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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 08, 2013
Keeping track of the names and numbers can be quite the task. How do you tackle it?
Your contacts, and keeping the list of them safe and sound, is a pretty big deal for some of us. I've got ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 16, 2013
LolUmad asks in the Android Central Forums:
Hello.
I just sold my Nokia 920 and got a Nexus 4. I have two questions for the aware:
All of my contacts had to be imported in from my m...
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by Joshua Munoz
Apr 07, 2012
Seeing as how we've got this new rootin', tootin', fancypants series showing off how us Android Central staffers set up our phones, I figured I'd volunteer myself, write this li...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Feb 28, 2012
That's it -- no more business cards for me at Mobile World Congress. Googler Trevor Johns has coded up (and open-sourced) a little app called, appropriately enough, Badge Scanner, which will pr...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 27, 2011
Sony Ericsson today is sending out e-mails reminding folks (or chaps, since the e-mail we received was sent to our UK operation) that it's shutting down its Sony Ericcson Sync service on Dec. 29...
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by Chris Parsons
Aug 16, 2011
For some business users LinkedIn is a vital resource and in an effort to bring their online experience to the mobile environment, LinkedIn has gone ahead and revamped their mobile applica...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 01, 2011
Whoopsie. As great as Google Maps Version 5.8 may be with its fancy photo uploads, better search results and new Places features, a pretty big bug managed to sneak its way through. Open up Navig...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 18, 2011
Google is rolling out a patch on their servers to fix the Google calendar and contacts sidejacking issue we talked about in a recent Sunday editorial. This will require no user action, and even ...
Review
by Chris Parsons
Apr 07, 2011
After having earned user approval after a long open beta testing period, LinkedIn for Android has finally hit the Android Market and is now ready for mass consumption. If you are looking to download t...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 26, 2010
Here's a great find that comes to us from Emlil at androidscoop. Froyo now gives users the ability to import .vcf cards into contacts. Even better, it looks like Froyo can handle the .vcf files ...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 21, 2010
See here! There's the Bump contact-sharing Android application. And it's just like it sounds: Bump your phone against another with the app, and it shares the info. Oh, and see that iPhone coweri...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 03, 2010
Android 2.0+ Tapping on-screen keyboards is soooo yesterday. These days it's all about swiping your fingers. (Or Swyping.) And Google's gotten into the game with Gesture Search, which allows you...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 17, 2010
Sure, Apple's greatest love is technology, but it's second greatest love is patent filing. And it turns out that Cupertino filed for one way back in June 2008 that describes contact icons on a smartph...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 17, 2009
Update: OK, Motorla's off the hook here. Instructions for fixing. Thanks, Jason!Original: Don't know about you guys, but we're loving the Motorola Droid. But there's one major sticking point that...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 16, 2009
At the heart Android is, of course, Google. And that means gmail, which we love, as well as Google contacts, which we loathe. It's completely normal to end up with multiple contacts for a single ...
