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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 18, 2010
The Verizon Droid Incredible, Sprint Evo 4G and Google Nexus One -- three of the biggest, baddest Android phones available today (erm, or soon, in the case of the first two). But which should you get...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 18, 2010
Our pal Rene at TiPB raises an interesting point: Look at how much of a nerdgasm has been created over these purported iPhone G4 (not iPhone 4G!) pictures that Engadget scored, just as pre-orders...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 18, 2010
What? It could happen. [The Onion] (You're gonna need a Flash-capable browser for this one. Sorry.)...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 16, 2010
We're taking this one with a pretty big grain of salt, but word around the water cooler is that the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 -- currently languishing with Android 1.6 -- will get its upgrade to Androi...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 16, 2010
Now the the Verizon Droid Incredible is out of the bag, it reasons that waiting for the Verizon-capable Nexus One became a bit moot. But we wanna hear your reasons why. Does anybody still care? ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 15, 2010
The success of the Google Nexus One has been up for debate since the phone first launched in January. Google adopted a non-traditional way of selling the phone, opting to solely sell it online at Goog...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 15, 2010
Google this afternoon released its Q1 2010 earnings report, showing $6.77 billion in revenue over the first three months of the year -- a 23 percent increase over 2009. Net income was $1.96 billion, ...
Review
by Phil Nickinson
Apr 15, 2010
I love the Google Nexus One. I don't love its battery life. Sure, its 1400mAh battery (officially rated at 10 hours' talk time on EDGE and 7 hours on 3G) can get me through most of a day, but just ba...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 15, 2010
Adobe President and CEO Shantanu Narayen recently spoke with Fox Business, and as tends to happen with these things, the topic of Flash on smartphones came up. And it was the same talking points -- 75...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 14, 2010
Just as we predicted (more or less), Android's going to be getting its own "official" Twitter client. Head Tweeter Evan Williams said as much today at the annual Chip Twitter conference (yes...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 14, 2010
When Google thinks mobile, it thinks more than just Android. And that's evident by a recent update to the gmail Web app. The biggest new feature is that the address view has been redesigned, expa...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 14, 2010
There's a rumor running 'round (started at Android-France) that the Nexus One could be in line for an over-the-air update in the coming days that would bring a few bug fixes. Here's how Google Transla...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 14, 2010
You guys know those CelleBrite units that don't actually point to if or when a phone's coming to a particular carrier? (A fact that we're sure you'll want to remind us of yet again in the comments.) ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 14, 2010
While the rest of the known world (in the U.S., anyway) not-so-patiently awaiting the arrival of the HTC Incredible on Verizon, U.S. Cellular could be slipping in treat of its own. The HTC&...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 14, 2010
Seriously, Verizon hasn't actually announced the HTC Incredible yet? No matter, because it's now live on Verizon's staging site -- and it's been renamed the Droid Incredible. Also looks like tha...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 13, 2010
See that picture up there? That's the surface of Mars. And apparently it doesn't look very good on the Nexus One. And now on the Motorola Droid. And quite possibly any device running Android 2.1....
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 13, 2010
Here's the latest look at the breakdown of Android operating system versions -- fragmentation, if you will. More than a quarter of Android devices are now running Android 2.1 -- that includes the Droi...
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by ericatomars06
Apr 13, 2010
Plink- A U.K. based visual search app (about the same idea of Google Goggles) has been bought by Google for an undisclosed amount. PlinkArt won last December in the Android Developer Challan...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 12, 2010
Gotta say, you guys are getting weirder and weirder. And no women want a Nexus One? C'mon! Anyhoo, second batch of contest entries (here's the first batch) is after the break for your viewing pleasur...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 12, 2010
Adobe launched CS5 this morning, which has a bevy of features that can help create mobile content. And what phone/platform did they use to show off the end results? Well, it sure ain't Apple the iPho...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 12, 2010
Might Google be working on an Android-based tablet? The New York Times says yes (and there's really no reason for anybody to think that Google doesn't have a host of new products being tested und...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 09, 2010
With the OMG news tonight that Twitter bought Tweetie and has made it its official iPhone client -- and it's a great choices, as Tweetie is a damn good app -- we can't help but wonder: What Andro...
Review
by Phil Nickinson
Apr 09, 2010
The Motorola Devour (video hands-on) came at a tough point in the smartphone world. It's the first Android device from Moto and Verizon to come after the wildly popular Droid. And while we pretty muc...
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by Jared DiPane
Apr 09, 2010
The Nexus One finally became official in Canada, where it first started on Rogers, then followed by Bell and Telus, and now Wind Mobile has been added to the list of official carriers. While many user...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 09, 2010
So Verizon has some "journey" that it's beginning on Monday. While we're all waiting on the HTC Incredible to be announced any day now, we're not quite sure it fits the "it's new, ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 09, 2010
In case you hadn't noticed yet, Google Earth is once again available on the Motorola Droid with Android 2.1. (It was missing for some people after the update, and there for others. Why? We dunno...
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by afazel
Apr 09, 2010
Mobile searching just got better. Google recently announced Universal Search Suggestions in mobile searches. While you're typing the search, suggestions are shown with a snippet of information on th...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 09, 2010
Here's the thing about this render that purportedly is of the HTC Incredible: It's probably pretty close. The shape and lines are pretty much what we've seen leaked out any number of ways. (...
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by Casey Chan
Apr 09, 2010
Google is reportedly pulling all of the Android games in the Android Market in South Korea because laws in South Korea mandate that all games, of any kind, be reviewed by the South Korea Gaming Board....
Review
by Phil Nickinson
Apr 08, 2010
The Nexus One car dock has arrived, and we've mounted it in our venerable Honda Accord for a quick spin around the block, and for a few photos in the garage. (More on that in a bit.) Join us after th...
