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by Alex Dobie
Feb 26, 2013
With devices like the Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note, Samsung has been an integral part of the push towards bigger screens on smartphones. But traditionally these larger, higher-resolution devices have b...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 26, 2013
At CES in January Lenovo unveiled the K900, a high-end, big-screen smartphone aimed at the Chinese market. And at Mobile World Congress this week, the manufacturer gave us a closer look at this...
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by Sean Brunett
Feb 25, 2013
Developers will be thrilled to hear that Airpush and Apsalar have announced a partnership at MWC that will bring better in-app analytics to Android. Airpush is a mobile ad network and Apsalar is a l...
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by Sean Brunett
Feb 25, 2013
Virgin Mobile USA has announced a new addition to their lineup, the Samsung Galaxy Victory. The Victory is a 4-inch device that has a look not dissimilar to the Nexus One. It boasts a 1.2GHz...
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by Sean Brunett
Feb 25, 2013
AT&T announced this morning that it has flipped the switch and turned on LTE in more markets.
Any of you in the following locales will be fortunate to have AT&T LTE soon. The new markets ar...
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by Android Central
Feb 25, 2013
The 7-inch ASUS FonePad unveiled today at MWC 2013 combines the communication features of a smartphone with the entertainment opportunities of a tablet. Find out what specs the ASUS FonePad brings t...
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by Android Central
Feb 25, 2013
ASUS announced the 5-inch PadFone Infinity today at MWC 2013 that can become a 10.1-inch tablet when docked to its PadFone Infinity Station companion. This device packs some impressive hardware so g...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 25, 2013
At the LG MWC booth today the manufacturer didn't just launch the Optimus G Pro and L II series, there was also a new mid-range series of 4G LTE smartphones on display -- the Optimus F...
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by Richard Devine
Feb 24, 2013
HP has formally announced their entry into the Android tablet space with this, the HP Slate 7. The 7-inch Slate 7 isn't intended to be a high end, bleeding edge tablet, but it is only $169. So, ...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 24, 2013
We're on the ground at Pepcom's MobileFocus Global, where we've just had the chance to get some hands-on time with Sprint and Kycera's latest smartphone, the Torque. Announced in lat...
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by Andrew Martonik
Feb 23, 2013
It's a short month so this is going to end up being our last Apps of the Week column for February, but we think we've got a good set of app picks for you to make up for it. Even though we ha...
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by Andrew Martonik
Feb 22, 2013
Motorola has just put up a new page that helps users easily find the software update status of any phone or tablet it sells. The new page is extremely user friendly, and walks users through finding ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 22, 2013
Welcome to Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. This is the annual event in which we'll see some of the newest phones from the world's top manufacturers, as well as app developers. The...
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by Andrew Martonik
Feb 21, 2013
Motorola is hoping to entice a few more users over to its devices by offering a $50 Play Store credit with a device purchase. With a mail-in rebate, users will receive back a $50 Play Store credit c...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 21, 2013
You can now run Ubuntu Touch on a select few Android devices, but this is far from a finished product
We've been waiting for the first developer preview of Ubuntu Touch for a while now. Afte...
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by James Falconer
Feb 21, 2013
It's contest time again! With the seasons changing -- soon, we hope, as it's been a cold winter -- and spring fast approaching, we're teaming up with NVIDIA to award two Tegra-powered&nb...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 20, 2013
The Beautiful Widgets team continues to push out updates, and the latest version of the popular app adds a substantial amount of new stuff. Among the additions in the latest Beautiful Widgets 5.1 ar...
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by Andrew Martonik
Feb 20, 2013
GoSmart Mobile, a wholly owned and operated subsidiary of T-Mobile USA, is launching to nationwide availability starting today as previously rumored. The new prepaid carrier, which has operated in a...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 19, 2013
After much speculation, a lot of hype and just a few leaks, HTC has today officially announced the HTC One, its leading Android handset for 2013. A metallic beast fashioned from a single slab of cus...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 19, 2013
LG this morning sent out a teaser for its offering next week at Mobile World Congress. L Style and G style (get it? LG Style?) have been around for some time, but the Korean manufacturer is tossin...
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by Andrew Martonik
Feb 17, 2013
Update: LG expects to begin rolling out the new Optimus G Pro in overseas territories including the U.S. during the second quarter.
LG technically officially announced the Optimus G Pro for the K...
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by Andrew Martonik
Feb 17, 2013
The recent update to Google Now has just made one of the nicer Jelly Bean features -- offline voice recognition -- available for third party developers to use, and voice command app utter! is the fi...
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by Andrew Martonik
Feb 16, 2013
It's that time of the week again where we bring you our weekly app picks, direct from the Android Central writers. This time each week we do our best to give you a look at an app that we're ...
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by Andrew Martonik
Feb 15, 2013
Minus is putting out an update to its Android (and iOS) app today that not only changes and improves the interface, but also changes the way the service works as a whole. The app used to be focused ...
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by Andrew Martonik
Feb 15, 2013
The AT&T Galaxy Note 2 is receiving a small update today that has updated the baseband on the device and made what AT&T is calling a "chipset security enhancement". The update...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 14, 2013
Following the recent OTA roll-out, Android 4.2.2 factory images are now available for the Nexus 4, Nexus 7 (Wifi-only and 3G), Nexus 10 and GSM Galaxy Nexus ("yakju" and "takju" ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 14, 2013
Chances are if you're a serious Android developer you keep your Android SDK updated on a regular basis. But there are many of us who need it just for basic command-line work and don't bother...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 14, 2013
A nice little treat this morning -- Google Now is now pulling in Google Doodles following yesterday's update. Whereas those of us outside of major metro areas would see a stock image, we're ...
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by Andrew Martonik
Feb 13, 2013
It looks like many users with the Samsung Galaxy SIII (S3) on Sprint are receiving a relatively large -- about 157MB -- OTA update on their devices. Grant, who sent us the above screenshot, not...
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by Andrew Martonik
Feb 13, 2013
Very popular streaming radio app Slacker Radio has just received a notable update to a completely new user interface. The new UI follows a stark blue and white contrasting design, with some holo-esq...
