Here’s a quick recap of some of this week’s highlights from Pocketables, just in case you missed something interesting.
Our opinions:
- Apple needs to add the ability to change default applications in iOS
- Self-hosted music is a pain when you use both Android and iOS
- Why I decided to get rid of my magazine subscriptions
- Google can’t really “fix” Android the way some people want without ruining the point of the OS
- How Apple’s Newsstand is a confusing service
- I love AMOLED blacks
- Why I don’t want Apple to replace the 30-pin connector with a smaller one
- I wish Apple would add PowerNap to iOS 6
- What I expect to see from Google I/O 2012
Real reviews:
- Quick review: Remote Notifier for Android
- MailDroid app review: A great replacement to K-9 (Android)
Fresh features:
- From the DIY drawer: 30mm camera accessory adapter case
- Why my next computing device will be a Surface
- Are developers getting a bit too desperate to put software back in physical stores?
- An in-depth look at Windows 8′s Windows Store
- Windows Phone 8 unveiled (live coverage)
- Hands on with Apollo, CyanogenMod’s new stock music player
- Why I went back to stock Ice Cream Sandwich on my Samsung Galaxy Nexus
Awesome apps:
- Floating Widget lets you float widgets on top of the rest of Android
- Hands on the the Tasker App Factory beta (Android)
- My preferred app for music: Poweramp (Android)
- SSP Control allows me to have my volunteer’s back (iOS)
- Light Flow LED Control for Android lets you customize LED notifications and much more
- Go Launcher EX update adds media browsing in app tray (Android)
- ISeeYou brings the Galaxy SIII’s SmartStay feature to other Android Ice Cream Sandwich devices
- The first Poweramp update in ages brings quite a few new features (Android)
Good and EVO:
- How to clear your locked-down Google Wallet settings on the HTC EVO 4G LTE
- How to stop Pocket Casts podcasts from showing up in Google Play Music
- ROM Picks: Cool ICS v6 for the HTC EVO 3D
- How to turn off “Smart Sync” on your HTC Sense 4.0 device
- ROM Picks: ParanoidAndroid 0.1 for the HTC EVO 4G
- Sprint 4G LTE round-up: Unofficial roll out updates
- State of the HTC EVO 4G, 3D, 4G LTE root world: June 2012
- Cool new battery mods available for rooted HTC EVO 4G LTEs
- AROMA Filemanager 1.0 brings file management capabilities to recovery mode
- Access hidden power saver features on HTC EVO 4G LTE
