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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 08, 2010
So by uploading your little "Google is Evil" manifesto to YouTube which is ... wait for it ... owned by Google, you're saying what? Cute picture, though. Video after the break. [via Walt Mo...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 08, 2010
Seriously, we're not going to try to explain to you the ins and outs of this one. But know this: The Android NDK (that's native development kit) has been updated and with it comes new Open G...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 08, 2010
As Android reviewers and the hacking faithful are finding out this week, the Motorola Backflip on AT&T has been locked down a bit. Namely, you can't load apps from outside of the Android market. I...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 08, 2010
Meet the new Skype, same as the old Skype. Except that this Skype is exclusive on Verizon (and is no longer welcome on Windows Mobile, apparently). But no bother. We've got the Android-powered Motoro...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 08, 2010
We've had discussion of the ESE53 build of the Android 2.1 update for the Motorola Droid (yeah, say all that 10 times fast) for a number of days, but now there's video to go along with all that talk....
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 07, 2010
Just like it was promised, the Motorola Backflip is now available on AT&T for $99, making it the carrier's first and only Android device. You'll want to check out our hands-on with the phone back ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 07, 2010
Twitter clients are nearly as ubiquitous as Android phones these days. There's Seesmic, Twidroid, Tweetcaster, HTC's Peep, HootSuite, Touiteur, Twicca and Swift, to name but a scant few. And then ther...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 06, 2010
So CNET UK had a Nexus One whose screen mysteriously cracked and turned purple while merely charging on a desk. At Google's urging, they handed it over to HTC for further study. The results: &q...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 06, 2010
The HTC Legend -- you'll remember it from our hands-on at Mobile World Congress last month -- at this point remains a European-only phone, and as such it's starting to get into European journalis...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 05, 2010
The Swype keyboard has been incredibly popular, despite not being openly (or legally, for that matter) available for download for Android. But Swype just opened up a beta program for our beloved platf...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 05, 2010
Update: OK, OK. I get it. I've been learned a thing or three over this one. So have at me in the comments, call me a bad person, throw things at my dog, whatever. I only hope one day w...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 05, 2010
Been holding your breath waiting for the "I am T-Pain" auto-tune app to come to Android? Ain't gonna hAAAaaa-pen. At least right now. In an interview with All Things D's Peter Kafka, Smule ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 05, 2010
Our pals at JK on the Run put up an excellent piece today breaking down Google's supposed (or blatant, depending on who you ask) favoritism regarding the latest OS versions, features, etc. Basic...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 05, 2010
If you have a hankering for the HTC Desire and HTC Legend and happen not to live in the United States (or don't mind paying out the yin-yang), AmazonUK's got you covered. The newest Android...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 05, 2010
Yeah, we went there. And, yeah, kinda not funny, we suppose. Great web comic, though. [Joy of Tech]...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 04, 2010
The folks at Degasis.net have offered up 10 free cases to 10 lucky AndroidCentral readers. And let's just get down to it: Leave a comment below and tell us an instance when you wish you'd had a c...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 04, 2010
No movement on Day 3 of the Apple-HTC patent saga (or quagmire, actually). Hey, we said this thing's gonna take years. But it did bring another round of analysis. Today's featured piece comes from Th...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 04, 2010
The Motorola Devour (running Android 1.6 with Motoblur on Verizon) made its here this morning, and we've had a couple minutes to give it the what-for. Despite playing second fiddle to the Motorola Dr...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 04, 2010
For those of you still rotting away stuck on Android 1.5 or 1.6, we thought we'd do a little hands-on with the new Google Gesture search, which is only available on Android 2.0 and up. Because we're s...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 04, 2010
Yes, yes, Microsoft has released its Microsoft Tag app -- which has been around for a while on Windows Mobile -- for Android. A little background: Microsoft Tag codes are a lot like those black-...
