Tap Tap Revenge 4, one of the more popular games on iOS, is now available on Android.  Think of TTR as Rock Band for your fingers, only you are just tapping along to the beat or lyrics rather than attempting to play an instrument.  The game has current hits from a variety of artists, 3D graphics, a chatting platform, global leaderboards, arcade modes, battles, custom avatars and weekly contests.  This is a real deal mobile game.  Free.  

HTC released the kernel source to the Thunderbolt late last night and already, we’re seeing developers take a crack at overclocking the device.  Early reports had a 1.5GHz overclock in the wild, but on a 1.8GHz overclock created by @drod2169, our buddies @TheRealBeesley and @JsinLegacy dropped 2772 and 3047 Quadrant Benchmarks on us.  It’s about to get nutty around here.

Via:  Twitter

Cheers Wade!

Still trying your hardest to hold out from purchasing or downloading anything from the new Amazon Appstore including Angry Birds Rio?  Your hold out is about to pay off, well for AB Rio at least.  Rovio announced today via Facebook that the latest addition to their Angry Birds lineup will be available (with ads) for free on the Android Market later this week…

Angry Birds Rio Free will launch later this week in Android Market, as soon as we fix a couple of issues. Squawk! The ad-free version is available exclusively in the Amazon Appstore, where you can download it for free for a limited time. Massive thanks to all Angry Birds fans who already downloaded the game! How are you enjoying it so far?

Not sure I understand why anyone would deny the ad-free version which is free from Amazon right now, but some people love to make points.  So keep an eye out for AB Rio in a market near you!

Via:  Facebook

Cheers Mike and everyone else!

With the new MotoBlur that comes over top of the leaked Gingerbread (Android 2.3) that we’ve been talking non-stop about for days, there is this nifty little feature that allows you to ignore incoming calls and then quickly reply to them via text message.  As you can see from the screenshot above, this is the pop-up I received immediately after hitting ignore to a call that just came through.  There are some stock messages already built in, but it also allows you to create your own quick hitter which is a bonus.  You can also turn it off completely if you’d like.

Any other tips like this that you guys have stumbled across?

When we first reported the name DROID CHARGE, to the world, we were still waiting on one more thing to fully solidify this Samsung 4G LTE device as one of our new family members – it’s DROID red eye.  And now we have it thanks to the crew at PocketNow.  It’s looking a little shinier and a lot more detailed than those of some of the devices from the past which shouldn’t be that surprising especially after seeing the crazy boot animation on the Thunderbolt.  From this picture (assuming it’s the real deal), we’re also seeing that the shiny silver edge of the device might now be a charcoal or dark metal to better represent the brand.  A big “Thank you!” to whoever made that decision.

What do you guys think?

Via:  PocketNow

A friend of DL’s just sent over a batch of docks that fit perfectly with the new blue Blur that we’re seeing from the leaked Gingerbread that’s come out this week.  If you are like me and fully embracing this new color scheme, then these docks will only add to the experience.  They’ll work with both ADW EX or LauncherPro, so no one should feel left out.  Feel free to download the whole set of docks which are zipped below, or grab the few individual files that I’ve posted separately.

Download:  Gingerblur_Docks.zip

If you need instructions on using custom docks:  LauncherPro | ADW EX

Huge Cheers to Nick!

The current market version of Fring doesn’t support the new HTC Thunderbolt or Motorola Atrix 4G, but there is a version floating around behind the scenes that definitely does.  The Fring team has been sending out a beta version that will work on these two devices and we have it for you below.  Enjoy!

Download:  Fring2459.apk [mirror]

Install as you would any other apk.

Cheers Jason!