Galaxy Note 8: ‘The Creative Process’ by Andrew Park [Video]

Known illustrator, Andrew Park, has shown up in a new video for the Galaxy Note 8 today, where he demonstrates the features of the small tablet. He shares his love for using the S-Pen, and how it is similar to drawing on a white board. He loves the fact that the Galaxy Note 8 is a means to collect information, as well as a drawing tool to help make his creative life just that much easier. So check out the video below, and let us know if it makes you want to get the tablet.

Source: Talk Android

Been an Android nerd since the G1 days. I believe I hacked and flashed that phone into dust. Since then I jumped onto the G2 and now rocking the totally awesome HTC One S. I also host and produce The ManDroid Show every week and love talking Android to whoever wants to talk about it. Long Live Android! More articles by David Pena+ »

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Contest: Win 1 of 6 Android Foundry Cruzerlite Cases for the One, Note 2, and Galaxy S3 (Updated: Winners Picked)

The folks at Cruzerlite recently partnered up with Andrew Bell and the Android Foundry to create two special edition TPU cases for their ever-growing line. They sent us over a few samples to show off and then give away to DL readers, so since it’s a holiday week, we thought we’d do that today. We have six of these new Android Foundry cases, along with two EXO cases for the Galaxy S4. Not a bad little contest, right?

The first case is called Anderoids, which as you can tell from the picture above, is a take on Asteroids. The second is called Circuitry, and is a look at the electrical side of our friend, the Bugdroid. Each case is made of TPU, however, this is the nicest TPU I have ever felt. I’m not sure what has changed with TPU over the last year, but it no longer feels like cheap slippery plastic. These two cases have a soft-touch to them that not only feels premium, but also gives you a sense of protection. So far, I’m a huge fan of both.

To check out the rest of Cruzerlite’s line, be sure to hit up their online shop.

After doing that, get back here and enter the contest below for your chance to win one!

Update:  Winners have been picked and emailed!

Prizes:  6 (six) Android Foundry Cruzerlite cases (2 Galaxy Note II, 2  Galaxy S3, and 2 HTC One), plus 2 (two) bonus EXO Galaxy S4 cases.

How to enter:

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Winners:

Our six (6) winners will be selected tomorrow morning at 9AM Pacific.

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Samsung Galaxy S4 Developer Edition available for Verizon at $649

Back in May, we told you that developer edition of the Samsung Galaxy S4 is headed towards AT&T and Verizon, and we might see it soon. And guess who won the race? Samsung officially unveiled the developer edition of the famous smartphone for Verizon, and it is available for $649 directly through Samsung’s online store. Everything under the hood is just like the original version, it just comes with unlocked bootloader and no bloatware.

Samsung has a special love for developers, hence a special device just for the developers. Carriers probably have something against no bloatware and a fully unlocked bootloader, like the AT&T and Verizon Galaxy S4 can be unlocked and turned into a developer phone, but the carriers just don’t approve it. Although, there’s a way to do it, and that is hacking, but that is dangerous and will definitely void your warranty. We are not encouraging you to do it, only just telling you about the options. So if you are not a hacking type person yet looking forward to a developer edition of Galaxy S4, then here it is!

Are you planning to grab the Galaxy S4 Developer Edition, or is it just too heavy on the pocket? Tell us about it in the comment box below.

Source: Samsung via AndroidandMe

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Flash Android 4.3 on the Samsung Galaxy S4 [GT-I9505]

So now that you know there’s a working version of Android 4.3 Jelly Bean out there, the next thing you want to know is how to flash it on your Samsung Galaxy S4. Great news! You can, and it’s not all that difficult. The not great news? It’s only working on the standard GT-I9505 (with Snapdragon CPU) and Google Edition Samsung Galaxy S4. In fact, this is actually ported from the latter device.

The guys over at SamMobile have detailed the process which is rather simple, especially for those who are familiar with flashing ROMs on devices. Keep in mind, however, that doing things like this will void your warranty and that you may run into issues. If you’re not keen on messing with that brand new Samsung Galaxy S4 then just leave it alone for now.

Again, this is not the U.S. models we’re talking about here; only the I9505 model works so far.

System details:
Android version: 4.3
Build ID: JWR66N
PDA: I9505GUEUBMFP
CSC: I9505GXARBMFP
Build Date: 26 June 2013
Changelist: 968842

Neither Google nor Samsung has yet to say anything official about Android 4.3 so it’s still considered an unannounced build. With that in mind, it won’t be long before it begins rolling out to Nexus models and other Google Edition phones. That is… hopefully.

To get the complete walkthrough, head to SamMobile!

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