We had another busy week at TalkAndroid so here’s a recap of all the top stories. We finally published our review of the HTC One and the Galaxy S 4 review is coming very soon. Meanwhile we published a slew of GS4 guides to help you with all those new features that Samsung introduced with their latest and greatest phone. We had tons of Google Glass news, and it appears Google might not introduce Key Lime Pie at Google I/O afterwall. Finally, we posted a couple of app reviews. It’s time to get caught up and get ready for another exciting week.
Contests
Contest: Win 1 of 10 tickets to Lookout’s Annual Kickoff party at Google I/O
Guides
How to set up and use HTC TV and the IR blaster on the HTC One
Samsung Galaxy S 4 initial setup and changes to TouchWiz
How to set up and use Air View and Air Gestures on the Samsung Galaxy S 4
How to set up and use Smart Pause and Smart Scroll on the Samsung Galaxy S 4
For the beginner: How to set the Galaxy S 4 to Easy Mode
Samsung Galaxy 4 camera overview and how to use the Dual Camera function
How to take a Drama Shot and Erase unwanted objects with the Samsung Galaxy S 4 camera
How to make Animated GIFs and add sound to pictures on the Galaxy S 4
How to set up and use WatchON along with the IR blaster on the Samsung Galaxy S 4
How to create and share a Story Album on the Galaxy S 4
Reviews
HTC One review: The best phone on the planet, but is it good enough?
Blood Runner [Arcade & Action]
Apps – New
Runtastic Mountain Bike and Road Bike now available in Play Store
Fieldrunners 2 comes to Android platform
Iron Man 3 game hits Android devices, gives all gamers a chance to be their inner Tony Stark
Apps – Updates
Netflix to offer $11.99 per month subscription supporting up to four simultaneous video streams
Swype officially out of beta and now available in the Play Store
Update allows for offline viewing in Falcon Pro
Remember The Milk gets major update to version 3.0, adds tablet support
Carriers
Cricket shows off unlimited family plan, only $40 per line
MetroPCS shareholders give T-Mobile USA merger the green light
T-Mobile, Washington State AG agree to settlement on claims of deceptive no-contract advertising
Rumor: Key Lime Pie won’t be ready for Google I/O?
Android 4.3 spotted in the wild and no it’s not Key Lime Pie
Google Glass
Google Glass “about a year-ish away” according to Eric Schmidt
Next iteration of Google Glass may look like traditional sunglasses with two see-through displays
Smart glasses like Google Glass expected to ship 9 million units by 2016
Google Glass easter egg aleady exposed
NY Times rolls out app for Google Glass users
Google Glass already rooted and ready for primetime
CPU and RAM specs discovered for Google Glass
Hardware
Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 to hit mass production stage in late May
Phones – Acer
Acer adds the Liquid E2 to its smartphone lineup
Phones – HTC
All-in-one toolkit for unlocking and rooting the AT&T and Sprint HTC One now available
HTC sells out of unlocked HTC One devices for $575
Next gen HTC Butterfly spotted in OTA information?
Use a custom kernel to turn your HTC One’s logo into a functional extra button
HTC One receives update to improve UltraPixel camera performance
HTC One heading to China with dual-sim and microSD card support
Sprint officially lists the black HTC One smartphone on its website
Phones – Huwaei
Phones – Kyocera
Two new Kyocera phones leaked, Elite for Verizon and XTRM for US Cellular
Phones – Lenovo
Lenovo Ideaphone K900 available May 6th in China
Phones – LG
LG Share the Genius event scheduled for May 1st to introduce LG Optimus G Pro
LG will show off a smartphone with a flexible OLED display this year
LG Optimus G Pro for AT&T render surfaces on Twitter
LG unleashes its Optimus F5 smartphone, headed for France on April 29th
Phones – Motorola
Google X device running Android 5.0.1 shows up in AnTuTu Benchmarks
Phones – Pantech
Verizon announces the Pantech Perception smartphone, brings touchless controls for a modest price
Phones -Samsung
Samsung Galaxy S 4 to be in AT&T stores on April 27
Best Buy now taking pre-orders for the Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4
Rugged Galaxy S 4 Coming Soon According to Samsung
Samsung Galaxy S 4 scratch test: Gorilla Glass 3 vs a steak knife and more
Quad-core or Octa-core, it doesn’t matter says Samsung’s J.K. Shin
Sprint and T-Mobile both delay Galaxy S 4 retail launch
Verizon confirms Samsung Galaxy S 4 pre-orders will begin on April 25th
Samsung to delay the launch of its security software for Galaxy smartphones
Snapdragon-powered Galaxy S 4 rooted on launch day
Samsung Galaxy S 4 gets torn down by iFixit
Cringeworthy drop tests pit Samsung Galaxy S 4 against Galaxy S III and iPhone 5
Samsung Galaxy S 4 Duos launches in China with dual-SIM support, Exynos 5 Octa cpu
Mid-range Samsung Galaxy Core for Asian, European markets leaks
Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 caught creeping through the FCC with LTE frequencies
Insider confirms that recent “design guidelines” of upcoming Samsung devices are inaccurate
Samsung to introduce the world’s first plastic OLED display on the upcoming Galaxy Note III?
Phones – Sony
Sony Xperia Z released to AOSP
Sony Xperia ZR (Dogo) leaks with 4.6-inch 720p display
Tablets
ASUS ME302C tablet with Intel Atom Z2560 Clover Trail+ spotted in benchmark
HP’s Slate 7 now available online for $169
Updates
HTC expected to get Android 4.2.2 update in July… but no further updates after that
T-Mobile HTC One S gets Jelly Bean
Android 4.3 spotted in the wild and no it’s not Key Lime Pie
Miscellaneous
Nokia Granted Preliminary Injunction Over HTC and Its Use of High-Amplitude Mics in the HTC One
HTC makes statement regarding injunction, will transition to improved microphones
New study says market for phablets, “superphones” to reach 825 million units globally by 2018
Huawei announces departure from U.S. market, then reverses course
Samsung smartphone market share hits new record for 1st quarter 2013
Intel to power Android Notebooks, says they’ll be priced as low as $200
Come comment on this article: TalkAndroid Weekly Recap for April 22 – April 28, 2013