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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 12, 2012
Some quick hits for this fine Sunday morning:
Worlds collide: Warning - shameless familial promotion ahead. My wife's Sunday column in this week's Pensacola News Journal is...
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by Chris Umiastowski
Aug 08, 2012
Late last week, HTC posted its Q2 results for 2012, and they weren’t pretty. Profits are down 60 percent year over year. But perhaps the most visible sign of decline comes from revenue. ...
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by Alex Dobie
Aug 07, 2012
Your Google account holds your e-mail, apps, music, books, documents, cloud storage, credit cards and more. It’s time to protect that stuff with more than a simple password.
If you’v...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 05, 2012
It's been in with the "old" and out with the new for me this week. The Samsung Galaxy S3 review units are going back, and I've put my AT&T SIM back in the HTC One X. It'...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 30, 2012
With the Galaxy S 3, Samsung has built a phone that everyone and their brother seems to want. It's big, it's beautiful, it's fast, and it's hacker-friendly everywhere except Verizon ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 29, 2012
That's what's left of Manitoba's finest city. OK, not really, but I did spend much of last week in Winnipeg, in a series of well-caffeinated meetings with three other Mobile Nations edit...
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by Alex Dobie
Jul 26, 2012
The Black Hat conference takes place in Las Vegas this week, where hackers, security experts and representatives from major companies meet to discuss all things relating to information security. If ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 24, 2012
Apple had its quarterly earnings call today, and while looking through the news a thought hit. The financials are proof positive that the lawsuits against Android OEMs and partners can never stop. I...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 22, 2012
Hey there, everybody! Took a week off from this column last week, as my fingers (and the rest of my body) could hardly move after installing some hardwood floors. Don't let those TV shows fool y...
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by Alex Dobie
Jul 09, 2012
The case for sticking with Jelly Bean until 2013
Android followers, more than most smartphone communities, are constantly focused on the future, be it the next major OS update, or the next big s...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 08, 2012
That headline's been written for a week now, but it's certainly taken on new meaning in the past few days. With the announcement of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, and a preview release coming out o...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 04, 2012
It was a hell of a way to end the day, and a hell of a way to wake up. The Samsung Galaxy Nexus has been "banned." As of this morning, the holiest of holy days Americans can celebrate outs...
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by Alex Dobie
Jul 03, 2012
I like my Nexus 7. It’s speedy, well-designed and runs a pure, unmolested version of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. But since I’ve returned with it to the UK, Google’s flagship tablet has...
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by Jared DiPane
Jul 02, 2012
For someone who loves mobile technology, what took me so long to get a Galaxy Nexus is something you may be wondering. When the Galaxy Nexus was first announced with Ice Cream Sandwich I was more th...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 02, 2012
Hey, look at that. We've survived another edition of the Google I/O developer conference. I always feel a little out of place here, though. I'm a journalist, not a developer. And while most ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 01, 2012
You might have heard that we just got back from Google I/O (it was sort of a big deal for Android fans). We're tired, we're cranky, and we're sitting with our sore feet propped up just w...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 24, 2012
We're two days away from heading out to the Google IO developer conference in San Francisco. But no rest for the wicked. It's a working weekend. And that means one thing: A notes column!
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 17, 2012
I'd wondered how long it'd take before I ended up linking to my wife from this space. That time has come.
Today, as hopefully you've remembered, is Father's Day. I've got two da...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 12, 2012
Seems that folks aren't all that excited about Verizon's new Share Everything plans. I'm shocked. Change isn't exactly welcome in these parts. That's partially because we just do...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 10, 2012
When your fair city finds itself getting more than a foot of rain in less than a day, there's no escaping that sense of helplessness. There's not a damn thing you can do, and that's not ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 06, 2012
The final step in building a successful and desirable Android smartphone seems to be going to court to defend it against Apple. Determined to keep their mind share with the American public (the...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 03, 2012
Checking in from a couple days of R&R in New York City. It isn't often that I get time to do any tourist-type stuff here, let alone with my lovely bride. But I managed to sneak in a few thou...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 27, 2012
We can be completely honest here, right? With all the phones that tend to come across our desks, things can, on occasion, become a bit of a grind, especially when you've reviewed the fifth or si...
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by Chris Umiastowski
May 22, 2012
Last week the AT&T HTC One X and Sprint EVO 4G LTE were delayed at U.S. customs following an International Trade Commission exclusion order and subsequent review that Apple won against the Taiwa...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 20, 2012
No patents. No petitions. No bootloaders. No multitasking. No customs delays. See y'all next week.
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by Phil Nickinson
May 17, 2012
This week brought a painful reminder that for as awesome as the ol' World Wide Web may be, it's still a pretty sorry state of affairs when it comes to online music. As a quick recap, Google ...
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by Alex Dobie
May 16, 2012
Google's reported introduction of more manufacturers into the Nexus fold could be a stroke of genius, but it’s not without its risks.
We don’t often present entire articles of...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 13, 2012
Two thirds of these guys busted their butts at CTIA in New Orleans. One of them was not me.
Another CTIA has come and gone. I'm not usually one to gripe about the pace of a show, given that at...
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by Alex Dobie
May 10, 2012
It’s been a week or so since I first laid eyes on Samsung’s new flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S III. On the night in London, the barrage of information was relentless -- brand new hard...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 06, 2012
The Samsung Galaxy S III event has come and gone. Some say that's true about the phone as well, that it's so disappointing it's done before ever getting off the ground. Of course, many o...
