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by Phil Nickinson
May 28, 2010
The power widget you see here isn't really new in Android 2.2, but it's been tweaked for Froyo. The screen brightness selector now includes an auto brightness setting (using the ambient light sensor) ...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 28, 2010
Time to get the pitchforks out, people. We slept on it in hopes it was all a nightmare, but the ugly rumor that began yesterday (first by Android Guys and later confirmed by Engadget) is true:&n...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 27, 2010
[YouTube link]It's a brave new world with the addition of video chat on the Sprint HTC Evo 4G. And what better way to break in Fring's new free video calling service than with one of our deepest ...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 27, 2010
[YouTube link]Not sure which one of these we wan to see released more -- the Evo 4G, or Sling Player. Regardless, here they are together. That's right, Sling Player on the Evo 4G. It's still in privat...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 27, 2010
Notice anything unusual in this picture? (Besides the obvious, of course -- I didn't do a thing with my hair today.) That's right, the front-facing 1.3MP camera on the Sprint HTC Evo 4G&nbs...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 27, 2010
[YouTube link]The folks at Fring are screaming from the rooftops today about their latest update, which brings video calling to the popular VOIP-chat (and now video) service. Using the new Evo 4G...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 26, 2010
If you get a sense of deja vu watching this software walkthrough of the Sprint HTC Evo 4G, we don't blame you. We've seen the new Sense user interface on a number of devices (the HTC Legend,...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 26, 2010
Here's ye another example of why our forum members are the best. Locoman shot this picture of the moon through a 10-inch Dobsonian telescope -- with the HTC Incredible, putting that 8-megapixel c...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 26, 2010
Yes, folks, we're well aware that the Froyo ROM we're all running on our Nexus Ones isn't a final build. We said as much on Monday, and it was confirmed by Google just a couple of hours later and...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 25, 2010
We still think it's kind of cheating to want to run an HTC phone without the Sense user interface, but we're also champions of choice. And so, we bring you instructions on how to turn off the Se...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 25, 2010
[YouTube link]We were there when Google showed off the power of Android 2.2 and Froyo's new Just-in-Time compiler -- think zoom zoom! -- but you know the old saying ... trust, by verify. And so we sha...
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by Adam Sawyer
May 25, 2010
The HTC Incredible vanished from Verizon's website on Tuesday -- for a grand total of about 6 minutes. Don't worry, it's not in the midst of some massive recall or anything. It apparently was jus...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 25, 2010
We hear ya. There are a lot of you out there on Sprint who are looking at your Palm Pre and wondering how it would be to hold the Evo 4G in its place. Ask and ye shall receive. After the break are mor...
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by Jeremy
May 25, 2010
From the Forums is a great way for you, our readers, to see the hottest topics being discussed. But you must be a registered member and becoming a member is a simple process. So if you have...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 25, 2010
[YouTube link] Let's take a quick look at multitouch on the Sprint Evo 4G, shall we? In daily use, it's been holding up just fine. Pinch-to-zoom works as it should, and the touchscreen is as respo...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 24, 2010
Yes you read it correctly :) The Sprint Evo 4G appears to have been rooted, before its officially released. Android developer Matt Mastracci at his blog grack.com has some pictur...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 21, 2010
There's a bit of a fuss going on at the moment about a slew of new HTC code names. Engadget spilled the beans about the Glacier, LED and Vision -- and that's about all we know. The Vision ap...
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by Casey Chan
May 20, 2010
T-Mobile just announced that the myTouch 3G Slide will be available on June 2 for $179.99 (after $50 mail in rebate) with new 2-year contract. Like we expected, the myTouch 3G Slide will be avai...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 19, 2010
If you weren't quite up to installing the leaked Android 2.1 update for the Sprint HTC Hero, fair not -- it's now all official and everything on Sprint's Web site, sort of. It's listed as being r...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 18, 2010
There's a bit of gnashing of teeth apparently going on over the HTC Droid Incredible and its capacitive screen. Chris Tabor -- aka igl007 in just about every forum there is -- has been screaming ...
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by Casey Chan
May 18, 2010
The relatively budget minded HTC Wildfire is heading to the relatively budget minded carrier, Virgin Mobile UK. The Wildfire is expected to launch in Q3 2010 in European and Asian markets and is...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 17, 2010
What's better than one Android tablet on Verizon? How about tablet(s). Big Red CEO Lowell McAdam said as much over the weekend at the Reuters Global Technology Summit in New York. But befor...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 17, 2010
Android Central forum user doc31 was lucky enough to get some hands-on time with the HTC EVO 4G. There's answers to some of our questions, some pictures from the camera, oh, and did I mention a ...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 17, 2010
It's no great secret that Cox (as in Cox Cable) is working on on its own wireless service. And low and behold, it appears that Cox may have been using at least one Android phone for what likely is n...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 17, 2010
You didn't think we'd let the Sprint Evo 4G launch without giving one away, did you? Here's what you have to do to win the biggest, baddest Android smartphone from the biggest, baddest Android blog:Ju...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 17, 2010
HTC today announced the Wildfire (you might remember that name from a contest HTC ran), essentially the Desire squeezed down into a 3.2-inch screen, with a lower price the end result. (That's al...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 16, 2010
To say everybody's excited about the Sprint Evo 4G is a bit of an understatement, at best. You're blowing up our forums (and inboxes) with pictures, videos and questions. Here's what's at the tip of y...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 15, 2010
This one's going to make a lot of you Android purists happy: Unlike on the Droid Incredible, you can run the stock Android 2.1 home screen on the Sprint Evo 4G, as our pal Andrew from Androinica sho...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 14, 2010
By now everyone knows the Verizon has started slowly rolling out the Android 2.1 update for the HTC Droid Eris. Just like the Motorola Droid 2.1 update, you can wait for the OTA notification or ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 14, 2010
When it rains, it pours. Just got word of a new leak for the HTC Sprint Hero. No way of knowing if this is the final 2.1 version, but this one is signed with release keys so you will lose ...
