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by Anndrew Vacca
Mar 06, 2012
comScore today released its latest MobiLens report, which shows that Samsung is maintaining its lead among mobile phone manufacturers, while Android is continuing to grow at the top of the mobile OS...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 06, 2012
Oh, Internet. How you love to make something out of nothing. A new trailer for Rovio's Angry Birds Space appeared today, indicating that the game would launch first on the Samsung Galaxy Note...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 06, 2012
No real surprises here -- the XYBOARDS already had been announced, same for the Xoom and the Rezound. It's good to see the ThunderBolt and Droid Incredible 2 make it.
Here's the ful...
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by Anndrew Vacca
Mar 06, 2012
Imangi Studios announced today that the much anticipated Android version of its wildly-popular Temple Run will be available on Tuesday, March 27 in the Android Market.
"We are excited...
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by Simon Sage
Mar 06, 2012
Another fringe smartphone manufacturer, ViewSonic, continued their attack on the dual-SIM market at this year's Mobile World Congress in addition to showing off some new...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 06, 2012
We recently learned that Sony will be launching the Xperia Ion in LTE markets outside of the United States, and now there's a flurry of online rumors suggesting manufacturer may be preparing a s...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 06, 2012
With the first of this year's leading Android phones launching in the next month or so, last year's models are starting to show up online with significantly-discounted prices. Yesterday we s...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 06, 2012
Google's just released the Android platform version statistics for the two weeks ending March 5. As a reminder, these are representative of the entire Android ecosystem and comprise devices that...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 06, 2012
One X and S headed to all five major carriers; O2 and Three will range the entry-level HTC One V
If you're hoping to get your hands on an HTC One series phone in the UK, it looks like you...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 06, 2012
Because it's been at least six days since Samsung announced its last Android smartphone, here's the Galaxy Pocket -- an entry-level device in an extremely compact form factor, sporting a tin...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 06, 2012
The HTC Vivid should be seeing Ice Cream Sandwich shortly, and if you're the brave type there's a leak out in the wild you can flash today. When HTC and AT&T announced the HTC One X was ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 06, 2012
There's been rumors running rampant lately about the next Nexus phone, and just who might be making it. While it's a bit early to guess, we all have a preference, and it's always OK to w...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 05, 2012
When Adobe said they wouldn't be developing Flash Player for Android to work with any new versions, they also promised to keep the current version up-to-date with critical fixes and security pat...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 05, 2012
We're all back home and settled in from Mobile World Congress, and it's time to kick off another weekly photo contest! The subject this week is something near and dear to my heart, and inspi...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 05, 2012
Anyone doing development for Android (or any software platform) knows that good tools are the most important part of the whole process. We've seen that the Android team has been hard at work to ...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 05, 2012
LG's answer to the Galaxy Note, the LG Optimus Vu, is now available in South Korea on the SK Telecom and LG U+ networks. The Optimus Vu combines a 5-inch 1024x768 IPS display with capacitive pen...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 05, 2012
Adding to its line-up of Galaxy Player personal media players, Samsung has today announced the Galaxy Player 70 Plus for the Korean Market. The Player 70 Plus is a 5-inch device powered by a 1GHz du...
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by Simon Sage
Mar 05, 2012
The last batch of devices we looked at from ZTE at Mobile World Congress included two quad-core devices, and a few lower-end ones. At the top of the heap was the PF112. It has a 4.5-inch 1080 x 720 ...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 05, 2012
As Sony prepares to launch the first of its 2012 smartphones in the UK, one retailer has taken the initiative to offer the earlier Sony Ericsson flagship at a significantly reduced price. Right now ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 05, 2012
Hate to say we told you so, but ... Samsung, in Korean on its official Twitter account, says recent reports that the Galaxy S III -- which, by the way, hasn't been announced and therefore doesn&...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 04, 2012
Rumors of a March launch for the Samsung Galaxy S II's Android 4.0 upgrade have been circulating for a while, but now it seems we may have the first official word on when the update will land. S...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 03, 2012
It's been just days since we wrapped up Mobile World Congress, but we're already seeing the first flagship phone launch of the year. The Sony Xperia S was released unexpectedly at the Sony S...
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by Simon Sage
Mar 03, 2012
Phil got his mitts on the Samsung Galaxy Beam at Mobile World Congress 2012, but it's definitely worth seeing the built-in projector in action.
Just to recap, the Samsung Galaxy Beam is running...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 03, 2012
If you wonder why we scoff at all these rumors regarding phones that haven't been announced, it's because of things like this: A day after ZDNet cited some marketing sources as saying the Ga...
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by Simon Sage
Mar 02, 2012
Prior to Mobile World Congress 2012, ZTE had announced two LTE phones running Ice Cream Sandwich, and we got a chance to play with at least one working unit in Barcelona. A rep at the ZTE boo...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 02, 2012
HTC has announced that they are opening up a bit more of the OpenSense SDK, and including APIs for Beats Audio, the Sense 4.0 lockscreen, Mobile device management, and the MediaLink HD system. This ...
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by Anndrew Vacca
Mar 02, 2012
A Manheim regional court in Germany today threw out two patent disputes between Samsung and Apple: the first regarding Apple's infrigement on Samsung's 3G/UMTS technology, the second...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 02, 2012
The NSA (National Security Agency) has developed an Android phone that meets "Top Secret" criteria using off-the-shelf components. Dubbed the fishbowl phone, 100 units were built and deplo...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 02, 2012
Huawei has announced that it'll launch the 4G LTE versions of its Ascend D series and Ascend P1 smartphones in Europe and Asia by the middle of the year. The two smartphones will be joined by a ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 02, 2012
The Samsung Galaxy S III (or now, apparently, the Galaxy S3) will be released in April, after it's announced in March, says ZDNet Korea, citing marketing sources. Could well happen. Or not. Of c...
