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Do you know what love to do with our Android handsets and tablets? We’re huge fans of changing the home screen around a bit and creating a new user experience. That’s why we present a weekly series of Get This Look posts. In a nutshell we show you a new look for your Android handset and tell you which apps you’ll need if you want to mimic the feel. Some of these are a little easier to create than others and many of them can be tweaked to no end. The following details are but the ingredients to which you can create your own delicious Android dish; your results will vary. Which is awesome! If nothing else, this is a great way to discover new apps, widgets, icons, and more! Metro by Nikk WHY WE LOVE THIS LOOK: Look, we’re not above saying that some of the other platforms have a few features and details that work well.  With that in mind, the Metro/tiles from Windows Phone can be pretty cool when done right. Those of you who like to mix up icons and widgets might appreciate the way in which this design features both. Once in place, it’s very easy to move things around and play with the overall feel. We appreciate that there are not too many apps to install here and that the design doesn’t cost a penny! Well, that is provided you don’t donate to developers. Nevertheless, these free apps can be used in a myriad of ways to tweak our home screens. Check the archives for even more inspiration! WHAT YOU’LL NEED Ultimate Custom Widget (UCCW) (FREE) ssLauncher (FREE) Minimalistic Text (FREE) Widgetsoid (FREE) What else: File download (.zip) Be sure to read the description and details for a pretty in-depth walkthrough and setup. The post Get this look for your Android: Metro appeared first on AndroidGuys.

Over the last year or so, we’ve talked a lot about switching carriers. With policy changes frustrating consumers, tiered data hampering usage, and phones not being offered across the board on all carriers, there may not be a better time than now to consider a move. One downside to moving, though, is the worry of [...] CellMaps Mobile Shows You Carrier Network Coverage Areas, Lets You... Click the post title to continue through and join the conversation!

Autodesk's AutoCAD has made the jump to the big v2.0, and it's received a makeover in the process. The app formerly known as AutoCAD WS is now AutoCAD 360. Microsoft may have run with the 360 branding for nearly a decade now, but clearly its appeal remains alive and well.   Computer-aided design software like AutoCAD enables users to make both 2D and 3D designs for real-world products and structures. The mobile version is an easy-to-use remake that helps professionals share and view designs out in the field. With this latest update, the Android app can now open larger and more complex drawings than before. Done With This Post? You Might Also Like These:Autodesk Punctually Delivers AutoCAD WS To The Android Market New Honeycomb Previews Released Thanks To T-Mobile G-Slate Video Promos AutoDesk To Bring AutoCAD To Android On April 20 [New Game] Noodlecake Releases Super Stickman Golf 2 - 20 Brand-New Levels, Online Multiplayer, And Lots More Content Autodesk AutoCAD WS Updates To Version 2.0, Becomes AutoCAD 360 was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

The old adage is as true today as it's ever been: good things come to those who wait. Today, Amazon.ca finally granted Canadians access to Amazon Cloud Drive. Our North American siblings can now re-upload all of the photos they've already backed up to iCloud, Dropbox, and Google Drive to Amazon's servers using Cloud Drive Photos for Android and iOS.    Cloud Drive works well for storing music, especially for people who have stocked up on the $5 albums that Amazon rotates each month. Amazon's Cloud Player allows users to stream all of their uploaded songs to any computer or Android device, but tracks purchased via the Amazon MP3 Store don't count toward their storage limits. Done With This Post? You Might Also Like These:Tip: Get 20GB Of Amazon Cloud Drive Storage For Only $0.69 Amazon Expands Your Cloud Music Storage To 'Unlimited', With A Catch Amazon Launches Cloud Player Music Streaming Service For Android Amazon Introduces 'AutoRip' – A New Service That Gives MP3s To Customers Who Bought CDs From Amazon Within The Last 15 Years Amazon Introduces Cloud Drive To Canada, Expands Access To File Synchronization Service was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

HTC's Zoe feature is a perfect way to play with Auto Awesome motion on Google+ Google+ got some great new image tools and toys last week and Google I/O, including the "motion" portion of the Auto Awesome tweaks. How it works is, it takes any series of pictures of the same subject that have been shot in quick succession and transforms them into an animated gif image. You can then share it on Google+, or download it to share anywhere. Everyone loves animated gifs! As it turns out, the Zoe feature on HTC's Sense 5 camera software is perfect for this. A Zoe is a series of high resolution stills that get stitched in series to create an animation on the phone, and since they are individual jpg files, Google+ can work its magic the same way. To play with it, you'll have to either turn on auto-upload to Google+ on your HTC One, or find the frames of your Zoe and upload them individually. You'll then find all 20 stills, the small video that your phone exports, and a single gif file of the full animation in your Google+ photos. If you're a nut about housekeeping, you can then delete the 20 stills and the video, leaving your animated masterpiece available for the world to see. Now get out your Ones, hit the Zoe button, and drop some links in the comments to show off your stuff! Via: Android Central forums; Phil's humidifier

Face-to-face voice and text translation across multiple languages We're at CTIA 2013 in Las Vegas and while a lot of business and back-end technologies are being talked about here, companies like the Japanese carrier NTT Docomo are showing off at least a couple of consumer-facing products. Its recently announced "Translator Phone" service was on display today and we had a moment to see how it all worked. The app and service, which will be pre-loaded on nearly every one of its devices going forward, gives near real-time voice and text translation between English, Japanese, Chinese, Korean and several other languages. The UI is extremely simple, and all you have to do is select which two languages you'd like to have a translated conversation between. The app then has two buttons -- for example English and Japanese -- that you tap, speak to and receive a translation. Voice is nearly instantly transcribed into text, translated into the text of the other language, then also read aloud in that language. You can then hold the phone to the native speaker of the other language, where they can read the text and give their response for you to read. The translations come through in a threaded conversation view, and any of the translations can be read aloud or re-transcribed at any time. NTT Docomo is also working with this same technology to provide nearly real-time translation over phone calls, but it is only working in a limited capacity with English, Japanese and Chinese with about a 2 second delay when translating. The hope is to eventually provide seamless translation between languages while on phone calls one day. Be sure to watch the video above of the service in action. More: Android @ CTIA 2013

Dan Rosenberg sent out a tweet this morning letting his followers know that he had successfully booted a custom recovery onto the Verizon version of the Galaxy S 4 and he is looking forward to the release. If you’re going to be getting your Galaxy S 4 in the coming days you should keep a lookout for this method. We’ll be sure to update you once it’s public but we don’t know how long it will take for Verizon to issue a patch. Source: Dan Rosenberg (@drjbliss) Via: Droid Life Come comment on this article: Verizon’s Samsung Galaxy S 4 bootloader hacked, boots custom recovery Visit TalkAndroid for Android news, Android guides, and much more!

A new AnTuTu benchmark score has surfaced for a Samsung GT-N7200, believed to be the model number for the Galaxy Note III device. The test results, if accurate, show the device running Android 4.3 generated a score of almost 28,000. The device is thought to come with an Exynos 5 Octa chip, which tested considerably faster in a Samsung Galaxy S 4. It may be the device which tested at only 1.6 GHz has not yet been optimized as the Galaxy Note III is not expected to be released until later this year. source: GSM Insider Come comment on this article: AnTuTu Benchmark score for Samsung Galaxy Note III surfaces Visit TalkAndroid for Android news, Android guides, and much more!

If you’re reading this on a Nexus 7, do us a favor. Hold it up to your ear. If that seems reasonable to you, and you’re an AT&T customer, keep reading. You’re going to be really happy. The crew over at Pocketnow has come across an interesting string of happenings. As it turns out, the Samsung Galaxy Mega may be headed to AT&T. That’s right, the smartphone with the 6.3” screen may soon be available in the US. Citing the often reliable EV Leaks, Pocketnow notes a device model SGH-1527 being prepped for AT&T service. That model designation has been tied to the Samsung Melius, which was rumored to be a Tizen device. EV Leaks notes that this particular device for AT&T is absolutely not Tizen, but is keeping the Melius name. Mega is a more fitting name, even though Melius is a word derived from the latin word melior, meaning “big” or “a lot of”. We agree that 6.3” of screen is melior, so we’ll wait for an official announcement. Whatever comes of it, we’re sure a large-scale Samsung phone is on the horizon. We’re curious, what would you name a device of that size? Let us know in the comments below!

For those out there that were wondering what was happening with the Samsung Galaxy Mega line, the 6.3 has finally been priced and should be out sometime in June. No exact date is set, but you will be able to purchase one for the price of £459.99, which is about $700. Pretty pricey for this phablet, and I am not sure how many of you will purchase the device. Let’s look at the secs: 6.3-inch 720p display 1.7GHz dual-core processor 1.5GB of RAM 16GB of internal storage 8 megapixel rear camera with a 1.9 megapixel front camera Android 4.2.2 Not exactly High-end specs. With the Galaxy Note III coming out later this year, I am not sure if the Mega line will be a hit. Let us know what you guys think. Source: Phandroid