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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 08, 2010
Everyone knows that the best thing about Android is the fact that it's so darn customizable. As the adage goes, you can never have too much of a good thing -- provided you don't get overwhelmed...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 07, 2010
Google Voice just added another feature to its arsenal -- missed-call notifications in your inbox. That's less of a big deal for those of us using it on our Android phones -- you'll see the missed ca...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 03, 2010
No time to talk. Too busy playing. Go get the beta now in the Android Market. (QR code after the break.) And if you want to help out the developer, give the beta a spin, then fill out this surve...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 02, 2010
We had a bad feeling that when the Skype Mobile app for Android was updated late last night and seemingly allowed calls over Wifi, things were a little too good to be true. And sure enough, they were....
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 02, 2010
Great news for those of you rocking Skype Mobile on Android -- the app has been updated, and you can now make calls over Wifi, in addition to 3G. That means faster speeds, of course, and no more bein...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 01, 2010
Application security, piracy and prevention all are hot topics recently, with good reason. Without a robust application marketplace, that hundreds of thousands of new activations each month numb...
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by Andrew Melnizek
Sep 01, 2010
Rumors around the web had been pointing to a release of Angry Birds for Android by the end of the summer. In checking our calendars, we've realized that it's now the September, so where is our Angry B...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 30, 2010
Microsoft unveiled its Bing search app for Android today. But if you want to get in on the action, you're going to have to have a Verizon phone, as it's exclusive to the carrier's section of the Andr...
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by Dieter Bohn
Aug 27, 2010
Fennec Alpha, aka the Firefox Mobile browser, is now available for Android phones (and the Nokia N900). Just point your Android browser to http://firefox.com/m/alpha to give it a downl...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 26, 2010
TeleNav has released its OnMyWay application for Android in the Market. OnMyWay is an easy-to-use application that will let a person or group know your travel status and estimated arrival time. ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 25, 2010
Android's Amazon MP3 app has gotten an update, and if it's a good one if you have any promo or gift codes, which you can now enter to save yourself some dough. You have to enter the code before you a...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 25, 2010
It's that time of year again, when young men and women everywhere are packing their things, filling out student loan forms, and heading off to the hallowed halls of higher learning. While ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 24, 2010
Google has responded to an article written this week by Android Police that teaches how to subvert the new Android Market licensing server, issuing a quick acknowledgement, and a promise to revi...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 24, 2010
Android travel app Flightview -- read our initial review -- just announced an upgrade, adding a trio of improvements. They are: Manage Travel Itineraries - with the updated My Trips feature, use...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 24, 2010
Late last night we noticed that Twitter for Android (the "official" Android Twitter app) was updated to 1.0.3 without a changelog. (Seriously? Changelogs should be mandatory in the Market li...
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by Sean Brunett
Aug 23, 2010
Google Earth for Android has been updated to version 1.1, which allows users to explore the oceans in great detail. Now, you are able to zoom in underneath the surface and explore the terrain that mak...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 23, 2010
Mellisa Thompson, of Salford, England, has broken the Guinness World Record for the fastest texter, using Swype on a Samsung Galaxy S with a time of 25.94 seconds. The previous record of 3...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 23, 2010
Aaron La, the developer behind Advanced Task Manager, has opened his books and gives us some interesting insight into the Android Market, profitability and his own opinions of the market.We'll let Aa...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 19, 2010
Whether you're getting tired of the vanilla look, or feeling like PhilBlur just isn't for you, or just ready to try something new, the good people at Mappn have delivered. We looked at aHome 4 ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 19, 2010
Who has two thumbs, seven Android phones and has a hankering for some multi-client instant messaging on Android? This guy. The popular desktop IM client Trillian is now in open beta for Android ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 19, 2010
Android hacker Koush has done it again, this time by creating a method to (almost) have his famous Clockwork recovery on the Motorola Droid X. He does state that this isn't a "real" re...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 18, 2010
Symantec has found more malware in the Android Market1, even going so far as to give the app it's own 'viral' name AndroidOS.Tapsnake. Symantec states that Tapsnake sends your GPS data, and user...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 17, 2010
We all love Google's turn by turn navigation system, but many times we're looking for a solution that works off-line. Enter NDrive -- the world navigation system that stores map data on-device, ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 16, 2010
We got a healthy dose of Adobe AIR apps -- coming this Q4 to a smartphone near you -- this morning at the Adobe Flash Summit. So far as our non-developer eyes can tell, things look and fe...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 16, 2010
Sprint has again updated its Sprint Football Live application, and it wants to remind everyone that the services are free to every Sprint data subscriber. Back in April, Verizon wrangled the off...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 16, 2010
Finally out of beta, Adobe has pushed the official build of Flash 10.1 to the Android Market for Nexus One devices. After a string of beta builds, the application is finally stable enough for Ad...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 12, 2010
We brought you a hands-on with the Audible Android app a couple of months ago while it was in beta, and we're happy to report that it's now available in the Android Market. The app itself is free, but...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 12, 2010
Vlingo has responded to Google's release of Voice Actions in an amazing way -- by making its $9.99 Android application free. Yes, free, starting today. The folks at Vlingo are the first to...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 12, 2010
We've already played around with an early leaked build of the Tweetdeck Twitter client for Android, but now the beta period is in full swing, and we can all get our Twitter/Facebook/Buzz/Foursquare th...
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by Sean Brunett
Aug 12, 2010
Google held a small event today to highlight some improved features in Android. One of these features was the Chrome-to-Phone extension/application. We brought you one of the first publi...
