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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 04, 2011
Here's one that's pretty easy to skip over. When you search the Android Market from a web browser, did you know you can filter the results? Starting from the left in the image above, you can...
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by Chris Parsons
Oct 04, 2011
When you find a great app in the Android Market, it's only natural to want to go ahead and share it with others. Luckily, the Android Market makes that a fairly easy process when combined with A...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 29, 2011
The Android Market's better than ever, returning search results not only for apps, but for books and movies, too. Here's a handy tip to jump from one section to another. By default, you sho...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 27, 2011
Apps sometimes can misbehave. Before you go reaching for that task killer (don't do it!) here's something else to try. Above is the screen you'll see if you go to Settings>Application...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 26, 2011
Parental controls are a slippery slope on any platform. And make no mistake about it -- your child will at some point find a way around any walls you erect. But if you still want to give it a go, y...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 25, 2011
Recently, a wise man holding a new Samsung Galaxy S II made a great observation --
Why, in the name of all things holy, does the fastest, most powerful phone on the market have a widget warning ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 23, 2011
Hey, we don't judge. From time to time you might "accidentally" visit a website your wife would leave you over you didn't mean to visit and get caught sneaking a peek see something...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 22, 2011
Three things in life are certain: Death, taxes and e-mail spam. Here's how to take care of it in Android's gmail app.
If you open an individual e-mail and then realize it's spam, hit t...
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by Kevin O'Quinn
Sep 21, 2011
Pairing a Bluetooth device with your phone is a relatively simple affair. These instructions were written using the Samsung Infuse 4G and Jawbone Icon, but the steps should be just about the s...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 19, 2011
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A big complaint I've had about Android for some time now regards adding items to the home screen. The basic way of doing things is you scroll through a text lis...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 13, 2011
Because Google wants us all to use the cloud, they have some pretty slick ways to make it easy with your Android device. One of the free perks of having a Google account is your own online galle...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 12, 2011
If you're new to Android (or smartphones in general) you're probably a little flummoxed by having to charge your phone more often than you would like. It's a never-ending battle wit...
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by Jared DiPane
Sep 10, 2011
Read our Droid Bionic Review Finally the Motorola Droid Bionic is available, and knowing you, Mr. Excited, you were first in line to grab one at the local Verizon store, huh? Well, you may have been ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 09, 2011
Android phones are inherently connected. Google allows for excellent contact management, syncing across devices and platforms, and chock full 'o options. Sometimes, the easy ones can get l...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 07, 2011
Here's one that should be a little simpler than it is. In a basic e-mail in the most recent version of the gmail app, the options to reply all and forward e-mails are somewhat hidden. You've got to...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 02, 2011
This tip is one that seems counter-intuitive, but you can save a lot of wear and tear on your Android phone's battery if you tell it to keep the Wifi radio turned on and connected while the phone is s...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 01, 2011
A little headache in Gmail is that embedded images don't show up by default. That actually makes sense, as that can be data-intensive. Until recently, there was no way to force images to always load. ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 26, 2011
One of the best perks of having an Android phone is Google Maps and free turn by turn navigation for Android. A part of Google Maps that we often forget about is the Labs section. I...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 26, 2011
Here's a quick no-brainer or two from your hurricane-prone pals at Android Central for those of you in the path of Hurricane Irene, scheduled to make landfall along the North Carolina coast on Saturda...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 24, 2011
Sometimes, your Android phone is the best (or only) way to get your computer on the Internet. Since version 2.2, native tethering has been built into Android, and as long as the folks tha...
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by Kevin O'Quinn
Aug 23, 2011
Performing a factory data reset can be useful. Maybe you're going to sell your phone or send it back in for warranty work. It's simple to do. Here's how. Go to Settings. then Privacy, then Factory...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 22, 2011
Ever wonder what it is that's draining your battery? Is it a rogue app, or are you just using your phone a lot? Let's find out. There are a couple of easy ways to see what's been usin...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 19, 2011
Another one of those things that's just too hard to get to, and buried about three levels deep in Android's settings, is manually closing an app that may be stuck or misbehaving. It happens, eve...
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by Sean Brunett
Aug 19, 2011
The shocking news yesterday that HP was halting development of webOS forced us to call an emergency Mobile Nations podcast. The news is sad to us but devastating to the many devoted fans of webOS out ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 12, 2011
Here's another simple one that's buried too far down in Gmail's settings. You can change the size of Gmail's text, if you're so inclined. Just hit the menu button, the choose More, then Settings. Then...
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by Jared DiPane
Aug 10, 2011
Installing applications from the market is one thing, but keeping them up to date with the most current version is a whole other piece. Most developers are constantly working behind the scenes...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 09, 2011
Nothing worse than losing your tablet, right? And you want to do anything you can to get it back, right? Here's a simple little tip: In Honeycomb, go to Settings>Location and Security. Yo...
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by Chris Parsons
Aug 08, 2011
Have you ever tried silencing all notifications, noises, beeps and pings on your Honeycomb tablet? You can try the volume buttons all you want, but sometimes, sounds still slip through. In fact, if y...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 05, 2011
As if using a 10-inch tablet wasn't glorious enough, did you know you can make the browser take up the entire screen? The image above features the browser's "Quick controls", which extend f...
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by Jared DiPane
Aug 04, 2011
So you downloaded an application that you thought would be so cool, you know one of those hundreds of fart apps, but then you realized it wasn't so cool and wanted to get rid of it? Luckily Android ma...
