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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 12, 2010
What's small, made by Dell, runs Cupcake (Android 1.5) and lives on a fuzzy pink rug? Why, the Dell Blaze, of course! (Pink rug not included). It's the newest Android device in the works b...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 12, 2010
So the Dell Thunder's made a surprise appearance this morning, moving beyond renders into the realm of the unannounced prototype. Same Android 2.1 and 8MP camera that we were led to expect, 4.1-...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 12, 2010
Just got some more pics in from the Star Wars convention going on in Orlando, and it looks like the date for the R2-D2 version of the Droid 2 is going to be Sept. 30. Good news indeed for you guys wa...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 12, 2010
Vlingo has responded to Google's release of Voice Actions in an amazing way -- by making its $9.99 Android application free. Yes, free, starting today. The folks at Vlingo are the first to...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 12, 2010
The Motorola Droid 2 camera is a 5-megapixel monster. OK, maybe not a monster. It's not the whopping 8MP we're seeing on other phones. But we're OK with that, as it shoots from the hip...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 12, 2010
We've already played around with an early leaked build of the Tweetdeck Twitter client for Android, but now the beta period is in full swing, and we can all get our Twitter/Facebook/Buzz/Foursquare th...
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by Sean Brunett
Aug 12, 2010
Google held a small event today to highlight some improved features in Android. One of these features was the Chrome-to-Phone extension/application. We brought you one of the first publi...
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by Android Central
Aug 12, 2010
Did you just buy a Motorola Droid 2? Are you new to Android? Welcome, and namaste. You've entered the fastest-growing smartphone platform there is, with the coolest phones, the best apps, a...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 12, 2010
Google has led the way with native voice search capabilities on Android, and it's take a giant leap ahead with the new Voice Actions, just announced at that event today in Mountain View, Calif. ...
Review
by Phil Nickinson
Aug 12, 2010
Who doesn't love a good trebuchet? Who doesn't love castles? And who doesn't love using a trebuchet to knock down a castle? That brings us to Namco's Crush the Castle, an Android game that will ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 12, 2010
We're knee deep in the Motorola Droid 2, and it's time for the initial video hands-on. In a nutshell, it's a softer, more gentle version of the original Droid, with the same screen, an improved keybo...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 12, 2010
Finally, The Dell Streak has been unleashed to those who had the foresight to register for pre-order. For those who didn't pre-order, well y'all have to wait until Friday August 13 -- tomorrow. ...
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by Andrew Melnizek
Aug 12, 2010
Check your inboxes if you're a Sprint Premier member. You should have received an email inviting you to reserve the Epic 4G before any of those non-special Sprint customers can. The Samsung Epic ...
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by Andrew Melnizek
Aug 12, 2010
If you're running Android 1.6 and above right now (which should be most of you), you can now download the latest update to Gesture Search from Google Labs. For those not familiar with the app, Google ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 12, 2010
The Motorola Droid 2 is officially available today. We've got ours and will be putting it through its paces, so check back early and often today.But we also want to hear from you. Head into the Androi...
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by Andrew Melnizek
Aug 12, 2010
We've seen quite a few of those iPhone thingy-ma-jigs in our favorite TV shows and movies on the silver screen for the past few years. Though recently, it seems like our little robot buddy has been qu...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 12, 2010
The wait is over -- the fellows behind Unrevoked have released their "forever" tool. While we're not going to get into specifics (you can read those, and you had better, at the source ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 12, 2010
Finally, we have a launch date for the Sprint Epic 4G. (See our hands-on here.) The keyboarded version of the Samsung Galaxy S will be available Aug. 31 for $249.99 after two-year contract and $100 re...
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by Kyle Gibb
Aug 11, 2010
Gaming on Android just got a lot more serious. Engadget is reporting that Sony Ericsson is hard at work on the oft-rumored PSP phone, only it will come with Android 3.0 ("Gingerbread")...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 11, 2010
Look at this R2-D2 Droid 2. (Say that 10 times fast.) We've been staring at it for all of 5 minutes now and have come to the following conclusions: If you know whether Han shot first, it's likel...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 11, 2010
Evernote has updated their excellent Android application to include a widget (pictured), the 'send to Evernote function' (also pictured), pinch zooming within a note, note caching, and a slew o...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 11, 2010
HTC and Sports Illustrated are looking for someone to be the official HTC correspondent to cover the 2011 swimsuit edition photo shoots. HTC and SI will provide a new HTC smartphone, and the con...
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by Andrew Melnizek
Aug 11, 2010
Sprint's YouTube channel just uploaded a comparison video of the only 4G phones on the cell phone market today: Samsung's Epic 4G and HTC's Evo 4G. Sprint employee Heather walks us through a few featu...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 11, 2010
If you were lucky enough to get a Droid X before they went on backorder, keep a close eye on your mailbox (not the Gmail one, silly). Users in the forums are reporting that they have been...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 11, 2010
The Motorola Droid 2 is less than 24 hours away, and Verizon's offering up an official hands-on video (re-uploaded by Engadget) to tease use these last few hours. Can't help but wonder if all the han...
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by Andrew Melnizek
Aug 11, 2010
If you've been looking to get the new Samsung Captivate from AT&T, be sure you check out Amazon's awesome deal first. Amazon is offering the 1GHz "Hummingbird" processor, 4-inch Sup...
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by Ross Lovelace
Aug 11, 2010
SwiftKey, one of our favorite keyboards, just added a much-wanted feature that many popular third-party keyboards lack: speech to text. The microphone gets a dedicated button in its familiar spot...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 11, 2010
We've got half of the Galaxy S line already in our fat little fingers -- that'd be the T-Mobile Vibrant and AT&T Captivate -- and today Samsung announced some official accessories to go with...
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by Kyle Gibb
Aug 11, 2010
The specs got leaked a while back, but now we finally have pictures of the Archos 32 tablet. The device seems to be packing dedicated directional buttons, which should help navigation on that 3....
Review
by Jared DiPane
Aug 11, 2010
One of the many applications that I have been waiting to come to Android would be a replacement for Words with Friends, which is available on the iPhone and iPad. Wordfeud FREE is a great new Android ...
