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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 10, 2011
Yes, I said it. You don't have to be a fan of HTC's products to realize they (and Sprint as well, we suppose) have figured out how to send out updates. We're not talking the quality of the...
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by Rene Ritchie
Jul 06, 2011
No, you didn't wake up in the Fringe universe, this is really Rene from TiPb posting on Android Central. I've been using Android since the G1, had a Nexus One until recently, and will be getting wh...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 21, 2011
We can't make this up people. According to Google, who gets to make the rules since it's their service, rooted devices are not supported by the Android Markets new movie rental service "due...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 15, 2011
Step into my time machine, and go back to May 20, 2010, with me. That was the day Google released Froyo to the world with much fanfare and cheering. I think a few little old ladies may hav...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 08, 2011
You would think maybe AT&T might have learned something through osmosis, through the months and months and millions and millions of dollars of highly successful advertisements Apple ha...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 24, 2011
Much hay has been made of late over your phone caching (aka "storing") your location data. It started with the realization that the iPhone was storing location data ... and storing, an...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 10, 2011
I do what I do here at Android Central for a few different reasons, but the biggest is because I am an Android geek. I am totally into Android, and love talking about it – sometimes too m...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 03, 2011
I'm on the bandwagon. I'm on the boat. I'm drinking the Kool-Aid. I've gotten with the program. I've seen the light at the end of the tunnel. ('Bout time, eh?) It's far past time for AT&T to...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 24, 2011
We're all waiting for Google to finally release the open-source code for Android 3.0.1 (Honeycomb), but if we're to believe Bloomberg (and usually you should), it's not going to happen in the "fo...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 01, 2011
Symantec has uncovered yet another trojan horse in a pirated Android app. This time around it's the "Android.Pjapps" trojan, and you can find it in modified versions of the Steamy Window app...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 31, 2011
Back before Thanksgiving, we reported about an Android security flaw in the stock web browser that allowed an attacker to get contents of your SD card if he or she knew the full path to the files.&nbs...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 19, 2011
It's the question many of us are asking -- will Motorola's upcoming phones have locked bootloaders? Based on Motorola's previous stance on the issue we all expected the answer to be yes, but the...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 19, 2011
Some of you think we haven't given enough attention to the plight of the Samsung Galaxy S users in the United States who are still waiting on an update to Android 2.2 Froyo. We say there's been too mu...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 16, 2011
After an amazing amount of hard work, hard working hackers have built a stable Froyo custom ROM for the Motorola Milestone. It's a port of CyanogenMod 6, and thanks to the new kernel ripped out ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 27, 2010
About a week ago, Broadcomm announced their latest concoction -- the BCM2157. With this chip, manufacturers can add a shell, a screen, and some memory and have a pre-built Android phone. G...
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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 Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 07, 2010
It's the thought at the front of everyone's minds -- "will my phone get Gingerbread?" Just like last time, and just like next time, we all want to know if our phone can expect an upgr...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 17, 2010
With the release of Android 2.3 Gingerbread imminent (I can almost smell it!), everyone is talking about the new phone OS, and what cool features might be coming along with. We're looking forwar...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 20, 2010
Since Steve turned Apple's earning report into a rant against everyone and everything Google, followed by Andy's sniper-style snarky response on Twitter, you can't shake a stick without hitting someon...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 18, 2010
Net neutrality is more than just one of the current industry buzzwords, and according to T-Mobile, Android is smack dab in the middle of it all. After reading a great article over at Fierce Wire...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 08, 2010
We've all used software that would be oh-so-perfect if that one nasty bug got squashed, and Lance Gilmore, Product Operations Manager at T-Mobile, is no exception. Apparently, I'm not the only ...
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by Android Central
Oct 03, 2010
In this crazy little world we called Android, we're all guilty of throwing around that four-letter word: Open. From the top -- Google CEO Eric Schmidt -- all the way to the bottom -- your f...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 13, 2010
By now everybody's heard that the Sprint Epic 4G will be available for sale August 31, for $249.99 on contract after the usual rebates. Compare this to the Evo 4G (and most other 'top tier' An...
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by Sean Brunett
Aug 10, 2010
Net neutrality and the idea of an open Internet have been at the center of contentious debates of late. It has been a confusing issue and one that remains perplexing to this day. I have outlined what ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 15, 2010
Locked, Encryption, and a self-destruct button -- all over a cellphone? It's not very often that I'm asked to write something and don't really want to write it. But there's this 800-pound goril...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 22, 2010
Dunno about you guys, but as long as someone who plays with their hand up a puppet's butt is continuing to fire back at Android, we think Google's doing just fine. Check out the latest rant after the...
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by Android Central
Jun 18, 2010
(Ed. Note: Craig Froehle and Don Ferguson are longtime friends of us here at Android Central and Pre Central. They're experts in the Palm OS of old and the webOS of new. And so when they offered...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 14, 2010
Let me start by saying I have not seen, held, or fondled this unit in any way. And frankly, I have no desire to. But when this post popped up in the forums about a $117.30 Chinese monstros...
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by Jared DiPane
Jun 11, 2010
Getting a little tired of your BlackBerry and looking for a change to Android? You've got questions, we know. How smooth will the switch be? How do you move your contacts and e-mails? Can you find al...
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by Darth Pooh#CB
May 20, 2010
Today brought a slew of FroYo toppings, and Adobe AIR is just one of them. While this might not be as exciting to some of us upon first glancing, it probably should be. Adobe AIR is an ea...
