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If you have been on the fence about whether or not to purchase Google’s latest tablet, the Nexus 9, Best Buy may have made your decision a little easier. For the next two days, the blue box store is discounting the price of the 16GB model by $75, bringing the price down to a more reasonable $325. The verdict is still out among Android Police staff on whether or not this is a great tablet, but a lower price might make up for some of its warts.

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[Deal Alert] Nexus 9 16GB On Sale At Best Buy For $325 (A $75 Discount) was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

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The Play Store is where you go to watch your other apps get updated, but occasionally it’s nice to sit back and watch as the store gets its own renovation. Sometimes the changes are stark. Otherwise, there’s just a few new lights here or there.

What’s New?

In version 5.4.10, it’s not about what’s been added, but what’s been taken away. The notification bar has lost its color. Now Play Store pages appear with banner images that reach towards the top of the screen.

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Have you ever looked at your low-tech car audio system and wished your head unit could just be as smart as the phone in your pocket? Or maybe you have one of those fancy infotainment systems, whose software tends to make the HTC G1 look futuristic by comparison. Well, an automaker finally decided to acknowledge that it’s easier to use the hardware that the customer already has than build something newer and more expensive that won’t do any better.

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This New Smart Car Swaps The Infotainment System For A Center-Mounted Phone Dock And A Bluetooth Connection was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

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When manufacturers churn out hundreds of thousands of devices in order to meet demand, occasionally a bad egg or two makes it past quality control. It’s not uncommon to have one, maybe even a few defective devices slip out when your phone is as popular as say, the Samsung Galaxy S6. So it’s not too surprising to find that some brand new Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge customers have discovered some oddities with their shiny new devices, fresh out of the box.

It’s not #bendgate (thankfully), but as highlighted by XDA Developers , a handful of forum members have discovered what appears to be tiny scratches all over their “new” Galaxy S6 displays. It’s a pattern not too unlike the swirl marks you might find on your car’s clear coat. It’s not clear how they got there, or how wide spread the issue is at the moment, but it’s definitely something you wouldn’t expect to find when unwrapping a $700+ piece of tech. The uploader also makes mention of dead pixels being present when the display is turned on.

Keep in mind out-of-the-box defects like this aren’t unique the Galaxy S6. Even the folks at iFixit found a scratched display on their freshly unwrapped HTC One M9 (complete with a dead pixel). Like any out-of-the-box defects, issues like this should be taken up with the retailer from whence it came, which happens to be T-Mobile who began shipping out the Samsung Galaxy S6 ahead of its April 10th launch date. There was a report of an international model also arriving in this same condition, but that could be more isolated.

In any case, now would be a good time to check your device out under a lamp or direct sunlight. Anyone find something similar on their Samsung Galaxy S6 unit?

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In mid-March, Evernote got a nice update to version 7.0 with a more “material” look and feel, a new navigation drawer, revised FAB, custom quick notes, and a few other goodies. At the time though, the overhaul was only pushed out to phones (with Evernote maintaining the mysterious “varies with device” version status in the Play Store).

As of yesterday, Evernote says 7.0 is going out to Android tablets as well.

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It feels like it wasn’t too long ago that the Google Play Store added those fancy colored status bars. It wasn’t that big a deal, just something that was introduced in KitKat. Today, Googler Kirill Grouchnikov is revealing some new changes making their way onto Google Play starting today, but it’s only for users running Lollipop.

Evolution of the Google Play Store’s listings page

Once again, it’s not a big change, just a little something Android fans will get a kick out of. The Play Store now features transparent status bar when viewing listings, going full-on immersive in the latest update (Google Play 5.4). With the hero images for listings slowly inching higher up on your phone’s display, more content can be displayed below without scrolling. And that’s pretty neat.

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Another popular app is getting a fresh coat of Material Design. This time it’s the Dropbox-owned email app, Mailbox. If you’ve never used Mailbox it’s the app that started the craze of snoozing emails. Many apps have adopted that feature, but Mailbox was one of the first to implement it, long before Google Inbox came around.

With this update you can expect the normal smattering of Material goodies. A new floating action button allows you to create new emails, the slide-out drawer is cleaner, and the Search button has been moved to the top bar. Mailbox is a really nice email app if you’re someone who struggles to get to “inbox zero.” It treats emails more like a to-do list, which forces you to take action or archive. Not everyone will like that approach, but it’s free and worth a shot.

What email app do you use on your phone?

Mailbox | Google Play Store

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When Android Studio v1.1 entered the Stable channel, about 6 weeks ago, the Dev Tools team gave word that v1.2 was already well underway and that it would be based on the newly released IntelliJ 14. A couple of weeks later, the first preview build turned up, and it had already been upgraded to include IntelliJ 14.1, as well. Developers on the Canary channel have been testing and playing with the new features since early March, and now it’s time to bring the goods to a larger audience.

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Android Studio 1.2 Reaches Beta, Adds Built-In Decompiler, Inline Debugger Variables, Smarter Formatting, And So Much More was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

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This week, OnePlus unveiled their very own micro drone. It super small, super affordable, and, just like everything OnePlus, super hard to snag before selling out. Don’t worry, though. AndroidArea.com has you covered with the Skeye Nano Drone.

The Skeye Nano Drone is identical in construction and functionality to OnePlus’ DR-1, down to the six-axis controls and included remote transmitter. It is preprogrammed for three different flight modes covering beginner through advanced pilots (with stunt capabilities). The only difference between the the Skeye Nano Drone and the OnePlus Drone? The paint job. Just check out the images for comparison.

OnePlus’ drone was priced at a very affordable $19.99, and the Skeye Nano Drone isn’t much more expensive at $34.99. Is that the sound of the OnePlus hype train grinding to a halt? Get your fix now at AndroidArea.com.

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The base Sling TV package already provides a pretty decent value. For $20, subscribers get access to more than 20 channels over the Internet. More are available through add-on packages.

Now the company is diversifying its portfolio, so to speak. The number of channels available in the US is jumping to nearly 200, spread across 18 languages. They’re available as part of Sling International.

Okay, Sling International is really just a new name for DishWorld, the IPTV service Dish Network (which owns Sling TV) started offering in 2012.

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