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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 02, 2010
Hey everybody! This week we're gonna go back to basics and show our support to those who switched over to Android by picking up the HTC Droid Incredible on Verizon. Now I know a lot of thi...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 24, 2010
One of the biggest misconceptions users migrating to the Android platform have is that theywill be sacrificing security compared to their previous flavor of smartphone OS. This couldn't be farth...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 17, 2010
Hey everybody. Jerry back this week with with some tips for Google Voice. If you're not using Google Voice, you've surely heard people talking it up, with good reason. Google Voice runs gr...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 04, 2010
Hello again everybody! This week we're leaving all the techie stuff behind and we're going to have some fun. Android phones are great portable media playesrs -- we just have to get used to...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 02, 2010
Hey everyone. Here's a quick tip that often gets overlooked amidst the madness. Since everyone loves to show off their Android homescreen setup, Let's talk about how to do it if you're not roote...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 30, 2010
Cellular technology can be broken down into two basic categories – GSM and CDMA. Both work well and provide the same function, but are different enough that they aren’t interchangea...
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by Jared DiPane
Mar 19, 2010
Social networking has become a rather large thing in many of our lives (maybe even more so than we want to admit). Whether you like to update your Facebook status on the go, comment on a friends new p...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 13, 2010
Ed. note: Sorry for the problem, everybody. The column's now here in its entirety.Hey everybody. This week lets talk about the thorn in Android's side – efficient task management. Before we ge...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 06, 2010
Hey everybody! Jerry here again for our weekly get-together. I hope everyone survived another crazy week of things like data outages and Eris leaks. And Droid users, don't fret – your time i...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 01, 2010
Maybe you saw our hands-on with Sense on the Nexus One and wanted to do it yourself. Or maybe you're finally ready to take the leap and give CyanogenMod a try. Either way, our forums guru Jeremy ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 27, 2010
Hey there, everybody! This week we’re going to talk about something everyone seems to forget - system maintenance and clean-up. Like any computer, our Android devices can get ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 21, 2010
One of the biggest complaints from those migrating over from a Blackberry to an Android device has got to be e-mail. We get used to doing things a certain way, and feel lost when things change.&...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 19, 2010
We continue to wait for the Android 2.1 update to come to the Samsung Moment, but there is still a maintenance fix rolling out. If you gone to a Sprint Store to do it, you can now install it yourself...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 06, 2010
Hey, all. Introducing a new feature to our AndroidCentral readers. It's a little space where we can discuss and feature the weeks best in the Android modding and hacking community, in terms that eve...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 05, 2010
For as easy as Android can make your life, the simple task of getting photos, video and music from your computer to your phone isn't quite as straightforward as it should be. We're going to put an en...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 02, 2010
If you're the type who just can't wait for an update to be pushed out (erm, like some of us around here), you're in luck. You can manually apply today's update to your Nexus One, enabling multitouch a...
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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
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
Jan 26, 2010
Two words phrases we throw around a lot: Soft reset and hard reset. The former is what it's called when you turn your phone off and on, or pull the battery. The latter is a bit more drastic. But ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 13, 2010
We're still waiting on a fix for the problem the Nexus One is having staying connected to 3G (and we don't really care who fixes it -- Google, HTC, T-Mobile or whomever). In the meantime, there's a wo...