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190: T-Mobile and Amazon on Fire; Google I/O preview


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Strap in, folks. This one's gonna be a doozy. We were in Seattle this week for the launch of the Amazon Fire Phone and T-Mobile's latest "Uncarrier" events, and they both were big ones. Plus we give some last-minute thoughts on Google I/O before next week's developer conference. Join us!

Thing 1: Amazon Fire Phone
  • Amazon Fire Phone hands-on
  • Amazon Fire Phone specs
  • The Amazon Fire Phone hands-on video!
  • Pre-order the Amazon Fire Phone direct from Amazon, starting at $199
  • Fire Phone will be AT&T exclusive, ships late July
  • Fire Phone landing at AT&T in 32GB for $199 and 64GB for $299
  • Amazon Fire Phone runs latest Fire OS, looks a lot like a smaller Kindle Fire
  • Amazon announces Firefly, visual search on steroids
  • Fire Phone comes rich in content
  • Amazon's Fire Phone features a 13MP f2.0 camera and unlimited cloud storage
  • Amazon Prime has 'tens of millions' of happy customers
  • Amazon licensing Android Appstore to BlackBerry
  • Amazon Appstore triples selection in a year to 240,000 apps
  • Win a 64GB Amazon Fire Phone from Android Central!
  • Thing 2: More T-Mobile Uncarrier craziness
    • T-Mobile announces two massive network expansions
    • Uncarrier 6: T-Mobile frees music from your data limits
    • T-Mobile says it's open to adding more music services to Music Freedom
    • T-Mobile teams up with Rhapsody for streaming music app
    • Samsung Galaxy S5 joins T-Mobile's VOLTE ranks
    • Here's your list of T-Mobile's Wideband LTE and VoLTE markets
    • Thing 3: Google I/O preview
      • Things we think we think.
      • Thing 4: Other stuff
        • Samsung announces Galaxy S5 LTE-A with QHD display, Snapdragon 805 CPU in South Korea
        • Samsung: No plans to launch Galaxy S5 LTE-A globally [Update!]
        • Nokia launches a predictive Android launcher
        • HTC sells 50,000 HTC One E8 phones in China - in just 15 minutes
        • Twitter adds native support for animated GIFs
        • Nest Protect is back on sale for $99, gesture control not included
        • This week's sponsors
          • Squarespace.com (Use offer code ANDROID at checkout; view Jonathan Mann's jingle here!)
          • ShopAndroid.com (use code AC10 at checkout)
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