LG speaker dock for Android devices with ambient light

LG's new speaker dock recharges iOS and Android devices and streams through both AirPlay and Bluetooth. He also gives light.

At the current AirPlay speakers comes far from final, but for households besides Apple stuff even Android devices are increasingly dual audio solutions. Thus, on Christmas Day the LG ND8630 Wireless Dual Docking Speaker announced. Both iOS and Android devices to charge and also music streaming from his numerous devices. The 80W speaker receives music wirelessly via AirPlay, DLNA or Bluetooth.

The ND8630 has a striking design and forming cylinder is equipped with a so-called Mood Lamp, according to LG for a 'soft light', thanks to a built-in light sensor that adjusts to ambient light. He also supports NFC for easier linking of mobile devices, such as the Bluetooth pairing easier. The luminous speaker dock is from early 2013 for sale. The price is still unknown.

7 must-have apps for new Nexus 7

The ideal gift for under the Christmas tree is obviously a Nexus 7: cheap, fast and equipped with the latest and greatest Android version (and v = change your life!). But which apps you first have to install your brand new small tablet? Android Planet helps you a hand and give you seven tips that are not on your Nexus 7 - or other Android tablet - may be missing.

On site we wrote earlier about the 10 best Android apps for your Nexus 7. This list supplemented with new apps that too not on your Nexus 7 may be missing.

Paperback
The Nexus 7 is its small and convenient size excellent to read along, on the train, on the couch or in bed. We called Pocket already in the above article, but the Android app deserves an honorable mention again. Pocket has developed well in recent months, running faster and has more and more useful features. In November, the app is a major update that Pocket faster work late and start late rapper. Combined with the handy Chrome plug-in for your desktop with one click you can store items for later reading. Items are pushed directly to your Nexus 7 and also the cooperation between smartphone and tablet is excellent. If you have an interesting article on your smartphone and read just do not have time to read it all, you 'm right on Pocket add. The synchronization is automatic. Pocket is thus a great app that is also free.
Download: Pocket (free)

Skype
The video app Skype may finally in the list of apps for the Nexus 7. Skype was already available in the Google Play Store, but since the end of November a special tablet interface that is also optimized for the Nexus 7. The new interface has a separate bar for your contacts and makes it (video) calls even easier. The new audio codec ensures that the person with whom you are calling also good to understand - even if the Internet connection is not extremely stable. Compliments for Skype.
Download: Skype (free)

Falcon Pro
Falcon Pro surprised a few weeks ago the Android world with a brand new and unique Twitter app. Falcon Pro is a fairly extensive and intuitively designed Twitter app for Android 2.2 Froyo and higher and offers a well designed timeline. Consider previews of various media (pictures, videos, and web pages), fast action and swipe between screens. The app refreshes itself automatically and remembers where you left off reading. This is especially useful when you have multiple Android devices used. Falcon Pro we do not have push notifications. This is not from the app, but the strict rules of Twitter that for many apps impossible to push messages.
Download: Falcon Pro ($ 0.99)

Press
Press is a gorgeous app to all your RSS feeds in Google Reader to read them. But really gorgeous. With a big nod to iOS 'Reeder Press focuses on reading articles. Therefore used the app tranquil colors, uncluttered interface and especially very little fuss. Press has a separate tablet interface also for the Nexus 7 optimized and syncs directly with Google Reader. Please give permissions and the app is ready for use. With Press you can browse through all your feeds and text size and font of items change: always nice. There is a (small) price tag, because Press costs half euro. And that's for an app such quality absolutely no wasted money.
Download: Press ($ 1.99)

Flipboard
Flipboard sat a long time in the same boat as Skype: it was a nice app, but without special tablet interface. This was Flipboard, although the app on large screens are often looked fine, just not often. By the last update that was rolled out last week, is Flipboard for both small and large tablets suitable. The flipping between articles and all that cool content is an even finer experience become.
Download: Flipboard (free)

Chrome
Since Jelly Bean is the Android Open Source Project Chrome Browser replace. An improvement: you can keep all your bookmarks, settings, passwords and open tabs between different devices synchronize. Since the Jellybean update for Chrome browser also works very fast and are excellent pages on the 7 inch screen. Close a tab? Please. In addition, Chrome also has a handy incognito mode which you can browse anonymously. If you do some more functions and not necessarily the Chrome Sync want, you can always take a look at Dolphin Browser, Firefox or Opera for Android.
Download: Chrome (free)

Snapseed
When Google Snapseed this year took over, it was immediately clear that the search giant its own advanced -- wanted to introduce. Snapseed works closely with the Google+ app and get a picture in an easy and understandable way to your own liking. And yes, it is also possible to use a filter (Instagram) and even add multiple filters over each other to explain. The interface of Snapseed for the Nexus 7 is also ideal: the app features on the left has a convenient bar with editing options while on the right the picture nice and big displays. Among the photographs are several actions listed, such as repair, storage and post on Google+. Snapseed was first paid app for iOS, but after the acquisition, Google app for both Android and iOS users free made available. A nice gift.
Download: Snapseed (free)

HTC gives One S update to Android 4.1

HTC is currently rolling out Android 4.1, ie Jellybean, for owners of the HTC One S. Earlier in December, the HTC One X already turn. The new software is over-the-air to users inside and weighs 600MB.

The HTC One S is a smaller and cheaper version of the One X. Both devices were released with Android 4.0 and Android 4.1 while for a while off, HTC is only now with an update. Also HTC's Sense interface has been updated, to version 4 +. Android 4.1 brings a number of improvements with it, including Butter Project, which the phone should feel smoother. Also features 4.1 Now on Google, which pro-actively providing the information on the basis of various cards such as news, weather, movies and concerts, accompanied by personalized information on those topics.

Owners of the One S automatically receive a notification that an update is available, which then over-the-air inside is removed. Wifi is required, since the file up to 612.27 MB. Incidentally, Android 4.1 not the latest version, 4.2 is already out, but whether to HTC One X or One S is not known. With Jellybean 4.2 may include panoramic pictures and Now Google has expanded.

Need for Speed: Most Wanted For android

Are you an adrenaline junkie and you can not get enough of racing games? In that case, today a good day for you as a racing fanatic.

Need for Speed: Most Wanted is because last night launched a number of mobile platforms, including Android.

Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Need for Speed: Most Wanted, the newest addition to the Need for Speed (NFS) franchise. In NFS: Most Wanted is the intention from the hands of the police to stay and the most wanted racer in the city to be. All this is of course accompanied by the finest, fastest and most exclusive racing cars. Please include place at a SRT Viper GTS, Porsche 911 Carrera S, Hummer H1 Alpha or any of the other race samples.

The Need for Speed: Most Wanted series is also known for its free-roaming gameplay. So if you do not feel like to race against your opponents then you can just place the Fairhaven go cruising or your car and build him a new color to spray. Be careful, because the police is always alert to speeding!

Of course we also just tried the game and in two of the fastest Android devices at the moment, the Samsung Galaxy S III and HTC One X +. At first it seemed the game still does not run quite smoothly, but after a while we had played, it was all a lot smoother. The reactions in the Google Play Store are divided: the game according to the users great but does not work on all devices equally well.

Anyway the game looks great and the steering is very well developed. You can touch or motion control for choose. Both variants are well developed and feel natural. Of options and possibilities certainly not lacking in the mobile game, but these are too extensive to all to have discovered in the short time we have played the game.

oath for Speed: Most Wanted is available for a large amount (€ 6.53) in the Google Play Store. In order to buy the game, click on the following QRCode or scan it with your barcode scanner.

Please note that you have a decent amount of free space should have and unlimited Internet or WiFi connection. The download is 580MB which is great and you should be at least 1.9 GB (!) To release it. That the download takes a long time, also means that the 15 minutes you have to get your money back to ask the Play Store probably expired. Be careful about the reviews in the Play Store to make sure that the game is good enough runs on your device.

Android Games: RollerCoaster Tycoon early 2013 to Android

RollerCoaster Tycoon was "before" a great game where hours of gameplay could be. Broadest possible amusement building, but also keep your visitors happy, staff hire and much more. This game comes to Android and iOS in early 2013.

RollerCoaster Tycoon
In RollerCoaster Tycoon is the intention that you are going to build an amusement park, this fully self-organize and ultimately ensures that you will make profit. This sounds relatively simple, but it is not always. Today there are many more games that work with this principle, but RollerCoaster Tycoon was one of the first with include SimCity 2000 (nostalgie!). It is for the people who have grown up with this fantastic game (including myself) obviously great news that this game will come to the Android platform. It seems however that the Android version will be a port of the Nintendo 3DS version will be not very well received and some features are missing. We are still curious about how the Androidverise will come out

availability
The Android version of RollerCoaster Tycoon early 2013 will be available for both Android and iOS. Further details on any price and other requirements such as Android version is still unknown.

Make jellybean look like in windows pc or laptop

Jellybean is beautiful, rich, clear and "clean". For me, it therefore flashing a custom ROM unnecessary. But how would this Jellybean experience look like on your Windows PC or laptop? A user on Flickr, a website for sharing photos and video clips, this has done it.

Jellybean desktop
The Flickr user has his desktop Knight Hawk2 way that it looks exactly like the Jellybean environment that we are used to on Android Devices.

• Download this wallpaper for your desktop

• With XWidget you can change the icons on your desktop. XWidget download for Windows here.

• Next you need matching icons. These can be found here.

• The program Stardock's ObjectDock is needed to create a launcher on the left side of your screen.

Menu bar
The menu bar in Windows down, Knight Hawk2 hidden and then have a custom widget that he himself has made. This widget allows you to his blog via Dropbox link download (as ZIP-file). Then grab the file and open it with XWidget. Then you change the icons with those from the previously downloaded ZIP file.

It's a bit of work but the results are worth it. We are interested in your findings!

ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity gets updated with bug fixes and additional applications

ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity

The ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity (TF700) today received a minor update with a few added features and some nasty bugs corrected. The update number 10.4.4.18 inherited and brings a note application, a vertaalapp and Game Channel, which provides information and tips about games can read.

ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity
The ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity is a top model, ASUS tablet area. ASUS is currently one of the manufacturers that are very regular and fast updates roll out of new Android versions, but also maintenance updates have usually not long in coming. Today was the ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity turn. This update should fix the problems with WiFi, keyboard and camera. In addition there are a number of applications were added as a translation application, but it seems that only translation capabilities between German and English. The second application is MyBitCast, an application in which you can make notes then synchronize it with the same desktop program. The third and final extra application has Game Channel name as inherited and is based on OpenFeint. Here is all kinds of information and tips about games.
availability

The update OTA (Over The Air) downloaded via a Wifi connection. The notification that a new update will automatically appear on the screen. Also you may manually check for new updates through the settings of the tablet. The build number is JR003C.WW_epad-10.4.4.18-20121012.