 and up
Category: Communication
V5.2.9 update:
** For anyone getting a blank screen on startup try rebooting your device! **
Version 5.2.9
* NEW: Reputation Bar on Home tab.
* Aviary is now FREE to all users.
* New ‘Image Preview’ window when sending images.
* Misc bug fixes.
Version 5.2.8
* Aviary feather updated to 2.1.5
* Pictures taken and saved images stored in Palringo album.
* New image caching.
* Bug fixes.
Version 5.2.6
* Memory related optimisations.
* Bug fixes.

Overview:
Palringo is a group messaging service with a community of over 300,000 groups.

Palringo is the best way to stay connected, socialise, send pics, and quick voice messages with your friends or meet new people who share your interests. With over 350,000 chat groups on Palringo you can interact with millions of people around the world. So if you’re in to Gaming, Music, Sports – or maybe you want to learn a new language – Palringo is the perfect app for you!

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Why should you use Palringo? It’s simple really;

☆ Group Chat
Chat and share pictures with up to 2,000 friends in your group. There are 350,000+ groups for you to discover, or create your own. More and more are being created every single day, never has there been a better time to browse our Groups Gallery and join in the conversation!

☆ Voice Messaging
Palringo offers a unique Voice Messaging service that allows you to send quick audio clips to your friends, be it one-to-one or in a group – just hold and go for instant voice recording.

☆ Picture Messaging
Send any image quickly and easily in a matter of seconds to your favourite group, or to a friend.

☆ Palringo Premium!
Enhance your Palringo experience with a Premium Account Upgrade and gain access to; User Avatars, double your contacts, quadruple your groups, and much, much more! Premium Groups benefit from higher rankings in the Groups Gallery (the best place to attract users), as well as exclusive Bots – plus there are many other benefits to make your group the best on Palringo.

☆ One-to-One
Have private one-to-one conversations with your friends on Palringo.

☆ Message Packs
Add more personality, humour, and fun to your conversations. Send a personal note bursting with hearts to the one you love. Create your own Memes or Rage Faces, quickly, with our Meme and Rage Packs – plus many more to discover.

☆ Premium Bots
Keep your group conversations more interesting with Palringo Bots. Post pictures quickly using the Image Bot, ask questions with the Poll Bot, define that phrase with the Urban Dictionary Bot, or find out your fortune with our Fortune Cookie Bot. There are many in the Palringo Store to discover, so jump in and find out!

 

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SomTodo v1.0

Current Version: 1.0
Requires Android: 2.1 and up
Category: Productivity
V1.0 update:

No recent changes.

Overview:
Introducing elegant and simple To-do-list app, SomTodo!

SomTodo is advanced To-do management app which can synchronize to SomCloud.
Now, you can make and manage your To-do list effectively at home, on the subway, and wherever you are.
★ Use Case of SomTodo
ㆍMake and manage daily round and To-do list.
ㆍRemember forgettable shopping list.
ㆍManage deadline approaching projects and meeting schedule.
ㆍRemind must read book list.
★ Key features
ㆍEasy and Effective To-do management
ㆍDue date and Alert facility
ㆍPassword for your private To-do lists
ㆍSearch Filter by Category
ㆍQuick Keyword Searcher
ㆍLandscape mode for long To-do task
ㆍSafe Cloud Synchronization with Web and Mobile
ㆍBeautiful and convenient Rainbow folder management
ㆍSimple account registration with only E-mail address and Password
ㆍStarred task for efficient To-do management
★ Widgets, Make SomTodo more convenient
ㆍCheck the folders directly on wallpaper – Widget for list type.

Smarter To-do Management habit!
Start with Friendly Cloud To-do, SomTodo.

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Customer Service: support@somcloud.com
Web SomTodo: http://somcloud.com
Like us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SomCloud
Follow sus on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/SomCloud
Any questions/ comments email us to support@somcloud.com

 

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Arctic Escape HD v1.0

Current Version: 1.0
Requires Android: 2.3 and up
Category: Brain & Puzzle
V1.0 update:

No recent changes.

Overview:
Lead these wayward penguins through 100+ challenging levels and save the day!

☆Special, Introductory Price: 50% off!☆ Do you have a thing for snowy landscapes? Are you in love (platonically, of course) with penguins? Well, zip up that parka and get ready: Arctic Escape, a Lemmings-inspired strategy/puzzle game, is here!

“Arctic Escape is a well-designed homage to Lemmings and a wonderful value (…). Definitely check it out.” – Modojo

“I would highly recommend this game to puzzlers who are looking for a nice long play that is extremely addictive.” – Touch Reviews

“If you enjoy puzzle games and/or penguins as much as we do, this ought to be right up your alley.” – App Smile

A mad scientist has abducted a colony of Antarctic penguins and spirited them away to the North Pole. It’s your job to help the penguins escape by navigating them through 100+ fun-and-frosty levels, using commands like “walk”, “jump”, “turn” and “wait”. Along the way, your problem-solving abilities will be put to the test by broken ice, falling cages, hungry wolves and other dangerous obstacles – not to mention the fact that the further you progress, the more cute and naïve penguins you’ll be responsible for.

Features:

EASY TO LEARN GAMEPLAY AND CONTROLS

A simple and intuitive interface requiring only one finger to issue drag-and-drop commands on a map and lead your penguins to safety.

100+ CHALLENGING LEVELS

Travel through eight icy worlds, each with 13 levels of varying design and complexity. The difficulty level adjusts automatically to your progress.

EIGHT DIFFERENT COMMAND TOOLS

In addition to a few helpful user tools, you can instruct your tuxedoed charges to walk, turn, wait and jump as you maneuver them to safety.

TONS OF TRAPS AND OBSTACLES TO OVERCOME

A variety of obstacles, including falling cages, broken ice, moving bridges, bloodthirsty wolves and more!

ADORABLE GRAPHICS

Every visual component is wonderfully hand-drawn. Yes, that includes the penguins!

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BSPlayer v1.4.130

Current Version: 1.4.130
Requires Android: 4.0 and up
Category: Media & Video
V1.4.130 update:
Additions and improvements:
basic YouTube support
pop up video and background playback
media scanner
clear history
set audio offset
set playback speed
lock screen option
turn off subs
m3u playlist works from file manager
more setting orientation options
assign different actions to gestures and keys
sort items by name, size, date
LAN folder can be startup folder
subtitle loading form SMB shares
network buffering
custom aspect ratios
high performance wifi mode
external keyboard and more

Overview:
This is full, ad-free version of BSPlayer with additional functionality.

BSPlayer is the best media player for Android smartphones and tablet PCs), supporting hardware accelerated video decoding, automatic subtitle search and LAN playback.

Main features:
– No advertisements
– Audio pre-amplification
– Hardware accelerated video playback – significantly increases playback speed and reduces battery consumption*
– Support for almost all media files (video and audio player), such as: avi, divx, flv, mkv, mov, mpg, mts, mp4, m4v, rmvb, wmv, 3gp, mp3… and streaming content such as RTMP, RTSP, MMS (tcp, http), HTTP Live stream, HTTP.
– aspect-ratio adjustements and zoom
– Multiple audio streams and subtitles.
– supports gestures for Seek, Jump, Brightness and Volume control
– Playlist support and various playback modes.
– support for audio headsets
– External and embedded subtitles ssa/ass, srt, sub…
– Automatic subtitle search (mobile or wi-fi connection must be enabled to work)
– Playback media files such as videos and mp3′s directly via Wi-Fi from your LAN shared drives/folders (such as external USB drives, SMB shares, PC shared folders, NAS servers (Synology and others)) – no need to convert video files and copy media files to SD card anymore!
– Playback files directly from uncompressed RAR files and much more!

This package includes support for ARMv7 with VFP and NEON. For other CPU types please download appropriate package. Application will notify you which package you need.

NOTE: When reporting error please add info about your smartphone brand and model. Also you can send us more detailed bug report on e-mail android@bsplayer.com. We are trying to improve the player for the users and your feedback is appreciated.

This software uses code of FFmpeg licensed under the LGPLv2.1 and its source can be downloaded from BSPlayer website.

Dedicated forum for can be found here http://forum.bsplayer.com/bsplayer-android/ .

*Hardware acceleration support depends on device video decoder capability. Hardware accelerated playback in portrait mode may be corrupted on some HTC models (hardware issue). Also on some devices (Samsung galaxy S2) zoom/stretch may not work on all videos.

 

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Legendary Heroes v1.7.0

Current Version: 1.7.0
Requires Android: 2.1 and up
Category: Arcade & Action
V1.7.0 update:

No recent changes.

Overview:
Every War has its Heroes …
Some Heroes become Legends.

The greatest battle of all time has begun.
Heroes from all universes are invited to show their power and prove which is the best team!

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Multiplayer support!

Access our site for detailed heroes information, getting started guide, etc:
http://bit.ly/legendary-site

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YouTube channel:
http://www.youtube.com/LegendaryHeroesGame

ACTION REAL-TIME STRATEGY
For the first time on Android, experience an Action Real-Time Strategy(Action RTS) game.

INTENSE ACTION AND TOUCH CONTROLS
Quick and intense matches with touch controls tailored for Android.

HEROES WITH UNIQUE SPECIAL POWERS
4 unique special abilities per character.

TEAM BASED
Control 3 heroes in the same match.

KEEP PROGRESS ACROSS MATCHES
Keep the leveling progress of each Hero across matches and develop as many of them as you want.

HOURS OF GAME PLAY IN CAMPAIGN MODE
Thirty maps providing unique challenges for all players – beginners or veterans.

BOOST YOUR TEAM WITH POWER UPS
Use power ups to improve your characters, make them faster, stronger or tougher.

PLAY FOR FREE!

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Rate Legendary Heroes 5 stars, so we can continue adding new heroes and features for you!
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FOLLOW US

Website: http://bit.ly/legendary-site

Facebook: http://bit.ly/legendary-facebook

Twitter: http://bit.ly/legendary-twitter

For support, please contact:
legendary@maya.im

 

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Leak shows US Cellular ready to release LG Splendor

Sources scouring the LG US web site stumbled upon some product information for a new LG smartphone. Dubbed the LG Splendor, the model number is US730. The information was found on the support pages of the LG US site and included some product images and specifications. No news on a release date or the cost for the device. The pages have since been taken down.

The LG Splendor is similar to the LG Optimus L7. Equipped with an 800×480, 4.3-inch screen, a 1GHz cpu, and 2GB of built-in memory, the new phone will come loaded with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

Source: Unwired View