Pocketables week in review: 7/28-8/03
Here’s a quick recap of some of this week’s highlights from Pocketables, just in case you missed something interesting.
Our opinions:
- If Apple blocks wired jailbreaks with new cable, the 30-pin adapter will probably do the same
- Why I don’t want a Nexus 7
- Verizon fined for blocking tethering apps: This could set a new precedent
- Accessory Review: Seidio iPhone SURFACE Reveal with Kickstand
Fresh features:
- How to switch over to Outlook.com if you have a Windows Phone
- A look at Outlook.com’s mobile web experience
- Using Google Wallet in a small town
- Living with the Windows 8 Release Preview: Part 8
- What does it take to make a change?
Awesome apps:
- Email Me allows you to quickly send emails from within Android
- Spotify opens up free radio to all Android users
- AutoRemote now extends Android’s Share feature to remote devices
- Google Wallet updated, compatibility added for all major credit and debit cards [Updated]
- Amazon releases Instant Video for iPad app, goes head-to-head with Hulu, Netflix
- Ultimate Rotation Control solves Nexus 7 screen rotation woes
- Madfinger Games’ iOS version of Dead Trigger is now free
- My preferred app for scanning: Scanner Pro (iOS)
Timely tips:
- Best Buy is exchanging ASUS Transformer Primes for the new ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity
- PSA: Be careful where you buy flash memory
- Take your pick of 9 top-rated security suites for free
- A few things to keep in mind when buying adapters
- Verizon Galaxy Nexus users now able to access Google Wallet directly
- HTC One X is now only $79.99 on Amazon
Good and EVO:
- ROM Picks: ICS Tranquility RLS1 by Bad Seed Customs for the HTC EVO 4G LTE
- Sprint HTC EVO 3D finally updated to ICS, Sense 3.6, 2.89.651.2
- ROM Picks: CyanogenMod 10 v1.8 for the GSM Galaxy Nexus
- CDMA HTC EVO 3D ICS upgrade includes new HBOOT, can still be beaten
- HTC EVO Design 4G also updated to 3.14.651.0, ICS and Sense 3.6
- What I’d like to see in HTC EVO ROM development
- EvilZ Kernel pushes HTC EVO 4G LTE clock to 2.1GHz
- ROM Picks: Viper4G 1.0.0 for the HTC EVO 4G LTE