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iOS developer says 'Android designed for piracy'
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 25, 2012
Matt Gemmell, iOS developer and author on Apple-centric sites and publications such as MacFormat and Tap!, has written a post on his blog about how "Android was designed for piracy from the gro...
Android A to Z: Sideloading
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What is sideloading? [Android A to Z]
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 02, 2012
What is sideloading?  It's a term you see a lot thrown around while talking about Android applications, and it's simple to explain.  It means installing applications without using ...
Ice Cream Sandwich Unknown Sources
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Ice Cream Sandwich explained: USB debugging, sideloading settings get new homes
by Phil Nickinson
Nov 27, 2011
A couple of the most frequently used settings options have been moved in Ice Cream Sandwich. The first, and probably most important, is the "Unkown sources" option. That's the one tha...
Bravo sideloading update
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Motorola enables sideloading on the Bravo via a Market app
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 24, 2011
Pardon the pun, but bravo for Motorola and AT&T -- they have released an app on the Android Market that will enable sideloading on your Motorola Bravo.  Sideloading, something many of us thin...
Sideloading on AT&T
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AT&T confirms non-market app installs coming to existing phones
by Phil Nickinson
May 18, 2011
Changes will happen automatically in the background; Motorola Atrix 4G will also receive an updateAn AT&T spokesman has confirmed some smartphones in AT&T's current lineup will be updated to a...
AT&T Sideloading
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AT&T confirms to devs: Sideloading from here on out
by Joshua Munoz
May 17, 2011
When we broke the news that AT&T is pushing updates to older Android devices to finally enable sideloading, and with the Infuse 4G being its first phone to sideload out of the box, we naturally as...
AT&T Sideloading
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AT&T pushing updates to enable sideloading on older phones
by Phil Nickinson
May 16, 2011
Change paves way for Amazon Appstore downloadsIt's a Christmas miracle, folks! Starting today, AT&T is pushing updates to select Android phones that will enable non-market installations -- app sid...
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How to install Android apps
by Phil Nickinson
May 02, 2011
What you need to know to install (and uninstall) Android applicationsSo you've got an Android phone or tablet. Good on ya! But now what? You've heard about the tens of thousands of applications a...
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It's (far past) time for AT&T to allow non-Market apps on its phones
by Phil Nickinson
Apr 03, 2011
I'm on the bandwagon. I'm on the boat. I'm drinking the Kool-Aid. I've gotten with the program. I've seen the light at the end of the tunnel. ('Bout time, eh?) It's far past time for AT&T to...
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AT&T up to its old tricks -- no sideloading apps on the HTC Inspire 4G
by Phil Nickinson
Feb 03, 2011
But that's why we made the Sideload Wonder Machine Oh, by the way. In case you were hoping AT&T had changed its ways when it comes to locking its phones into the Android Market -- not so much. Th...
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Yahoo! Mail for Android requiring off-Market update [update -- Yahoo has fixed]
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 25, 2010
From the department of things that really suck: Yahoo! Mail for Android is prompting users to upgrade to version 1.2.0.  Normally we all love updates, but this time Yahoo is forcing users to down...
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We call them crippled because they are!

by Darth Pooh#CB
Mar 30, 2010
  In response to our fearless leader's momentary lapse of reason regarding the AT&T Backflip and its inability to load unsigned apps: Main Entry: 3cripple Function: transitive verb...