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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 23, 2013
Google has captured five of the top six spots in the mobile app space, and it isn't likely that they will be slowing down any time soon. That chart you see above is the number of unique (as in y...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 23, 2013
Ndemic has shown off a bit of the cool update we talked about late last year for everyone's favorite apocalyptic game Plague, Inc. The Necroa Virus update, tentatively slated for February b...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 23, 2013
If you're one of the many still trying to get your hands on a Nexus 4, and happen to live in Australia, we have some good news. Starting February 1, the phone that plays hard to get will be avai...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 23, 2013
It's the time of year when smartphone manufacturers trot out pretty shiny new things, in the hopes that we will trade our money for them. It's pretty successful, because they always have som...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 23, 2013
LagFix is an app (rooted phones only) with an unimaginative name that uses a standard Linux tool to help fix "lag" on Android devices. Lag is a term that gets thrown around pretty liberall...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 20, 2013
Sony Mobile has announced the Android 4.1-powered Xperia Tablet Z, right as we expected them to do so. The specs also match last week's rumors, with a few extra surprises thrown in. The Tab...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 19, 2013
Opera is said to be bringing a new WebKit based browser to Android and iOS. Named "Ice", it presents a radical departure from what we're used to seeing with the stock Android Browser, ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 18, 2013
A couple days ago we told you about Inaugural 2013 -- a very nicely done app from the Presidential Inaugural Committee that had a pretty peculiar privacy policy, and on the surface looked like a non...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 18, 2013
XBMC, the well known open-source program that brings a set-top style media player experience to almost any device, has a new custom build tonight from the folks at XBMC for Android. This version is st...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 17, 2013
The folks at TwentyFive Squares have updated the Press app, bringing the most requested features to the popular Google Reader application. Ignoring the important "performance enhancements...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 16, 2013
The Android 4.2 update (JOP40D) for the Sprint flavored Galaxy Nexus is now live and hosted by Google. We've not yet seen any reports of an OTA, but adventurous types can manually download the u...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 16, 2013
Motorola and AT&T are looking for a few people to soak test an unknown software update for the Atrix 4G. Here's where everyone get's excited and thinks OMG it has to be Ice Cream Sandwic...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 16, 2013
The Presidential Inauguration is next Monday, and I was all geared up to tell everyone about the Inaugural 2013 app from AT&T and PIC. It's a beautifully done application, has received rave ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 15, 2013
Developers (and bloggers) who shelled out the $1500 for early access to a Google Glass unit are invited to a pair of hackathons dedicated to the wearable units at the end of the month.
On Jan...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 15, 2013
Data caps suck. They don't address the problems that exist in any meaningful way, and are simply a method to get money from your pocket into someone else's bigger, fancier, designer pants po...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 15, 2013
Instapaper for Android has been updated to version 1.2, bringing bug fixes, performance enhancements, and a couple new features. We're not sure which bugs and performance issues were addressed, ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 15, 2013
As Cricket's latest LTE-enabled phone, the HTC One SV brings quality construction in a outstanding mid-range package
It's tough to review a phone that doesn't stand out from the crow...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 14, 2013
Chrome Beta for Android was updated today, to fix a handful of bugs and undoubtedly introduce a few new ones. Build 25.0.1364.33 is being pushed to Google Play, and everyone should see it in a ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 14, 2013
CES is over, we've all had a weekend to wind down and digest it all, and for mobile hardware junkies there is a lot to talk about. We saw what the big three mobile CPU builders will have to offer ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 14, 2013
Russ8611 writes,
Hello Androidcentral! I was just curious if any of you guys feel like reporting on the Java vulnerability and let us know how it affects Android as a platform. I know most...
