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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 15, 2010
If modding the Evo 4G to work with the Palm Touchstone isn't warranty-voiding enough for you, take a look at this. XDA member coolbho3000 has cranked his Evo's Snapdragon processor up to 1.267GH...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 15, 2010
There it is, folks. The Sprint Evo 4G rewired to work on the Palm Touchstone inductive charger. No more plugging in the phone to keep it juiced -- which with the Evo you tend to have to do a bunch. Al...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 14, 2010
So much for easing back into the work week, huh? We started off today with the announcement of the HTC Aria on AT&T. Followed that up by another Motorola Droid X sighting. You all got your k...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jun 14, 2010
The story goes like this: Sprint employee posts Evo 4G launch sales figures at XDA Developers. Sprint finds out. Post is killed. Employee is invited into a back room by a "forensic...
Review
by Phil Nickinson
Jun 14, 2010
The Evo 4G is a big phone, with a big, bright screen. And it needs to be protected. The Golla Grape Pouch offers soft and stylish protection while adding a bit of storage. Let's take a look, after the...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jun 14, 2010
AT&T this morning on YouTube and Facebook officially outed the HTC Aria, an Android 2.1 device with a 3.2-inch screen at 320x480 resolution . Codenamed the Liberty and actually outed by AT&...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jun 13, 2010
Remember how we said the other day that the Verizon Droid Incredible had been rooted, but that the method wasn't quite ready for public consumption? Well, your time has come, folks. This one's still ...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jun 13, 2010
We've been watching this discussion with interest for a little while now, and it appears that it's finally working. A gent who goes by infinitemods has hacked the back of his Evo 4G so that it charge...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 13, 2010
Is there anything these phones can't do? huskermania shows us how he's running his Xbox 360, through a Macbook, running Windows 7, and tethered to an HTC Droid Incredible. I think if he adds a w...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 12, 2010
What's that? The HTC Sense clock widget on stock Android? (And Froyo, no less?) Sure looks that way. What you see is called Fancy Widget, and it sure does look like it was all but stripped straig...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jun 11, 2010
The HTC Legend has been one of our favorite phones to come out of the Taiwanese manufacturer this year. (Read our full review) Its unibody aluminum construction, the new Sense UI, optical trackpa...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jun 11, 2010
Top o' the news Motorola Droid 2 goes full frontal -- but it'll have Motoblur?Droid Incredible rooted, but method not yet ready for prime timeEvo 4G Wifi test -- how bad is it?Evo 4G Wifi speed tes...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 11, 2010
(AT&T Android Product Manager Dante Martin) We brought you the first picture of the AT&T HTC Liberty -- which may well be named the Intruder -- and now we can bring you a video teaser of...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jun 11, 2010
When you see a phone along side a set of keys, a screw, a penny a razor blade, you know something bad's about to happen. Right? Roman G lets us know in the Android Central Forums about his scratch tes...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jun 10, 2010
So we've already taken a look at the strength of the Wifi signal on the Evo 4G. And that's important. You have to have a good connection to get anything done. But signal strength isn't everything. An...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jun 10, 2010
If you're looking at an HTC Desire but aren't all that crazy about having yet another black slab laying around, UK retailer Expansys has you covered. A silver job will be available for a lim...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jun 10, 2010
The Droid Incredible has been a tough nut to crack, with rooting eluding the hacking elite (and thus the rest of us mere mortals, too). But it looks like some real progress has been made, and Sha...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jun 09, 2010
It's no great secret that the Evo 4G doesn't do as well as other Android phones when it comes to holding a Wifi signal. In fact, we've got page after page in our forums of how displeased many of you ...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jun 09, 2010
Since everybody got all excited yesterday when the Evo 4G was listed as being out of stock on Sprint's website, we feel we should at least give a half-hearted "Woo hoo!" now that's back. An...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 09, 2010
Not everyone with a new Evo 4G is just enjoying the beast. Some of us are hard at work applying everything we know about hacking Android to our new toy. My eyes are getting blurry, and it'...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jun 09, 2010
Yeah. Apparently Sprint goofed pretty big when it reported first-day sales numbers for the Evo 4G. When it said this:"The total number of HTC EVO 4G devices sold on launch day was three ...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 09, 2010
While it may seem that everybody and their brother are busy poking around the innards of the HTC Evo 4G, developers are still hard at work on other Android phones as well. Late last night I was...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jun 08, 2010
If you're looking to snag an Evo 4G, you're going to have to hoof it, as it's currently out of stock on Sprint's website. Sprint's said the Evo set a one-day launch record, and it must not have been k...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 08, 2010
We know. You Droid Incredible owners have had to sit through an awful lot of Evo 4G news of late, and you're feeling a little left out. We hear you. But there's actually been some great stuff goi...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jun 08, 2010
We can't vouch for anything here, but the inventory shot you see above apparently shows the HTC Intruder on AT&T. Maybe it's yet another name in the Liberty/Aria lovefest, giving us a proper ...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 08, 2010
We love it when you send in your tips and hints, especially when they're this cool. Notice that the dual LED flash on the HTC Evo doesn't work while filming video? Turns out that's pretty easy ...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jun 07, 2010
Those of you joining Android from other platforms -- and we know who you are -- may well be familiar with The Missing Sync, a longtime leader in personal information management. And if you're looking...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jun 07, 2010
Android video chat is finally here, after a few days and more than a little gnashing of teeth, on the Sprint Evo 4G. The Qik app has been up and down as they've dealt with the crush of new Evo's hitt...
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by Jared DiPane
Jun 07, 2010
The Sprint Evo 4G quickly has become the hottest topic in the Android world. For you newcomers, you'll quickly find that you phone has many of the most important apps already loaded -- Google Maps, F...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 07, 2010
You love specs. We love specs. And so we've been keeping up with the latest and greatest from Android in comparison to the newest from other platforms. And here's how the Sprint Evo 4G, Google N...
