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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 05, 2012
What is Dalvik? We hear that word getting thrown around a lot on the Internet when talking about Android and its inner workings. While there's no easy explanation we can give in just...
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by Alex Dobie
Jan 04, 2012
The official BBC iPlayer app for Android is great, assuming your phone or tablet is on the list of approved devices. If it's not, you won't even be able to see the app in the Android Market,...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 04, 2012
What is CES? In just a few short days we'll be back yet again in Las Vegas for the 2012 International CES. That's Consumer Electronics Show, if you don't know, and it's the larg...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 03, 2012
Android Central reader @mjroberts22 this morning alerted us to an evil developer in the Android Market. A number of apps from Quarter MiLL look legit. We've featured Super Why Adventures -- a ch...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 02, 2012
Welcome to our our latest feature here at Android Central. This one's geared more for you folks who are just getting started with Android, but it's a great refresher for you veterans as well...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 21, 2011
Google TV might not have taken off like some folks expected it to, but those of us who use it (especially with the Honeycomb/Google TV 2.0 update) know that it can be a great way to get the web into...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 18, 2011
I know most of you guys and gals aren't used to sitting down and reading stack traces or debugging logs (you're better off, trust me), but sometimes during Android hacking and debugging read...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 17, 2011
So Android 4.0.2's starting to roll out to the GSM version of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. But maybe you don't want to wait? (We sure don't.) Here's how to easily flash the update to yo...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 12, 2011
Make no mistake -- Android is multimedia-centric, and it does a darn fine job of it. Whether you want to copy media to your device's storage, or want to stream from the cloud, Android, esp...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 08, 2011
'Tis the season for getting cool electronic gifts, and there's a good chance that some of us will be getting another Android device for a holiday present. While for many it will be a n...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 01, 2011
Around here we don't judge people for their choice of smartphone OS. We might point and snicker, but it's all in fun. Having said that, there are more than a few people making th...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 26, 2011
The first step you need to take if you're going to use a custom ROM on a Nexus device is to unlock the bootloader. All bootloaders -- even on a Nexus phone -- come locked. The big difference is ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 25, 2011
MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) first showed up as default on Android devices with Honeycomb. It's a bit of a change from the normal USB Mass Storage (UMS) file transfer that we're used ...
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by Jared DiPane
Nov 16, 2011
Browsing the web is sure tons of fun, but sometimes you just want to click an icon and have a specific page load, right? Luckily this is easily accomplished, and you can add any sites bookmark to yo...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 15, 2011
This one's a tad off the beaten Android path but is something you should know about. You might well have heard that Google, in an effort to speed up a number of things involving location, has bu...
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by Jared DiPane
Nov 04, 2011
Here's another one for you Gmail lovers. If you like to keep your inbox organized -- which we know you do -- instead of a cluttered mess, odds are you probably have a few rules, and a bunch of l...
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by Jared DiPane
Nov 02, 2011
Ever lay in bed trying to send a text message only to have your screen fight your for which orientation it wants to be in? Yeah, well it gets old quick trying to do something in portrait mode while ...
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by Jared DiPane
Nov 01, 2011
Here's one for all you gmail users. You have the option to be notified of only the first e-mail in a thread, or with each sequential message of the thread, depending on how often you like to be ...
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by Jared DiPane
Nov 01, 2011
Google+ is a great way to interact real time with a large crowd of people, gathering many different opinions and thoughts all in one single thread of comments. Being able to read, respond and intera...
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by Jared DiPane
Oct 28, 2011
Google+ is great for so many things, but one thing that can become annoying is if anyone who circles you has the option to send you a message. That is, unless you change your preferences. So, let...
