EVO 4G LTE shipping notifications, Beats Audio functions [From the Forums]

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With most of the larger events all wrapped up now and everyone all back where they belong, it's time we get back to some of regular scheduled programming. If you happened to miss out on anything from today, make sure you get yourself caught up both here on the blogs and in the Android Central Forums. Check out some of the threads below to get yourself started:

• HTC One X Forums - Beats Audio, What does it do?
• HTC One S Forums - (Stock) Browser Settings ? How To Change The Start Page?
• Google Galaxy Nexus Forums - How do you configure your screen brightness?
• HTC EVO 4G LTE Forums - Shipping notification....Who's first?
• Samsung Galaxy S III Forums - It is obvious that the HTC One X is a better phone than the S3

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From the Forums: Beats Audio Review

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HTC's investment in Beats Audio has been one of the more debated moves in the past year or so. To some, it's a marketing maneuver. To others, it truly has made phone audio better. For our part, we certainly notice a difference, and that Beats is available to any application on a Sense 4 phone is a big plus.

Varsityhacker in our forums brings the following:

Beats Audio can best be summoned up as a EQ setting that you can enable when listening to music on the One X. Toggling back and forth listening to music you can tell the difference. Without Beats enabled sound was generic in sound and lower all most muffled. When Beats is enabled the sound became louder and clearer with a heavier emphasis on the low and high ends. Yes you can tell the difference between settings and earbuds on the One X. You won't be listening to music on the One X with beats off unless you like monotone sound. But, how does the IPad compare in sound quality against the One X and Beats?

Very well, the IPad has a more consistent sound across the board with nothing really out doing the other (low end vs. high end). You get the felling that the EQ is set to be equal across the board on the IPad. Where the One X would look different with the EQ cranked on the high and low ends. Personally I liked listening to music on both, but like the One X better overall. The One X felt like I was in a concert and the IPad like I was sitting on my porch with a Scotch in hand playing my tunes. 

His full conclusion? Hit this link to find out.

One X audio chipset questions, Apps to SD on ICS [From the Forums]

With plenty of leaks, apps and news happening today if you happened to miss out anything you'll want to get yourself caught up. Unless of course what you missed out on was Google IO tickets, good luck there! Once you're all caught up on the news, head on into the Android Central forums:

• HTC Rezound Forums - ICS to the Rezound Next Week?! [Rumor]
• HTC One X Forums - Audio Chipset? Beats Audio....
• HTC Vivid Forums - Apps to SD in ICS?
• Samsung Galaxy Nexus Forums - Was your Galaxy Nexus made in China or Korea?
• Droid Charge Forums - 3/27/12 Update?

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Beats Audio software ported to non-HTC devices

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Audio quality is always something that will be subjective. Opinions on what good sounds like will always differ from person to person. This definitely applies to Beats Audio, and the inclusion of Beats on new HTC devices. HTC have just opened up the API to the Beats software for third-party apps to take advantage, but XDA member RockoDev has gone further than that. He has managed to port the Beats software for use on non-HTC devices into a flashable zip file.

Beats is essentially a branded equalizer. The files have been pulled for flashing to other devices. Expectations shouldn't be set too high though, as again everyone has different tastes in sound quality. Flashed to my LG Optimus 2X, I actually do feel there was a general improvement. 

When comparing it's important not to fall into any placebo effect. Just because it's there doesn't make it better. The test setup was a song that I know very well, and a pair of good quality Bang and Olufsen earphones. In listening to the same song a few times before and after flashing Beats, there was a noticable change. Nothing groundbreaking, but the bass was improved and the overall sound did feel better.

You'll find more at the source links below if you fancy trying it out for yourselves. We know a lot of you don't like Beats, but there's a lot of people that do. Shout out in the comments with your thoughts if you do decide to try it. 

Source: XDA Developers