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Friday Poll: How Many Widgets Do You Use?

Kellen March 1, 2013 153

In a post on HTC's official blog that described the new Sense 5 experience, the company made an interesting claim involving Android and widgets. According to their research, widgets aren't actually widely used by most. In fact, their study shows that if they...

Simple Dialer Widget Brings a Dialer Right to Your Homescreen

Tim March 1, 2013 39

Anyone in need of super quick access to their dialer, Simple Dialer Widget is for you. By installing this, you can place a dialer directly on your homescreen, which also brings access to your recent calls, full contacts list, and a shortcut to your full phone...

Hate to Admit This, But I’m a Fan of Lock Screen Widgets in Android 4.2 [Opinion]

Kellen February 13, 2013 75

It took me a while to come around to the idea, but I'm ready to admit that I'm a fan of lock screen widgets in Android 4.2. Introduced back in October, I originally thought, "What's the point? Can't you just unlock your device and then get to home screen...

HD Widgets 3.8 Released – Supports New Colourform Theme, Which is Actually Beautiful

Kellen February 1, 2013 31

HD Widgets, one of the most popular clock/weather/settings widgets on Android, received an update today to version 3.8. In this update, support was introduced for their new theme called Colourform. As you can see in the screenshots above and below, Colourform...

How to: Setup Lockscreen Widgets in Android 4.2 [Beginners’ Guide]

Kellen January 23, 2013 23

When Google introduced Android 4.2, they announced an old feature, but in a new way. Once you were running this new version of Android, you had the ability to add select widgets to the lockscreen of your phone. In the past, you had always been able to utilize...

Motorola Releases Notification Light Toggle Widget for Most Android Devices

Kellen December 4, 2012 16

To help manage the massive notification light on devices like the RAZR HD, Motorola has created a Notification Light Widget that can be downloaded from Google Play for free. It's about as simple as it sounds - tap it to turn your notification light off, tap it...

Beautiful Widgets Updated to Version 5.0 – New UI, Lockscreen Widgets, and More

Kellen December 4, 2012 44

The Beautiful Widgets 5.0 update that was teased a few weeks back, is now live on Google Play. The update introduces an entirely new app, with new UI, Jelly Bean notifications, lockscreen widget support, independent weather and clock widgets, and more. It has...

Lockscreen Policy Allows You to Disable Lockscreen Widgets and Camera Shortcuts in Android 4.2

Kellen November 19, 2012 59

I've been pretty open and honest about my thoughts on lockscreen widgets in Android 4.2. To be short - they don't make a lot of sense to me, and I'm not a fan of the way the new lockscreen works. I was satisfied with the one button, sliding mechanism,...