Grammy award winning hip hop artists and Pocketnow readers, Naughty by Nature have released an app for Android devices to go along with their latest new album called “Anthem, Inc.” The new album and app celebrates the band’s 20th anniversary. To find the app, simply search for “Naughty by Nature” in the Android Market and it’s a free download. The app was developed by Mobicartel and it’s mainly designed to give you some interesting information …
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Verizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus Hardware Tour
The Galaxy Nexus ships with Android 4.0.1 has a 1.2GHz TI OMAP 4460 CPU with 1GB of RAM and 16GB of onboard storage (with no microSD slot). The front camera can take photos at 1.3MP and video at 720p, while the rear camera is a 5MP shooter with a flash, and can record full 1080p video. The display is 4.65″ at 1280×720 resolution (making for a DPI of 315), and is of the Super AMOLED …
Continue readingMiniSquadron Xbox LIVE Game for Windows Phone
This week’s new Xbox LIVE game for Windows Phone is “MiniSquadron”. It’s a 2D flying game where you use a directional joystick on the lower left to fly your plan through different areas while shooting down enemy planes. There are 9 different area levels and about 60 planes that you can unlock to use in the dog fights. Cool power-ups will occasionally fall from the sky and if you catch them you’ll either get better …
Continue readingVerizon Galaxy Nexus Unboxing (Video)
The Verizon Galaxy Nexus is the first Ice Cream Sandwich Android phone available in the U.S. and it is highly anticipated. Here’s our unboxing of a review unit. The device comes with your usual MicroUSB cable, charging adapter, and some wired stereo headphones, along with a few booklets full of documentation. It would seem that our review unit does not include actual retail packaging since it’s so void of branding. There is an embossed Verizon …
Continue readingT-Mobile Nokia Lumia 710 Launch and Hands-On (Video)
Yesterday, Nokia announced their first Windows Phone to be available in the U.S.A. on T-Mobile and they held a little launch party in New York City where we got to preview some of the devices. The Lumia 710 will be available in January for only $49 with a 2 year contract, so it’s certainly not intended to be the premiere high-end flagship smartphone, but it could be quite enjoyable for many people who may not …
Continue readingBreeze: New Xbox LIVE Game (Video)
“Breeze” is a new free Xbox LIVE game for Windows Phone and it’s got two playing modes. You can use touch controls or tilt controls. Touch controls will create a breeze of wind to blow the little flower in the opposite direction of where you touch. The object of the game is to use the wind to blow the little flower to its checkerboard goal destination without running it into the walls or spikes that …
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