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by Kyle Gibb
Jul 14, 2010
  So the bootloader on the Droid X is locked. We know this. For many developers and hackers, it's a bit of a disappointment as the original Motorola Droid became a de facto dev phone because...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 14, 2010
It's been several months since our hands-on with Opera Mini while it was in beta, and today it's gone final, hitting the Android Market as Opera Mini 5.1. [Market link | App Brain] For those new...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 14, 2010
One of the great things about Android is the fact that you can change deeply ingrained parts of the operating system to suit your needs, and use applications like SwiftKey beta keyboard.  I've be...
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by Kyle Gibb
Jul 13, 2010
HTC sends good news to everyone in Australia by announcing that the Wildfire will be hitting the nation in August on Telstra. The 3.2-inch QVGA device ships with Android 2.1 (Elair) running HTC's Sens...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 13, 2010
Seems like only yesterday that we were discussing in-app ads, and whether we're willing to put up with them, or fork over a few dollars for a long-free app. Oh, wait. It was yesterday. Fine. Fast-for...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 13, 2010
In just 19 days the Samsung Galaxy S has sold over 300,000 units in Samsung's home country of South Korea, according to sales figures from SK Telecom -- South Korea's largest carrier.  Those...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 13, 2010
Even though they aren't officially released yet, the US versions of the Samsung Galaxy S (T-Mobile Vibrant and AT&T Captivate) have already been rooted.  We should expect this by now, as it s...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 13, 2010
What had better be the cheapest Android smartphone ever, the Palm Pre-esque Alcatel OT-980, will soon show up on the shelves in Europe.  We talked about this one ages ago (in Android time anyway)...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 13, 2010
Verizon's summer 2010 catalog has been leaked out, and yes, that's a picture of the upcoming Motorola Droid 2 you see above.  Also included are the Droid X, the HTC Droid Incredible, and the LG&n...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 13, 2010
Knew it was only a matter of time before we saw a Bing app for Android, right? It's pretty good for Windows Mobile, pretty darn good on the iPhone, and we're expecting it to be really good on Windows ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 13, 2010
We've all seen the slew of Android tablets that look suspiciously like that other popular tablet out there (and we're not talking about the Samsung Galaxy Tab), and Android Central reader Ted417 mana...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 13, 2010
The Samsung Galaxy Tab (that's still a slightly unofficial name, by the way) is now set for launch before October, according to a piece on Forbes' website. the previously rumored dual cameras are...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 13, 2010
If you're like me, you take your Android phone with you everywhere.  Sometimes you're stuck with a battery in the red, and no AC power in sight.  While there's plenty of gizmos out there tha...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 13, 2010
IMDb -- the Internet Movie Database -- long has been a staple for film buffs. Find out just about anything you want to know about a movie -- cast, credits, trailers, images, trivia, reviews, showtime...
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by Android Central
Jul 13, 2010
The Talon Hard Shell Case for the Evo 4G keeps your phone save from dings and scratches while keeping with the phone's slim form factor and not sacrificing the design of the Evo. It has cuto...
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by Dieter Bohn
Jul 13, 2010
 We stepped out of a killer panel Monday from MobileBeat 2010 titled "How to turn Android into a money machine," and the answer from the panel to that very question seems to be "al...
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by Adam Sawyer
Jul 13, 2010
Have you ever thought about what your Android dream phone might look like? There’s no doubt that HTC has an amazing lineup of state-of-the-art devices, but how could they improve? A man named ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 12, 2010
Can't tell you what's changed, but another OTA update (the second in less than a month of pre-release use) has been pushed out to the Motorola Droid X. The 18MB update took just a few minutes to...
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by Jared DiPane
Jul 12, 2010
Lately more developers have been releasing a free but ad-powered versions of their applications, as well as a paid version to get rid of the ads. Some applications, like Astro File Manager have only ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 12, 2010
The Samsung Vibrant isn't being left out of the fun, it has it's own version of the catchy Samsung Galaxy S series promo videos, too.  The video is about the same as the ones we've seen for the C...