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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 02, 2010
Though there is a chance it'll look on longingly when other Sprint Evo 4Gs get the official Android 2.2 update, still slated for release this week. The good news is that what you read above is correc...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 02, 2010
Want to use your phone as a flash drive? Want to pull your photos and videos off, or maybe load it up with music? You can do all of that by plugging it in, and setting it in USB storage mode.This...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 02, 2010
Sprint's "coming soon" page for the Samsung Epic 4G (see our hands-on) has been live for nearly a week now (like us, you likely got an e-mail about it). But it's still worth checking o...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 02, 2010
But if we did, we'd probably use a picture of a Droid Incredible, cause you know they don't get the love they deserve. Video after the break. [via Android Central Forums]
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 01, 2010
Just as it was foretold, the HTC Desire is in the midst of its Android 2.2 update, with reports of the Froyo OTA blasting us from throughout Europe. Congrats, folks. And for those of you looking ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 01, 2010
Maybe Apple finally figured out how to hold a phone, or maybe it just realized it was bad PR move to begin with -- either way, all of those "tests" at apple.com/antenna showing other p...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 31, 2010
Motorola has updated its, erm, update chart, and we've got two changes. Unsurprisingly after yesterday's announcement, the original Droid has been changed to "Upgrade to Android 2.2 expected to ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 31, 2010
We're still not entirely sure what's planned for a couple of HTC codename-phones that have been floating around -- the Ace and Vision, but damned if they haven't appeared in an inventory system ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 30, 2010
At long last, the Sprint Evo 4G is getting Android 2.2 -- nicknamed Froyo. It's the second U.S. phone to get it -- behind the Google Nexus One -- and the update will be rolling out over the fi...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 30, 2010
Not to be outdone by its Sprint rivals, Motorola just blasted us with the e-mail all you old-school users have been waiting for: Froyo is coming to the original Droid. Next week. Nothing mor...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 30, 2010
Here's a follow up to yesterday's tip, in which we learned to hold down the search button to launch Google's voice search. But what, exactly, can you ask it? Here it is, from the horse's mouth:Ca...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 30, 2010
(Sorry for the trouble late in the podcast.) Top o' the news It's official -- Evo to get Froyo starting Tuesday, August 3Froyo for the Sprint Evo 4G as early as tomorrow?Another rogue app stealing dat...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 30, 2010
Feast your eyes on the photo above, in what purportedly is a prototype of an Android tablet device from Samsung. Posted on Twitpic, the only info given is that it's seven inches, and that looks about ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 29, 2010
Let's recap: Late Wednesday night (or early Thursday morning), we reported on a story published at Mobile Beat that came out of the Black Hat online security conference. At the conference, Kevi...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 29, 2010
Back at Google IO in May, our benevolent overlords detailed their intentions to make mobile advertising more immersive, akin to Apple's iAds. Today, we're starting to see some of the fruits of th...
Tip
by Phil Nickinson
Jul 29, 2010
One of the shining features of Android is its ability to understand what you want. Case in point: the voice-to-text feature. You speak, it listens. Here's a quick tip for an easy Google search.&n...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 29, 2010
Motorola this morning announced its second-quarter numbers, earning $162 million in Q2. That's up from $26 million in Q2 2009. Overall, however, mobile sales were down 6 percent, to $1.7 billion...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 28, 2010
Nexus One. Android. Rocket motors. You see where this is going, right? Self-described "Freelance scientific molecular evolutionary biological videographic NASA microgravitational & spac...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 28, 2010
If you fly more than, say, once a year, you absolutely should look into an Android travel app. And a new one to Android is FlightView. It's got the all the basics that you'd expect from a top flight-...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 28, 2010
Remember how a leaked Froyo ROM was promised for the Galaxy S? Well, it's out, it's working (mostly) and Italian site HDblog has been giving it the what-for on camera. A reminder that this ...
