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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 15, 2010
It's been a couple weeks since Mozilla unleashed their Fennec alpha builds upon us, and some welcome changes are making their way into the product. For anyone living under a rock, Fennec is Mozi...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 15, 2010
The new subscription streaming television service BitBop has arrived, with an Android app in tow. Users with the Sprint Evo 4G, Motorola Droid, Motorola Droid X, Motorola Droid 2, Nexus One, and...
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by Sean Brunett
Sep 15, 2010
A leaked roadmap for Sony's Xperia X10 line of phones has been found, showing some of the future updates for the devices. According to the document, there will be three major firmware releases up...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 15, 2010
The new HTC Desire HD is fast. So darn fast, it boots up in 10 seconds. Really, it does. (Check out Engadget's video showing it. Don't blink.) But that begs the question: How often do you reboo...
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...
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by Andrew Melnizek
Sep 15, 2010
Just a few days ago, we reported about id Software possibly developing on the Android platform. Also just a few days ago, it seemed like game developer, Epic Games, would not be developing...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 15, 2010
It's pretty cool that smartphones today come with high megapixel cameras, and the Evo 4G's 8 MP 720p camera is no exception. But the way it protrudes from the back of the device is a headache i...
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by Andrew Melnizek
Sep 15, 2010
Making a complicated and intricate electronic device like a smartphone or tablet, doesn't exactly happen over night, these things take time. Well, unless you're an Augen tablet -- but that's...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 15, 2010
Nashville can now enjoy more than the Grand Ole Opry and Music Row, Sprint has flipped the magic switch and fired up its 4G WiMax service for the greater metro area. According to Sprint, custome...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 15, 2010
HTC this morning at its London event announced the Desire Z (aka the Vision) -- a four-row QWERTY device (they're not calling it a slider, apparently). Think of it as the T-Mobile G2 for t...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 15, 2010
HTC this morning also announced the Desire HD -- basically the Evo 4G for the rest of the world (and minus the 4G part). This one's made of a solid piece of aluminum like the HTC Legend, packs ...
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by Kyle Gibb
Sep 15, 2010
In addition to the announcement of the HTC Desire HD and Desire Z and the London event today, HTC managed unveiled a new cloud-based service for HTC Sense phones that will feature some cool...
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by Jared DiPane
Sep 14, 2010
Many Android users are intrigued by a darker looking theme with a dark status bar, dark launcher, dark wallpapers, dark application backgrounds, or whatever else they can change. Over at WJD Desi...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 14, 2010
Even though there's nothing new in the specs department, seeing the T-Mobile G2 with it's own page of features and spec's at HTC's site should make more than a few of us all warm and fuzzy. It k...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 14, 2010
Adobe has announced that it is planning to address a security vulnerability in Flash Player 10.1.92.10 for Android, as well as the versions for Mac, Windows, and Unix; and Acrobat reader for Mac, Wind...
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by Kyle Gibb
Sep 14, 2010
Word comes from the world's largest democracy that a select few users are beginning to finally see paid applications in the Android Market (the above picture is from an Indian HTC Wildfire). Go...
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by Jared DiPane
Sep 14, 2010
You know that event in New York City that Samsung has scheduled for Thursday night? It's looking more and more like we'll see the Verizon version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab (check out our hands-on) th...
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by Sean Brunett
Sep 14, 2010
T-Mobile, which has been known to support UMA in some of its phones, which stands for Unlicensed Mobile Access, may be backing off, keeping the list of supported devices to a select few.&nbs...
Review
by Kyle Gibb
Sep 14, 2010
One thing I love about Android is the ability to quickly set up shortcuts to menus in your Settings or simply having a widget that you can toggle to change things. Quick Settings bests both of ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 14, 2010
For many of us, the best part of having an Android phone is the user customization it allows. It's odd then, that there is no easy method to change the theme on your phone like there is with oth...
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by Adam Sawyer
Sep 14, 2010
The folks over at SDX, our friendly neighborhood Samsung development group, have been busy ever since the Sprint Epic 4G was released a couple weeks ago. Rooting the phone proved to be an easy conque...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 14, 2010
LG this morning added a pair of Android 2.2 smartphones to its Optimus line, the Optimus One (P500) and Optimus Chic (E720).The Optimus One (seen above at right) is a 3.2-inch touchscreen device...
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by Dallin Hampton
Sep 13, 2010
Acer UK made an official statement about a new phone they have in the works called Liquid Metal. In the release they stated the phone is going to be released at the end of October with Froyo running t...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 13, 2010
We've already heard rumblings that the Samsung Galaxy Tab Android tablet (watch our hands-on) would be coming to AT&T (as well as Verizon and Sprint), and Engadget's gotten a leak...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 13, 2010
Motorola and T-Mobile teased that the new Motorola Defy would be featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show today, and sure enough, she gave one of the new mid-level smartphones to everyone in her audi...
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by Dallin Hampton
Sep 13, 2010
Have you ever found yourself wishing that you could have your Android device preform actions with little if any physical input? That's what developer GClue K.K. is hoping to accomplish with the Blocc...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 13, 2010
Cox Cable (a cable TV, Internet and phone provider for a good many of us) is poised to roll out an Android application that will work in conjunction with its DVR boxes and television service.&n...
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by afazel
Sep 13, 2010
All you Android-toting parents out there will be pleased to know that Zoodles Kid Mode is now available for Android. Zoodles is a program that puts your phone into a "kid mode" f...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 13, 2010
Motorola this morning announced the Defy, a 3.7-inch rugged Android phone coming to T-Mobile by the holiday seasons. The Defy is scratch- and water-resistant, as well as dust-proof, Motorola sa...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 13, 2010
If you recently received your Froyo OTA, you may want to check to see if you're affected by a nasty little bug in the Gmail application by which any secondary accounts don't sync automatically. ...
