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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 27, 2012
Behold, the ZTE V66 Android tablet, apparently destined for Verizon at some point. The tablet as already been submitted to the U.S. FCC, and now a thumbnail picture (we've blown it up a tad here...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 27, 2012
The popular Android app Vlingo has come under a bit of fire the past several days, as it seems the application is sending a bit more data than they explain in their privacy agreement. The folk...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 27, 2012
Games can be really fun to play on your Android device. There's all sorts of them available, from ones for dedicated "gaming" hardware like the Xperia Play, to HD games optimized...
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by Chris Parsons
Jan 26, 2012
With pre-orders for both the Wifi-only Motorola XYBOARD 10.1 and 8.2 having started up a while ago, Motorola has no decided its a good a time as any to actually start shipping the device out. An ema...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 26, 2012
Here at AC, we love Google Music, and some of us have it cranked high all day long while the lovingly sweet sounds of Led Zepplin or Motorhead coax us through the workday. But I digress, and m...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 26, 2012
Goodbye menu button, hello Action Bar overflow! Today on the Android Developers blog Scott Main, lead technical writer from Google, wrote up a nice piece of prose about how developers should m...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 26, 2012
Motorola's just announced it's fourth-quarter and year-end earnings, and we're getting a pretty clear picture of what sold -- and what didn't -- in 2011. Here's the breakdown:
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by Alex Dobie
Jan 26, 2012
It was a landmark Android device, and it's been an iconic phone for Sprint, but it seems that this past week finally saw the venerable HTC EVO 4G reach end-of-life (EOL) status. According to an ...
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by Alex Dobie
Jan 26, 2012
The BBC has updated its BBC News app for Android with Honeycomb and Ice Cream Sandwich tablet support. The app now offers a larger, split-screen view for tablets running Android 3.0 and above -- the...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 25, 2012
The ZTE Optik just made an appearance in the latest issue of the Sprint Playbook, and it's coming in at the right price. Because Sprint is dropping their Wimax support and building out the...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 25, 2012
Android application developers work hard and don't get nearly enough appreciation. As you see mentioned just about everywhere, it's the application support that makes or breaks a mobil...
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by Alex Dobie
Jan 25, 2012
Looks like AT&T is wasting no time bringing its version of the Samsung Galaxy Note to market. If the latest rumors from BGR are to be believed, the carrier plans to launch Samsung's 5.3-inch...
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by Alex Dobie
Jan 25, 2012
Usually we have to wait for some brave individual to take screwdrivers, spudgers and the like to a device before we get to see what's lurking inside. This time, however, Samsung's saved you ...
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by Alex Dobie
Jan 25, 2012
Update: O2 says that as of 1400 GMT today it has fixed, the problem, and that "technical changes" as part of "routine maintenance" were to blame for the issue, which affected cus...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 24, 2012
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Google has announced that it is in the process of streamlining its privacy policy, combining more than 60 current documents for various products into one easy to re...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 24, 2012
The ASUS Transformer Prime is the first quad-core tablet, and users were a bit up in arms when it was discovered that the bootloader was locked. ASUS responded with an official statement that ...
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by Simon Sage
Jan 24, 2012
Samsung is having a rough go against Apple in Germany, but that’s apparently not setting a precedent for the rest of Europe. The Court of the Hague, in the Netherlands, has denied an appeal fr...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 24, 2012
You guys probably know this by now, but I was a fan of App Inventor. Watching my wife use it to create her own application just sucked me in, and I loved the whole idea of a way for anyone to ...
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by Richard Devine
Jan 24, 2012
The London Eye has been given a little taste of Android. Each capsule on the giant big-wheel that towers over the city has been given a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
In partnership with the current spons...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 24, 2012
The folks at Dolphin Browser, one of the most popular third party browsers for Android devices, have unveiled two new add-ons today -- Skitch and Evernote. Both integrate seamlessly with the D...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 23, 2012
Google Music has been updated to version 4.1.512, bringing fixes to shuffle mode and fixes for folks using multiple Google accounts. The update looks to be across the board for all devices run...
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by Chris Parsons
Jan 23, 2012
The folks from Notion Ink are once again getting their name out there. After having released an Alpha build of ICS for their original Adam series tablet, they teased a new upcoming device briefly bu...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 23, 2012
We're back for the second weekly Android Central photo contest, and this week's theme is transportation. Anything that you use to get from point A to point B is fair game (see our exam...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 23, 2012
The Pantech Element tablet and Burst smartphone made up a third of the half-dozen LTE devices that AT&T announced at its annual Developer Summit. And, now, they're available for purchase. Yo...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 22, 2012
The winner of this week's Android Central photo contest is Travis Detweiler with his picture of sunrise over Tampa Bay. Taken with his HTC EVO 3D while heading out into the gulf to catch a...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 22, 2012
I'm a sucker for daily deals sites, and had to pass this one along. A 32GB Acer Iconia A500 (one of our top picks of last year) for just under $300 bucks is nothing to sneeze at. We ...
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by Chris Parsons
Jan 20, 2012
If you live near a Futureshop and have yet to pick up an Android tablet yet for whatever reason -- this might be your weekend to set aside the time to do so. Right now -- Futureshop has the Samsung ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 20, 2012
The Samsung Galaxy Note that we already know is coming to AT&T, has passed through the FCC. There's absolutely no surprises -- we see the 21Mbps UMTS/HSPA+, GSM 850/1900, and band...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 20, 2012
So a few quick thoughts on the Acer Iconia A200, now that's it's available in stores: Yeah, it's yet another dual-core 10.1-inch Android tablet. Yeah, there's a little more software ...
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by Jared DiPane
Jan 20, 2012
Update: Watch our video hands-on!
As if deciding on an Android tablet wasn't hard enough now yet another one is available to make things harder. The Acer Iconia A200 is now available from Best ...
