All Posts by Jerry Hildenbrand
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 04, 2010
As North America prepares to "fall back" from Daylight Saving Time (and that's the correct name for it, by the way) at 2 a.m. local time Sunday morning, we need to make sure everything is re...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 03, 2010
Motorola has sent out the test version of the 2.1 update for the Backflip to a limited group of people. If you're not one of them, no worries -- the download is out there for the taking -- or a...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 03, 2010
Got a T-Mobile G2 and don;t feel like waiting for the OTA? Don't blame ya one bit, neither do I. Good news is that T-Mobile or HTC doesn't have some sneakiness at play to prevent us from m...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 03, 2010
The Android Developers Cookbook is a great tool to walk you through beginning Android development, and the publishers have sent us five copies to give away to our readers (That's you!). The auth...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 03, 2010
LG didn't just send us an Optimus One because they think we're awesome. They want us to show it off, especially its not-so-entry-level specs and speed. (Maybe they think we're awesome as well.)&...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 03, 2010
Hey, look at that. There's another mention of the as-yet-unannounced Droid 2 Global, in a print ad that graces the last page of the December edition of Men's Fitness magazine (for those of you wonder...
Tip
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 02, 2010
If your phone uses a SIM card, you can set a lock on the card so it can't be used by anyone who doesn't know the lock code. This isn't anything new, and it stays tied to your SIM card -- no...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 02, 2010
PC World reports that Coverity (a company that sells software to find code bugs and anomalies in commercially released software) has found 359 software "defects," 88 of which are criti...
Review
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 02, 2010
The Optimus One is one of the latest handset from LG, and we've got one to put through the paces. Admit it, an entry-level phone running Froyo has you intrigued. (For what it's worth, LG's...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 02, 2010
Lookout, one of the premiere smartphone security suites, has released Lookout Premium -- offering Privacy Advisor, remote lock, and remote wipe on top of their award winning free services. Curre...
Review
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 01, 2010
US Cellular is certainly carving out a name for themselves in the Android world, and the release of the Samsung Mesmerize brings one of the best Android handsets currently on the market to their netwo...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 01, 2010
The Samsung Galaxy Tab is going to change the face of Android, and Samsung is doing its part to assist developers and make the transition of developing for a tablet as seamless as possible. Sams...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 01, 2010
Oracle has amended its lawsuit against Google, and claims that Google is stealing code for use in Android. They also make claim that one-third of the Java APIs for use by application developers ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 31, 2010
Rumor alert! I've received a tip from a very trustworthy source that Google will announce support for PayPal payments in the Android Market on Nov. 2. It's no secret that PayPal and Google...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 31, 2010
All US citizens who are of age should be prepared to go out and cast a ballot come Election Day, and Google just made it a bit easier with their mobile election center site for Android and iOS. ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 29, 2010
We just received an invite to a "Mobile Event at Facebook HQ" scheduled for Wednesday Nov 3. No press release, no fanfare, no inkling of what it might be, just the invitation. Wh...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 29, 2010
Another day, another tip about overclocking -- this time it's the Samsung Vibrant hitting a very fast, yet still believable 1.6 GHz. The method isn't yet public (at the time of this writing), bu...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 28, 2010
Adobe has announced another security advisory for Flash on Android, affecting all builds, including the current version of 10.1.95.2. Additionally, the same advisory goes out to users on Windows...
Review
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 28, 2010
U.S. Cellular just released the Samsung Mesmerize, and we have one in our hands to check out. There's not a lot here that's new, the phone is basically the Samsung Fascinate, with half the bloat...
Review
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 28, 2010
Games in the Android Market are growing, both in number and in quality, by leaps and bounds, and now we have a top notch logic puzzle to waste countless hours on -- the Impossible Level Game. Th...
