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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 02, 2010
This one's for you coders out there: Mozilla's looking for some good add-ons to be built or ported to the mobile version of Firefox (aka Fennec). There are six categories (Sports/games, com...
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by Jesse Potter
Dec 02, 2010
 When the Android naysayers come out of the woodwork, they never fail to mention Android's stock keyboard as one of its weaknesses.  Personally, I don't think the stock keyboard is all that ...
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by Kyle Gibb
Dec 02, 2010
Do you travel internationally but have a CDMA (think Sprint or Verizon) non-"world" phone? Android Central Forums user jdbower has written up a great guide just for you. He details a trip t...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 02, 2010
We're still waiting on an announcement for Gingerbread, but damned if Android 2.3 hasn't shown up in a demo of voice search (in Cantonese) on the GOOGLEinHK YouTube channel. The video likely wil...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 02, 2010
Playing with the Android emulator on your computer is a pretty geeky endeavor, but YouWave makes it easy to accomplish on your Windows PC.  If you can download and install a Windows program, you ...
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by Jared DiPane
Dec 02, 2010
We have seen our fair share of funny looking ads, like iOS on a Droid X or the HTC Aria being boasted as a 4G device, but this one is rather unique. It appears as though one marketing team h...
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by Kyle Gibb
Dec 02, 2010
 Verizon has pretty much pulled all the stops for people looking to get an Android smartphone on their network, as you can now get a "buy one, get on" free offer on the the entire lineu...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 02, 2010
Big news in the design world this morning: The Astonishing Tribe -- see that clock up there, they did that, along with tons of other stuff you've never thought of and most recently some awesome l...
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by Android Central
Dec 01, 2010
Operating System: Android 2.2 (Froyo)Display: 7-inch LCD touchscreenResolution: 800 x 480Processor: ARM Cortex A8 at 1GHzMemory: 8GB flash memory + microSD slot, 250GB hard driveWiFi: 802.11 b/g/nBlue...
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by Android Central
Dec 01, 2010
Operating System: Android 1.6 (Donut)Display: 4.8-inch LCD touchscreenResolution: 800 x 480Processor: ARM Cortex A8 at 800MHzFlash Memory: 8 or 16 GBHarddrive: 160 to 500 GBRAM: 256 MBWiFi: 802.1...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 01, 2010
And about 17 degrees of creepiness. Check out the latest Google TV commercial after the break. ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 01, 2010
Been waiting for Pocket God on Android? Wait no longer, as the game is now available on Android for a mere 99 cents. The collaborative effort between Bolt Creative and ngmoco brings the popular ...
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by Android Central
Dec 01, 2010
Operating System: Android 2.2 (Froyo)Display: 3.2-inch LCD touchscreenResolution: 400 x 240Processor: ARM Cortex A8 at 800MHzWiFi: 802.11 b/g/nBluetooth: 2.1 + EDRVideo Playback: MPEG-4² HD, MPEG...
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by Android Central
Dec 01, 2010
Operating System: Android 2.2 (Froyo)Display: 4.3-inch LCD touchscreenResolution: 480 x 854Memory: 8 & 16 GB internal, microSD slotProcessor: ARM Cortex A8 at 1GHzWiFi: 802.11 b/g/nBluetooth: 2.1 ...
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by Android Central
Dec 01, 2010
Operating System: Android 2.2 (Froyo)Display: 4.3-inch LCD touchscreenResolution: 480 x 854Memory: 8 & 16 GB internal, microSD slotProcessor: ARM Cortex A8 at 1GHzWiFi: 802.11 b/g/nBluetooth: 2.1 ...
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by Android Central
Dec 01, 2010
Operating System: Android 2.2 (Froyo)Display: 2.8-inch LCD touchscreenResolution: 320 x 240Processor: ARM Cortex A8 at 800MHzWiFi: 802.11 b/g/nVideo Playback: MPEG-4², H.264, WMV/VC1, M-JPEGAudio...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 01, 2010
The latest data from the Android Market is in, and according to what has been collected Android version 2.0 or higher is on 83 percent of all phones.  In even better news, Android 2.2 (Froyo) is ...
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by Chris Parsons
Dec 01, 2010
 While it shouldn't really come as a surprise since Google CEO Eric Schmidt showed it off during the Web 2.0 Summit. But Samsung today, has finally unveiled its NFC (Near Field Communications) ch...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 01, 2010
We kind of didn't even want to draw any attention to this app, this $4.99 waste of time, but figured in the interest of public service ... So there's "4G LTE Upgrade" app tha...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 01, 2010
December's here. Just one more month until this year wraps up and the next one begins. And when you stop and think about it, what a year it's been. Started with the launch of Android 2.1 on the Nexus ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 01, 2010
For those of you looking for an update on Comcast's Android apps, we have an update. The Comcast Xfinity app is still delayed to January, and the Comcast Mobile app missed its Nov. 30 launch date and...
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by Kyle Gibb
Dec 01, 2010
 Nielsen, a market research firm, has just released its numbers for the month of October in the U.S., and Android continues to show strong growth. Overall, smartphones make up nearly 30 percent o...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 01, 2010
For those of you waiting on LTE Android phones from Verizon, move along. Big Red's LTE site is now live and official, and it's only USB modems thus far. The service launches Sunday, De...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 01, 2010
Verizon's posted up a changelog for all to see of an upcoming update to the original Motorola Droid. FRG830 should be Android 2.2.1 and will bring you: An updated Twitter app with new authentica...
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by Kyle Gibb
Dec 01, 2010
  Well, what do we have here? The Sony PlayStation Phone has made a brief appearance in Greece. Perhaps most interesting is that the phone was running Android 2.3 aka Gingerbread, which still has...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 01, 2010
Tis the seasons for Angry Birds Seasons -- 25 holiday levels (one for each day through Christmas), available now in the Android Market. Also included is the 45-level Halloween special edition, i...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 01, 2010
Some high-quality shots of the Motorola Olympus have fallen into Gizmodo's fat little fingers. The story goes that the phone was purchased at a flea market, wouldn't even turn on and finally came to ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 30, 2010
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google is set to launch their own ebook store, Google Editions by the end of the month.  The idea has been kicked around since May 2010 and was initially...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 30, 2010
It's kind of fitting, actually, that the LG Star makes an appearance during the holiday season, and in Israel, no less. But such is the case with the 4-inch dual-core Tegra 2 monster. GSM -...
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by Chris Parsons
Nov 30, 2010
It's that time of year again. We say goodbye to November as we roll into December and ultimately after that a new year is upon us. Like most folks, we like to reflect on the year past and this year w...