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by Casey Chan
Oct 29, 2008
We at Android Central only knew of Lenovo as the maker of laptops and tablets. Admittedly, we're a fan of their PC work but we had no idea that they were big time makers of cell phones and smartphones...
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by Casey Chan
Oct 29, 2008
We previously reported that Wal-Mart was going to sell the T-Mobile G1 starting November 24th which was right in time for the holidays. According to CNN Money, we need to fast forward that date to...T...
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by Casey Chan
Oct 29, 2008
We love Motorola here at Android Central, we really do. So it's sad for us to report that Motorola is planning to cut more jobs in an effort to cut costs and, well, make a buck in these tough econo...
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by Casey Chan
Oct 29, 2008
TmoNews has got the news that T-Mobile has gifted Detroit with 3G! Slowly but surely the boys in Magenta will cover the entire nation (hopefully, before 4G/LTE/WiMax/or whatever is next is done) with ...
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by Casey Chan
Oct 28, 2008
Huh. Color us confused. We had originally reported about an OTA update that would update the build of Android on your T-Mobile G1 to the build number of RC28. The original build was RC19. The one s...
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by Casey Chan
Oct 28, 2008
If you're a developer with a great idea, don't forget that the registration to get your app into Android Market has already started! Follow this link to get your app to millions of Android Users! And ...
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by Casey Chan
Oct 28, 2008
This is kind of interesting. China, notorious for their hands-on control over the Internet and such, is actually getting a lot of T-Mobile G1 units in all of its Android openness. The report says that...
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by Casey Chan
Oct 28, 2008
Have you guys run into this problem yet? Gizmodo is reporting that certain apps in the Android Market are posing as free but actually pulling a bait and switch on you to get you to pay for the apps....
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by Casey Chan
Oct 27, 2008
We at Android Central would think that if you're a carrier that is bleeding users, selling off bits and pieces in hopes of a major buyout, and just all around flailing around, that you would consid...
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by Casey Chan
Oct 27, 2008
Well, that was fast wasn't it? Before we could even get our hands really dirty with the T-Mobile G1 and Android, a security flaw has already been found. A group of security researchers have found t...
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by Casey Chan
Oct 27, 2008
Curious to know how successful the T-Mobile G1 has been? We had previously mentioned a 1.5 million mark for the T-Mobile G1 that proved to be more guesstimate than anything. But this time the sourc...
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by Casey Chan
Oct 27, 2008
We reported that the T-Mobile G1 and Android will follow up the US release with a UK launch. Now we're catching word that the Android Roadmap shows that the Android SDK will release a German Version b...
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by Casey Chan
Oct 27, 2008
Android, to put it nicely, seems to lack a certain amount of UI consistency in its current form. We were a bit confused on the different white text on black or black text on white decisions but we'...
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by Casey Chan
Oct 24, 2008
It has been a long while since speculation first began for a Google Phone. After all, it seemed like a natural order of events for a web-centric, ad based revenue company like Google to move on to ...
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by Casey Chan
Oct 24, 2008
Medialets did a study on the first 24 hours of both Android Market and the iPhone App Store and came to the realization that users of both competing smartphones are strikingly similar. To quote:
Th...
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by Casey Chan
Oct 24, 2008
Curious to know about how Android Market performed in the first 24 hours? Medialets has got you covered! According to their stats:
The average application has 7,800+ downloads with 100-500 being th...
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by Casey Chan
Oct 24, 2008
We already showed you guys how to unlock the T-Mobile G1. Now we're catching word that it's possible to use the G1 with no activation with no hackery or tomfoolery necessary. Simply, when you get ...
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by Casey Chan
Oct 23, 2008
One of our biggest gripes about the T-Mobile G1 and Android is the inability to type on the touchscreen. There is no virtual onscreen keyboard so every time you need to type, you'll need to flip th...
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by Casey Chan
Oct 23, 2008
Well, even if you're well intentioned and have no interest in "being evil", there are still petty corporate beefs that have us at Android Central a tad bit sad. There is word coming out that Facebo...
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by Casey Chan
Oct 23, 2008
T-Mobile has finally put the G1 in the public's eye by way of commercial. This advertisement, aptly named "Questions", shows a lot of random people asking random questions. To solve this dilemma: th...
