Pocketables week in review: 8/11-8/17
Here’s a quick recap of some of this week’s highlights from Pocketables, just in case you missed something interesting.
Our opinions:
- $199 Surface pricing is theoretically possible but highly unlikely
- Horizontal navigation buttons greatly reduce useful screen area on the Nexus 7
- The Google Drive iPad app is practically worthless without document editing
- My PC hard drive died, and I don’t really care
Fresh features:
- What will the next iPhone be named?
- Resurrecting a 2010 MacBook Pro with an SSD: Part 2
- I’m typing this post from a new iPad, but don’t worry – I haven’t exactly converted
- What else does HTC need to do to turn itself around?
- Make custom ROM checklists so you don’t end up stuck
- Living with Windows 8: Initial impressions
Awesome apps:
- Never pay for iOS apps again with FreeMyApps
- Pricing aside, Splashtop 2 for iOS isn’t half bad
- Humble Bundle is back, get four great games for any price
- Animoto releases Android app
- Windows 8 app spotlight: Feed Reader
Timely tips:
- Deal alert: eMusic trial subscription gives you $17.50 of DRM-free MP3s
- MacLegion offers free Mac software bundle
- Get $100 from Sprint when you add a line between now and 8/26
- Sprint will give away free extended batteries for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus on 8/19
- Sega drops prices of Sonic games to more appealing levels
- PSA: Turn off USB debugging on your Android device when you’re not using it
- Sprint is giving families $400 to switch cell phone carriers
Good and EVO:
- ROM Picks: Paranoid Android Experience v0.9.0 for the CDMA HTC EVO 3D
- A quick rundown of where we are at with Jelly Bean on the HTC EVO series
- Apple Bluetooth keyboard works with unrooted HTC EVO 4G LTE
- ROM Cleaner v1.0 allows you to remove bloatware and Sense on rooted HTC EVO 4G LTEs
- The difference between root, S-OFF/S-ON, and locked/unlocked bootloaders in the HTC EVO series
- MIUI.us v4 2.8.10 for the HTC EVO 3D brings 3D video recording and playback to the table
- Fresh EVO LTE updated to 5.2.1 for the HTC EVO 4G LTE
- BAKED brings BlackBean Jelly Bean ROM to the HTC EVO 4G