Author: Clinton

If you have been wanting to get your hands on the latest flagship phone from LG, the LG G5, you can go to any of the major US carriers and pick one up starting today.  AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon all have the device available for order on their sites and most of them should have the device available for pick-up at their larger stores.  If you are planning on trying to get on in person today, be sure to call ahead to make sure your local retail outlet has the device in stock.

Today is a good day Star Wars fans and no it is not an April’s Fool joke!  If you pre-ordered your copy of Star Wars: The Force Awakens from the Google Play Movies & TV store, it should be in your Google account this morning.  The worldwide release of the digital versions of the blockbuster happens today and with the movie already setting box office records, there is little doubt that the digital and physical media version (which come out next week) will do just as well for Disney.

Back in February I posted about a sale that Amazon was running on the SanDisk 200GB MicroSD card.  At the time, the price had dropped from $249.99 to $89.99 which was a huge savings.  Now you can pick up the same card for just $79.99 at the online retailer.   These cards are compatible with Android devices (assuming you have a MicroSD expansion slot) but you will want to check the maximum size your particular phone or tablet can handle.  It is a great deal on a great card that is tough to pass up for sure.

The Angry Birds franchise is still going strong and one of the first games in the series, Angry Birds Seasons, has just been updated once again.  Angry Birds Seasons is updates about 4 times a year, around particular seasons or events.  The latest update is a new chapter titled Marie Hamtoinette which brings a whole set of new levels and brings the episode count in the app up to 26 in total.  Not bad at all and with over 2 billion downloads, clearly the game has been and remains a hit.

It has taken a long time but for those who have the OnePlus 2, your wait for Android Marshmallow is coming to an end.  OnePlus today announced that a preview of OxygenOS 3.0, the Marshmallow based OS running on the 2, is now available for download for members of the community who want to try it.  The preview means that it is still in beta and it is possible (likely) that you will run into issues if you decide to load it on your device.  If you use your OnePlus 2 as your daily driver, it may be best to wait until the software is released to the general public.

For those who have a Nextbit Robin, April is going to be a fun month for you.  The company took to Twitter and Periscope and announced that a new build of Android Marshmallow will be coming to the device along with some fixes around the camera app in the device.  The startup company indicated that the update will be based on Android Marshmallow 6.0.1 but there is no indication at which security patch will be included in the update.  Hopefully it will have at least the March update but by the time the update is released, the April patch could well be included.