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Finally Facebook Home is Now Available in the Google Play Store

The day that Facebook and social media fans have been waiting eagerly for is finally here. The long awaited and heavily hyped Facebook Home is here, for some. Only for some because the app is currently only compatible with the HTC One X, One X+, Samsung Galaxy SIII and Galaxy Note II. This short list of devices will surely grow as the days pass, but as of now if you don’t have one of those devices, but want Facebook Home, you’re out of luck.

Now that Facebook Home is safely in the grasps of the Google Play Store you can go grab it if you have one of those devices. The app itself drastically changes the way you will experience Facebook and the way in which social media will envelop your phone. The device turns itself into a default Facebook machine and viewer from the home screen. For those of use who heavily use Facebook to check up on people and browse the newsfeed this is great and allows a nice new way to do so.

The second the phone is activated, the home screen and the lock screen will display news feed posts and spotlighted images and text that your friends or like pages are sharing. Your notifications will also pop up as would texts or other main notifications in a nicely themed and pleasant looking format. With the combination of the new Facebook home and the integration of Facebook Messenger app now able to be used as a default texting platform, Facebook can take over the basics of your everyday phone use.

The app launcher is another main feature of the Facebook Home app. With this you can customize where you want the apps to go and where you want them positioned while keeping them organized. You can also do all of this from the Facebook Home which makes it much easier to go from app to app than with most conventional home screen set ups.

The Facebook Home is the newest innovation from the Facebook developers and one of the biggest releases in their side of the world in quite some time. So far, it looks pretty good and well designed with few bugs as you would expect from the Facebook team. If you have a compatible device check it out in the Google Play store.

Google Play: Facebook Home App for Android

[Image Credit: Google Play Store]

HTC First now available on AT&T with integrated Facebook Home experience

Facebook recently announced the HTC First and its Android Launcher at April 4 event. The HTC First is now available on AT & T. The HTC First costs for $99 with two year contract with carrier. The HTC first smartphone fully integrated with Facebook home. However, Facebook officially unveiled its Facebook Home App in the Google Play. The App combines new home screen experiences, messaging services and much more.

The Smartphone comes with black, red, white and baby blue color. The device features Android 4.1 OS, a 4.3-inch 720 display, dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor, 5 megapixle rear facing camera, 1.6 megapixel front facing camera, 1GB Ram Memory, 16 GB onboard storage and 2200 mAh battery. The Facebook HTC First is expected to release exclusively on EE in the UK.

Todo Movies 2.0 launched with rating system, new movie discovery feature

The name of the app sounds kind of weird until you break it down. It’s a “to do” list for movie watching. These days with television and movies so easily accessible online and streaming or for rental delivery through services like Netflix, the world is at your fingertips. There are thousands of movies out there that you’ll probably love and the only tricky thing is finding them and remembering that you wanted to watch them.

There’s little more frustrating than hearing about a movie that you want to watch from a friend or coworker and then just forgetting about it later. With Todo Movies you can create lists, get notifications, and follow movies as they become released or available.

The other great thing is that movies can all be played up to sound great, but Todo Movies allows a user rating system that runs parallel with other famous rating services like Netflix, Rotten Tomatoes, and TMDB to see what is really worth your time. Social network integration is another great aspect of the app since it allows you to share or hear about what your friends are talking about and watching to stay up to date on their thoughts about them too.

Todo Movies may seem a bit like an unnecessary app, but once you’ve tried it you won’t have to waste anymore time on awful movies or forget about those ones you really wanted to see. With this kind of specific service there are a few other apps out there that do similar functions, but in the end of the day this one takes the cake hands down.

Since you’ve read this long I’ll mention that another cool feature is the Bonus Scenes description with new movies that inform you if it’s worth it or not to stay around and watch the credits roll for an extra scene or bloopers when the movie is over.

Source : TodoMovies App for iPhone

[Image Credit: Apple iTunes Store]

Samsung flagship GALAXY Note 8.0 now available in the US for $399

Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 announced a few days ago, But Today Galaxy Note 8.0 is now available in the US market for $399 USD. You can expect this tablet including Best Buy, Amazon, Newgg and some other online stores.

The Galaxy 8.0 features an 8-inch WXGA display with 1280×800 resolution, Android Jelly Bean 4.1.2. The device also features Samsung S-Pen stylus. The Samsung Galaxy Note included 1.9 GHz quad core A9 process and 2GB Ram, 4,600 mAh battery. The Galaxy Note supports 1.3 mega pixel front facing camera for video chat and 5 mega pixel camera for videos and photos.

If you’re interested to read up more about Galaxy Note 8 tablet, just head over to Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 Web Page.

Samsung GALAXY Mega unveils with 5.8 and 6.3 inch sizes

Samsung has been on a roll lately with their steady announcements of new devices. This is a welcome addition to the smart phone market which has been plagued by the same old thing for a couple of years now. There have been tablet/phone combinations before on the market, but with all of these larger Samsung devices hitting the shelves in the coming months there may finally be a new style of phone which is widely used. Samsung announced two of these larger screen based phone devices which are being dubbed under the Galaxy Mega title. They will feature screens with the 5.8 inch and 6.3 inch varieties.

The stats and specifications of the Galaxy Mega line will resemble in many ways the new S4 device, but with just a sizable screen added to the mix. The thing about the massive screens is that the resolution is not great. Lower than that of the S4 and S3 and many other Android devices. This begs the question of what niche these devices are playing to. If they are not seeking those who want the highest definition screen and just people who want a larger than normal phone screen the market for that kind of thing will be seen to be desirable or not.

They will come packed with the newest Android software and the double sided cameras for front and rear use. Other than those types of specifications the phones are all around pretty decent but nothing groundbreaking. They will have decent batteries and pretty good memory expansion with the MicroSD card slots. They are a new combination phone and tablet, but edging very close to just a large phone and not really a tablet. We’ll see how successful these devices turn out to be.