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by Dieter Bohn
Oct 07, 2010
  The LG Optimus T is coming to T-Mobile for the holidays to provide featurephone users reason to upgrade. We have something very similar to Sprint's LG Optimus S here, though with T-Mobile you g...
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by Dieter Bohn
Oct 07, 2010
  The top of Sprint's three CTIA Sprint ID phones is most definitely the Samsung Transform. For us it's sort of the spiritual successor to the Samsung Moment, but don't let that association mar y...
Review
by Dieter Bohn
Oct 07, 2010
You can think of the Motorola Flipout and Motorola Flipside as companion devices for AT&T - both are aimed squarely at upgrading featurephone users into Android-land by wooing them wit...
Review
by Dieter Bohn
Oct 06, 2010
  The Motorola Defy is a semi-ruggedized Android smartphone that is the latest in a long line of Oprah-giveaways. What you've got is a 3.1" touchscreen behind scratch-resistant Gorilla Glass...
Review
by Dieter Bohn
Oct 06, 2010
  The LG Optimus S is the cheapest of the new Sprint ID phones, clocking in at a price usually reserved for blowout: $49.99 after rebate. For that price you're looking at Android 2.2, 3G mob...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 04, 2010
Like many, I've been itching to get my hands on the T-Mobile G2, and today was my lucky day.  It's the latest in the HTC cadre of Android goodness, and if first impressions stand, a fine success...
Review
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 07, 2010
The Motorola i1 is neither big, nor bad, but it certainly fills a niche that many believe is dying off -- push-to-talk on the IDEN network.  Applications and services from other carriers try to r...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 04, 2010
That little bitty phone you see in that big meaty paw is the new Motorola Charm from T-Mobile.  The form factor is a first for Android, and one many of us (myself included) have been looking forw...
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by Dieter Bohn
Sep 02, 2010
  Samsung Galaxy Tab Galaxy Tab Announced Galaxy Tab vs iPad Spec Shootout Galaxy Tab apps and games Gingerbread, honeycomb and a full slate of Samsung tablets in 2011 Sam...
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by Andrew Melnizek
Aug 17, 2010
In early July, we were promised that the Motorola Charm would be released in the U.S.sometime this summer -- exclusively on T-Mobile. We've also seen it listed by Best Buy for $250. Last time we check...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 06, 2010
Not every new phone is a 1 GHz box of thunder, nor does it have to be. The Motorola i1 is built tough, even if the specs aren't very high: 3.1-inch LCD screen, 600 MHz ARM 11 processor, Android 1.5, W...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 24, 2010
Sidled up to Logitech at the Digital Experience event in New York City, and lookie what we found -- the Logitech Revue Google TV set-top box. OK, so it's not plugged into a TV or anything, b...
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by Jared DiPane
May 12, 2010
The MyTouch Slide sure has been getting a lot of attention lately, between its appearance on eBay , the first hands on we saw, and the second, but that doesn't appear to stop people from filming the d...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 21, 2010
Even though we're still waiting on a release date, and Sprint hasn't even held its EVO 4G extravaganza event in New York, Android Central forums member PanzyDog got some hands on time with the HTC EVO...
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by Casey Chan
Jan 12, 2010
  And we're back! The Smartphone Round Robin is officially back in motion and we're now in week 4. We have perhaps the most mysterious device in the Smartphone Round Robin this year--Nokia--and i...
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by Casey Chan
Jan 07, 2010
  The Droid, Cliq, & Backflip aren't the only Motorola Android devices around. There's also the XT800 and MT710. Confused? Yeah, it's okay. We've seen these China-only devices previously but ...
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by Casey Chan
Dec 31, 2009
Update: Whoopsie. This one's been pulled. Have fun in the Google gulag.Got some time on your hands? Feel free to watch the 10 minute video* above that showcases the UI of the Nexus One in all it's glo...
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by Casey Chan
Dec 28, 2009
  On to the next one! Week 3 of the Smartphone Round Robin is underway and we have our hands on the iPhone 3GS. Don't let the looks fool you, even though the iPhone 3GS looks exactly li...
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by Casey Chan
Dec 23, 2009
The guys at Gizmodo got their hands on the Nexus One aka the Googlephone and have come away with some impressions that have been surprisingly hard to come by. We'll give you the highlights but it seem...
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by Casey Chan
Nov 19, 2009
 It has been rumored that the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 was slated for a February 2010 release, but after seeing people's first impressions of the device, well, it looks like there's still a lot o...
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by Casey Chan
Nov 17, 2009
We're looking forward to the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 so much that we'll watch videos that basically re-hash the same features we've already seen over and over again (at least this one's in English!)....
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by Casey Chan
Nov 13, 2009
We definitely need to brush up our Spanish but we're pretty sure the video is saying that the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 is an amazingly wonderful device that is going to compete head on with the Motoro...
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by Casey Chan
Nov 04, 2009
 We've got the Verizon Motorola DROID here at Android Central Headquarters (thanks Verizon!) and it's just as we imagined--beautiful, fast, bold, and striking. Verizon, Motorola, and Google reall...
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by Casey Chan
Oct 28, 2009
 The lovely folks at Gizmodo and Engadget have both gotten their hands on the Motorola DROID and their first impressions are very positive. Here are some highlights:General consensus seems to poi...
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by Casey Chan
Oct 28, 2009
  All eyes are on Verizon this morning and rightly so, but a few keen observers have found this video of the Motorola DROID with a SIM card! Which means there's going to be GSM versions of this m...
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by Casey Chan
Oct 05, 2009
 We've got the HTC Hero at Android Central Headquarters (thanks Sprint!) so you can expect full coverage on all things Hero leading up to the official launch on October 11th. We're talking about ...
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by Casey Chan
Jun 24, 2009
 A couple folks have gotten their mitts on the HTC Hero and it definitely looks a lot better than what we first saw. The chin is all there all right and it definitely juts out more than previous ...
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by Casey Chan
Apr 27, 2009
 You've heard the news: Samsung's I7500 is going to be the company's First Android Device. You've seen the specs: the Samsung I7500 packs a good punch. Now here's some hands-on photos courtesy of...
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by Casey Chan
Apr 09, 2009
 We've detailed the Lenovo Ophone before on Android Central and damn, if it ain't sexy. We've been drooling over the images of the Ophone since it was first leaked but now we get to see it in act...
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by Casey Chan
Feb 24, 2009
We've tracked the Kogan Agora pretty intensely here at Android Central. It was originally targeted to be the Second Android Device but due to a screen resolution issue, it didn't quite materialize ...