February 17, 2012 By: ConanTroutman

If you’re one of those people who simply aren’t satisfied with the stock SMS application on your device then theres a good chance you’ve tried Handcent as an alternative. Of all the third party SMS applications available Handcent certainly seems to be one of the most customisable and intuitive.
Version 4.0 of this incredibly popular application has been in private beta for a while but now it’s available to the public here on XDA Developers. This is the seventh beta build and there are still a few minor bugs to be ironed out but I’m sure that won’t stop many of you from taking this new version for a spin.
New features include;
Known issues;
You can find the original release here.
February 3, 2012 By: Jase Glenn

Many times in this world, products are developed in a specific country or language, and are unavailable to users outside of that area. It doesn’t happen as often in the world of mobile applications, but is still an issue that we can face. XDA Senior Member melvinchng encountered the same issue.
An official tester of the Chinese 360 Launcher, he decided to translate the launcher into English so that the members of XDA can enjoy it. The app is feature laden including:
•Download theme from its site
•Download custom lockscreen from its site
•Download wallpaper from its site
•Quick launcher widget (power widget)
•Built in clock widget
•Built in power saving widget (more setting requires 360 Battery Guard)
•Folder in Home screen
•Folder in Launcher
•Unlimited apps in a Folder
•Built in lockscreen
•Built quick system setting widget
•Icon transition animation in Home screen
•Icon transition animation in App Drawer
•Hide application
•Built in lockscreen with theme
•Drawer and charts has iPhone remove jitter effect
•Icon background
•Transition animation in app drawer
•Transition animation in home screen
•Launcher has tab to Apps, Music, Pictures and Video.
•Custom app in dockbar
The launcher is constantly being updated and has extensive changelogs due to it being in beta, but head on over to the thread here and give it a spin. Your friends will be jealous.