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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 12, 2010
Direct from HTC's press release Seattle – May 12, 2010 – HTC Corporation today took legal action against Apple Inc., filing a complaint with the United States International Trade Commiss...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 12, 2010
Is the Android Market acting up for you? Updates not installing? Can't connect? We've heard from a number of you, and you're not alone, as some of you half sought help in Google's forums, to. We've re...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 12, 2010
Not that Android is a slouch, but let's face it -- we'd all love a faster operating system. And it looks like may well be getting one in Android 2.2 (aka Froyo), and something to the tune of 450 time...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 11, 2010
If you're chomping at the bit for the T-Mobile Garminfone, you shouldn't have to wait too much longer. A mere $199 (or $450 off contract) will get you the Garmin-Asus special sauce of turn-by-turn nav...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 11, 2010
It should come as little surprise that Google's working on its own tablet because, well, we've told you as much. (Plus there's the Dell, HTC, Toshiba and Samsung variety rumors floating around out the...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 11, 2010
It's not the most cryptic of codes, but Cellular South slipped into a tweet today that it's going to offer the Motorola Milestone (aka the Droid to you folks on Verizon) as its previously announced &q...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 11, 2010
It sure is nice when the folks building your operating system also make some of the best applications around. Proof -- Google Maps for Android's new updates. Little things make for great s...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 11, 2010
We'd love to take all of you with us next week to the Google I/O developers conference in San Francisco, but you know how much it costs to check luggage these days. The good news is we'll be there to...
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by Jared DiPane
May 11, 2010
The New York Times is one of the nation's leading sources of news, and its website is one a great extension of that. As people continue to work longer hours, travel farther to work, and try to pack ...
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by Jared DiPane
May 11, 2010
The New York Times is one of the nation's leading sources of news, and its website is one a great extension of that. As people continue to work longer hours, travel farther to work, and try to pack e...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 11, 2010
The good news: LG is finally getting into the Android game, and on Verizon, no less (just like we first told you). The ho-hum news: It's doing so with the Ally. And as this leaked slide...
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by Casey Chan
May 11, 2010
We know Adobe is giving its employees Android phones in a form of "dogfooding" for Flash on mobile. We know that Flash is coming in Android 2.2 Froyo. We also believe that Android 2.2...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 10, 2010
Android 2.0+ The Dolphin Browser is an old favorite on Android, and it just got a nice refresh in the form of the Dolphin Browser HD. You want tabbed browsing? You got it. Gesture support? Yep....
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by Phil Nickinson
May 10, 2010
We don't want to be getting anyone's hopes up too much here, but it's possible that the Verizon Droid Eris could be getting its long-awaited Android 2.1 update ... tomorrow! That said, we've seen...
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by Casey Chan
May 10, 2010
Keeping with its trend of weird and awkward form factors, Motorola is pumping out the Motorola Flipout. The Flipout is a completely square Android device that twists open to reveal a surprisingly dece...
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by Casey Chan
May 10, 2010
Before we get your hopes up, that picture above is not the purported Samsung S-Pad (it's a Samsung Mondi). The real S-Pad (or as real as rumors can get) is an Android tablet said to pack a 7-inc...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 10, 2010
It's hardly surprising at this point, but the Nexus One apparently is a no-go on Sprint, a little less than two months after its "we're getting it, too!" announcement. Consumer Products rep...
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by Casey Chan
May 10, 2010
The Lenovo LePhone, a rather attractive Android phone that's been available in China, just got an unboxing which revealed some new interesting features. First, it looks like the LePhone is packing a 3...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 10, 2010
Analyst firm NPD reported this morning that Android phones surpassed sales of the iPhone in the first quarter of 2010. Android had 28 percent of unit sales, compared to Apple's 21 percent. Both opera...
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by Jared DiPane
May 09, 2010
When you think of Android, the two main companies for the hardware that come to mind are Motorola and HTC. Well, those of you on AT&T that have been anxiously checking for upcoming Android de...
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by Adam Sawyer
May 08, 2010
It’s not every day that you see someone playing a guitar made out of cell phones. However, today a music sequence developer thought it would be a good idea to write apps for...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 08, 2010
Howdy! It's me again, and this week we're gonna talk about something near and dear to all of us -- battery life. It's always at the tip of everyone's tongue (especially as new phones are r...
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by Casey Chan
May 08, 2010
Not to be left out in all the fun that its little brother is having, the iPhone 3G is joining the Android party, too. David Wang has ported Android to the iPhone 3G (not the current 3GS, mind you) and...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 07, 2010
Hardware news
MyTouch 3G Slide brings keyboard to the popular T-Mobile Android phone
T-Mobile MyTouch 3G Slide teased in video
Tiny, blurry HTC Evo 4G appears in Sprint Store
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by Phil Nickinson
May 07, 2010
Us Android nerds love acronyms. And one that we throw around an awful lot is "RSS." Let's take a look at what it is, and how (and why) you should use it. After the break, people.
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by Android Central
May 07, 2010
If you missed out on one of the 30 copies of WaveSecure we gave away, we're not done yet. For one month, you can get WaveSecure at a 20 percent discount if you use the promo code WS-ACENTRAL. That's ...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 07, 2010
The Sprint Evo 4G WiMax hotspot plans are starting to shape up internally, and it's not looking good if you were hoping Sprint would go the same route as Verizon and offer it up for free. (That said, ...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 07, 2010
Legos? Check. Droid? Check. Puzzle problem solver? Check. What you see above is being used to trumpet the ARM processor inside the Motorola Droid (as well as any number of other smartphones). The...
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by Casey Chan
May 07, 2010
Bloomberg is reporting that Sony will introduce their Android-based 'Google TV' at Google I/O. Remember, 'Google TVs' are TV sets that use Intel Atom chips and run an optimized Android OS. Havin...
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by Android Central
May 07, 2010
Please allow ourselves to introduce ... ourselves. If you're new at Android, you should now be familiar with Android Central: The Blog. Now meet Android Central: The Facebook Page, and Andr...
