In their ongoing teardown of Play Store 4.4, Android Police have found multiple mentions of a “Play Newsstand” that could turn out to be a one-price news subscription service similar in structure to Play Music All Access. This could give users unlimited access to premium news content for a monthly subscription fee. The code also […]
This week the first official Android Community app has been launched – and it’s launched on Android devices, imagine that! This app is made for lovers of Android news that spans from the smallest of software updates to the largest of Android-toting launches, with the team behind the Android Community webspace bringing you this iteration with the same content, top to bottom! You’ll be able to read the newest of new in news, see updates from events up-to-the-minute, and check out hands-on reviews for all the newest devices on the market, quite often before they’ve been launched to the public.
If you’re already a fan of the community of which we speak, you’ll be glad to find that this app is friendly with most any Android device, be it big or small, old or new. The interface here is meant to be a no-nonsense stripped-down sort of situation where the news comes first, the flare comes second. Because of this, you’ll find that it’s both extremely swift and easy on the eyes. And it’s all free, too, of course.
The Android Community team that works in the newsroom and at the review benches there have been known to post on SlashGear as well – in fact we’re all under the same roof in the end, which is why when you hit the videos tab you’ll find both Android Community and SlashGear titles galore. If you’d like just SlashGear content across the board, mind you, you can always pick up the SlashGear app for Android, both this one and that one available from the developers in the section known as Apps by R3 Media – again, free and clear.
You’ll be working with several different tabs here in the Android Community app, the first and most-traffic’d of these being “What’s New”, aka the main news feed. You’ll be able to check the hottest Trending categories as well as access Must Read and Featured sections too. Also included is a Reviews section, the last three listed here accessible by you by hitting your Android menu button and Sections button.
Each article also has a menu which you can access with your Android menu button that includes sharing abilities with whatever apps you’ve got on your device that can share. You can also access the ability to save an article for later viewing, change the size of the text in each article, and make comments, too. Comments are also available under the grid icon in the upper left-hand corner, this also showing a back button and a reload button for updates if you’re antsy.
Inside many of the posts you’ll find a button that links you to Device Specifications and Information – this data is harvested directly from DEVICE.AC, the Android Community device directory. Rather valuable details at a tap!
So go forth to the Apps by R3 Media link above to download this first iteration of the Android Community universe for Android device right this minute, and tell us how you like it! Do not hesitate to suggest improvements for future iterations and make sure you’re keeping up with Android top to bottom, all night and day! Also note – if you’d like to search for the app at Google Play on your own, search for AndroidCommunity, one word, no spaces.
Official Android Community app launched: we go hands-on is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Google has decided to stop taking orders from its online store, assumedly because it has such a huge backlog it doesn’t even know when it will be able to fulfill new customer purchases. The 16 GB $249 tablet had been showing up as being delayed for one to two weeks. As of now, though, it’s impossible to place an order. The 8 GB model, at $199, is still available for orders.
It has also already sold out at major retailers, including Costco, Gamestop, Sam’s Club, Office Depot, and Staples. The online versions of all the above stores list the 16 GB device as either “backordered,” coming soon,” “in-store only,” or simply “out of stock.” Your in-store chances aren’t much better. Among retailers that allow consumers to check item inventory at local stores, you’ll have a devil of a time finding any location in a major metropolitan area that lists the Nexus 7 as available.
Obviously, for Google and the Nexus 7, price was the number one concern. It let the market play out for a while before it stepped in and stamped its seal of approval on its own tablet. And during that time, it realized that if consumers want a 10-inch, fully-functional, graphically intensive tablet, they’ll buy an iPad. But if they just want something to check their emails, play a mobile game every now and then, and maybe read an ebook on the go, they want something as cheap as possible. The Nexus 7 is now filling that need.
[via Mashable]
Google’s Nexus 7 stops orders due to demand is written by Mark Raby & originally posted on SlashGear.
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It’s time to grab your Google Nexus 7 tablet – but only if you were lucky enough to have set up a pre-order with Office Depot, Gamestop, or a 3rd party retailer lucky enough to have picked up an early shipment. That’s not to say that Google has allowed such business, but for those of you actually finding a way to grab this tablet today: kudos to you. It’s being reported on several Android blogs and forums that not only are pre-orders from the Google Play store arriving across the USA and the UK, GameStop and Office Depot have them in stock as well – again, only for pre-orders, of course.
According to sources speaking with Android Community, pre-orders are arriving at homes across the UK as well as the USA, though these shippings seem only to be coming from non-Google Play store orderings. In the USA, we’re seeing a little bit different situation with several tipsters sending us messages reporting that GameStop is sending out text messages that include a note about bringing in old tablets and smartphones to reduce your pre-order price and pick up the tablet in-store today.
Everyone out there in pre-order land: let us know if you’ve gotten your tablet in the mail today, and who you ordered it from!
Everyone else: several stores have the devices in the building today. GameStop has been confirmed (unofficially, of course) and Office Depot more than likely has their shipment in as well. It wouldn’t hurt to head on down and knock on the door to see if they’ll hand on over to you – though we’re sure Google wouldn’t like it if they did!
Be sure to check out our in-depth Google Nexus 7 review before you do anything, of course. Head to it!
Nexus 7 popping up in stores and mailboxes across USA and UK is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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