Hello again PPCGeeks! This is Oridus bringing you the first look of Angry Birds: Rio. This installment of Angry Birds has been a highly anticipated addition to the super popular game series for iPhone (and pads and pods and such) and Android devices. This version is an exclusive version to Amazon’s App store that they attempted to launch this morning, but quickly removed it, therefore stopping most people from getting their paws on a copy of Angry Birds Rio. As always though, there’s someone who discovers the magic quickly enough and has extracted the APK for us, and has it posted on XDA Developers.  I was able to get my hands on a copy as well and installed it on my HTC Inspire 4g, and did a little first look video. So here you are with your first glance at Angry Birds: Rio.

[Update] Since Amazon was only offering the game free for one day, we have removed the link to the apk. We hope that everybody’s as excited about the game as we are, and can’t wait till Amazon can get the app store up and running again!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O96zBwpYGc

We’ve all seen the announcements where AT&T claimed the Inspire would be on of the first 4G (HSPA+) devices coming this year. Well, apparently they put the 4G name on it but forgot the network to go with it.

According to customers, the new Inspire 4G doesn’t even feature full compatibility with the “4G” HSPA+ AT&T network. While they told everyone at CES it will in fact be a 4G device, this has been proven wrong. Several users noticed instantly that while download speeds were on par with other HSDPA-enabled AT&T smartphones, upload speeds seemed a bit slow.

This could be because of two different reasons: HTC’s Inspire 4G either doesn’t feature compatibility with AT&T’s HSUPA service, something they forgot to check, or the carrier has disabled it in the phone’s firmware. If disabled, doesn’t this defeat the purpose of even purchasing a 4G device? Let us know what you think!

UPDATE: Looks like AT&T just didn’t let customers know this service is turned off by default. The phones seem to need a ‘rooting’ before you can unlock the faster 4G speeds. Is that what customers want? I don’t think so. Let us know what you think.

Source: BGR