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by Alex Dobie
Mar 18, 2012
The first major CyanogenMod release of the year is upon us, as the leading custom Android firmware launches the first release candidate (RC) build for version 7.2. CM release candidates are generall...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 17, 2012
Remember back before Christmas when Twitter redesigned their interface with new "discovery" oriented pages? Remember how it made finding DM's and mentions harder by burying them a leve...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 17, 2012
There's a lot of speculation about a Google branded tablet in the news recently, and we're all paying close attention to the rumors. A 7-inch tablet with decent internals, running IC...
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by Anndrew Vacca
Mar 16, 2012
Call of Duty fans have something to be excited for today, as T3 is reporting that a native tablet version of the ELITE mobile app is in the works. According to Activision Product Director Noah Helle...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 16, 2012
There's no doubt that today is iPad day, but if you're looking for an Android tablet, you could do worse than Sony's Tablet S, with its quirky "folded magazine" design. Today U...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 15, 2012
The Motorola XOOM 2 will be available in Brazil starting March 16. It's exactly the same tablet we've come to know and love over the past few months, only now it'll be in South America&#...
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by Chris Parsons
Mar 15, 2012
When we hosted our 2011 Android Central Editors' Pick Awards we chose IMDb Movies & TV as the tablet app of the year. Now, IMDb is gunning for that title again in 2012 having just released a...
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by Chris Parsons
Mar 15, 2012
For a while now, Amazon has slowly been adding content partners to their Amazon Prime Instant Video service and the most recent announcement makes way for plenty more. With agreements now in place w...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 15, 2012
In addition to updating its current G9 tablet line-up to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, Archos has debuted two new "ICS" edition G9 Turbo tablets, with slightly different storage con...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 14, 2012
Here's a security and privacy tip that many of us forget about, yet is really easy to manage -- geo-location data in the pictures you take with your Android phone. Modern digital cameras that ha...
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by Richard Devine
Mar 14, 2012
Archos aren't exactly everyone's first choice of Android tablet despite offering good value for money. At an event in Paris today though, the company teased some of their 2012 offerings...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 14, 2012
Google has expanded their Google Offers service with 4 new cities and 11 new partners, bringing the totals to 30 deal partners in 40 cities. Users in Austin, Houston, Philadelphia, and Miami will no...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 14, 2012
You might have noticed that we're going to talk a little extra about security and privacy this week here at Android Central. It's a discussion worth having. We've asked a few security an...
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by Chris Parsons
Mar 13, 2012
The introduction of Android 4.0 on the ASUS Transformer TF101 looks like it didn't go as smoothly as what ASUS had hoped. Some folks in the Android Central forums had issues after instal...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 13, 2012
We've talked before about how to set up your Android phone with a secure lockscreen, and today we're going to talk about why you should do it. We're all concerned about our privacy and s...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 13, 2012
The T-Mobile G-Slate is in the midst of getting an OTA update to version 10p, which will bring security fixes, USB controller support, and a fix for an Android Market (Google Play?) update problem. ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 13, 2012
Motorola this morning announced that its Xoom 2 tablet -- the 10.1-inch version, that is -- is now available in Israel. You can get it today on Cellcom and will hit Orange in the next few days. It l...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 13, 2012
OK guys and gals -- I'm doing a little leg work here for a project I have in the works. You might have seen my question on Google+ asking folks with a stock Android phone if they use a custom RO...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 12, 2012
The Honeycomb update for the Vizio VTAB1008 looks like it's rolling out a bit broader, bringing the VTab to version V.I.A. Plus 2.0 and Android version 3.2.1. We first heard it was slowly pushin...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 12, 2012
With word that Instagram will soon be heading to Android, we all had better get ready for the invasion of photo filters and effects. It's not really new, we've been able to edit our pictures...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 12, 2012
Privacy is a hot subject across the Internet lately, and we think it's high time to dissect the mountains of information and pick out what's relevant amidst all the FUD and nonsense out ther...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 12, 2012
Motorola has updated their ICS "due date" page, and if you're in the U.S. you probably won't like the news very much. There are a few changes, and we see a few more devices slated ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 11, 2012
This week's Android Central photo contest winner is Nathan Stewart, who brings us this light and healthy plate that's as beautiful on our screen as it would be on our table. Nathan used the ...
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by Jared DiPane
Mar 10, 2012
Before you get all bent out of shape about us talking about the BlackBerry PlayBook, keep in mind that after the recent update to BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0, the PlayBook can now run Android applica...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 10, 2012
Mobile World Congress may be done for another year, but the pace of international Android news hasn't slowed in the past seven days. We've already seen the launch of the Sony Xperia S, the f...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 10, 2012
We're all frustrated at the wait for Ice Cream Sandwich on our phones and tablets, but maybe a little Roboto on your computer can help fill that void. The Android design team has popped out some...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 09, 2012
Android app developers work hard. They deliver us a lot of good apps and we all love using them, and I think I speak for everyone when I say thanks to all the hard working folks who make our phones ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 08, 2012
There is no new "spill-proof" version of the Motorola XYBOARD. A marketing e-mail sent by Moto today has led some to believe that there's an new iteration of the tablet on the way. But...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 08, 2012
The Linux Foundation has announced four new members this week, including the familiar face of NVIDIA. As most of us here know, Android is based on the Linux kernel, and NVIDIA has become a major har...
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by Jared DiPane
Mar 08, 2012
If you happen to be an owner of one of the ARCHOS G9 tablets, whether it be the 7- or 10-inch model, you will be thrilled to know that starting today they will be pushing an OTA update to Ice Cream ...
