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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 08, 2013
Keeping track of the names and numbers can be quite the task. How do you tackle it?
Your contacts, and keeping the list of them safe and sound, is a pretty big deal for some of us. I've got ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 01, 2013
We spend more time using the keyboard than many other apps. Which one is your favorite?
One of Android's killer features is the ability to change system applications if we come across one th...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 17, 2013
Sales of Samsung's Galaxy S4 phones will go through the roof, tell us where you're going to use yours
All the major carriers in the US are going to carry the Samsung Galaxy S4, and we...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 04, 2013
Now that the cat is out of the bag and we know all about Facebook Home, it's time to find out just who will give it a try
A whole lot of people use Facebook. Zuck spent a couple minutes...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 26, 2013
T-Mobile threw a whole lot of stuff at us when they unveiled their new "UnCarrier" Simple-Choice pricing models. While we're mostly excited to see a release date for the Galaxy S4, and...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 06, 2013
NFC has been set to be the "next big thing" for a while now, but has never taken off. Most high-end Android phones ship with an NFC chip now, so the hardware is out there, but there is one...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 27, 2013
While some notable big names in Android were mostly missing, Mobile World Congress 2013 still had a lot of Android to show off -- not counting what was in Phil's shoulder bag. We saw this years ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 05, 2013
In 2012, it was hard to compete with Samsung's $12 Billion electronics marketing budget. Even Apple has felt the pinch from Samsung's marketing department. They figured out that building the...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 30, 2013
It's not every day that a major tech company reinvents itself like RIM has done. With Android and iOS gobbling up damn near all of the mobile market, RIM saw it was time to shift gears and deliv...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 23, 2013
It's the time of year when smartphone manufacturers trot out pretty shiny new things, in the hopes that we will trade our money for them. It's pretty successful, because they always have som...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 14, 2013
CES is over, we've all had a weekend to wind down and digest it all, and for mobile hardware junkies there is a lot to talk about. We saw what the big three mobile CPU builders will have to offer ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 10, 2012
'Tis the season in most of the western world, where we're spending time with our loved ones celebrating the year-end holiday. It's also the time when we traditionally exchange gifts, so ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 03, 2012
The Google Play gift card is an elusive beast. Supposedly available at big box stores like Walmart and Target, specialty stores like GameStop, even grocery stores and electronics stores like Kroger ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 26, 2012
We've seen a couple phones from HTC with a 1080p screen; namely the Droid DNA and J Butterfly, and have rumors of similar phones coming from Sony and LG. Clearly, someone in charge of the secret...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 13, 2012
Unfortunately, "coming soon" is what most people saw when they went to order a new Nexus device. To put it gently, the launch was a bit of a fustercluck. We've been ranting about it, a...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 05, 2012
We're eight days away from seeing the new Nexus 4 go on sale at Google Play, and there's a lot of buzz about the value aspect of using it with inexpensive prepaid cellular service. We've...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 22, 2012
Google is "opening the playground" in just seven short days, and by now everyone thinks we know exactly what we're going to be seeing come October 29. I'll leave the editorial...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 15, 2012
With the holiday season creeping up on the western world, it's the time of year when many folks are looking at buying a new phone. A quick look at the numbers tells us that a whole bunch of thos...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 08, 2012
It's the time of year where all Android fans start to think about the next Nexus device. We're Android fans first and foremost around these parts, so we're right there with you all think...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 01, 2012
A few weeks back we asked everyone about dedicated cameras that run Android, like the Samsung Galaxy Camera or the Nikon CoolPix S800c. This time, we're going back to basics and talking about th...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 24, 2012
Having access to the Internet's rich content is a good reason why many of us love our smartphones. The days of WAP browsing are over and we have all sorts of options and way to get the Web and s...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 17, 2012
When a new phone is released without NFC, there's a lot of wailing and teeth-gnashing on the Internet about how horrible it is that manufacturer X is silly for not including it. Some folks seem ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 04, 2012
Android is a Linux OS -- just like countless other Linux OSs you use without knowing it every day with "not-smart" consumer electronic devices. Because it's easily scalable and si...
