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by Adam Sawyer
May 30, 2010
The legendary (or is it mythical?) Dell Streak (Dell Mini 5) is finally almost here. However, what you might not have known is that its screen features the uber-resilient Gorilla Glass, which can ta...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 30, 2010
Surely you didn't think we would forget to show off some Flash did you?  Phil and I have been hard at work finding out everything we can about what's new in Android 2.2, and we just saved the big...
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by Jared DiPane
May 29, 2010
 Another busy week where the blogs have been flowing faster then most can keep up with. Phil and Jerry have been hard at work breaking down Froyo to show us all the amazing new features, and tons...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 29, 2010
It might not look like much, but the screen shots you see here reportedly are from the world's first custom ROM for the Sprint Evo 4G. There's still work to be done, as the camera doesn't work and it'...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 29, 2010
Kenneth writes in with the following issue: His Verizon Droid Incredible will play music just fine while sitting atop a box of golf balls. But put it on a purloined road sign, and things st...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 29, 2010
Call off the dogs, folks. Qik took to its blog late Friday (early Saturday according to the timestamp) to explain the documentation first found by Android Guys and later by Engadget (and, admitte...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 28, 2010
[YouTube link]What's Android without gmail, right? And in Android 2.2, the gmail app has gotten even better, fixing some of our biggest complaints and bringing better account switching, e-mail notific...
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by Jared DiPane
May 28, 2010
For all you Droid owners out there who passed up on the Droid Incredible in hopes that Verizon would be releasing the Droid 2 soon after, an inkling of hope has appeared. Above you see a pic of the Mo...
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by Casey Chan
May 28, 2010
The Boost Mobile Motorola i1 popped up on Best Buy recently and it looks like it'll be priced a bit higher than any of us wanted and/or expected: $349.99. On one hand, the Motorola i1 is a pre-paid de...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 28, 2010
You guys know how much I hate headlines with question marks, but that's pretty much where we stand on the above photo. Above you see the Motorola Droid keyboard at top, and what purportedly is the Dro...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 28, 2010
A Skype PR rep confirmed to SkatterTech today that an Android app is coming to the Android Market, never mind that it's currently exclusive to Verizon. In an e-mail, the rep wrote:"We will b...
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by Casey Chan
May 28, 2010
 Just to ease your fears or maybe tease you even more, Motorola has just updated their official Android update page and timeframes are thankfully getting a little more specific. Leading the way, ...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 28, 2010
Good news for you folks running Froyo who are sorely missing your favorite paid applications from the new and improved Android Market. A fix has actually been around at XDA Developers for a coup...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 28, 2010
[YouTube link] And here's a look at the LG Optimus -- aka the GT540 -- which we previously toyed with at CES in January. Nothing's really changed since then. Same 3-inch HVGA touchscreen (no...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 28, 2010
Android 2.2 Froyo features Video walkthough Benchmarking Android 2.2 (Froyo) and the JIT against Android 2.1 (Eclair) Google Android developer explains more about Dalvik and the...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 28, 2010
The power widget you see here isn't really new in Android 2.2, but it's been tweaked for Froyo. The screen brightness selector now includes an auto brightness setting (using the ambient light sensor) ...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 28, 2010
Finally, for those of us waiting patiently for Sirius XM to bring satellite radio to Android, our day has come. The same satellite radio you've come to know and love in your car (it's a life-saver) a...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 28, 2010
The Samsung Behold II is finally getting updated from cupcake (Android 1.5), but it's not exactly what you'd expect.  It's a big drawn out mess of pulled youtube videos, supposed broken promises,...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 28, 2010
Time to get the pitchforks out, people. We slept on it in hopes it was all a nightmare, but the ugly rumor that began yesterday (first by Android Guys and later confirmed by Engadget) is true:&n...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 27, 2010
[YouTube link]It's a brave new world with the addition of video chat on the Sprint HTC Evo 4G. And what better way to break in Fring's new free video calling service than with one of our deepest ...