We had another busy week at TalkAndroid so here’s a recap of all the top stories from this past week. Most of the coverage concerned the HTC One and the Samsung Galaxy S 4, but there were some juicy tidbits regarding the upcoming Motorola X phone, smartwatches and Google Glass. It’s time to get caught up and get ready for another exciting week.
Editorials
How HTC Can Get Its Groove Back
Is Android vulnerable because of Samsung’s dominance?
Accessories
Samsung’s new Game Pad accessory up for preorder for only $113
Apps
Reviews
Jetpack Jinx [Arcade & Action]
New Apps & Games
Google Babble Chat Client to Unify Now Fragmented Messaging Platforms
Glu Mobile Teases Frontline Commando: D-Day With Trailer [Video]
Google Keep now available in the Play Store
Chameleon Launcher for smartphones officially hits the Play Store
Gameloft to bring UNO and Friends to Android
New widget puts the latest Google Doodle on your home screen
App Updates
Gmail For Android Now Lets You Reply Or Archive Right From Notifications
9 Innings: Pro Baseball 2013 Update is a Hit in the Google Play Store
Google Updates Sports Results, Brings Better Grouping And More Detail
Google Play Store Version 4.0 Gets Leaked and Previewed
Google Currents adds support for audio playback in app
Adblock Plus Not Discouraged By Play Store Ban, Creates Easy Workaround
Verizon Messages update enables all devices for messages
Carriers
Leaked T-Mobile ‘UNcarrier’ Info Sheet Means New Plans Could be Right Around the Corner
T-Mobile Uncarrier Value Plans outed and detailed
Sprint allowing MNVOs to sell modified Sprint Android handsets
T-Mobile And MetroPCS Merger Receives Complete Regulatory Approval
T-Mobile Reportedly Testing LTE In Nine Major US Cities
Chrome and Android to remain separate products, but expect more overlap
Google’s Nexus 5 rumored to feature a potential camera with Nikon branding
Chrome World Wide Maze Turns Any Website Into 3D Game Synced To Your Phone
Prior Head Of Android Andy Rubin Was Stubborn, Says Samsung Exec
Google Glass
Sergey Brin’s discussion on Google Glass at TED now available [Video]
Google Glass Gets Eye-Piece Patent
Hardware
NVIDIA reveals more info about Logan, Parker chips during GTC
More Mediatek-powered smartphones with 1080p displays are on the way… and soon
Phones
ASUS
ASUS will launch an Intel-powered smartphone in June
HTC
HTC One is definitely not coming to Verizon
HTC One Might Be Coming to Verizon Wireless After All
HTC One component shortages are real, HTC ‘no longer a tier-one customer’ for component suppliers
HTC Trolling Samsung Unpacked Leads To ‘One On The Street’ Video
HTC One’s BlinkFeed highlighted in new promo video
HTC One shows off BoomSound in latest commercial
HTC Updates One Availability, Will Hit North America By End Of April
HTC announces the E1 dual-SIM smartphone featuring Jelly Bean
HTC Myst slips through the FCC with AT&T LTE bands in tow
More HTC v Samsung Twitter shenanigans surface
Huawei
MetroPCS adds Huawei Premia 4G to stable of LTE devices
Huawei Ascend G700 pictures pop up online, shows a budget device headed for China
Lenovo
Lenovo announces S920 – quad-core smartphone powered by 4.2 Jelly Bean
LG
LG E980 clears the FCC, could be Optimus G Pro for AT&T
Meizu
Meizu Rumored To Launch Full HD MX3 Powered By The Exynos 5 Octa
Motorola
Motorola ‘Ghost’ heading to all four major U.S. carriers, ‘Yeti’ and ‘Sasquatch’ to AT&T
Guy Kawasaki hints at possible hardware customization for the X Phone
Motorola X Phone won’t have customizable hardware after all
Samsung
Samsung Galaxy S 4 To Get Qi Wireless Charging Accessories
Analysts say Samsung Galaxy S 4 to push Samsung back ahead of Apple
CM Developers have no plans to develop for the Galaxy S 4 smartphone
No CM support for Galaxy S 4? Not so fast says CyanogenMod team
Samsung Takes the Galaxy S 4 Software for a Spin in this Latest Video
The Galaxy S 4 costs $244 to make and utilizes 63% of Samsung’s own parts inside
Samsung Galaxy S 4 pre-registrations four times higher than Galaxy S III says UK retailer
UK to See Quad-Core Galaxy S 4 Instead of Octa-Core Version
More information on which countries get which processor in Samsung Galaxy S 4
Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini Photos Leaked
Apple beats Samsung in smartphone satisfaction according to J.D. Power
Samsung’s market share lead expected to double says analyst
More HTC v Samsung Twitter shenanigans surface
New Hack Allows Bypass Of Pin-Secured Lockscreen On Galaxy Smartphones
Sony
Sony introduces the Xperia SP smartphone to the public
Sony unveils the Xperia L for the budget-minded who wants a best in class camera
Xiaomi
Xiaomi Mi-3 revealed with 5-inch 1080p display and Snapdragon 800 CPU
ZTE
New Mid-Range ZTE Quantum (N8910) Coming to Sprint
ZTE Grand X Quad Shown Off In Leaked Photo
Smartwatches
Samsung confirms they are ‘working very hard’ on a smartwatch to take on Apple iWatch
Google’s upcoming smartwatch is an Android project not X Lab
LG is prepping their own smartwatch as well as something similar to Google Glass
Tablets
Amazon
Is Amazon Working on a $99 7-Inch Kindle Fire HD? Rumors Say Yes
ARCHOS
Archos Releases GamePad, 97 and 80 Titanium Tablets in US
Huawei
Upcoming Huawei MediaPad 7 Vogue Press Render and Specs Leaked
Nexus
Samsung
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 to be unveiled at IFA 2013
Samsung rumored to be developing a premium Galaxy Tab with a full Super AMOLED FULL HD display
Sony
Sony Xperia Tablet Z gets the teardown treatment
Updates
T-Mobile LTE update for Samsung Galaxy Note II pushing out
Samsung Orb Photo Feature Could Debut In Galaxy S 4 With Android 5.0 Update
Verizon Droid 4 to receive Jelly Bean update this week
Verizon Galaxy Nexus Receives Android 4.2.2, Update Rolling Out Today
Droid RAZR HD to receive new update with camera improvements and more
European models of the Sony Xperia Z reported to be getting a firmware update
Android 4.1.2 Update Causing Problems for Motorola DROID RAZR/RAZR MAXX Users
Come comment on this article: TalkAndroid Weekly Recap for March 18 – March 24