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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 08, 2012
Editors note: We're re-posting this after yesterday's mention of Samsung creating their own operating system by Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam. We don't know that anyone is doing anythin...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 15, 2012
What would be better than a new Nexus phone each year? How about several Nexus devices, built by multiple manufacturers? According to the WSJ (and their confidential sources) that will become a real...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 06, 2012
There's been rumors running rampant lately about the next Nexus phone, and just who might be making it. While it's a bit early to guess, we all have a preference, and it's always OK to w...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 27, 2012
It seems like we've been waiting forever for the official Samsung Galaxy Nexus desktop dock to arrive, and when we saw it finally appear in stock we had to grab one. It came in today, so that me...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 27, 2012
To say it's been an interesting year for Research in Motion and BlackBerry would certainly be an understatement. It was about 10 months ago that we first learned that RIM's tablet would be c...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 26, 2012
There's a lot of Android phones out there, from a slew of manufacturers. In the US alone there's over 70 different current models to choose from, and world-wide the number swells into ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 17, 2012
The good people at Inside Secure have ported over their Open NFC stack to Ice Cream Sandwich, giving OEM's one less hurdle to jump when getting devices ready for upgrading. The new 4.3.3 r...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 09, 2011
You might have heard -- webOS just got open-sourced today by HP, joining the world of great, free software like Ubuntu, Firefox, and Android. It's a pretty big deal for some people, includ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 05, 2011
Android hacker and professional security consultant Dan Rosenberg (you may know him as djrbliss from the Internets) has completed his own study on Carrier IQ, and found some interesting results.&nbs...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 23, 2011
Well, that was quick. Carrier IQ just sent out a press statement saying it's withdrawn its cease-and desist letter to Trevor Eckhart, who recently detailed how the company's action worked. S...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 23, 2011
The push and pull between security (and privacy) advocates and a company that supplies several Android manufacturers with application metrics has reached a new level -- and lawyers are now involved....
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 12, 2011
It's fun to say Android is fragmented on the Internet. All the cool kids and blogs do it, they even make fancy misleading charts about it. While there's more than one side to the...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 28, 2011
Isis, a joint venture of Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile, has announced that the major hardware makers of Android (and Windows 7) phones have climbed on board and will offer hardware that impl...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 07, 2011
Carriers, manufacturers who play nice get 'non-contractual time to market advantage'Can't say this surprises us much. Think back to mid-May, when This is my Next's Nilay Patel did a bang-up job explai...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 02, 2011
Youtube link for mobile viewingIf you haven't heard, Foxconn -- the Chinese tech manufacturer that supplies parts for just about everything -- apparently is looking to replace a bunch of human workers...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 05, 2011
Comscore has released their numbers for the period ending May 2011, and it's no surprise that Samsung and Android still lead the pack. According to Comscore, smartphone adoption in the US has cl...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 31, 2011
Find the latest HTC ThunderBolt accessories
If you're looking for a simple, inexpensive case for your HTC ThunderBolt, the HTC Skin Case may be the way to go. It's a very basic rubbe...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 21, 2010
UMA (Unlicensed Mobile Access) for Android looks to be right around the corner (never mind what T-Mobile said), thanks to Kineto's Smart WiFi. You folks using T-Mobile, Rogers, British Telecom a...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 21, 2010
Poof. It's gone. Shortly after Google tells the L.A. Times that the Nexus One will be sold out by the end of the month, the phone no longer is for sale at Google.com/phone. Fare thee well, N1. You sh...
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by Casey Chan
Dec 23, 2009
The story of HTC is nothing short of amazing. From a little OEM company that developed phones for other companies to a complete powerhouse of a manufacturer and heavyweight in the smartphone ind...
