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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 24, 2010
Sure, you might have used the Swype keyboard for Android or Windows Mobile smartphones. But have you really used Swype? We sat down with Mike and Aaron for a few minutes and had them put the popular ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 24, 2010
We took you on a quick tour of the Samsung Galaxy S hardware -- now let's spend a few more minutes and look at the software. When Samsung talks about "Smart Life," they mean it, bringi...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 24, 2010
OK, OK. We got it. You guys still have plenty of (very good!) questions regarding the Sprint Evo 4G. So let's make things easier on everybody and get them all in one place. What else do you...
Android Central Podcast
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 24, 2010
AndroidCentral: Hands-on with the Motorola i1 iDEN Android phone on Sprint AndroidCentral: Finger-on with the 32GB Sandisk microSD card AndroidCentral: Hands-on (mostly) with the new AT&T Android...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 24, 2010
We must say, there's something kind of cool -- and, yes, very nerdy -- about holding this much memory on your fingertip. But there it is, the recently announced 32GB microSD card from Sandisk. In...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 24, 2010
The good news is that those of you who have to have Nextel's push-to-talk service and have been dying for an Android phone can now have it in the Motorola i1. Otherwise, there's not a whole lot to ge...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 24, 2010
It was a long and hard first day at CTIA, with the announcement of a couple of stellar Android phone, and the return of Dell to the U.S. smartphone area. That brings us to the Dell Aero, which was an...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 23, 2010
We've seen and heard everybody debating whether the rumored HTC Supersonic -- now officially the Sprint Evo 4G -- would render moot the announcement that the Google Nexus One is coming to the carrier...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 23, 2010
Here's a quick demo of an Android application from BlueAnt that pairs up with their Q1 Bluetooth headset. They expect to support it with other headsets in the future....
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 23, 2010
Here it is, folks, the Samsung Galaxy S. And let us just say this about that: The Galaxy S is smooth. First, it's just 9.9mm thick. And it weighs nothing. And the 4-inch Super AMOED screen ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 23, 2010
Samsung Mobile president J.K. Shin at this morning's keynote just announced the Samsung Galaxy S, a monster 4-inch Super AMOLED Android phone. The phone has three main pillars in its inception: ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 23, 2010
File this under "Ain't gonna happen." The rampant rumor that Palm's going to ditch webOS for Android just isn't true. Are things kinda dim right now for the boys and girls from Sunnyvale? Ma...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 23, 2010
We're settled in for the first keynote of CTIA. Here's who's on tap this morning: AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets President & CEO Ralph de la Vega; Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd’...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 23, 2010
Got a look at a pretty cool (and brand new) backing skin for the Droid last night at the Showstoppers event, part of CTIA here in Las Vegas. It attaches directly to the battery cover and base...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 23, 2010
Sprint this morning announced a slew of new cities on its schedule for 4G expansion as it expects to cover 120 million people with WiMax by the end of the year. The new cities are: Cincinnati ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 22, 2010
Sure, you think your network's good. But just how good is it? Root Wireless is looking to answer that and crowdsource the nation's cellular network, at that. Today it released a free beta application ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 22, 2010
On the eve of CTIA (translated: While we're all on planes headed to Las Vegas), Motorola announced the Motorola i1 (aka the Opus One), bringing you the very first push-to-talk Android-powered smartpho...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 22, 2010
Laptop Mag's Smartphone March Madness continues, and the Nexus One's taking on the Palm Pre. Seriously, folks, get over there and make this a no-contest, m'kay? [Laptop Mags]...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 22, 2010
We're headed back to Las Vegas this morning for the CTIA Wireless convention, the third of the year's major smartphone trade shows. (See also CES and Mobile World Congress.)What do we expect? Som...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 20, 2010
Five columns of apps, all nice and organized. That's one more column than on the stock Nexus One ROM. Necessary? Heck, no. But that's what makes it cool. [XDA Developers]...