Review
by Phil Nickinson
Sep 15, 2010
That's right, folks, it's Fruit Ninja on Android. No longer is it just for the iPhone. And better yet, with Open Feint, you can compete against your friends and join leaderboards as you slice a...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 11, 2010
Here's how to put Google search back on the Verizon Fascinate, and it takes just a third-party launcher and a single download. It's simple as can be and doesn't require root, and it adds one piece of...
Review
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 09, 2010
Many of us spend a big part of our days in front of a computer. Wouldn't it be nice if notifications from your Android phone used some sort of ancient magic and appeared in your computer monitor...
Article
by Dieter Bohn
Sep 07, 2010
Archos brought no fewer than five models of its new "internet tablets" to IFA 2010: Archos 28, Archos 32, Archos 43, Archos 70, and Archos 10.1. We're fond of pretty much all of them. They ...
Review
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 07, 2010
The Motorola i1 is neither big, nor bad, but it certainly fills a niche that many believe is dying off -- push-to-talk on the IDEN network. Applications and services from other carriers try to r...
Article
by Dieter Bohn
Sep 07, 2010
Huawei hasn't yet made a big splash in the U.S. (though that may be changing), and the Ideos S7 Tablet they're showing off at IFA 2010 doesn't quite look like it's going to change that. What's ...
Article
by Dieter Bohn
Sep 06, 2010
Viewsonic is jumping into the Android tablet game with the Viewpad 7 and the Viewpad 100. Both are fairly straightforward Android tablets with little to speak of in terms of customization. The ...
Review
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 04, 2010
That little bitty phone you see in that big meaty paw is the new Motorola Charm from T-Mobile. The form factor is a first for Android, and one many of us (myself included) have been looking forw...
Article
by Kyle Gibb
Sep 03, 2010
Wow, what a wait it has been. The Droid Incredible faithful (of which I am a member) have waited what seems like forever for Google's latest version of Android to hit their phones. But finally,...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Sep 03, 2010
No time to talk. Too busy playing. Go get the beta now in the Android Market. (QR code after the break.) And if you want to help out the developer, give the beta a spin, then fill out this surve...
Article
by Dieter Bohn
Sep 02, 2010
Samsung Galaxy Tab
Galaxy Tab Announced
Galaxy Tab vs iPad Spec Shootout
Galaxy Tab apps and games
Gingerbread, honeycomb and a full slate of Samsung tablets in 2011
Sam...
Review
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 31, 2010
Prism 3D is a great game that uses your Android phone's accelerometer to track a beach ball as it bounces down a set of 3D tiles, and your goal is to keep it from falling by the wayside. It's wa...
Review
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 30, 2010
Time to revisit an old friend, the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10. It's not often that you'll see us review the same phone twice, but this time we're making an exception. With the huge U.S. subs...
Review
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 24, 2010
Here at Android Central, we don't just report the Android news and review the new gear. We actually use Android phones, so we're always searching for apps and tools that make our own phone...
Review
by Phil Nickinson
Aug 23, 2010
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't intrigued by what Windows Phone 7 will be bringing to the proverbial smartphone table in a few short months. And so when we ran across the Zune Home launcher...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Aug 20, 2010
You know we couldn't help ourselves. When a leaked build of Android 2.2 for the Motorola Droid X was outed by My Droid World, we had to take it for a spin. You're not going to find too many UI c...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Aug 19, 2010
The Sprint Epic 4G is the third of the Samsung Galaxy S-class phones to be released in the United States. And it comes with a few additions over its already-released cousins, the AT&T Captiv...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Aug 17, 2010
For those of you dying to watch the full thing, here's Adobe's entire Google TV demonstration from the Adobe Flash Summit. We get to experience Flash on a number of websites, and for a dev unit, it's ...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Aug 16, 2010
I'll admit it. On occasion, I park my kid in front of the TV. And once I have Google TV, I'll likely do it even more. Because here's the thing: Google TV's Chrome browser renders full Flash web...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Aug 16, 2010
We got a healthy dose of Adobe AIR apps -- coming this Q4 to a smartphone near you -- this morning at the Adobe Flash Summit. So far as our non-developer eyes can tell, things look and fe...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Aug 12, 2010
Here you go, folks, a slew of benchmark tests with the Motorola Droid 2. We're doing this batch with a quorum of Android 2.2 devices -- the original Droid, the Droid 2, the Nexus One and the Evo 4G. ...
Review
by afazel
Aug 10, 2010
Here's a look at the free version of Home Run Battle 3D. This is the perfect game for me, because I can pick it up any time I want a quick release from boredom and then put it back down when i...
Review
by Phil Nickinson
Aug 09, 2010
I love smartphones. And I love water. And, obviously, those two things don't exactly go hand-in-hand. But enter the Aquapac water-resistant case, and I'm no longer afraid to take my phones to the bea...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 06, 2010
Not every new phone is a 1 GHz box of thunder, nor does it have to be. The Motorola i1 is built tough, even if the specs aren't very high: 3.1-inch LCD screen, 600 MHz ARM 11 processor, Android 1.5, W...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Aug 03, 2010
So you want to update your Motorola Droid to Android 2.2, do ya? Go ahead. We're all for it. For everybody else who's content to wait until the over-the-air update hits, we'll show you what you're mi...
Review
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 03, 2010
The Seidio Spring-Clip holster for the Evo 4G is a secure and protective way to carry your phone. Your Evo fits snugly, face in for maximum screen protection, but the top spring clip allows for ...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jul 30, 2010
At long last, the Sprint Evo 4G is getting Android 2.2 -- nicknamed Froyo. It's the second U.S. phone to get it -- behind the Google Nexus One -- and the update will be rolling out over the fi...
Review
by Phil Nickinson
Jul 27, 2010
T-Mobile's top-of-the-line Android smartphone T-Mobile scored the very first Android smartphone with the G1. And now with the introduction of the Samsung Vibrant, it has one of the fastest and ...
Review
by Phil Nickinson
Jul 27, 2010
AT&T gets serious with Samsung's Galaxy S
Finally (finally!), AT&T has a competitive Android smartphone with the launch of the Samsung Captivate. It's as simple as that. Moreover...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jul 21, 2010
We mentioned in passing the other day that the innards of the Droid X can be a little confusing, so let's do this up right. There's a little tab that sticks out from underneath the Droid X's battery t...
