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by Kyle Gibb
Oct 11, 2010
Lets face it: syncing your music and videos in Android is nowhere near as simple as with certain "i"-named devices. However, many of you (myself included) may use iTunes to manage and ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 14, 2010
The Verizon Fascinate has been rooted since Day 1, but that doesn't mean there's not work to be done. For your folks on Windows, it's as simple as downloading a zip file, following instructions...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 21, 2010
We mentioned in passing the other day that the innards of the Droid X can be a little confusing, so let's do this up right. There's a little tab that sticks out from underneath the Droid X's battery t...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 17, 2010
Looking to change Android keyboards? Maybe you want to try Swype, or the new Swiftkey, or any one of the other great keyboards available on our fair smartphone operating system. (And a lot of new pho...
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by Jared DiPane
Mar 19, 2010
Social networking has become a rather large thing in many of our lives (maybe even more so than we want to admit). Whether you like to update your Facebook status on the go, comment on a friends new p...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 13, 2010
Ed. note: Sorry for the problem, everybody. The column's now here in its entirety.Hey everybody. This week lets talk about the thorn in Android's side – efficient task management. Before we ge...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 06, 2010
Hey everybody! Jerry here again for our weekly get-together. I hope everyone survived another crazy week of things like data outages and Eris leaks. And Droid users, don't fret – your time i...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 27, 2010
Hey there, everybody! This week we’re going to talk about something everyone seems to forget - system maintenance and clean-up. Like any computer, our Android devices can get ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 21, 2010
One of the biggest complaints from those migrating over from a Blackberry to an Android device has got to be e-mail. We get used to doing things a certain way, and feel lost when things change.&...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 05, 2010
For as easy as Android can make your life, the simple task of getting photos, video and music from your computer to your phone isn't quite as straightforward as it should be. We're going to put an en...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 02, 2010
For Android 1.6+ If your battery isn't lasting as long as you think it should (does it really ever?), there could be a rogue process or application sucking down more juice than it should. And keeping...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 26, 2010
Two words phrases we throw around a lot: Soft reset and hard reset. The former is what it's called when you turn your phone off and on, or pull the battery. The latter is a bit more drastic. But ...
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by Casey Chan
Aug 13, 2009
The T-Mobile myTouch 3G has been rooted. The wonderful folks of XDA developers have already hacked the myTouch 3G and were even thoughtful enough to provide detailed instructions on how to gain root y...
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by Casey Chan
May 21, 2009
Just like you guys, we're beginning to lose our patience with the whole Android 1.5, Cupcake, T-Mobile US, T-Mobile G1 debacle. A lot of us have been waiting for months (some of us since the very...
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by Casey Chan
Apr 24, 2009
We're all excited about Android 1.5 here at Android Central but Google has just notified us that not all current apps may work in Android 1.5. Luckily, they've provided a few reasons on why certain ap...
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by Dieter Bohn
Oct 22, 2008
One of the biggest hassles in the Gmail program on Android is that the buttons you're going to want to use the most aren't easy to find. Sure, "Archive," "Label" and "Delete are simply two button ...
