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by Phil Nickinson
May 19, 2010
What!?!?!?! No Froyo? No Android 2.2? No Flash? Sorry, folks, the first day of Google I/O is a slight snoozer as far as hard Android news is concerned. (Don't worry, it's coming on Thursday....
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by Phil Nickinson
May 19, 2010
We're live at the Google IO keynote at Moscone West in San Francisco, where we expect to see the latest version of Android -- called Froyo -- announced any second now. We hope. Only one way to fi...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 19, 2010
Google co-founder gets a day's life out of his Android battery, and he thinks you should, too. Speaking at Google's Zeitgeist forum (alongside CEO Eric Schmidt), Page said poorly written third-party a...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 19, 2010
How about another story about just how quickly Android's going? According to analyst Gartner, Android had a 1.9 percent worldwide smartphone market share in the first quarter of 2009. Fast forward to ...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 18, 2010
Here's the official Google I/O T-shirt -- and will you look at that, it's got some QR codes on it. Any attendees want to spill the beans as to what they link to? Update: Fine. Spoi...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 18, 2010
General Motors this morning announced it is adding even more Android to the upcoming Chevy Volt -- and we'll check it all out this week at Google IO. We've already seen the Chevy Volt app for Android...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 18, 2010
Just a reminder, everybody, that we'll be liveblogging the keynotes Wednesday and Thursday from Google IO in San Francisco. Be sure to check back in if you want the latest in Android news, as it happ...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 18, 2010
Google today purchased Global IP Solutions, a $68 million move that could pave the way for a more native video chat solution (sorry, Qik and Sprint) for Android smartphones, possibly in gma...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 14, 2010
The Evo 4G launch party
Live at the Sprint Evo 4G party
Sprint Evo 4G pricing, availability announced - $199 starting June 4
How do you feel about the Evo 4G pricing? (Updated)
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by afazel
May 14, 2010
Great news out of Mountain View for students today. Google is prioritizing Google Voice invites for college students to help with keeping in touch on a college budget. Now parents everywhere will be a...
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by afazel
May 14, 2010
Let's cut to the chase. Google is going to offer the Nexus One in traditional retail outlets. While they were trying to be innovative in offering the phone exclusively through their google.com/...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 14, 2010
You wanted to manually update your Droid Eris to Android 2.1, and so you shall. Here's what you need to do:Download this file. (Thanks, AndIRC!)Copy it onto your SD card. Be sure not to put it in...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 13, 2010
Oh ... You mean that Froyo sculpture? Here it is, folks. Froyo. With mixed nuts and berries. Video after the break, at least until YouTube pulls it. [YouTube] Thanks, dion!
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by Phil Nickinson
May 13, 2010
A senior Android software engineer is leaving the Android team, hot on the heels of senior project manager Erik Tseng's announcement that he's going to Facebook. Cedric Buest is headed to Linked In a...
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by Jared DiPane
May 12, 2010
Just a few months ago Google added Tim Bray to their team as an Android Advocate, and today Erick Tseng has announced he will be leaving Google and Android and joining forces with Facebook. For those ...
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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
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 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
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 Phil Nickinson
May 06, 2010
Android 1.6+ We were there in February in Barcelona when Google first demonstrated the language translation power of Google Goggles. [Market link] Today, it's gotten even better. Version 1.1 brings t...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 05, 2010
If you own a Google Nexus One, check your inboxes, folks. We're getting reports in the forums about Google sending out e-mails alerting that too much tax was paid, and a refund is on the way. FWIW: Lo...
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by Casey Chan
May 05, 2010
While the lot of us were playing with our new Droid Incredibles and getting a crash course on all things Android this past weekend, Google's Android team was throwing a party for itself--complete...
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by Adam Sawyer
May 05, 2010
Ever done a search on Google only to be directed to web pages created in 2002? A little outdated, if you ask me. Google has remedied this by implementing some new search tools for your desktop PC and ...
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by Adam Sawyer
May 05, 2010
Good news for all you bookworms: Google recently announced it will be plunging into the e-book market as early as this summer. It will be implementing some snazzy new book-search softw...
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by Casey Chan
May 04, 2010
Bumptop, a 3D desktop manager that's been implemented in Windows 7 and OS X, has just been bought out by the Google. Bumptop was a ridiculously slick experience that beautifies and changes the ...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 01, 2010
OK, folks. The Android Central Win Phil's (and Dieter's) Nexus Ones contest is closed, and after the break we have another great round of entries. And we've got one more batch after this.
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by Phil Nickinson
May 01, 2010
This is it, folks, the final batch of entries. And we ended up with 40 submissions. Suffice it to say, you all rock. Here's where we go from here. With so many entries, we're going to have to pare th...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 30, 2010
Android 2.1+ Two weeks ago, Twitter announced it was developing its own official Android app. Today, that client was released. You can find it now in the Android Market. [link] There's been a bit of...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 30, 2010
Good news for those of you who just have to be able to install applications to the SD card. Google -- which said in January that this would be addressed -- has officially marked the issue (1151, if yo...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 28, 2010
Google just made a fairly major tweak to its mobile image search. As you can see above, a web-based image search now looks and feels almost like it's being done natively, on your Android phone. Thumbn...
