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This evening, Verizon began pushing out a new update for the Samsung Galaxy S3 as build VRBMF1. After pulling the previous update (build VRBMD3) because it caused severe connectivity issues, we would imagine that this new update will help return the device to normal. Verizon and Samsung were supposedly working on a fix – hopefully this is it. [...] Verizon Pushing Out VRBMF1 Update to... Click the post title to continue through and join the conversation!

Earlier this evening, LG (finally) announced the successor to the Optimus G. While the phone was not explicitly named in LG's press release, we can only assume it will be the Optimus G2, the phone we've been hoping for for some time now. LG and Qualcomm remind us in the release that the Snapdragon 800 boasts up to 75% better performance than the Optimus G's S4 Pro, along with 4G LTE Carrier Aggregation (by which data speeds are made "even faster"), better battery life, Ultra HD video capture, and support for displays up to 2560x2480, among other things. Not much else is known about the device (like, say, its actual appearance or when it'll be available), but we'll certainly keep you posted. Done With This Post? You Might Also Like These:Qualcomm To Integrate 802.11ac Into Snapdragon S4 - Get Ready For 433Mbps Wi-Fi On Your Phone [CES 2013] Qualcomm Announces Next Generation Snapdragon Mobile Processors With A New Naming Scheme LG Officially Announces The Optimus G – Headed For Korea Next Month With Global Release To Follow LG Refreshes Highish Mid-Range With The Optimus F5 And Optimus F7 Handsets LG And Qualcomm Announce 'Next G Series Smartphone' With Snapdragon 800 Processor was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

The team over at Humble Bundle has been working hard to put together packages of games for users to enjoy, for whatever price the user wishes to pay. Every game works on Android, as well as Windows, Linux and iOS. The cool part about it is that you can allocate the money you spend to different organizations, charities, or even support the Humble Bundle team themselves so that they can continue putting out cool packages like this one. Hit the break for the list of games included in ‘Humble Bundle with Android 6′.  Frozen Synapse Broken Sword: Director’s Cut Aquaria Fractal: Make Blooms Organ Trail: Director’s Cut Stealth Bastard Deluxe Pulse Expect more games to be added to the bundle further along, as the Humble Bundle team tends to add in a few extras in each package. Source: Humble Bundle Come comment on this article: Humble Bundle with Android 6 released, includes 7 game titles Visit TalkAndroid for Android news, Android guides, and much more!

The times they are a changing, or so the saying goes. We’ve been hearing a lot about LG lately, and although the LG high end line of phones will no longer be referred to as “Optimus“, the low end to medium range will be, and with that, the new Optimus G is getting a brand new Snapdragon processor to go with it: The Qualcomm Snapdragon 800. What makes the Snapdragon so snappy (sorry, we couldn’t resist) is its incredible ability to display everything in Ultra HD format, as well as to record it all. For the movie buffs in all of us, that is a welcome sigh of relief. Also, the new Adreno 330 GPU apparently doubles the performance of the old Adreno 320 GPU, which means quicker load times, and less lag. In our recent test of the Snapdragon 800, we were blown away by its performance. To find out that it’s going into a mainstream medium range model however, totally justifies a full review of the next Optimus series. Right now, the Optimus series runs on a 600 model that we can’t complain about. But you have to also keep in mind that right now, the Optimus goes all the way up to madly expensive territory. This all equates to a very simple truth; That the next wave of LG smartphones will be less expensive than their forerunners, while also being faster and more capable. As consumers, we’re sure you’re stoked. And as people in the industry, we’re very intrigued. Stay tuned for more info as it comes in. SOURCE: LG Newsroom Story Timeline LG considering the elimination of the Optimus high end brand? LG Optimus L4 II unveiled with 3.8-inch display Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 series developer platform first look Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 series quad-core benchmarks: This thing is fast

After having the specs leaked online, the Moto X is back, this time with a camera sample from its 10MP shooter. How's the quality? See for yourself in the sample photo.

If you paid for a Twitter client after August 2012, it's time to accept that you'll might eventually lose your $2 It's time to start facing the long, hard facts, folks. The writing has been on the wall for some 10 months now -- since Twitter announced the API v1.1 changes that would significantly change things for developers of third-party clients, essentially putting a hard cap of 100,000 new user tokens. (Twitter said "you'll need our permission if your application will require more than 100,000 individual user tokens," but it doesn't sound like it's granted that to any of the apps we use.) Since that announcement last fall, we saw Tweet Lanes (and others) all but shut down. Falcon Pro debuted in November with that 100,000-token limit held over its head, and it ran into that wall in February 2013. A new version was released a few days later, requiring users to buy it again -- and paying about a dollar more this time -- and starting that vicious cycle once more. This week, Twitter shut it down. Regular users are pissed. The folks in the newly formed Falcon Pro beta community are pissed. It's not fair to users. But neither should it be unexpected. read more

The Nexus 7, though one of the best 7-inch tablets around, is experiencing some issues lately. Some users have reported performance issues with their tablet; things like stuttering, lagging, slow playback. The issue may not be the tablet, necessarily, but being the scapegoat for this issue could be the silver lining for Google. It seems that the Nexus 7 simply hasn’t aged well, or rather Android has lapped it. Reports of similar issues on other tablets are rampant as well, and it points to an issue with Android 4.2, not so much a hardware issue. As Android versions improve, the single gigabyte of RAM housed in the Nexus 7 may just not be adequate to keep up. The only real fix is better hardware. So, what’s the fix? There isn’t one, really. You can root your device and flash a different ROM, but that’s no guaranteed fix. You can do a factory reset, but Android 4.2 will be right back once the device updates again. There are apps that will polish up the available memory, which can improve performance, but that’s tedious to do often. The only real fix is better hardware. In considering the Nexus 7 versus the Nexus 4, where both operate on the same iteration of Android, the Nexus 4 has none of these performance issues being mentioned. What it does have is double the RAM, and a better processor. We still hope the new Nexus 7 hits our hands in the fall, when Google likes to announce their new Nexus devices, and we need to see some much improved specs. It’s oddly satisfying to hear people complain about the Nexus 7 in this respect. It indicates a nice market share for the flagship Android tablet, and a user base hungry for an upgrade.

It’s always nice when you can get out there, take some cool photos, and print them off on the go. Or that feeling when you need to scan in that quick piece of artwork, and bring it to the design studio to submit before to your boss before deadline, and you can do it in a jiffy. Unfortunately, PC owners tend to not get the good end of the stick on these quick tasks, so it’s with a great emphasis on portability that Canon brings it to Android. For people who are always on the go, Canon has developed this application that allows you to wirelessly print and scan images via your Android phone and the multifunction embedded application platform (MEAP) Canon device. By doing this, you can instantly send images from your phone to the actual printer itself. To add whipped cream to the already exciting ice cream dish, you can also wirelessly print web pages from your phone as well, using the built in Canon Android Application. This nifty little process can help aid in things as small as pizza orders all the way up to flight tickets that require a printout with a barcode. By doing this, Canon claims that they’re making it easier to use your mobile device more and more like a personal computer. From the application, you can also adjust paper size, color range, brightness/saturation/contrast, and how many pages you want printed out. We’d like to see more apps like this implemented in the future, as being able to wirelessly print out our stuff is a big bonus for us, since we’re always on the go. You can pick up the Canon Direct Print and Scan Version 2.0 Android application in the Google Play store now. SOURCE: Canon Story Timeline HP Photosmart eStation Printer/Android Tablet on sale now Canonical brings Android and Ubuntu together in perfect Unity LG Pocket Photo Printer hands-on with Optimus G Pro Android Nation Stores now in India

We’ve been wondering for awhile now what phones would have the frankly ballistic Snapdragon 800 processor. We know it’s going to be fast because Qualcomm has repeated reminded us that it can do things like play 4K resolution videos. Well today, LG and Qualcomm jointly announced that LG’s next flagship smartphone will be powered by a Snapdragon 800. Stopping short of actually giving it a name, or really detailing anything about the phone, LG deferred to Qualcomm to remind us of the performance afforded with the Snapdragon 800 such as 75% greater performance when compared to the pedestrian predecessor, the Snapdragon S4 and still managing to decrease battery usage. We actually got a chance to see the Snapdragon 800 in action at E3, but we’ll tell you more about that later. If the Optimus G Pro and Nexus 4 are anything to go by, this next LG flagship could be a winner. Who would be interested in this new LG flagship phone? Let us know what you think about it in the comments. Source: Phandroid

With hectic schedules, it can be hard to keep track of everything in your news feed. That’s why we created the TalkAndroid Daily Dose. This is where we recap the day’s hottest stories so you can get yourself up to speed in quick fashion. Happy reading!! Apps New App: ‘Rockmelt’ news reader released to Google Play Falcon Pro pulled from Play Store due to token authentication issues Dolphin Browser updates to v10, brings new UI and Web App Store RSS feeds like ‘Feedly’ growing, end of Google Reader looms ‘Photo Editor’ by Aviary gets update to version 3.0 Carriers AT&T set to launch LTE network in 9 new markets starting today Verizon planning to end life of Droid DNA, prepping for arrival of HTC One Official trailer for Verizon’s DROID combat AR game released Gaming Hardware Android-powered console GameStick delayed one month due to unfinished UI Phones HTC officially unveils the Butterfly S HTC One Mini to hit AT&T around August Rugged NEC Terrain officially announced for AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 in Aurora Red officially available exclusive to AT&T Miscellaneous LG ready to start mass production of flexible displays NVIDIA announces plans to expand business model to address growth in visual computing demands Insiders claim Samsung not interested in Facebook phone Come comment on this article: TalkAndroid Daily Dose for June 19, 2013 Visit TalkAndroid for Android news, Android guides, and much more!