HTC trade in
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 19, 2013
HTC seems very excited (and rightfully so) about the new HTC One, and they want to make it a little easier for you to put their latest in your pocket. They’ve announced a new HTC One cash...
Android Central
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 18, 2013
Back at the beginning of the month we decided to have a monster Valentine's Day contest. Now that it's closed, we're amazed at the response, and loved going through all the pictures...
HTC
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 18, 2013
HTC keeps trying to tease everybody about what may be in store for tomorrow's event, and you can find out just as soon as they tell the world by tuning in to the live blog tomorrow. We'll be...
Android Central
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 18, 2013
The international versions of the Samsung Galaxy Note are seeing a Jelly Bean update today. Users in the far East and Germany are reporting that they're seeing an OTA to 4.1.2, namely the same&n...
HTC updates
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 18, 2013
Verizon and HTC have announced a small update for the Rezound and the Droid Incredible 2 today. Listed only as a "Device Enhancement", no one is yet sure exactly what is getting updat...
TWC
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 18, 2013
The Weather Channel's official Android app has been given a complete makeover in today's big update. In addition to an all new user interface and tablet optimization, they have beefed up the...
Importing contacts
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 16, 2013
LolUmad asks in the Android Central Forums: Hello. I just sold my Nokia 920 and got a Nexus 4. I have two questions for the aware: All of my contacts had to be imported in from my m...
offline speech
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 15, 2013
The recent Google Search update brought more than just a Google Now widget. As discovered by the development team of utter!, a slick voice command application, the update allows the use of the offli...
HTC One
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 15, 2013
Our pals at EvLeaks are at it again, and this time they have dropped a picture of the HTC One in black. Notice that this time we see New York as the city, with the ominous date of Feb 19. Oddly enou...
DNA update
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 14, 2013
We just got word that the Droid DNA update we talked about a few days ago is now rolling out over the air, ready to sneak into your phone and fix some bugs. The 104MB update brings the DNA to softwa...
Android Central
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 14, 2013
The Android 4.1.2 update is now pushing out for the Bell branded Samsung Galaxy S II (GT-I9100M). Users can either update via Kies, or wait for the OTA which is rolling out in phases to handsets as ...
Security
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 13, 2013
Recently we've seen AVG, an Android "security" app marking other applications as malware when they aren't. That's called a false positive, and it's a fairly common occ...
4.2.2
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 13, 2013
The Android 4.2.2 update for the Nexus 4 is rolling out to users, bringing all the bug smashing goodness you can handle to the latest Nexus phone. It's build JDQ39, just like we saw for the othe...
4.2.2
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 13, 2013
The Android 4.2.2 update has now started to roll out to the various "yakju" Galaxy Nexus phones. If you're not familiar with the term, yakju is a tag placed on the versions of the...
Android 4.2.2
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 12, 2013
Android 4.2.2 isn't quite official yet, but it's slow roll out has been bolstered by manual download links and folks are finding a few new things in the latest firmware. Most of it is behind...
Google Now widget
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 11, 2013
There's not a lot to look at, but the minimalism is part of what makes is great. We're talking about Google Now, and the fact that reference to a widget has appeared on a Google support page...
Optimus L series II
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 11, 2013
We've heard about a refresh of the LG Optimus L-style phones coming, and LG just made things official. There aren't many surprises here, as all three of the phones look to be mid-range dev...
Valentine's Day
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 11, 2013
If you're a hopeless romantic or a film buff, Google Play has a big Valentine's Day sale going on. Rentals start at just $1.99, and the list is chock full of favorites both old and new. Whil...
Use satisfaction
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 11, 2013
In a recent device satisfaction survey, OnDevice Research asked 320,000 smart phone users in the US, UK, France, Germany, Japan and Indonesia how satisfied they were with their current dev...
Nexus 4
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 10, 2013
Google just aired their latest Android-specific commercial during the Grammys (as well as posted it online), and it's all about the Nexus 4 and Google Now. We've long said that Google Now is...