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by Sean Brunett
Sep 09, 2010
The HTC Desire is receiving an update today labelled 2.10.405.2. According to the announcement from HTC, the update will provide:An Android OS update patchEnhanced multi-inbox Gmail supportImproved Ru...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 09, 2010
Andy Rubin, Google's Vice President of engineering -- Android development head honcho and the man behind both Android and Danger -- was quoted in the press release announcing the T-Mobile G2 that the ...
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by Kyle Gibb
Sep 09, 2010
Releasing the source code for phones seems to be all the rage these days (as well as being required under Android open-source agreements), and Dell has just shown its hand. The Dell Streak sourc...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 09, 2010
Just a quick reminder that the Verizon Samsung Fascinate is available in stores today. In exchange for $199.99 (after contract and $100 rebate) and two years of your contract left, you get the latest ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 09, 2010
T-Mobile has finally pulled the curtain out from over the HTC G2, the follow-up to the smartphone that marked the launch of Android. The G2 also is TMo's first HSPA+ smartphone (it's debatedly c...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 08, 2010
The Verizon Fascinate is the fourth member of the Galaxy S class of Android smartphone to be released in the United States. And like its cousins, it has its share of tweaks that make it stand out. So...
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by Sean Brunett
Sep 08, 2010
Google today introduced its newest search feature, dubbed Google Instant. The search giant is always exploring innovative opportunities to present relevant search results faster to the end-user. Ins...
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by Andrew Melnizek
Sep 08, 2010
It looks like the official boot animation for the R2-D2 Droid 2 has hit the web. We broke the news a few weeks about the phone's Sept. 30 release date. As we move closer to the launch date, we'...
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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 Jared DiPane
Sep 08, 2010
Samsung has not only rolled out a device line that can be purchased on nearly any and all carriers, but now they appear to be offering this device in color choices in some markets. South Korean's will...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 08, 2010
The Zeen is the Android tablet from HP -- that gianormus company that bought Palm and still felt a need to bring us an Android device. Turns out it really does ship with the Zeus printer bundle,...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 08, 2010
Remember the trio of keys on the HTC T-Mobile G2 that don't really appear to have much function, what with their vague three dots and all? We're getting a better look at them now thanks to ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 08, 2010
The Motorola Droid 2 now has a custom ROM available. Epic Unleashed 1.1 (don't be confused by the name, this ROM is only for the Droid 2) brings more to the table than many thought would be...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 07, 2010
It's that time, folks. The Verizon Samsung Fascinate is now available online for $199.99 after two-year contract and mail-in rebate. You're still going to have to wait a day before it's in stores...
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by Dieter Bohn
Sep 07, 2010
Archos brought no fewer than five models of its new "internet tablets" to IFA 2010: Archos 28, Archos 32, Archos 43, Archos 70, and Archos 10.1. We're fond of pretty much all of them. They ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 07, 2010
Google CEO and Chairman of the Board Eric Schmidt took the stage today in Berlin at IFA 2010 to deliver the closing keynote speech for the world's largest consumer and electronics trade show. Sc...
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by Sean Brunett
Sep 07, 2010
Last month, we reported that HTC was planning to hold an event in London on Sept. 15. That event is and remains press-only and looks to be an unveiling of a new phone, or phones, and possibly a tabl...
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by Android Central
Sep 07, 2010
The Verizon Samsung Fascinate is finally official, there's plenty of chatter -- good and bad -- going on in the forums. Here's what you should be paying attention to:By now we've all heard that Bing i...
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by Andrew Melnizek
Sep 07, 2010
No, not that Orion. Put that Google Sky Map away. We're talking about Samsung's new dual-core processor will be seen at the annual Samsung Mobile Solutions Forum in Taiwan. The new processor, cod...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 07, 2010
We don't know about you, but the last thing we want to worry about when determining whether our smartphones are supported is what exactly what processor it's running. And Adobe apparently thinks so, t...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 07, 2010
Whoopsie. Looks like when Best Buy showed off the Verizon Samsung Gem in its buyer's guide, it did so a little prematurely. It's unknown whether the correction you see above means the phone's not hap...
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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 07, 2010
LG has announced it plans to use the Nvidia Tegra 2 processor in its Optimus line of high-end smartphones, starting in the fourth quarter of 2010. LG and Nvidia aren't saying whether that means A...
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by Dieter Bohn
Sep 07, 2010
Huawei hasn't yet made a big splash in the U.S. (though that may be changing), and the Ideos S7 Tablet they're showing off at IFA 2010 doesn't quite look like it's going to change that. What's ...
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Verizon Fascinate officially on sale online Wednesday for $199, in stores Thursday (sound familiar?)
by Phil Nickinson
Sep 07, 2010
None of this could come as any surprise to any of you, seeing as how we've broken the launch info on the Verizon Samsung Fascinate several times over now. But here it is anyway, all official-lik...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 07, 2010
The unrevoked team has announced that version 3.2 is now available for download, and support for Froyo has been added. This brings the list of devices supported by the flashing tool to:Sprint EV...
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by Dieter Bohn
Sep 06, 2010
Viewsonic is jumping into the Android tablet game with the Viewpad 7 and the Viewpad 100. Both are fairly straightforward Android tablets with little to speak of in terms of customization. The ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 06, 2010
Accept no substitutes, folks: We brought you the first news that the Verizon Fascinate is coming Sept. 9. Hell, we followed it up with two more pieces of confirmation just a day later. We've brou...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 06, 2010
Sprint has the first 4G smartphones on the market, and they're a couple of Android heavyweights. And it doesn't come as a surprise that a number of you are likely to jump from the HTC Evo 4G to...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 06, 2010
The pictures tell the story, Android's U.S. market share is growing at a huge rate in all categories. We're pretty big fans here, and most of you are, too. But Quantcast isn't -- they're a...
