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by Alex Dobie
Feb 25, 2013
LG announced the Optimus L II series last week, and today we got our first chance to check out the new mid-range handsets at Mobile World Congress. As it was last year, the L series represents LG...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 25, 2013
We've just received our invite to a Samsung event in New York on Mar. 14, inviting us to get "ready 4 the show." Looks highly likely that we're in for a Galaxy S4 event, and we'...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 24, 2013
Join Android Central's Phil Nickinson and Alex Dobie as well as WPCentral's Jay Bennett and a mostly silent Daniel Rubino for the first Mobile Nations podcast of Mobile World Congress 2013. ...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 24, 2013
We're on the ground at Pepcom's MobileFocus Global, where we've just had the chance to get some hands-on time with Sprint and Kycera's latest smartphone, the Torque. Announced in lat...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 24, 2013
Huawei has just unveiled its latest Android handset, the Ascend P2, at an event held in Barcelona, Spain, and we've had the chance to get our hands on the device.
Succeeding last year's Asc...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 24, 2013
We're live from Barcelona, Spain with Huawei, which is holding its big press conference today ahead of MWC. Possible Android developments include the Ascend P2, a quad-core successor to last yea...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 23, 2013
It’s day minus-one of Mobile World Congress 2013, and we already have the first major device announcement from Samsung. Variously leaked and rumored over the past couple of months, the Galaxy ...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 22, 2013
Update: It's official -- a tweet from Google Developers confirms that registration opens at 7AM PDT on Mar. 13. Make a note of it, and good luck to everyone hoping to score a tic...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 22, 2013
February is drawing to a close, and we’re getting ready to head to Barcelona, Spain, for another Mobile World Congress. Usually one of the highlight events of the year in mobile, MWC takes pla...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 22, 2013
Sprint has announced that its latest ruggedized smartphone, the Kyocera Torque, is to go on sale on Mar. 8, priced at $99.99 on-contract. The torque, announced in late January, combined a hardene...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 22, 2013
If you're after a dual-SIM Android option in the U.S., there'll soon be a new device for you to consider. Sony's just put the Xperia E Dual, an entry-level phone with the ability to c...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 22, 2013
Google's "Photosphere" 360-degree panoramas are one one of the stand-out features of Android 4.2. But we've been left guessing as to whether third-party manufacturers will get acce...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 21, 2013
One of the best uses of Android 4.2's lock screen widget feature has been Roman Nurik's DashClock Widget -- a customizable, extensible widget giving you access to a wide array of information...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 21, 2013
We've already heard plenty about Sony's upcoming mid-ranger, the Xperia SP (codenamed "HuaShan") -- said to be a dual-core mid-ranger packing a 720p screen. And although there...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 21, 2013
Sony (sorta) unveiled the PlayStation 4 last night in New York, and along with hardware, software and development details, the electronics giant talked about how the new console would tie into mobil...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 21, 2013
The meat of HTC's new home screen experience in Sense 5 is the BlinkFeed -- a vertical-scrolling feed of news, social updates and other relevant info. This includes content from leading news org...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 20, 2013
With the Sony Xperia Z European launch approaching, we've had time to go hands-on with the device once again, and give you a more detailed breakdown of what's coming. So if you're after ...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 20, 2013
The Beautiful Widgets team continues to push out updates, and the latest version of the popular app adds a substantial amount of new stuff. Among the additions in the latest Beautiful Widgets 5.1 ar...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 20, 2013
In case you missed it, HTC announced a new phone yesterday, and the Android Central forums have been busy with discussion about everything from the shiny all-metal body to the new "Ultrapixel&q...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 20, 2013
The UK's long-delayed 4G spectrum auction has completed today, resulting in the sale of 800MHz and 2600MHz airwaves to the country's largest operators for a total of £2.3 billion.
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