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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 14, 2011
Update: And the official press release has gone live in Germany.
Feast your eyes on a phone most of us will likely never own -- the LG Prada 3.0 announced late last month. That little slice of sexy...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 14, 2011
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If you recall, over the weekend a few lucky Android Forums members were able to squeeze a Verizon Galaxy Nexus out of Best Buy a bit early, and guinnkevinr was kind...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 13, 2011
LG tonight announced that its first 720p Android smarpthone -- the LG Optimus LTE -- is coming to Japan on NTT Docomo. That follows launches in Korea and (surprise, surprise) the United States, with...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 13, 2011
If you have an Android phone chances are that you use Google Maps, and you've got a new update waiting for you in the Android Market. Usually when we see an update for Maps, we see feature...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 13, 2011
We got this gem from a Costco Ninja, and when added to the rest of the leaks and pictures pointing to a December 15 release date of the Verizon Galaxy Nexus, the evidence is getting pretty strong.&n...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 13, 2011
Depending on who you ask, we might finally see the Verizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus this week. There's still no announced date, and, frankly, we're just going to wait until Verizon announces the...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 13, 2011
With all due respect to the Mobile Generation Verizon retailer in Bloomington, Minn., we're pretty sure the Verizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus hasn't actually been announced yet. And we're pre...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 13, 2011
It's not anything official, but enterprising Android developer bubby323 has ported CyanogenMod 7.2 to the Sprint Epic 4G Touch. Yes, 7.2 is Gingerbread and not the Ice Cream Sandwich every...
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by Alex Dobie
Dec 13, 2011
Another week, another 'Xperia Arc HD' leak. The latest batch of pictures showing the device codenamed "Nozomi" come from GSMArena, and are of considerably higher quality than what ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 13, 2011
Verizon's HTC Droid Incredible 2 is getting an over-the-air update today that brings the following improvements:
Security features:
Includes Google BT/DigiNoTar security patch
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 13, 2011
The National Transportation Safety Board has recommended that states ban the use of cell phones and other portable electronic devices by drivers of vehicles, except for in an emergency. That doesn&#...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 13, 2011
Carrier IQ, the company that everyone -- for right or wrong -- has come to hate of late has released a document explaining in plain English how it does what it does. "Understanding Carrier IQ T...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 13, 2011
Judging from the excitement in our inbox and in the Droid Bionic forums, it looks like that major maintenance update is rolling out. Here's what you get, and it's a pretty long list:
E-m...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 13, 2011
Welcome to Day 8 of Google's 10-day, 10-cent, 10 billion app download celebration. We're waiting on Google to update its landing page, but note that the banner's changed fro...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 12, 2011
The Samsung Vibrant (the first of the original Galaxy S devices to hit the U.S.) is no longer supported by CyanogenMod. According to developer Abhisek Devkota, issues with the way the radio in...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 12, 2011
The folks over at Lookout have warned us about a new malware threat, this time targeted at users outside of North America. The RuFraud malware will sign up users in Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 12, 2011
Adobe has updated Flash Player for Android to version 11.1.111.5, which fixes video streaming issues on the Galaxy S II, adds support for 1080p video on Tegra 3 devices like the Transformer Prime, a...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 12, 2011
Are you a fan of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, but not so much a fan of it only being a 3G device on Verizon? You might well soon get to have the best of both words, if this internal traning regist...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 12, 2011
Make no mistake -- Android is multimedia-centric, and it does a darn fine job of it. Whether you want to copy media to your device's storage, or want to stream from the cloud, Android, esp...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 12, 2011
It's not Ice Cream Sandwich.
Now that we have that out of the way, the HTC Amaze 4G has a new OTA starting to roll out today, one that brings Wifi calling and a few software fixes to users of t...
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by Anndrew Vacca
Dec 12, 2011
Samsung announced today that it has reached a major milestone in global sales, with 300 million handsets sold in 2011. Driving the momentum, Samsung says, is its Galaxy S line, which includes the or...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 11, 2011
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Yeah, yeah. We don't do unboxings. We know. But that doesn't mean it's not awesome when our readers uboxing unreleased phones. And that's what we...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 11, 2011
Confused? That'd be the Galaxy Nexus with AndroidCentral loaded up
Verizon still doesn't have the Galaxy Nexus for sale yet, but that didn't stop Best Buy from selling a couple to two ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 11, 2011
Update: And as we awake this fine Sunday morning, the listing's been pulled.
We've seen a lot of crazy things when it comes to the Verizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus. We've seen them pop up a...
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by Anndrew Vacca
Dec 10, 2011
LG is an Android manufacturer that all too often goes unnoticed. But in reality, LG has been churning out devices that can compete with the best of them. One such device is the LG Nitro HD, LG&...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 09, 2011
We've all seen this by now -- it's webOS booted up on an EVO 3D, and it's got everyone in a tizzy. While webOS fans who have spent decades (it seems like decades anyway) having the...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 09, 2011
You might have heard -- webOS just got open-sourced today by HP, joining the world of great, free software like Ubuntu, Firefox, and Android. It's a pretty big deal for some people, includ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 09, 2011
Android just got a new friend in the open-source playground. HP today announced that the beloved-but-floundering mobile operating system will released to the open-source community.
"HP plans t...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 09, 2011
This the only Verizon Galaxy Nexus post we intend on doing today, unless actual news breaks. But it was just too good to pass up. This store in Memphis, Tenn., apparently didn't get the message....
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by Alex Dobie
Dec 09, 2011
And the Wildfire S gets a new lockscreen
Looks like HTC is going on something of an updating spree. According to reports from multiple HTC users, the Desire HD and Incredible S have both receive...
