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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 02, 2010
For you WordPress blogging hounds out there, an official open-source Android app has just hit the Market. You'll need to be running WordPress 2.7 or higher on the back end. From there, you j...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 02, 2010
For Android 1.6+ If your battery isn't lasting as long as you think it should (does it really ever?), there could be a rogue process or application sucking down more juice than it should. And keeping...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 01, 2010
You gotta love how how one of the greatest challenges in Windows Mobile these days is to get Android running on WinMo devices. And the latest subject: The Sony Ericsson Xperia X1. It's nowhere n...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 01, 2010
Coming soon (and it took this long?): The official Android Mini Collectibles Series 01. Brought to you by artist Andrew Bell and Google, Series 1 will feature a dozen designs of everybody's favorite ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 01, 2010
Remember, for a minute, what your mother used to tell you about talking to strangers. Now replace that with cell phone carrier customer solutions representatives and automated chat robots. Not that th...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 01, 2010
Pop quiz: What phone has a vertically sliding keyboard, 600 MHz processor, 3G, aGPS, 192MB of RAM, a 2MP camera and the best darn operating system around? Nope, not the Palm Pre. Meet the A...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 01, 2010
For those of you into the cooked ROM thing (check out our FAQ if you're new to that), HTC has just released its source code for the Verizon Droid Eris. What's that mean for you? It's a clean set of c...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 01, 2010
Sure, being able dictate e-mails, text messages -- anything you want, really -- to your Nexus One is pretty darn cool. But it comes at a price: There's no comma directly on the on-screen keyboar...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 01, 2010
Well lookie what just slipped into our inbox. It's the retail box for the Motorola Devour (aka the Calgary), which we're going to see on Verizon any time now. Looks like the leaked shot we saw a ways ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 31, 2010
If for some reason you still think Apple and Google are all buddy-buddy when it comes to accepting your dollars, well, CEO Steve Jobs just put an end to that when addressing his employees at a to...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 31, 2010
It's long been believed that Google's Nexus One was named after a class of robots in Phil K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (enough so that Dick's family has accused Google of tradem...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 31, 2010
If you're just dying to get your hands on the Motorola Backflip (speaking of hands-ons, check out ours with the phone), tickets to China are running about $800 right now. 'Cause that's where you're go...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 30, 2010
If Jimi Hendrix were alive today, this would be the phone he'd be carrying. The T-Mobile myTouch 3G Fender Limited Edition is a refresh of the myTouch 3G that features a guitar-like finish, a se...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 29, 2010
Those of you (erm, us) who sprung some cash early to be able to use the unlocked Nexus One on AT&T -- and to do so only on EDGE -- might soon regret that purchase. Engadget has spied another phon...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 29, 2010
For those of you chomping at the bit to get your hands on the T-Mobile myTouch Slide (aka the Espresso), here's something to at least whet your appetite. While the picture you see is pretty obvious p...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 29, 2010
OK, we'll come right out and say it: Doing an unboxing video and review of a desktop dock is a bit much, even for us. But given that this is the first official accessory for Google's Nexus One (see o...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 29, 2010
Update: Google now says everything's back to normal. "The problem experienced by some users with T-Mobile data connections has been resolved. If you are still having trouble establishing a ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 28, 2010
Speaking of the Motorola Cliq, a few of you started noting in the comments today that your phones saw updates, too. Turns out, according to Phone Scoop, that Version 1.3.8 -- which remains Android 1....
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 28, 2010
Sure, there are precisely 3,497 ways (we counted) to get music on your Motorola Cliq. It's just that FM radio isn't one of them. Until now. Sort of. Alls you have to do is load up an LG ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 28, 2010
Seriously, AT&T, it's time to give it a rest. You're getting as bad as Apple with these "facts." Woman looks at a Motorola Droid and says, "What is this?" Why, it's ...
