All Posts by Phil Nickinson
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 07, 2013
We didn't get to see NVIDIA's new Tegra 4 system running on any new tablet hardware tonight at CES, but we did see it in a highly controlled demonstration by president and CEO Jen-Hsun Hua...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 07, 2013
That's it, folks. NVIDIA dares you to top it this CES. Having thrown Tegra 4, the NVIDIA Grid and Project Shield our way tonight at the Palms in Las Vegas, we're more than a little excited...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 06, 2013
OK, boys and girls. We're actually still some 36 hours short of the start of CES, but things get really cooking tonight. We're here at Rain nightclub at The Palms with none other than graphi...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 06, 2013
The HTC One VX looks to be a great (and cheap) way to get an entry-level LTE smartphone on AT&T
This may be one of those rare instances in which we know too much. For those of...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 06, 2013
In case you've been living under a rock the past week or so, CES -- the Consumer Electronics Show -- is this week in Las Vegas. And, yes. We're here. Or we're on our way here. You g...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 04, 2013
Our Windows Phone-loving pals at WPCentral have found themselves in quite the pickle. First there's the whole to-do over YouTube and the fact that Google's not opening up its metadata to Win...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 04, 2013
Looks like I just found my new calendar app. Agenda -- long a favorite on iOS -- has made its way to Android. (It's currently $1.99.) It ties into your Google calendars, of course, but it's ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 04, 2013
Apologies for the wonky video. It was a 2013 bug. Or something.
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 04, 2013
Looks like Facebook might finally be about to make available its "Facebook Pages Manager" application for Android, which, as the name implies, will let those with Facebook Pages manage sai...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 04, 2013
And the first U.S. smartphone announcement of 2013 belongs to ... HTC and Cricket Wireless. The HTC One SV, last seen making its way through Europe SIM-free, and before that in Asia, is coming to Cr...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 03, 2013
Android 4.1 and 4.2 each up 50 percent over last month's tallies
The latest numbers are in, and things are continuing to move in the right direction: The "Jelly Bean" version of An...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 03, 2013
The Mobile Nations Podcast brings together the editors of Android Central, CrackBerry, iMore, WPCentral and webOS Nation.
We get together whenever we feel like it, ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 03, 2013
We're back, boys and girls! It's a new year, and we're ready to kick this podcast into high gear. Coming up this afternoon -- at a special time of 3:30 p.m. Eastern -- we'll be recor...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 03, 2013
OK, folks. This has gotten ridiculous, and it needs to stop. Now.
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 02, 2013
Here's your early warning that Google is scheduled to announce its earnings for the fourth quarter of 2012 at 4:30 p.m. Eastern time on Jan. 22. Or, if history repeats, its printer may decide to...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 02, 2013
North Korea as seen from the Dora Observatory
Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt is going to North Korea as part of a "private, humanitarian mission," The Associated Press reported t...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 02, 2013
Having already presented for your approval (or not) our 2012 Android Central's Editor's Choice Awards, it's now time to turn to something even more important -- the Reader's Choice A...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 02, 2013
A quick bit of inside baseball from the trade show front this morning. CTIA-The Wireless Association today announced that its 2014 lineup will be consolidated into a single "super show" in...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 31, 2012
Win one of 11 remaining Google Play Gift Cards - or a bonus Nexus 4!
We had the best of intentions, really. Thirty-one days in December, 31 days of contests. But -- surprise, surprise -- holi...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 31, 2012
It's time for a quick look back at the year that was. Frankly, we don't remember most of it. Apparently a year ago or so we were in Las Vegas for CES. Then Barcelona for Mobile World Congres...























































