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by Alex Dobie
May 12, 2013
A simple setting change can get you extra brightness on web pages and documents
The Samsung Galaxy S4's Full HD SuperAMOLED screen is the best AMOLED display we've seen on a smartphone. ...
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by Alex Dobie
May 07, 2013
Samsung's full-screen multi-tasking feature returns on the Galaxy S4. Here's where to find it and how to use.
A favorite feature of the Galaxy Note 2, Samsung's 'Multi-window'...
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by Alex Dobie
May 05, 2013
As with many features of the Galaxy S4, there's more than one way to get a camera shortcut on the lock screen
The Samsung Galaxy S4 is brimming with features, but right out of the box you co...
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by Alex Dobie
May 03, 2013
A simple setting hidden in a not-so-obvious place
Update: To clarify, this is for the international GS4 only. Looks like the US versions don't require any extra steps to enter mute mode.
If yo...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 04, 2013
For a lot of us, the fact that we can plug our Android phone or tablet into our computer and interact with it is a big plus. Besides the times when we've broken something and need to fix it, the...
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by Alex Dobie
Jan 29, 2013
There are many reasons why you might want to use a mobile hotspot with an Android device. Maybe you're using a tablet without a mobile data connection of its own. Perhaps you're traveling ov...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 28, 2013
Part of having a modern smartphone is the media experience. Today's Android phones rival about any desktop system when it comes to audio and visual cues for the way you interact with them. Case ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 03, 2013
The fine people at the Linux Foundation have started a little project that deserves some attention -- some tutorials teaching beginning Android programming. So far things are pretty basic, but the b...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 30, 2012
Android users everywhere are all talking about Ingress. It's a cool location based MMO sci-fi game where you secure portals to help alter the course of human history. The back story is all ...
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by Andrew Martonik
Oct 30, 2012
The Nexus 4 has a whole lot of features to be excited about -- that is, unless you're on Verizon or Sprint here in the states. For reasons you can probably figure out on your own, Google has dec...
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by Alex Dobie
Sep 25, 2012
A quick way to tell if your Samsung phone is at risk, and what to do if it is
There's a lot of confusion as to exactly which Samsung phones are affected by today's big scary USSD v...
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by Andrew Martonik
Sep 10, 2012
The Nexus 7 has been out for a while, plenty long enough for some to have accidentally dropped and possibly broken it. It's terrible, but not all accidents can be avoided. We've seen the tea...
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by Andrew Martonik
Sep 06, 2012
Headset controls are something that iPhone users have taken for granted all of these years, with standardized volume up/down and play/pause buttons that work universally if the accessory is "ma...
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by Alex Dobie
Aug 15, 2012
New devices will soon be unable to get Adobe Flash from Google Play. Here's how to install it manually.
From today, for some new devices, Adobe Flash Player will no longer be available fr...
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by Andrew Martonik
Aug 14, 2012
For many, the Nexus 7 will be their first experience with one of Google's own branded Android devices. If you're interested in hacks of any sort on your phone or tablet, there really is no o...
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by Richard Devine
Jul 24, 2012
One of the few negative points with the Nexus 7 for some, is the lack of any sizable on-board storage. Indeed, looking at a couple of the latest big name game titles such as Max Payne or the Amazing...
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by Richard Devine
Jul 20, 2012
One of the many added goodies within Jelly Bean, is the Google Sound Search widget, sometimes referred to as Google Ears. It's really simple, but also a really nice touch to have built in to the...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 15, 2012
So you're all psyched about using the new fast keyboard in Jelly Bean, and digging the predictive text feature. But after a while, if you're like me, you realize that things went much smooth...
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by Gary Mazo
Jul 11, 2012
Pop up play might just be the “killer” feature you use to show off your new Samsung Galaxy S III (S3) and make iPhone users green with envy.
Multitasking is not just a nice feature t...
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by Gary Mazo
Jul 10, 2012
Your Samsung Samsung Galaxy S III (S3) is highly configurable. You can add apps and widgets to any Home screen.
Your Galaxy S3 has up to seven separate Home screens. That means you c...
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by Gary Mazo
Jul 06, 2012
Capturing the screen is a great way to save something for posterity and show it off to your friends.
You just got your brand new Galaxy S III and you want to capture some of the cool stu...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 21, 2012
If there's one thing we discovered in writing our exhaustive TouchWiz Nature UX guide, it's that there's a ton of stuff to discover on the Samsung Galaxy S III (S3). We've been ...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 15, 2012
Samsung's marketing campaign for the new Samsung Galaxy S III (S3) focuses heavily on how the visuals and sounds in its software are "inspired by nature." But one of the less welcome r...
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by Gary Mazo
Jun 14, 2012
Your Galaxy Nexus can be an amazing tool for keeping your life organized. Before it can be the tool you need it to be, you need to get your valuable information into your device.
The ...
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 15, 2012
Some folks are reporting that their shiny new HTC One X and One S phones are experiencing a rather irritating Wifi bug. The glitch in question results in the phones disconnecting from certain Wifi n...
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by Richard Devine
Mar 27, 2012
How is it the old saying goes -- the best things come to those who wait? The wait for the Harry Potter eBook series to go on sale has certainly been long. Originally we were expecting them back in O...
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by Alex Dobie
Jan 04, 2012
The official BBC iPlayer app for Android is great, assuming your phone or tablet is on the list of approved devices. If it's not, you won't even be able to see the app in the Android Market,...
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by Chris Parsons
May 20, 2011
Now that the Motorola Droid X2 is available and we've done our initial review of it for you all and gone hands-on we're sure some new owners are out there that may be looking to learn how to us...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 12, 2010
So you have your new shiny Galaxy Tab, and you want to root it. I like the way you think. The good news is that the days of SDK's, cryptic shell commands, and crazy Windows USB drivers are...
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by Kyle Gibb
Oct 21, 2010
Android Central Forums user milomindbender has posted one of the most complete and detailed guides I have ever seen for introduction new Android users to the features and functions of their phon...
