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Add a bit of Google Play design to your homescreen with PlayBar UCCW
Posted May 20 2013 by Scott Webster in News with 8 Comments

Want to change your home screen up just a smidge? Here’s a great app we just discovered called PlayBar UCCW. As the title suggests, it is a pack of pre-designed widgets that work within Ultimate Custom Widget (UCCW). The bundle features access to a handful of the …

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Beautiful Widgets 5.1 intros new tablet widget, weather options
Posted Feb 20 2013 by Scott Webster in News with 0 Comments

Beautiful Widgets, one of our favorite apps for Android, has a new update today and we’re only too happy to help spread the news. Key among the changes in v5.1 are the option to choose from AccuWeather and Weather Underground for weather sources, the ability to remove …

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LevelUp Studio teasing Beautiful Widgets 5.0
Posted Nov 14 2012 by Scott Webster in News with 15 Comments

The fine folks over at LevelUp Studio have started teasing an upcoming 5.0 release of Beautiful Widgets and darn if it doesn’t look good. While we only have a few screenshots and details to go on at this point, we’re already set to rename the …

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Completely overhauled HD Widgets 3.0 arrives for Android
Posted Jun 7 2012 by Scott Webster in News with 3 Comments

Customize your home screen with a seemingly endless number of widget combinations.

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HD Widgets 2.0 brings support for more screen sizes, more widgets
Posted Nov 10 2011 by Justin Marden in News with 6 Comments

With its latest update, HD Widgets now supports more screen sizes, so Android phone users can experience gorgeous weather widgets too!

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Welcome to Android #2: Intro to Widgets [VIDEO]
Posted Mar 9 2011 by Phil Esposito in News with 3 Comments

WIDGETS! Widgets are one the biggest features in Android we take for granted. It seems like we dont need them, but take them away and your phone just doesnt feel the same. What are Widgets? Widgets are… Live updating objects on your home screen. Ability to …

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LevelUp Studio Drops Massive Updates into Beautiful Widgets 3.3, New Skin SDK
Posted Jan 28 2011 by Scott Webster in News with 6 Comments

LevelUp Studio continues to improve their popular Beautiful Widgets application for Android, adding tons of new features. On top of that, a new skin SDK makes it easier than ever for developers to create and share their own unique user experiences.

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Facebook Feed, Scrollable Widget Added to Pulse for Android
Posted Oct 28 2010 by Scott Webster in News with 1 Comment

Alphonso Labs has issued a new update to their Pulse News for Android application today. Listed as v1.6 , the 99¢ app features a Facebook feed and scrollable home screen widget. Additional features include a new Pulse Featured section with news handpicked by the Pulse team as well …

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Yahoo! Announces Mail and Messenger for Android 2.0 Devices
Posted Jul 1 2010 by Scott Webster in News with 6 Comments

Yahoo! has released their first two Android titles today, Yahoo! Mail and Yahoo! Messenger. In addition, they’ve also rolled out a widget for Yahoo! Search. This is good news for those of you aren’t a fan of the Google services built in to most devices. …

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The Astonishing Tribe’s ‘TAT Home’ Pours Flavor All Over Vanilla Android Experience
Posted Feb 15 2010 by Scott Webster in News with 31 Comments

One of the founding members of the Open Handset Alliance, The Astonishing Tribe, has just announced their new TAT Home in Barcelona. Touted as a “gesture-powered 3D Home screen” for stock Android, it adds a gorgeous interface to base experience. Using TAT Home, users can …

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The 2010 NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge
Posted Jan 28 2010 by Joe Cruz in News with 0 Comments

Remember back a few weeks, when HTC issued a C&D to LevelUpStudio to remove Beautiful Widgets, because it was too similar to their Sense UI widgets? Well, now HTC is sponsoring the 2010 NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge to do just that. Here is what they …

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NewsRoom is an RSS Beauty and Beast
Posted Dec 22 2009 by Scott Webster in Software Reviews with 18 Comments

I recently learned of a new RSS reader for Android called NewsRoom.Â Since I rarely rely on bookmarked websites anymore, I like to have content readily available via RSS.Â While there have been a handful of great RSS apps released already, I decided to take …

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Beautiful Widgets Are Back
Posted Dec 18 2009 by Tim Harrison in News with 13 Comments

A few days ago, HTC served LevelUp studios a cease and desist order regarding their Beautiful Widgets. The company claimed that the Beautiful Widgets were too similar their own, which were designed for phones with Sense UI. LevelUp promptly obliged and removed the product, only …

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HTC Offering Widgets in Android Market for Sense UI Handsets
Posted Dec 17 2009 by Scott Webster in News with 7 Comments

Listen up Hero and Droid Eris owners!Â HTC has just uploaded 4 new widgets for those of you with Sense UI on your Android phones.Â Could this be the signal of a new direction for a company formerly famous for being the unknown hardware manufacturer …

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HTC Hits LevelUpStudio With C&D Over ‘Beautiful Widgets’
Posted Dec 16 2009 by Scott Webster in News with 37 Comments

HTC has sent the dreaded cease and desist order to LevelUpStudio over their Beautiful Widgets application for Android handsets.Â According to a few tweets from the company, the problem likely comes from the widgets resembling HTC’s own Sense UI widgets.

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