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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 31, 2010
Here's a quick look at what you get when you update your Motorola Droid at Android 2.1....
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 31, 2010
Remember that Sprint Evo 4G developers guide that we all kinda looked at and sniffed? Well, the lads at Neowin noticed a snippet of commented code that mentions a feature that "will be included i...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 31, 2010
Still on the fence about manually updating your Motorola Droid to Android 2.1? No need. We'll walk you though it....
Review
by Phil Nickinson
Mar 31, 2010
We're back after a week off for CTIA. After the break, check out the latest app recommendations from your favorite Android Central editors.
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by Jared DiPane
Mar 31, 2010
Seeing your favorite smartphone get some screen time is something that many people enjoy. But the Nexus One hasn't gotten nearly the push that we've seen with the Droid, myTouch 3G or ... well, any ot...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 31, 2010
Not using the doubleTwist yet to sync movies, music and photos to your Android Smartphone? You're really running out of reasons why, especially if you're on a Mac. (Oh, and by the way, it's still free...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 31, 2010
If you need some hand-holding (and there's nothing wrong with that), watch our video how-to here.The Verizon Motorola Droid Android 2.1 update! Finally! It's finally here! Only, it's not her...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 30, 2010
Now that everybody's all excited that Motorola Droid's Android 2.1 update finally is coming out (for reals, this time -- maybe), reader Sharon reminds us that we might have to wait a little while, at...
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by Casey Chan
Mar 30, 2010
The HTC Desire is hitting Japanese shores! Softbank will carry the HTC Desire, in WCDMA form, in late April and it's actually the first notable Android device we remember heading to Japan. To be fair,...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 30, 2010
Here's the problem with developing your application in public, with the source code readily available: Next thing you know, what's really not meant for widespread dissemination is bring run by e...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 30, 2010
It's Android-on-Android action today in LaptopMag's March Smartphone Madness tournament, with the HTC Hero taking on the Motorola Droid (all full of itself now that the Android 2.1 update is fin...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 30, 2010
Here we go again, folks. After a number of false starts, we started getting word this morning that the Android 2.1 update was making its way to Motorola Droid users. Engadget snagged the following fro...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 30, 2010
Yesterday we heard from HTC, manufacturer of the Evo 4G, about the Android phone's capability to do voice calls at the same time as data. And as a quick follow-up, Sprint just pinged us on Twitter to...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 29, 2010
OK, you hungry Motorola Cliq users who are dying for another update: One's coming your way tonight, at least for 1,000 lucky users. But before you call a baby sitter and abandon the family, know this:...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 29, 2010
Remember the Dell Aero Android smartphone? The one we were allowed to fondle but not turn on at CTIA? (And the one that, yes, can't run unsigned apps?) Well, the guys at Engadget managed to get t...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 29, 2010
O ye of little faith. We asked for your questions regarding the Sprint Evo 4G, the first WiMax Android smartphone around, and now it's time to answer some of them. Obviously we're not hitting on ever...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 29, 2010
See that phone up there? That's the Motorola Milestone, the non-U.S. doppelganger of the Motorola Droid. And unlike its American cousin, it's seeing the Android 2.1 update roll out in Europe as ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 29, 2010
Biggest complaint we hear about Android? The number of OS versions spread out over the vast number of devices, and the painful wait for updates. We're currently running the gamut from Android 1.5 -- e...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 29, 2010
One of the sticking points of using the Desire ROM with HTC Sense on the Nexus One was that, at least for a while, the camera wasn't fully functional. That's been fixed, and now you can do ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 28, 2010
Here's a look at the HTC Evo 4G, straight from Sprint's official playbook. Nothing earth-shattering there, though our tipster tells us that Best Buy is currently being briefed on the Evo 4G and that w...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 28, 2010
How dominant was Android last week at CTIA? As you can see in the picture above, it drove our pal CrackBerry Kevin to violence. Indeed, our favorite operating system was front and center in Las Vegas...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 28, 2010
Here's one more from our CTIA pile -- the Kyocera Zio M6000. It's got Android 1.6 running atop a Qualcomm MSM7627 processor, a 3.5-inch LCD touchscreen at 480x800, full H.264 playback, a 1130mAh batt...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 28, 2010
You can't buy any of them yet, but the HTC Evo 4G, Google Nexus One and Motorola i1 are now all listed on Sprint's developer site, along with some video and specs. No great surprise there on the ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 27, 2010
The Google Nexus One from its earliest announcement was said to be headed to Verizon but instead has seen life on T-Mobile and now access to AT&T's 3G, in addition to Sprint saying it's on its wa...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 27, 2010
You crazy kids can have your newfangled openGL 3D games -- I'm going back to 1985 to play some Oregon Trail and shoot me some squirrel. We sat down with developer Gameloft for a few minutes at ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 27, 2010
We don't usually put too much stock in what one of those carrier customer service robots (aka "live chat representatives" or some dude on the other side of the planet) tells us, but what th...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 26, 2010
Hold the HTC Legend for the first time, and it's instant love. Let a month go by and come back to it, and you start to wonder how you ever did without it.
Such is the case with the Legend, And...
Review
by Jared DiPane
Mar 26, 2010
Since a majority of time is spent on my Droid, while on the go I need ways to keep organized, and one that has stuck out to me is ColorNote. What caught my attention about this application right off ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 26, 2010
Arch rivals! Bitter enemies! Coffee lovers! We've read plenty on the supposed relationships -- personal and business -- between Google and Apple, and how they've broken down over the past y...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 26, 2010
If you go to the movies a lot, you need to check out Android's Fandango app. Or at least check out our video of it at CTIA after the break. Trailers, theater info and more, all there on you...
