Android O dessert not named in Reddit AMA, but here are some highlights!

By the way, some jokey joke suggestions included "Oak Tree Cookie" and "Oobleck." But there's plenty of pertinent stuff to go through.

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More than 100 SwiftKey themes go free for the holidays

Alternative mobile keyboard SwiftKey has a new look to it, mainly in its themes store. It has to do with the word, “free.” Also, the holidays.

More than 100 SwiftKey themes for iOS and Android are now available free of charge from the eponymous company behind the app. Those include the new “Vivid” looks which come in bold neon hues and shades, a selection of which you see above.

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Samsung Galaxy A phones receive 11 exclusive themes

When given the option to spruce up how their phone looks, people will often take it. That said, they often don’t go beyond the bounds of what’s already built-in to their phones. That includes themes stores. It’s hard to sell people on any given peripheral, but especially when it comes to OEM-provided software features.That said, if you own one of the recently-released Galaxy A phones from ...

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Should skinned smartphones include a Material Design theme?

The Graphical User Interface comes with the lay of the land. Each phone has its own way of telling you that you’ve gone into an application or moving between screens. And every phone has the basics dressed up in a different way. Be it the calendar or SMS or the darn calculator, every OEM wants to put their colors and shapes in the way they want. Let’s face it: GUIs can look gooey.Of course, if you don’t agree with the way your smartphone decided to do up a dialer, you have your choices. This is Android, after all. And from scanning a lot of comments, I can tell that there ...

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