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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 13, 2012
How does Android work with Apple's new EarPods? We take the $29 pair for a spin
Apple now has EarPods. For your ear holes. And you know what? They're not half bad, especially considering...
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by Simon Sage
Sep 10, 2012
The Naztech Mini Boom speaker is a compact, affordable external speaker that plugs into your device with a built-in 3.5 mm jack. The interesting thing about this little guy is that it doubles as a r...
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by Simon Sage
Aug 28, 2012
Earlier this summer Nobex Radio made its way onto Android after establishing itself as pretty much the only radio streaming application for BlackBerry. For the low, low price of free, users had acce...
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by Sean Brunett
Aug 22, 2012
The Google Play Music app has received an update, which brings a few welcome and overdue features. One new feature is the support for expanded notifications for Jelly Bean devices. One of our favori...
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by Simon Sage
Aug 22, 2012
Management filings from Spotify's European parent company have confirmed that Canadian launch is on the way, and that the company's looking at Asian, and South American expansions. Whil...
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by Simon Sage
Aug 20, 2012
Songza for Android was recently updated for tablet layouts, following up on the release of Concierge. The music streaming service’s big selling points are its mood-based playlists and time-bas...
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by Simon Sage
Aug 17, 2012
SongPop is quickly becoming one of the more popular social games available on Android by seriously testing musical knowledge. Players take turns trying to identify five tracks within a specific genr...
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by Simon Sage
Aug 14, 2012
RealPlayer’s Android app exits its lengthy beta today, and we got the chance to play around with the final product. Just like the beta, it handles all sorts of media types, including, audio, v...
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by Simon Sage
Aug 10, 2012
Stitcher recently added Facebook timeline integration to its talk radio app, allowing users to instantly share whatever it is they’re listening to, be it live audio streams or podcasts, to the...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 07, 2012
It's Spotify. You know, for streaming music. And it's on the Amazon Kindle Fire. And you can download it for free here. (And I got a $1 credit after buying it. So, really, it paid me to down...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 03, 2012
Android phones and tablets have a lot of different options for playing music. Whether you're streaming it, playing it locally, or creating your own the best way to share is with a stand-alone ex...
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by Simon Sage
Aug 02, 2012
Coca-Cola My Beat Maker is yet another one of the many official Olympics 2012 apps to hit Google Play, and unlike most of them, which focus on accessing scores and event information, this one is ent...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 31, 2012
Google has postponed the consumer launch of the Nexus Q to add additional functionality. To make up for it, Google will give those who pre-ordered a Nexus Q a free device.
Here's the e-mail tha...
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by Simon Sage
Jul 31, 2012
Amazon Cloud Player has been updated with a bunch of new features, including some hefty new licensing deals with Sony, EMI, Universal, and Warner to beef up their music selection for sale. T...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 31, 2012
Samsung today announced that its new Music Hub service, previously only available in the UK, is now available in the United States. But only on the Galaxy S III, and only on two carriers...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 24, 2012
Just a quick heads up for those of you with Onkyo receivers that the Onkyo Remote Android application has been updated for improved compatibility with a few models. Here's the breakdown:
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 19, 2012
We're right in the middle of the Android Central Podcast, but just a quick heads up that the Nexus Q -- that slick, expensive social music streaming thing -- apparently has hit some sort of limi...
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by Chris Parsons
Jul 19, 2012
Looks as though the development team at Rdio had another few days to go ahead and work on their Android app. The latest update is now available in the Google Play Store and has quite a few bug fixes...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 18, 2012
Honda's getting serious about connecting your smartphone with your car, and it'll be launching its new HondaLink system this fall in the 2013 Honda Accord.
HondaLink follows in t...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 18, 2012
Sony today announced the new Android-based F800 Series Walkman, with "an extreme on-the-go entertainment experience." OK, then.
There are three devices in the range, spanning 8-, 16- and ...
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by Simon Sage
Jul 10, 2012
Songza, a free music service that somehow manages to get away not serving up audio ads, has updated their Android app with a feature called Concierge. Concierge has been available on iOS for awhile,...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 05, 2012
Ever since the Google Nexus Q was announced last week at the Google I/O developer conference, folks have been trying to rationalize (or pan) its $299 price tag. We've been using it for a week no...
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by Alex Dobie
Jul 04, 2012
Samsung has teamed up with music app-maker MusicQubed to launch an official UK Top 40 chart app across its range of smartphones. The app will debut on the Galaxy Ace II, which Sammy says is launchin...
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by Gary Mazo
Jun 15, 2012
Your HTC EVO 4G LTE is capable of doing much more than simply managing your life. Your powerful Android phone can also be a media powerhouse – once you figure out how to actually get your m...
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by Chris Parsons
Jun 15, 2012
As much as I love using Rdio for my music, their Android app has become a small pain in my side. It seems as though everyday brings a new build and often times creates more bugs then it fixes. With t...
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by Richard Devine
Jun 12, 2012
The Spotify app for Android has always been a let down to what is otherwise a first rate music streaming service. We recently got a preview of their latest efforts in the form of a preview edition, ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 07, 2012
I love music. I love live music. I love listening to live music outdoors. For Bonnaroo, however, I'll make an exception. Something about camping in BFE, Tenn., that just doesn't seem like a ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 02, 2012
Android's SiriusXM app (yes, some of us love and use satellite radio over streaming services) just got itself a fairly decent update in the Google Play store. On tap are "enhancements and f...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 31, 2012
Oh, my, folks sure got themselves into a tizzy this afternoon, didn't they? See, the Android Pandora application got itself a sizable update today. And the third item in the changelog was (and s...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 29, 2012
Samsung today announced "Music Hub," the "first completely integrated, all-in-one mobile music service," it's calling it. Samsung's based its service off mSpot and with t...
