Article
by Phil Nickinson
Dec 13, 2012
The Elf on the Shelf is everywhere. That's kind of the point, right? It bounces around various spots in your home until Christmas, keeping an watch on who's naughty and who's nice, repor...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Dec 13, 2012
There's nothing quite like the rollout of a major update on Sprint, folks. Never experience one before? Picture Times Square on New Year's Eve. Add a dash of a major chess tournament, a gian...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Dec 13, 2012
In case you missed it overnight, Google Maps is back on iOS. (No iPad version yet.) And it's pretty damn good, as you'd expect from a Google app.
And now that we look at it, Google's go...
Review
by Phil Nickinson
Dec 12, 2012
It's a basic MP3 player that happens to be able to sync music from a Samsung phone that's sold millions - got a problem with that?
What the hell are we doing basically reviewing an iP...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Dec 12, 2012
When a hot mommy gives her travelin' hubby a naughty video to watch on his flight, it's hot. (Ed. note: This is confirmed.) When Mrs. Claus does it, it's kind...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Dec 11, 2012
We've said it a number of times the past few months -- never before have we seen a time when there are so many good Android smartphones on so many U.S. carriers. We've practically been tripp...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Dec 10, 2012
T-Mobile today started to push a 31-megabyte update to the HTC One S. If you don't get it, though, it might not be a big deal. The new version, 2.35.531.10 is only for devices that are on 1.53.5...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Dec 10, 2012
The Android developer blog has just unwrapped a nice little present for developers -- Version 3 of in-app purchasing. This is mostly back-end stuff that us civilians might not notice, but that doesn...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Dec 10, 2012
Have you ever felt so helpless before in all your life?
Update: GMAIL IS BACK! GMAIL IS BACK. PRAISE LLOYD ALMIGHTY, GMAIL IS BACK.
Update 2: OMG IT MIGHT BE DOWN AGAIN. HOLD ME.
Update 3: Looks ...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Dec 10, 2012
AT&T's march toward a network full of 4G LTE data continues, with three four new cities announced (so far) this morning. They are:
Wilkes-Barre, Penn.
Nashua, N.H.
Grand ...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Dec 09, 2012
With the year winding down and my plate relatively clear of any review work (mad props to Alex and Anndrew and Andrew and Jerry and everyone else for helping make that happen), I've been spendin...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Dec 09, 2012
We've reached Week 2 of our monthlong Stuff Your Stocking contest here at Android Central. We've already given away eight $10 Google Play Gift Cards, and we've got 23 more to go! And don...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Dec 08, 2012
We're wrapping up our first week of our Stuff Your Stocking contest -- which is running all month long -- in which we're giving away a $10 Google Play Gift Card every day in December. Th...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Dec 07, 2012
We brought you the first look at developer Chris Lacy's "Action Launcher" a couple of months ago, and today we're happy to announce that it's now available in the Google Play S...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Dec 07, 2012
We've had more than a few people ask about the music playing in the background of the SwiftKey Flow promo video (including some of us here at Android Central). So, we asked SwiftKey.
The track&...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Dec 07, 2012
Thing 1: Google's been busy
Google Search update brings new features to Google Now, including post to Google+
Google Voice, Authenticator, and Translate also updated today
T...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Dec 06, 2012
Want to play a game where someone has to describe a word somehow, and you have to guess it? Not new, we know. But WordTag takes the the style of the old "Password" game with the new h...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Dec 06, 2012
This one's super basic, but we've had enough people ask, so here's how to install the SIM card on the Nexus 4.
With the phone's display facing you in your hand, look on the left-and...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Dec 06, 2012
It appears the Nexus 4's Yellow Box of Death (remember, we didn't make that up) seen by many who ordered in the Nov. 27 wave overnight has morphed into the Green Box of Jubilation, and devic...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Dec 06, 2012
It's been interesting to watch the continued evolution of Android keyboards. Google's didn't start getting decent until the last year or so, but it lacked the excellent prediction of Swi...
