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by Cory Streater
Nov 16, 2012
Our gigantic Million Member Giveaway has wrapped up, and it's time to announce the lucky winners. We want to thank everyone for entering, but more importantly we want to thank you for participat...
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by Cory Streater
Oct 18, 2012
October is a month of celebration at Android Central. Not only are we celebrating our fourth birthday – we are also celebrating 1 million registered members! That's 1,000,000 members ...
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by Cory Streater
Jan 20, 2012
Today's free Android wallpaper comes from our own Phil Nickinson. This was shot just last week at CES. He can't remember which booth it was, but these mirrored rectangular stalactites definite...
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by Cory Streater
Mar 09, 2011
In 2009 Motorola launched the Cliq -- an entry-level slider -- debuting Motorola’s social networking centric Motoblur user interface. Unfortunately, the original Cliq was plagued by complaints o...
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by Cory Streater
Mar 07, 2011
Straight app said to be in the works, too
Good news for our Android-loving gay male readers. Grindr, a popular location-based social networking application designed specifically for gay men, is ...
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by Cory Streater
Mar 03, 2011
The Samsung Fascinate is one sexy phone with a smooth yet slippery plastic surface. One wrong move and the next thing you know you're helplessly watching as it transition...
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by Cory Streater
Feb 10, 2011
No announcements have been made, and no dates have been confirmed, but it appears that owners (points to self) of Verizon's Samsung Fascinate may soon (finally!) get their share of Froyo. Just la...
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by Cory Streater
Jan 16, 2011
Last week Verizon pushed the Froyo DL09 update to innocent Samsung Fascinates all across the U.S. The good news is DL09 fixed a major bug related to standalone GPS lock times.The bad ne...
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by Cory Streater
Jan 08, 2011
Imagine a full physical QWERTY keyboard - slightly larger than a deck of cards - that wirelessly connects via Bluetooth to your Android smartphone or tablet. On the backside there’s a micro...
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by Cory Streater
Jan 08, 2011
It’s now 2011, and I’ve yet to have a high quality and reliable experience streaming media content between an Android device and a media player. I’ve tried docks, Bluetooth, DLNA, an...
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by Cory Streater
Jan 05, 2011
Today Motorola and AT&T announced the Motorola Atrix, arguably the most advance Android device to hit AT&T. For you tech folks, here’s the breakdown:Android 2.2 (presumably upgradeable ...
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by Cory Streater
Dec 14, 2010
The Mobi Products skin case is a single-piece, wraparound case for the Samsung Fascinate and Mesmerize. The case material is a flexible rubber with a grippy matte surface. The phone easily slides in a...
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by Cory Streater
Nov 22, 2010
The Mobi Hard Shell Case for the Verizon Fascinate and U.S. Cellular Mesmerize comprises two pieces that quickly snap together around the perimeter of the Fascinate. Each piece is made of durable har...
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by Cory Streater
Nov 21, 2010
Android Central Forums member Hearthatvoiceagain asks the question that's on everybody's mind: Where is Gingerbread? Google CEO Eric Schmidt said Android 2.3 is coming in the next few weeks, but ...
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by Cory Streater
Nov 19, 2010
The Verizon Samsung Fascinate is set to get another maintenance update over the next few weeks -- no, it's not Froyo -- and we got a sneak peak at an early version. GPS has been targeted, and it...
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by Cory Streater
Nov 02, 2010
We're expecting Google to announce Android 2.3 -- Gingerbread -- any minute now. ... ... ... Wait ... ... ... Nope, not yet. OK. Let's continue. So the big question is what are we going to get? UI&nbs...
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by Cory Streater
Aug 27, 2010
We'd heard and hoped that the Droid Incredible would start seeing the Froyo update today and indeed, Verizon has confirmed via Twitter that it indeed should start happening soon. Makes sense, si...
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by Cory Streater
Jun 30, 2010
Details on Gingerbread, the next big release of Android, have been few and far between. We are expecting a user interface overhaul, but beyond that things have been a little murky. Well, mobile...
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by Cory Streater
Jun 23, 2010
The Droid X is finally official! It's an impressively large smartphone with an impressive spec list A huge 4.3", 16:9, 854x480 screen (that's 400,000 pixels) HDMI o...
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by Cory Streater
Jun 23, 2010
Froyo, aka Android 2.2, is open source and available for developers to download as of today. Google announced it today at the Droid X event. You can go get Android 2.2 at Google's Developer Site for A...
