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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 18, 2010
Fring (Market link), the popular all-encompassing VOIP/chat/Skype/all-things-communications app, just updated its Android application, bringing a new look and new features.High up on everybody's wish ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 18, 2010
Realtors, take note: Zillow, the popular Web site that allows estimates your home value -- and more important, your neighbors' home values -- has just announced its first Android application. With it...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 17, 2010
Android 1.6+ Google Maps went and updated itself to Version 4.1 tonight, bringing with it an updated search page, support for multiple accounts, a Latitude widget and -- this is very cool -- the abil...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 17, 2010
Our pals at LatopMag (hi, pals!) are getting way into March Madness this year, and they've got a 16-team smartphone tournament (not to be confused with the Smartphone Round Robin) to go with it....
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 17, 2010
We're back to bring you another round of our favorite Android applications. Find out what we like this week after the break.
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 17, 2010
Russian is a hard language to learn. I know -- I took years of it and can still order the vodka but keep forgetting how to ask for the loo. Anyhoo, above is the Russian version of the Motorola M...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 17, 2010
Meet the new Nexus One, same as the old Nexus One. Only this one has AT&T's -- yeah, yeah, and some Canadian carriers', too -- 3G bands built in. Otherwise, it's exactly the same hardwa...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 17, 2010
We're getting a few more details about the Android 2.1 update that's dropping tomorrow for the Motorola Droid. Here's the deal:The first batch of 1,000 updates will be pushed out at 9 a.m. PDT.Assumin...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 17, 2010
The rumors were true, folks. Sprint just announced that it's getting the Google Nexus One, hot on the heels of AT&T and some Canadian carriers getting their own unlocked and unsubsidized version. ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 17, 2010
The Wall Street Journal says Sprint will let loose the oft-leaked HTC Supersonic next week at CTIA, and that it will be the carrier's first WiMAX-enabled Android device. The device is expect...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 16, 2010
Update 3/17: And we got even better details on the roll-out. Head here.And just like that, we now have the date for the official Motorola Droid's Android 2.1 update. It was just approved today a...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 16, 2010
The above just popped onto Verizon's Web site and, well, you can plainly see it's pointing to the impending Android 2.1 update. We'll let you read through the thing yourself, but there's live wallpape...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 16, 2010
Android 1.6+ ZumoDrive, a cloud media storage/streaming/sync solution, is now available for Android. Here's the skinny: Install an app on your computer, and media (music, photos and the like) be...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 16, 2010
Here's another one of those charts that shows (and when we say "shows," we mean estimates) just how few units of the Nexus One Google has sold in comparison to the Motorola Droid and Apple'...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 16, 2010
It was a bit of a disappointment when we learned that despite being an unlocked GSM device, the Nexus One would only get 3G on T-Mobile in the United States. That has ended, as Google is now sel...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 16, 2010
Good news for those of you in Canada looking to spend your hard-earned pesos on the latest Sexy Bodies No. 38 Android app -- for-pay apps are finally available in the Android Market. Now you, too, ca...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 15, 2010
You read that right, folks. At long last, the HTC Droid Eris on Verizon has been rooted. You're going to have to have the stock Android 1.5 phone to get this done, so if you've already installed...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 15, 2010
Ah, the Motorola Backflip. An odd little phone with a keyboard that flips up under the screen, and a trackpad on the back. Strange, to say the least. But, oddly enough, it works. At least until ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 15, 2010
HTC has made available the user guide for the Legend, which now appears to be exclusive on Vodafone for the time being. And for your guys and gals in the U.S., this user guide may be as close as you g...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 14, 2010
It's that time of week again: We want to know what your favorite music player is for Android. Is it the stock app? Something else? Or do you prefer the streaming power of Rhapsody, Slacker or Pandora...
