With more than 100 Android devices out in the wild and more being manufactured every day, OEM’s are running out of clever names for their devices. Of course they could always use the highly technical Android Phone Name Generator to come up with the next magnificent mobile moniker, but that would be too easy. Instead, it appears manufacturers are looking to the condom industry for their tantalizing trade names.
Last week we told you about the newest Humble Bundle for Android featuring five never-before-seen on Android games. Humble Bundle allows users to pay what they want for a bundle of indie games that can be played on Android, Mac, Windows, and Linux. While five games for the price of “whatever” was already an amazing deal, it appears they have added a sixth bonus game into the bundle at no extra charge.
Just a quick reminder that registration for Google I/O kicks off tomorrow. Registration will open at 7:00 a.m. PDT and will most likely sell out within the hour. Then again, this year’s prices have double from $450 to $900 so there’s a chance it may take a few more hours to sell out but be warned — it will sell out! You’ll need a G+ account to register and Google Wallet to make payment so make sure you’re prepared beforehand.
If the lack of a quad-core processor had you balking at the idea of purchasing a stateside HTC One X, you might want to take a look at the following benchmarks because the results of the Snapdragon S4 version show that quad-core isn’t everything. A forum member over at Android Central was able to give us a look at some early benchmarks using an AT&T HTC One X and Vellamo and Quadrant benchmark tools. The results are astonishing and have the S4 destroying quad-core powerhouses such as the ASUS Transformer Prime.
Update: And just like that, Microsoft has decided to do the right thing and award Sahas his prize.
Microsoft concocted a brilliant marketing campaign where they challenge mobile users to complete various tasks faster than a Windows phone. Any contestant able to “smoke” a Windows phone with their current mobile phone will be awarded a Hunger Games Special Edition PC worth over $1000. Even if you lose the challenge (which Microsoft has made certain of), you will win the opportunity to trade-in your current phone for a free Windows phone (excluding the Nokia Lumia 800). The contest has been hit heavily with accusations of Microsoft rigging the contest via various methods including deliberately throttling Wi-Fi speeds for non-Windows Phones. Despite the many unfounded accusations, one challenger has come forward claiming Microsoft blatantly denied him his prize after legitimately “smoking” a Windows phone with his Samsung Galaxy Nexus.
