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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 10, 2011
Google Goggles is pretty damn cool, being able to nearly instantly recognize just about anything you can take a picture of. And in Version 1.3, it's gotten faster -- and smarter. First off, scanning ...
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by Chris Kerrigan
Jan 08, 2011
Just a few weeks separated from its beta launch in the Android Market, the new Dolphin Mini browser has grown out of beta status and officially entered the Android Market, V1.0. Along with the release...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 06, 2011
During Samsung's CES Keynote Thursday, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts spent a little time with the Xfinity application, both on a smart TV and the Samsung Galaxy Tab. We've been told this was co...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 05, 2011
Android users will be able to download apps through Amazon later this yearAmazon today announced its Amazon Appstore Developer portal -- an Android app store within the Amazon ecosystem. It's largely ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 04, 2011
TouchType online, the folks behind the amazing SwiftKey keyboard for Android (check out their development forum here at Android Central), has sent out an email to all their beta test program participa...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 04, 2011
We've read enough books on the Samsung Galaxy Tab to say that e-reading's a breeze on Android tablets. But that hasn't stopped Amazon from wanting to improve its Kindle app, and today it announced it...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 03, 2011
Opera's set to unveil its Android tablet-tweaked browser this week at CES, and they just unveiled a quick preview. Yep, looks like a slightly scaled up version to us, too. Check out the video after t...
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by Jesse Potter
Jan 03, 2011
Shopping apps are on the rise as smartphone popularity increases, and Winn-Dixie is one of the latest retailers to add their app to the pile. Right from their Android device, Winn-Dixie shoppers...
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by Jesse Potter
Jan 03, 2011
Quick show of hands: How many of you use some sort of photo hosting service to get your pictures off your Android device, rather than grabbing your USB cable and transferring them manually? ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 31, 2010
YouTube link for mobile viewingI've spent many an hour the last couple of months playing Mini Squadron. And come Jan. 11, I'm going to do it all over again with MiniSquadron Special Edition. The seque...
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by Chris Parsons
Dec 31, 2010
It's that time of year where folks start making new years resolutions. One of the top new years resolutions is typically to be more fit or physically active. Some stick to that and follow through whil...
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by Chris Kerrigan
Dec 28, 2010
Android certainly has its share of music streaming applications, and sometimes it can be hard to choose between them all. If you do a lot of radio streaming, either on your computer or on your p...
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by Jesse Potter
Dec 27, 2010
One aspect of Android that has remained nearly untouched since 1.0 is its music player. Some would say Android's UI as a whole could use some polishing, but when it comes to the stock music pla...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 27, 2010
YouTube link for mobile viewingLet's see how long this one stays in the Market, beta or not. Thanks, Shiwy!
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by Jesse Potter
Dec 27, 2010
Now this is just plain awesome. Thanks to the efforts of the Cellbots team, and worldwide collaborators, Cellbots allows you to control supported robots with up to four different input methods ...
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by Jesse Potter
Dec 23, 2010
As we told you last week, Twitter is forcing LevelUp Studio to change the name of its well-made Twitter app, Touiteur. Well, the day has finally come, and from here on out, Touiteur will be ref...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 22, 2010
Google just announced that AT&T customers with Android phones can now charge apps to their AT&T bills. (That's something T-Mobile customers have been able to do for a while now.) So if y...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 22, 2010
The Firefox browser for Android (aka Fennec) is still in the beta stages, but beta 3 was just shipped with a number of fixes and improvements. They include: Improved support for Android key...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 22, 2010
OpenFeint -- the gaming network that lets you compete against your friends on other platforms -- has added 11 new titles to its roster. They are (and links to go AppBrain, if available, or you can fi...
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by Kyle Gibb
Dec 21, 2010
Users in the business world should be happy to hear that WorldCard, a company dedicated to helping people manage digitizing business cards, has released their mobile app onto Android. The app al...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 21, 2010
If you are the type who just can't resist gadgets that have the extra bit of cool factor, and have US $299 to blow on some (I know you're out there), you have to check out iGloLEDset now that it'...
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by Jesse Potter
Dec 21, 2010
Wireless networks are expanding nearly every day, and the mobile phone as we knew it half-decade ago is dead and gone. Today, a substantial percentage of consumers carry an always-on internet d...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 20, 2010
It's been 10 long months since we saw SPB Mobile Shell for Android. That's right, the same SPB who used to make Windows Mobile usable. And long after we got a look at it at Mobile World Cong...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 20, 2010
You read that right, folks. For those of you waiting to officially get in on the Swype keyboard, you'll wait no longer. The beta program has opened up to anyone able to type in a little user informati...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 19, 2010
But is this yet another case of Chicken Little cryingthat the sky is falling?The Wall Street Journal has come forward with a lengthy article about Android and iOS applications, and how they transmit y...
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by Chris Parsons
Dec 18, 2010
E*TRADE has finally released its Android application to the masses. Having only previously been available on other platforms such as iOS and BlackBerry, E*TRADE mobile Pro now has a home in the Androi...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 18, 2010
We know how sensitive some of you are regarding app size. It's OK. It's nothing to be ashamed of, and you're not alone. And the fine folks at Swype fully sympathize and are now offering a "micro...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 17, 2010
For anyone who has tried the new Android Market client on their Nexus S and was disappointed at the odd visual glitches -- that and the fact that it reverted itself to the old market in just a few hou...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 17, 2010
We're all loving the new version of Google Maps and its vector based graphics, and Google has spent the time to explain exactly what makes them better. There some great detail about vector graph...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 17, 2010
Rut ro! Twitter apparently is making popular Twitter client Touiter change names, seeing as how it's sort of a misspelling of Twitter. (Yeah. OK.) The good news is that you can help developer LevelUp ...
