The weather widget in the new LG Optimus 2X is pretty slick. It has gotten a lot of attention, but sadly was tied specifically into that one phone, and LG never made it available for public consumption. However, XDA-Developers member Sony_Ericsson_X10 has found a way to pull the correct .apk file out of the Optimus 2X system dump files to make it work on any Android phone. The only caveat, as he mentions, is that default behavior is to take up the entire homescreen, so it’ll take a custom launcher like LauncherPro to resize the widget to take up only half — as seen in the picture above. If you’re looking for a new (pretty!) weather widget, head over to XDA and give it a try. Let us know your thoughts!

[via XDA]

Since CES, we’ve seen a lot talk about the multimedia dock for the Atrix 4G by Motorola. For those unfamiliar, the dock will allow you to connect your phone to your TV and stream audio and video over the 4G network to your TV via your phone. It’s been widely theorized that the dock would cost somewhere in the $150 neighborhood, and frankly — that seemed believable. But as it turns out, there may be reason to suspect that it will be way more reasonable. Mobile accessory web-retailer Frommy has a page offering it for $59.95. They have none in stock at the moment, but the fact that the page is live is a promising development.

In addition to just serving as a dock for your phone, it appears to also have HDMI and USB input ports as well. This will allow you to connect your computer to the phone while it’s docked and sync your data or transfer files. All phone functions still work fully while it’s docked, and the multimedia dock will also charge your phone. It looks like a great accessory for anyone looking to pick up the Atrix, which should be out by the end of next month.

[via Frommy by way of Phandroid]

One of our several On Time Analysis column writers extraordinaire Ben Bajarin has written up an article by the name of “What Honeycomb Means for Tablets.” In this article he goes through how some form-factors require software created specifically for that form-factor, how Honeycomb is built from the ground up, and how every major consumer products vendor Bajarin speaks with wants a piece of the tablet market – Honeycomb being a big player in the future of this bursting market.

It appears that a pre-order date has been set for the Samsung Galaxy Player, aka the Samsung equivalent of, you guessed it, the iPod Touch. This device is based on the Samsung Galaxy S line of phones and will feature a 4-inch Super LCD screen, 1GHz CPU, 3.2 megapixel camera, front facing video camera, T-DMB, GPS, HD video playback, Wifi, Bluetooth, microSD card slot, and a 1200mAh battery.

The pre-release date is set for February 4th in South Korea, and is expected to be replicated in the rest of the world at a date also soon approaching. The release date for this device is an always seems to have been in the middle of February, pointing toward a definite Mobile World Congress 2011 full reveal. You know what that means? It means we’ll be there to show it to you the moment we get our claws on it.

[Via Samsung Hub]

Xuxian Jiang, a computer security researcher at the North Carolina State University, has identified a security flaw in Android 2.3 Gingerbread. The vulnerability provides access to the microSD card and applications directory on Android 2.3 handsets By clicking on a link, malicious code on a website could access the data on a microSD card including voicemail, photos, and other saved data. Once scanned, these files can be uploaded to a remote server. In a similar manner, the vulnerability also lets attackers scan and upload the installed and built-in applications on a handset. The vulnerability was discovered as part of a research project and was confirmed using a Nexus S running Android 2.3 Gingerbread.

[Via North Carolina State, Engadget, eWeek]

The Nook Color gets the Honeycomb hack.

(Credit: Engadget)

Google has an event slated for February 2 to show off its Android 3.0 operating system for tablets, code-named Honeycomb. Well, in advance of that preview an industrious Android enthusiast, who goes by the handle deeper-blue on the xdadevelopers’ forum, has hacked the Nook Color to run a preview version of Honeycomb and has posted a video on YouTube.

Via Engadget

Google still hasn’t officially released the Honeycomb version of Android — no launch party, no free tablets to prominent bloggers, no partner products about to hit store shelves.

What we do have, however, is lots of information about Honeycomb, including its app developer tools.