Here’s a quick recap of some of this week’s highlights from Pocketables, just in case you missed something interesting.
Our opinions:
- Keep the Note 10.1 and the 8-inch iPad: I want a Galaxy Note 7.7
- Why I dropped Carbonite for Dropbox
- Leaked Sense 4.1 shows that HTC is listening to power users and developers
- What Microsoft needs to do to make the Surface a success
- Splashtop 2 for Android gets bombarded with one star reviews due to “iOS fanboyism”
- Will the real Metro replacement please step forward?
Real reviews:
- Quick app review: Better WiFi On/Off for Android
- Quick app review: Hipstacast podcast player for Android
- Quick app review: Fresh Leaves live wallpaper for Android
Fresh features:
- More Galaxy Note 10.1 features shown off in new video, here are the iPad app alternatives
- A tale of buying an SSD to put off a new computer purchase
- How to customize an Android home screen, part 3: Widgets
- Living with the Windows 8 Release Preview: Part 9
- Poll: Is Mountain Lion draining your MacBook’s battery?
- Resurrecting a 2010 MacBook Pro with an SSD: Part 1
Awesome apps:
- Banjo wants to take you to the Olympics via social media
- Photo Gallery, Movie Maker, Messenger, Writer, and more live on in Windows Essentials 2012
- Dropsync for Android update adds more sync methods
- PSA: HopeLine offers help to victims of violence, resources for volunteers (Android)
- Use Photon Flash Browser to play your favorite Facebook games on your iPad
- Android HIFI turns any WiFi-enabled Android device into an AirPlay audio server
Timely tips:
- Sprint cuts iPhone 4S on-contract prices to $50 off
- HTC EVO 4G LTE is only a penny from Amazon
- T-Mobile HTC One S is now $149.99 through 8/21
- Refurbished new iPads $50 off in Apple’s refurbished store
- Splashtop 2 HD for Android is free for a limited time
- Virgin Mobile cuts prices of HTC EVO V 4G to $239.99 off contract
- Pixelmator 2.1 now $14.99 in Mac App Store, adds functionality and Retina support
Good and EVO:
- Enoch Sense Kernel v0.1 delivers over/underclocking for the HTC EVO 4G LTE
- ROM Picks: Strike 1.0.2 for the HTC EVO 4G
- Sprint expects to launch HD voice before the end of this year
- Stock With Goodies ROM brings Google Now, Speed to the HTC EVO 4G LTE
- Devil Toast for the CDMA HTC EVO 3D development abandoned
- Unofficial Google Now for ICS now has working voice search, available on multiple devices
- Team Nocturnal releases final Shooter ROM: EVO 3D port for the HTC EVO 4G
