Droid Daily 7/30/13: VSCO Cam, Sprint 4G LTE, Smart IR Remote and More

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Nexus 7 Lands in Canada


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Some retail outlets in Canada had the Nexus 7 up for sale today. Including Staples, as you can see in the screenshot above. It appears that the 16GB version was running $249, which is a bit higher than in the US.


Smart IR Remote for the Galaxy S4 Launches on the Play Store


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Today, the folks at Color Tiger released Smart IR Remote for the Galaxy S4. It’s a cool app that turns your phone into a real remote control. It looks pretty awesome, but it is $9.99 on the Play Store.


Sprint Launches 4G LTE in 41 additional markets


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Today, Sprint flipped that switch that makes their network not suck as much. Bringing 4G LTE to another 41 markets, making it 151 LTE markets in the US:



  • Baraboo, Wis.

  • Beaver Dam, Wis.

  • Brownsville/Harlingen, Texas

  • Bronx/Brooklyn, N.Y.

  • Columbus, Miss.

  • Daytona Beach, Fla.

  • Durham, N.C.

  • Dyersburg, Tenn.

  • Faribault/Northfield, Minn.

  • Fayetteville, N.C.

  • Fitchburg/Leominster, Mass.

  • Flint, Mich.

  • Fort Lauderdale/Pompano Beach/Deerfield Beach, Fla.

  • Grand Rapids, MIch.

  • Greenville, N.C.

  • Greenwood, MIss.

  • Holland, MIch.

  • Homosassa Springs, Fla.

  • Jackson, Tenn.

  • Jacksonville, Fla.

  • Kokomo, ind.

  • Laredo, Texas

  • Lebanon, Pa.

  • Morgan City, La.

  • Nacogdoches, Texas

  • Oakland, Calif.

  • Ocala, Fla.

  • Palm Coast, Fla.

  • Philadelphia

  • Ponca City, Okla.

  • Port Charlotte/Punta Gorda, Fla.

  • Portland, Ore.

  • Rocky Mount, N.C.

  • Saginaw, Mich.

  • Salinas, Calif.

  • Springfield, Mass.

  • Tulsa, Okla.

  • Tupelo, Miss.

  • Wausau, Wis.

  • Wilson, N.C.


VSCO Cam coming to Android Soon


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VSCO Cam is in private beta right now on Android. It’s a new camera app, that’s definitely going to get mobile photographers excited. You can read more about it here.


Viber gets updated


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Today, one of the more popular apps out there, Viber, got a significant update. Here’s the full changelog from Google Play



What’s New


• Send doodles or paint over a photo and share it with your friends!

• Now you can know when your friends have seen your messages

• Support for the Viber Desktop application on Windows and Mac

• Fun new emoticons

• Massive performance improvements

• Bug fixes

• Localized to: Croatian, Norwegian, Romanian, Slovak and Ukrainian


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