Google Music page points to Android Market music sales

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 24px;"></span><br /> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 12px; font: normal normal normal 13px/19px Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px; padding-bottom: 0.6em; padding-left: 0.6em; padding-right: 0.6em; padding-top: 0.6em;"> <div mce_style="text-align: center;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: center;"> <img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-60947 aligncenter" height="264" mce_src="http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/6739/1319688489466306x540.jpg" src="http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/6739/1319688489466306x540.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px;" width="150" />We’ve been hearing that Google will begin selling music directly for months, and it looks like it’s about to finally come to pass. But don’t take our word for it: head over to music.google.com with your Android device (make sure you’ve got your user agent set to default) and you’ll see something similar to the screenshot on the right. The page mentions “millions of songs in the Android Market”, though both links appear to be inactive at the time of writing.</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;"></span></div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Google already sells books and movie rentals in the Android Market, highlighted by the latest radical UI shift in the Market app. The Google Music Beta app (not to be confused with the default android Music app) ties in with Google Music to stream music to phones and tablets, but unlike the Amazon Cloud Player, you can’t purchase music and stream it from Google’s servers – yet. Andy Rubin, Google’s Android head honcho, confirmed Google’s plans at the AsiaD conference. Rubin hinted that there would be something more than a standard music store – that it would “have Google in it”.</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> The music industry is notoriously hard to deal with when it comes to licensing and deals, so it’d no surprise that even the economic muscle of Google and the wide reach of Android haven’t easily swayed the record companies. But if Google is already deploying resources, the launch can’t be that far away. Who’s ready to see Android go head-to-head with iTunes and Amazon?</div> </div> </div>

Google Music page points to Android Market music sales

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Beautiful Widgets is FREE from GetJar

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 24px;"></span><br /> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 12px; font: normal normal normal 13px/19px Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px; padding-bottom: 0.6em; padding-left: 0.6em; padding-right: 0.6em; padding-top: 0.6em;"> <div mce_style="text-align: center;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: center;"> <img alt="" class="aligncenter" height="158" mce_src="http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/1632/beautifulwidgets540x263.jpg" src="http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/1632/beautifulwidgets540x263.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px;" title="Beautiful Widgets" width="324" />Beautiful Widgets has to be my outright favorite Android application of all time. I’ve installed this as the first purchase on so many friends phones and tablets I can’t even keep count. It has been in the top paid, most downloaded, and editors choice lists for the Android market for the last year, at least. I don’t know how many times on blogs, forums, and here at Android Community readers have said “What’s that clock widget, or weather widget?” It is Beautiful Widgets, and right now it is FREE.</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;"></span></div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> The popular 3rd party application site GetJar has this extremely popular and iconic Android application for FREE, normally priced at $2.99. I don’t know how long the deal will last, but I highly recommend you hurry over and give it a download if you haven’t already. This clock and weather widget has the most options by far to give your handset a unique look.</div> <div mce_style="text-align: center;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: center;"> <img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-56108 aligncenter" height="180" mce_src="http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/1253/bw1540x300.jpg" src="http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/1253/bw1540x300.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px;" title="BW1" width="324" /></div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> For those unfamiliar, the screenshot above shows just a fraction of the many many different options, colors, styles, and themes you can set using Beautiful Widgets. From 5 day forecast, clock and weather widgets big and small, battery widgets, and everything else you can possibly imagine — they have it. Or for those wanting a more simple look you can keep it calm just like the image below.</div> <div mce_style="text-align: center;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: center;"> <img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-56109 aligncenter" height="324" mce_src="http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/2/bw4324x540.jpg" src="http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/2/bw4324x540.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px;" title="BW4" width="194" /></div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> I could talk about the many options from Beautiful Widgets for an hour but instead I’ll just urge you all to give it a try because it’s the best choice around. I even replace the HTC Sense UI clock and widgets with Beautiful Widgets because they are just that awesome. I’m not sure what else to say other than you wont be disappointed (especially when it’s free), so head over to GetJar and get Beautiful Widgets for free.</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> )</div> </div> </div>

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 LTE Shipping From Verizon July 26th?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; max-width: 640px; padding: 0.6em;"> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <img alt="" height="300" mce_src="http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/3204/samsunggalaxytab101.jpg" src="http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/3204/samsunggalaxytab101.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; max-width: 640px;" title="samsung-galaxy-tab-10-1" width="293" />The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is an amazing tablet, but its about to get even better with the release of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 LTE packing those blazing fast Verizon 4G speeds. This release has been a bit of a bumpy road but it finally went up for pre-order at the end of June. A few users that ordered that exact day (June 29th) are now getting email replies suggesting the tablet will ship on the 26th, that is just this Tuesday.</div> <div mce_style="text-align: center;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: center;"> Our friends over at Droid-Life received a tip suggesting just that and even have the screenshot to prove it. We have not heard a peep from Samsung or Verizon regarding this launch so this seems a bit odd but we’ll take it. We have seen a few posters and ads appearing in Verizon stores so this very well could be the official shipping date.</div> <div mce_style="text-align: center;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: center;"> <img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-43559 aligncenter" height="295" mce_src="http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/197/ltetabshipping.jpg" src="http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/197/ltetabshipping.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 12px; max-width: 640px;" title="lte-tab-shipping" width="288" /></div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Apparently the Galaxy Tab 10.1 will be using Verizon’s new Micro SIM for 4G LTE and probably more devices like the Bionic will too. If they are shipping on the 26th we might see a July 28th official launch date and that would tie in nicely with the recent earning call where they said the device<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="strong" mce_style="font-weight: bold;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5;">“is expected to launch by the end of this month.”</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>If that isn’t enough proof I don’t know what is, from my view it looks like we will finally see the Galaxy Tab 10.1 LTE next week.</div> </div> </span></div>

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 LTE Shipping From Verizon July 26th?

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 LTE Shipping From Verizon July 26th?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 12px; font: normal normal normal 13px/19px Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px; padding-bottom: 0.6em; padding-left: 0.6em; padding-right: 0.6em; padding-top: 0.6em;"> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: center;"> <img alt="" class="aligncenter" height="350" mce_src="http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/3204/samsunggalaxytab101.jpg" src="http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/3204/samsunggalaxytab101.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px;" title="samsung-galaxy-tab-10-1" width="342" /></div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is an amazing tablet, but its about to get even better with the release of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 LTE packing those blazing fast Verizon 4G speeds. This release has been a bit of a bumpy road but it finally went up for pre-order at the end of June. A few users that ordered that exact day (June 29th) are now getting email replies suggesting the tablet will ship on the 26th, that is just this Tuesday.</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;"></span></div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Our friends over at Droid-Life received a tip suggesting just that and even have the screenshot to prove it. We have not heard a peep from Samsung or Verizon regarding this launch so this seems a bit odd but we’ll take it. We have seen a few posters and ads appearing in Verizon stores so this very well could be the official shipping date.</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: center;"> <img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-43559 aligncenter" height="491" mce_src="http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/197/ltetabshipping.jpg" src="http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/197/ltetabshipping.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px;" title="lte-tab-shipping" width="480" /></div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Apparently the Galaxy Tab 10.1 will be using Verizon’s new Micro SIM for 4G LTE and probably more devices like the Bionic will too. If they are shipping on the 26th we might see a July 28th official launch date and that would tie in nicely with the recent earning call where they said the device <span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="strong" mce_style="font-weight: bold;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5;">“is expected to launch by the end of this month.”</span> If that isn’t enough proof I don’t know what is, from my view it looks like we will finally see the Galaxy Tab 10.1 LTE next week.</div> </div> </div>

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 LTE Shipping From Verizon July 26th?

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