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by Kyle Gibb
Jul 15, 2010
T-Mobile UK's G2, which U.S. users might know as the HTC Hero, will be getting an over-the-air update to Android 2.1 ("Eclair") in the coming weeks. The G2 will join the Hero, which re...
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by Kyle Gibb
Jul 15, 2010
Casey P just shot us an e-mail to let us know he was somehow able to wring a Samsung Captivate (see our hands-on) out of an AT&T store. The phone isn't officially supposed to go on sale unti...
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by Kyle Gibb
Jul 15, 2010
Remember how HP has been working on tablets running several OS's? All Things Digital's John Paczkowski has gotten a tip that HP has decided to shelve (at least for the time being) a tablet ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 15, 2010
The folks over at Qik have announced that they will continue to allow the free use of premium services through the month of September. They acknowledge their "rocky start" and in retur...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 15, 2010
OK, you crazy kids. (We've been watching your countdown in the forums.) The Motorola Droid X is now officially available on Verizon's website. So order yours and go to bed. Or at least let us go to b...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 15, 2010
Here ya go -- the Samsung Vibrant is available for order at T-Mobile's website and as soon as the stores open up in the morning should be on the shelves. Hope you got your Gmail account ready an...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 14, 2010
Once again the developers at AndroidGamer have an awesome new Live Wallpaper to share with us. You might remember their last jewel, Advanced Map Live Wallpaper, from when we had a look at it las...
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by Jared DiPane
Jul 14, 2010
For those not familiar with ADW.Launcher, it is one of the most feature enriched launcher replacements available for Android at the current time. Lately it seems as though developers have really been ...
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by Sean Brunett
Jul 14, 2010
Excited for the Droid X release tomorrow? Check out the new teaser that was just released by Verizon. Titled "See you tomorrow," Verizon and Motorola once again are preparing for a big adve...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 14, 2010
Here's a sight to make everyone happy -- Motorola Droid X's are beginning to show up in some Verizon stores, ready for tomorrow's big rush. Android Central forums user NVR2ND shows us a few, not...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 14, 2010
The Samsung Captivate on AT&T actually will be the second phone in the Galaxy S line to be released in the United States, but it's the first to have reached our hands. So, let's give it a go...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 14, 2010
The Seesmic Twitter client got an update today, and it's now known as Seemic for Android. Oh, and it also adds support for Google Buzz, in-line picture previews, an updated settings UI, support for O...
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by Adam Sawyer
Jul 14, 2010
Looking for an easy way to make a couple extra bucks? WeReward is kind of like Foursquare – in a sense that you check in to different businesses around your area and will share it on social ne...
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by Kyle Gibb
Jul 14, 2010
Fox News has joined the New York Times, CBS News, and several other mainstream news companies in offering an official app on the Android Market.The app comes packed with features, including vide...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 14, 2010
In case you missed it the first time around, the Motorola Charm will be free on T-Mobile with a family plan. This is the second version of a T-Mobile promo poster to state as such, which we suppose ma...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 14, 2010
Our pals at PhoneScoop are reporting that Verizon is offering a 32GB microSD card for $100 when purchased with a Droid X, which conveniently goes on sale on Thursday for $199. Without a Droid X, the c...
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by Kyle Gibb
Jul 14, 2010
So the bootloader on the Droid X is locked. We know this. For many developers and hackers, it's a bit of a disappointment as the original Motorola Droid became a de facto dev phone because...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 14, 2010
It's been several months since our hands-on with Opera Mini while it was in beta, and today it's gone final, hitting the Android Market as Opera Mini 5.1. [Market link | App Brain] For those new...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 14, 2010
One of the great things about Android is the fact that you can change deeply ingrained parts of the operating system to suit your needs, and use applications like SwiftKey beta keyboard. I've be...
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by Kyle Gibb
Jul 13, 2010
HTC sends good news to everyone in Australia by announcing that the Wildfire will be hitting the nation in August on Telstra. The 3.2-inch QVGA device ships with Android 2.1 (Elair) running HTC's Sens...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 13, 2010
Seems like only yesterday that we were discussing in-app ads, and whether we're willing to put up with them, or fork over a few dollars for a long-free app. Oh, wait. It was yesterday. Fine. Fast-for...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 13, 2010
In just 19 days the Samsung Galaxy S has sold over 300,000 units in Samsung's home country of South Korea, according to sales figures from SK Telecom -- South Korea's largest carrier. Those...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 13, 2010
Even though they aren't officially released yet, the US versions of the Samsung Galaxy S (T-Mobile Vibrant and AT&T Captivate) have already been rooted. We should expect this by now, as it s...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 13, 2010
What had better be the cheapest Android smartphone ever, the Palm Pre-esque Alcatel OT-980, will soon show up on the shelves in Europe. We talked about this one ages ago (in Android time anyway)...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 13, 2010
Verizon's summer 2010 catalog has been leaked out, and yes, that's a picture of the upcoming Motorola Droid 2 you see above. Also included are the Droid X, the HTC Droid Incredible, and the LG&n...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 13, 2010
Knew it was only a matter of time before we saw a Bing app for Android, right? It's pretty good for Windows Mobile, pretty darn good on the iPhone, and we're expecting it to be really good on Windows ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 13, 2010
We've all seen the slew of Android tablets that look suspiciously like that other popular tablet out there (and we're not talking about the Samsung Galaxy Tab), and Android Central reader Ted417 mana...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 13, 2010
The Samsung Galaxy Tab (that's still a slightly unofficial name, by the way) is now set for launch before October, according to a piece on Forbes' website. the previously rumored dual cameras are...
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by Dieter Bohn
Jul 13, 2010
We stepped out of a killer panel Monday from MobileBeat 2010 titled "How to turn Android into a money machine," and the answer from the panel to that very question seems to be "al...
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by Adam Sawyer
Jul 13, 2010
Have you ever thought about what your Android dream phone might look like? There’s no doubt that HTC has an amazing lineup of state-of-the-art devices, but how could they improve? A man named ...
