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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 22, 2011
Operating systems need to be critiqued. They're meant to be. It helps us all understand more about them, and it gives perspective to those who created it. But Android is not a simple operating s...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 07, 2011
Google Wallet isn't there, MyVerizon and contact backup assistant (as well as some network code to assist GPS) is there, and everyone is freaking out. Verizon has killed the Nexus. T...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 10, 2011
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Com2Us are the distributors and developers on a semi-popular game in the Android Market -- Homerun Battle 3D. Recently, in order to try to kill the rampant cheating th...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 29, 2011
Let’s not mince words here: This “Android and iPhone Update History” chart is not a good chart. Oh, it’s a pretty chart, to be sure artfully illustrated and researched. But t...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 24, 2011
Recently, I was given the (what I thought would be) amazing task of doing an Android adult app roundup. I prepared myself with a pre-paid debit card, a clear mind, a 12-pack of Milwaukee's...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 15, 2011
Dear, Molly Wood. How's it going? Couldn't help but notice your latest rant about Android. (We've had a few ourselves.) And while we, being the biggest and best Android community, well, ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 14, 2011
Microsoft and Quanta Computer have signed (what we presume is a giant stack of legal papers) an agreement that protects and licenses Quanta by providing "broad coverage under Microsoft's pa...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 07, 2011
Way too much hay has been made over Google and Samsung's decision to postpone Tuesday's Nexus/Ice Cream Sandwich event at CTIA in San Diego. It's disappointing, to be sure -- especially ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 03, 2011
Recently, a popular website ran an editorial about how Android was turning into the new Linux, and just how awful a thing that was. The author was half right -- Android is turning out to be th...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 28, 2011
Take a look at the picture you see here. Clear your head and take a long hard look at it (we'll wait). See it yet? I'll give a hint -- it's not a Samsung Galaxy S II with a big juicy...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 16, 2011
Steve "Cyanogen" Kondik has been hired by tech giant Samsung, and the Internet (at least the Android-centric portions of it) are ablaze with the news. Steve is one of the biggest names...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 10, 2011
I'm not an emotional guy, and I understand that tech comes and goes at a jackrabbit pace. When I found out last night that Google was saying goodbye to App Inventor, I was sad inside. Not ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 24, 2011
It's high time we talk about the way we act and represent ourselves, both here at Android Central and across the intertubes. Cruise through any smartphone forums or blog comments, and you'll s...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 10, 2011
Yes, I said it. You don't have to be a fan of HTC's products to realize they (and Sprint as well, we suppose) have figured out how to send out updates. We're not talking the quality of the...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 15, 2011
Step into my time machine, and go back to May 20, 2010, with me. That was the day Google released Froyo to the world with much fanfare and cheering. I think a few little old ladies may hav...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 10, 2011
I do what I do here at Android Central for a few different reasons, but the biggest is because I am an Android geek. I am totally into Android, and love talking about it – sometimes too m...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 03, 2011
I'm on the bandwagon. I'm on the boat. I'm drinking the Kool-Aid. I've gotten with the program. I've seen the light at the end of the tunnel. ('Bout time, eh?) It's far past time for AT&T to...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 07, 2010
It's the thought at the front of everyone's minds -- "will my phone get Gingerbread?" Just like last time, and just like next time, we all want to know if our phone can expect an upgr...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 20, 2010
Since Steve turned Apple's earning report into a rant against everyone and everything Google, followed by Andy's sniper-style snarky response on Twitter, you can't shake a stick without hitting someon...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 18, 2010
Net neutrality is more than just one of the current industry buzzwords, and according to T-Mobile, Android is smack dab in the middle of it all. After reading a great article over at Fierce Wire...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 14, 2010
Let me start by saying I have not seen, held, or fondled this unit in any way. And frankly, I have no desire to. But when this post popped up in the forums about a $117.30 Chinese monstros...
