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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 02, 2010
So you've got this snazzy new phone, with some snazzy "Super AMOLED" or "SLCD" or "AMOLED" or "LCD" screen -- or whatever the tech buzzword of the wee...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 29, 2010
Adding a signature to your e-mail -- especially when you're working from a smartphone -- can be either a badge of honor, or an excuse. (The joke goes that you can get away with typo after typo so long...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 24, 2010
Get it straight, folks: A Droid is the little mechanical creature from Star Wars, and the phone from Motorola. Android is the operating system. And Lloyd is the lovable-yet-mysterious fellow you'll s...
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by Jared DiPane
Nov 22, 2010
About a year ago the Motorola Droid was released, and many of us have held strong with it since then, but with all these new devices being released there is tons of temptations. As many of you know th...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 13, 2010
If your Android smartphone has a physical keyboard, it also has keyboard shortcuts. And these shortcuts are customizable. The picture on the left is what you see what you press the menu button once, ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 12, 2010
So you have your new shiny Galaxy Tab, and you want to root it. I like the way you think. The good news is that the days of SDK's, cryptic shell commands, and crazy Windows USB drivers are...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 12, 2010
Now that we're all getting our Samsung Galaxy Tabs, we're going to want to take a screen shot or two, right? And Sammy's made it easy for us. No rooting, no muss, no fuss.To take a screen shot on your...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 04, 2010
As North America prepares to "fall back" from Daylight Saving Time (and that's the correct name for it, by the way) at 2 a.m. local time Sunday morning, we need to make sure everything is re...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 03, 2010
Motorola has sent out the test version of the 2.1 update for the Backflip to a limited group of people. If you're not one of them, no worries -- the download is out there for the taking -- or a...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 03, 2010
Probably the top three questions on your mind when it comes to your Android phone are the following: What is "rooting?" Why would I want to root my phone? And now that ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 02, 2010
If your phone uses a SIM card, you can set a lock on the card so it can't be used by anyone who doesn't know the lock code. This isn't anything new, and it stays tied to your SIM card -- no...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 01, 2010
Android 2.2 took away the ability to silence your phone using the volume button. Used to be you'd just hit volume down until you hit silent mode, and that was it. So how do you do it now? A few optio...
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by Menno
Oct 27, 2010
Is your phone not holding calls where it previously had a strong signal? If you have a CDMA device like those found on Sprint and Verizon, you may need to update your Preferred Roaming Lis...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 26, 2010
The bad news: Google is shutting down its Nexus One help forums, moving things to a read-only status starting Nov. 1. [via Android Guys] The good news: Our Nexus One forums aren't going anyw...
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by Jesse Potter
Oct 21, 2010
I think we can admit that we're all just a bit jealous of Palm's Touchstone charging station. The act of simply plugging your phone into its charger doesn't pose any real challenge, and it's nothing n...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 19, 2010
Having issues with applications from the Market not downloading, or stalling during installation? There's a fix that might help, and we've detailed it in the forums. It's not complicated, ...
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by Kyle Gibb
Oct 18, 2010
Not everyone uses signatures for their daily email, but many people find it invaluable. You can use anything from a simple name or favorite saying all the way up to including contact info and work pos...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 15, 2010
You can go your whole life without actually plugging your phone into a computer. But if you plug in the Motorola Droid X or Droid 2, you'll be greeted with an annoying pop-up web page for Veriz...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 12, 2010
A question we're asked over and over is "When I get the Froyo/Gingerbread update, will it erase my phone?" The short answer is that it shouldn't. When you get an over-the-air (read: official...
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by Kyle Gibb
Oct 11, 2010
Lets face it: syncing your music and videos in Android is nowhere near as simple as with certain "i"-named devices. However, many of you (myself included) may use iTunes to manage and ...
