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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 03, 2012
According to an update at the USPTO (US Patent and Trademark Office), Google acquired 188 granted patents and 29 pending patents from the granddaddy of things that go beep, IBM, on Dec. 31, 2011.&nb...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 03, 2012
A lot of work has gone into the UI for Ice Cream Sandwich, and Google has decided that manufacturers who want to have access to the Android Market will now have to let it shine -- the Holo theme, in...
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by Richard Devine
Jan 03, 2012
We passed along the good news on Boxing Day about how Carphone Warehouse had slashed the price of the Nexus S to a few pence under £200. However they seemed to sell out of them almost immediat...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 03, 2012
Update: Apparently this one was released on some regional carriers in late 2011. Carry on, folks!
One of the bigger (if underappreciated) hits of 2011 was LG's Optimus line. And it looks like i...
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by Anndrew Vacca
Jan 03, 2012
If the holiday season didn't manage to bait you into a new phone, this might be your chance: T-Mobile is having a three-day "New Year, New Phone" sale this weekend only, beginning on F...
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by Alex Dobie
Jan 03, 2012
Today sees the unveiling of a new entry-level Android handset from Samsung, the 3.65-inch Galaxy Ace Plus. The Ace Plus is the successor to last year's Galaxy Ace, which was Sammy's main mid...
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by Alex Dobie
Jan 02, 2012
Following a slew of other phones late last week, the CyanogenMod team has just added nightly build support for three new devices -- Sony Ericsson's Xperia Pro and Xperia Active, as well the LG T...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 01, 2012
Forgive us for not being too terribly excited about a render of the Samsung Galaxy Note with an AT&T logo on it. But the Galaxy Note, despite its huge-ass 5.3-inch screen size, has garnered a su...
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by Richard Devine
Dec 31, 2011
Back in October we got word that in 2012 we'll be seeing versions of Android optimized to run on Intel chipsets. Word out of Korea is that the first smartphones running on them, will be made by ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 31, 2011
HTC has released the kernel source for the EVO Design 4G, and its US Cellular cousin, the HTC Hero S. The specific version is 2.6.35 for Gingerbread, which is the current kernel running on the...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 30, 2011
Google may not have officially pumped out Ice Cream Sandwich for the Nexus S 4G yet, but that won't stop you from having it. We've got two custom ROMs in the forums that a...
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by Richard Devine
Dec 30, 2011
European Motorola RAZR owners should be waking up to an update this morning to software version 651.73.30, bringing with it some useful bugfixes along with a couple of new features. Here's whats...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 29, 2011
Ricardo Cerqueira, a member of the CM team and LG Android device guru, has added official CyanogenMod nightly (CM7 for the time being) support for three new LG devices -- The LG Optimus 3D, th...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 29, 2011
We heard last week that US Cellular would be carrying the Huawei Ascend II -- a 3.5-inch candy bar style Android phone running Gingerbread -- and today they have made it available at the low price o...
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by Alex Dobie
Dec 29, 2011
With CES looming, we've already heard our fair share of rumors about upcoming Sony Ericsson handsets, including leaked photos of the "Xperia Arc HD" and specs for the elusive LTE-totin...
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by Anndrew Vacca
Dec 29, 2011
Samsung announced today that it has reached a respectable milestone with its Galaxy Note tablet/smartphone hybrid, citing one million units shipped globally to date.What makes the figure even more i...
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by Chris Parsons
Dec 29, 2011
While I spend a lot of time checking apps out so that I may share them with you all, friends and family and just generally know what I'm talking about it, fact is -- I rarely stray away from my ...
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by Richard Devine
Dec 29, 2011
Did Santa leave you a shiny new Sony Ericsson smartphone under the Christmas tree? If so and you live in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain or the UK, Sony would like to give you 5 free movies...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 28, 2011
HTC has updated their Developer site's bootloader unlock page, and the news is good:
All HTC Android devices launched after September 2011 are unlockable. The website will be updated accordi...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 28, 2011
Best Buy's stellar track record with Android images continues, with the Motorola Droid 4 making an appearance on the Best Buy Mobile Solutions Reward Zone section. That'd be the still-unanno...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 28, 2011
If you've ever wanted to build a ROM yourself from scratch and happen to love CyanogenMod, there's a new tool that you might want to have a look at -- the CyanogenMod compiler. What it...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 28, 2011
I'm not a big app guy, I'll admit. I like to check them out, and maybe even keep them around for a week or so, but there's just a few I keep around forever. I do happen to li...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 28, 2011
In the continuing story of "Nobody knows what the hell's going on with the Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab," (see Part 1 and Part 2) a new report out of Korea suggests that the manufacturer...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 27, 2011
The obtusely named PRADA phone by LG 3.0 is now available in South Korea, the manufacturer announced today. It'll be released in most European nations and in other parts of Asia in January.
As ...
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by Michelle Haag
Dec 27, 2011
If you're a registered member here at Android Central then you know our forums always have a contest happening. And if you're not registered, well -- now is as good a time as any. This ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 27, 2011
Sony Ericsson today is sending out e-mails reminding folks (or chaps, since the e-mail we received was sent to our UK operation) that it's shutting down its Sony Ericcson Sync service on Dec. 29...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 27, 2011
Word on the streeets of Korea today is that Samsung is taking another look at possibly getting an Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update to the original Galaxy S smartphone and 7-inch Galaxy Tab tabl...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 26, 2011
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The folks at Max MP have released version 2.0 of PowerAmp, their excellent music player for Android. We've loved PowerAmp in it's previous versions, a...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 26, 2011
So you found a new Android phone under your tree this year did you? Welcome to the family, we're glad you're here, and you picked the right place to visit. We understand all the ...
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by Richard Devine
Dec 26, 2011
The UK sale wagon continues to roll, with the Samsung Nexus S being offered up by Carphone Warehouse for a few pence under £200 SIM free.
If you're anxious to get some pure Ice Crea...
