Jere didn’t show up this week, so Guru had to go it alone. Jere, please come back…
Show Notes
- Google Public DNS no longer an experiment, now a public service
- Remains
- Should you tether your tablet to your phone, or get a 3G Tablet?
- Tasker vs Locale – Ease of Use vs Power? Next week, Llama?
- Minimal Reader Pro – Full Featured News/Reader Widget(Donate Version, Free Version)
- Shush Ringer Restorer (Market Link) – When you silence the phone with your volume button, it will ask you how long you wish it to be silent, and remain silent for that period.
- Platform News
- Cyanogenmod asks for money to resume nightly builds, achieves goal in a day
- Poor Flash Storage could be slowing down your smartphone.
- Google files for patent to combat Apple’s slide to unlock patent, seeks to add icons as shortcuts to basic functions.
- Why LTE sucks battery.
- Google Drive may be coming.
- Aura Slate may be successful as a Hacker-Friendly Tablet.
- HP’s CEO claims Motorola-Google may cause Android to end up as a closed system.
- Cyanogenmod may be baking Onskreen’s Cornerstone into the OS, adds improved multi-tasking.
- App News
- New versions of Opera browsers coming at Mobile World Congress
- XFINITY TV for Android updated with favorite and recent channels and more. (Market Link)
- Handcent 4.0 Public Beta now available, allows you to bind phone number and text messages for free using their network.
- Paper Camera updated to 2.0, now supports video and Android Beam(for those who have it)
- BackDrop Root backs up apps and settings, offers option to turn BackDrop to update.zip that will restore your data, and auto-restore option that will pull in backed up data when an app is installed. Might be an alternative to Titanium Backup (Market Link)
- Bump gets updated to 3.0, redesigned. Bump supports contact and photo sharing, as well as mutual friend search, device sync, and app recommendations (Market Link)
- Skype updated, adds new call interface and more.
- Clik Released on Android, starting the concept of pushing content to your TV.
- Swype Updated, adds support for the ICS and Galaxy Nexus.
- Barclays PingIt makes it easy to spend money and repay others. Currently limited to Barclays Bank customers, but will be expanded.
- Swiftkey passes 5 million installs, adds update and offers 25% off.
- EA Sims FreePlay released, offers simple Sims play. (Market Link)
- ICE Card – Simple App that can be accessed by emergency personnel…if they know about it. (Market Link)
- Amazon MP3 app updated, uses Kindle Fire interface, offers tablet and ICS support. (Market Link)
- Utter offers compelling extension to Google voice actions support.
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Hey! How about an update?! What happened with Jere?