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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 15, 2010
The Motorola Cliq XT (Android 1.5 and MotoBLUR) won't be released for another month, but we've already gotten our hands on it at Mobile World Congress. Here we go. It's the first incarnation of MotoB...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 15, 2010
Motorola this morning at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona updated its Android line with the Quench with MotoBLUR. When it hits the United States next month on T-Mobile, it will be calle...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 14, 2010
OK, everybody. Here it is. The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini pro, the tiniest darn Android phone you've ever seen, let alone one with a horizontal keyboard. For being as small as it is, the keyboard ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 14, 2010
You read that right, folks. If our live coverage of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini and mini pro didn't tip you off, we're on the ground in Barcelona, Spain, at Mobile World Congress. And to offici...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 14, 2010
The second smallest big surprise at Sony Ericsson's press conference tonight at the Opium Mar bar on the eve of Mobile World Congress has the same size as the Xperia X10 mini -- and it brings along a...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 13, 2010
OK, folks. Motorola's been quiet for a few days as all of us Droid owners have quietly (or not) wondered if and when the Android 2.1 update would finally roll out. While the official word for those o...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 13, 2010
One of the biggest Android marketing pushes we've seen this side of the Motorola Droid has been from T-Mobile and the myTouch 3G line. And it's a testament to the popularity of the device that we now...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 12, 2010
Anybody in the mood for 10.1 inches of Android? 'Cause that's what HP just announced in the Compaq AirLife 100.And it's not lacking for specs. It sports the aforementioned 10.1-inch screen, Qualcomm Q...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 12, 2010
OK, folks. Here's where we stand. We still haven't heard anything official from Motorola regarding the Android 2.1 update for the Droid, and considering the PR whoopsie that's been experienc...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 12, 2010
Hey, we love to see our readers' first forum posts. We just wish this busted Droid Eris didn't have to be this guy's first. [Android Central forums]...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 11, 2010
File this under "unofficial" for now, but we're getting word on dates for Sprint to update the Samsung Moment, which at current is still running Android 1.5. And even better is that the upd...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 11, 2010
The Legend still hasn't been officially announced by HTC, but that hasn't stopped it from appearing on Dutch retailer KPN's Web site. And the picture, while small, definitely appears to be of the offi...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 11, 2010
In a bit of an Android browser shake-up, Skyfire -- best known for its Windows Mobile browser -- has purchased kolbysoft, which produces the popular Webkit-based Steel browser. For the time being, St...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 10, 2010
For those of you who were wondering (that was one or two of you, right?) here's the situation regarding the details of the Android 2.1 update for the Motorola Droid: First Moto said on its Facebook p...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 10, 2010
It was just a day ago that we started hearing whispers of the Motorola Devour launching on Feb. 25. And now there's some documentation to back that up. The Boy Genius Report scored these slides that ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 10, 2010
Sure, everybody and their mother is getting pinch-to-zoom these days. But here's one you probably haven't seen yet: It's Android 2.1 and HTC's Sense interface on a Hero, and you can pinch-to-zoom wit...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 10, 2010
The rumors are true, folks. The new version of T-Mobile's myTouch 3G sports the Swype keyboard, and that's just the start of the lovefest. Swype announced today that it'll be on "a number of fut...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 10, 2010
We kind of knew this day would come. Google has just announced that it's building and testing a 1-gigabit-per-second network in "a small number of locations across the United States." They'...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 10, 2010
Update: Interesting. Motorola took the page down. But the bullet points likely still stand. Stay tuned, folks.OK, let's put an end to the speculation and confusion as to what Motorola Droid owners can...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 10, 2010
We've known for a while that Opera was planning on bringing a version of its Opera Mobile browser to Android. And now we're going to get a look at it. Opera announced in a news release that it will un...
