We’ve seen plenty of Windows Phone 7 themes for iOS in the past, but this new one, called OS7, has to take the cake. Although we only get a glimpse of what the WP7-like UI is packing in its beta form, the video below shows evidence that it’s fluid and has the ability to...
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The fellas at XDA-developers have been shopping through the system files of the LG Optimus 2X Android smartphone and have come away with some cool gifts for anyone rolling with a device running Android 2.2 or higher. From a widget to wallpapers to audio files, they have your back. The extracted LG clock widget...
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The Samsung Nexus S and the updated Android 2.3 OS that comes with it was just announced yesterday, but it looks like developers are already hard at work in bringing the Gingerbread goodness to other devices. In fact, they already have a bootable Gingerbread ROM for one of the hottest Android devices out right...
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If you play Angry Birds for Android and want to unlock all levels the easy way, a member on XDA just released an app to do just that. You will need a rooted device, as the app replaces a file for the game in the data folder to accomplish the hack. The replacement file...
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There are so many great keyboards available for Android, but not all are effective in both portrait and landscape orientations. For example, Swype is fantastic for portrait use, but if you switch to landscape, the layout is a bit unorganized and inconvenient, at least in my opinion. For landscape situations, I prefer to use...
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The T-Mobile G2 was overclocked to a whopping 1.42GHz of processing power just two days ago. The Droid 2 and Droid X, however, have one-upped those speeds today. Clocking in at 2GHz, a developer by the name of Matt4542 is currently working on stability, as it’s not ready for prime-time action just yet. Both...
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It’s natural for smartphones these days to be overclocked by diligent developers soon after they’re released. What’s not so natural is when they’re overclocked to nearly double their intended speeds. That is exactly the case of the T-Mobile branded G2, a device that comes straight from the factory clocked in at 800MHz. Although perfectly...
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If you’ve ever played games through an emulator on your smartphone, then you know exactly how annoying it can be to play certain games using on-screen controls. In particular, I’m referring to games that require the use of diagonal directions. Classic games don’t usually have support for a virtual analog stick, so it leaves...
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Ben Heck is one heck hell of a hacker, especially with his latest creation – a hand-crank charger for one of our favorite Android devices to date, the HTC EVO 4G. Ben took apart a cheap, hand-operated flashlight and connected its motor to the EVO, which is genius! Here at SmartKeitai, we have all...
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Have you seen the limited edition Motorola R2D2 Droid 2 from Verizon Wireless? It’s a revamped Droid 2 with a complete Star Wars theme. The body resembles everyone’s favorite astro-mech droid, R2-D2, and even the software comes packed with some Star Wars fanfare. There’s an R2D2 boot animation that can be installed onto rooted...
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Verizon’s Motorola Droid X is a powerful beast of an Android device. It sports a high resolution 4.3″ LCD display, 1GHz CPU, and tons of memory. It also features the innovative Swype keyboard, as well as a special multitouch keyboard. What’s so special about the latter of the two? Well, for starters, most Android...
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