Dolphin Browser HD 7.0 Gets Webzine Tweaks, Cloud-Based Bookmarks

Just over three months ago, Dolphin Browser HD for Android hit version 6.0. Today the next major update is arriving, with the release of DolphinBrowser HD 7.0, exclusively through GetJar.

What's new in 7.0? Version 6.0 introduced the Webzine view to the browser, offering a new, casual way to browse web-based articles. That's getting a bunch of improvements in this release, including a smoother interface, a viewing mode switcher for jumping from Webzine to a standard or desktop layout, and a featured Webzine section offering the top 16 most popular destinations for use with the mode.

The introduction of Dolphin Connect adds an element of the cloud to your browsing experience, remembering your bookmarks and app preferences even as you switch between smartphones. Dolphin's hardly the first browser to do so, but it's still a useful feature if you're juggling multiple devices.

A customizable gesture interface lets you quickly pull-up frequently visited sites by linking them to a touch movement. Just what motion you'll use to access which sites is up to you.

For now, the only place to get Dolphin Browser HD 7.0 is GetJar, which has a five-day exclusive on the release. An iOS version is in the works, but no release information is available. 
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Ice Cream Sandwich Tour & How to Run the Emulator Yoursel

Yesterday, Google announced Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, and, on the same day, released the SDK. That means that you can run ICS for yourself if you run the emulator on your computer. On the bottom of this post you'll find steps (plus a video) on how to get Android 4.0 working on your desktop. But first, we wanted to show you a walkthrough of Ice Cream Sandwich to point out the major new features.

First impressions of Android 4.0? The emulator doesn't give us a good sense of the performance, but what we can tell is that ICS looks much more refined and feels much more consistent when compared to previous versions of Android for phones. We see a ton of UI elements come from Honeycomb, which isn't a bad thing.



To run the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwhich emulator:

1. Download the SDK
2. Extract the Zip to a folder on your desktop
3. Click SDK Manager.exe
4. Put a check in the box for Android 4.0, click Install Packages on bottom right
5. Go back into the Android folder on your desktop, open AVD Manager.exe
6. Click New
7. Give it a name, change the target to Android 4.0
8. Click Create AVD
9. Hit Start, wait five minutes
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