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by Casey Chan
May 04, 2010
Bumptop, a 3D desktop manager that's been implemented in Windows 7 and OS X, has just been bought out by the Google. Bumptop was a ridiculously slick experience that beautifies and changes the ...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 04, 2010
You, sir (or madam) are not Oprah Winfrey. And so, you'll have to wait until the Sprint Evo 4G actually launches before you can get your hands on it. (For that matter, we're not Oprah, either, but co...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 04, 2010
T-Mobile today introduced the myTouch 3G Slide, bringing a horizontal slider keyboard to the popular device. The myTouch 3G Slide runs Android 2.1 on a 3.4-inch HVGA touchscreen. It's less t...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 03, 2010
LG finally has launched its Ally-Iron Man 2 microsite, and we get better look at the upcoming Android phone that may or may not make its way onto Verizon in the coming weeks. We're dealing with a 3.2-...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 03, 2010
It's been a little less than a month since the Android developer site released its last version numbers, and we already have another update. As of the two weeks ending May 3, some 32.4 percent of Andr...
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by Adam Sawyer
May 03, 2010
For all you Samsung enthusiasts, this is something that might spark your attention: The FCC has approved the M910, which may well be the Samsung Moment 2, and there's a good chance that it...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 03, 2010
Many reports have came in that Droid Incredible owners were being notified of it's first OTA update starting Saturday, but nobody was really sure of the details. Well it seems that Engadget got ...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 03, 2010
We've all had a nice, long weekend with Verizon's HTC Droid Incredible. Let's take a gander in the forums, shall we, and see what's leading the discussion: First and foremost is battery life. Ti...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 03, 2010
The Dell Aero has shown up on AT&T's website with a "coming soon" tagline. While the Aero still looks less than impressive when compared to some of the other new Android phon...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 03, 2010
That's right, folks, the Mint personal finance app [market link] is finally available for Android. For the uninitiated, Mint plugs into your bank accounts (kind of like Microsoft Money did back in th...
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by Jared DiPane
May 03, 2010
At this point, it's pretty obvious, the Sprint HTC Evo 4G will utilize the 4G WiMax service. The only problem is that the coverage areas for this still pretty limited to say the least. Well,...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 03, 2010
A cryptic but overly long press release this morning confirmed that the LG Ally is, in fact, a horizontal slider with Android, and is promotionally tied to the "Iron Man 2" movie, two t...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 03, 2010
This is it, everybody. We had to whittle down more than three dozen entries to 15 finalists. And it wasn't easy. Watch all of the videos after the break, and then vote for your favorite. We'll announ...
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by Jared DiPane
May 03, 2010
Are you one of the (at least several) Motorola Backflip owners jealous with all of the rooting and ROM'ing posts that fill our forums for many other devices, and not yours? Well, for those...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 03, 2010
HTC late last week released its kernel for the Droid Incredible (along with the Eris and Legend) giving chefs another platform on which to cook customs ROMs. That said, we're still waiting on th...
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by Casey Chan
May 03, 2010
Following in the footsteps of Google, Adobe is giving away free Android phones to its employees. And before you all rush to work for Adobe, remember that Flash is coming to Android in 2.2 Froyo. Adobe...
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by Dieter Bohn
May 03, 2010
Getting started with your new Verizon HTC Droid Incredible Video hands on with the 'official' Android Twitter application Hands on with a couple new Android browsers: T...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 02, 2010
Do not try this at home. For that matter, it hurts just looking at it. But sure enough, it's a Verizon HTC Droid Incredible getting coins thrown at it and keys dragged across the screen. Basical...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 02, 2010
This blurry little picture of the Sprint HTC Evo 4G, allegedly in a Sprint store in Central Florida, means one of two things: Either we're still hurting from last night, or the Evo 4G's actually ...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 01, 2010
Looks like there's pretty good demand for the Verizon HTC Droid Incredible. Big Red's website now lists the Android smartphone as "shipping by May 14." That could mean anytime bef...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 01, 2010
OK, folks. The Android Central Win Phil's (and Dieter's) Nexus Ones contest is closed, and after the break we have another great round of entries. And we've got one more batch after this.
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by Phil Nickinson
May 01, 2010
This is it, folks, the final batch of entries. And we ended up with 40 submissions. Suffice it to say, you all rock. Here's where we go from here. With so many entries, we're going to have to pare th...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 30, 2010
You know how these Android 2.1 updates go -- you'll get it when you get it. But this Sprint screen leaked at XDA Developers points to the Samsung Moment getting Eclair today -- which is growing m...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 30, 2010
Want more on the LG Ally for Verizon? We've got it. It's in a commercial for "Iron Man 2," and it's clearly running Android. That keyboard looks pretty darn usable, but the D-pad ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 30, 2010
Android 2.1+ Two weeks ago, Twitter announced it was developing its own official Android app. Today, that client was released. You can find it now in the Android Market. [link] There's been a bit of...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 30, 2010
Looks like the maintenance update that was being tested on the Cliq XT is now being rolled out to everybody. It's in two parts, so you'll need to do both of them. The update brings you fixes to:I...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 30, 2010
Good news for those of you who just have to be able to install applications to the SD card. Google -- which said in January that this would be addressed -- has officially marked the issue (1151, if yo...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 30, 2010
Whoa! The WiFi Alliance certified the (likely Android) Motorola MB810 today for IEEE Standard 802.11 b/g/n. Yes, that's the Shadow, and I know a lot of us have been waiting for more ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 30, 2010
For you folks in Australia using the HTC Desire on Telstra, know that there's a software update available that should en your GPS woes. You can download it over the air (either WiFi or network), ...
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by afazel
Apr 30, 2010
The Vodafone 845, the first Vodafone-branded Android device, is now confirmed for a May launch. No specific date has been given, just May and "coming soon." There is an official ...
