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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 14, 2010
It's pretty much agreed upon that the new doubleTwist music app for Android is one of the better looking players on everybody's favorite smartphone. But how did it come to be? Designer Sebastiaa...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 14, 2010
Motorola Cliq owners, you haven't been forgotten. A group of developers has cooked up some Eclair love for you. In what sounds like a herculean effort travisjames, along with fellow develo...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 14, 2010
Good news for all you Motorola Droid fans who have had to keep repeating over and over that "processor speed isn't everything." You're getting a 1GHz processor in the Droid 2, if this leaked...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 14, 2010
Lyle writes in to tell us the story about his seatmate on a recent flight from Texas to California. And there it is, folks, the Motorola Droid X. Lyle had his Evo 4G sitting up on its kickstand when ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 14, 2010
AT&T this morning on YouTube and Facebook officially outed the HTC Aria, an Android 2.1 device with a 3.2-inch screen at 320x480 resolution . Codenamed the Liberty and actually outed by AT&...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 13, 2010
Remember how we said the other day that the Verizon Droid Incredible had been rooted, but that the method wasn't quite ready for public consumption? Well, your time has come, folks. This one's still ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 13, 2010
Is there anything these phones can't do? huskermania shows us how he's running his Xbox 360, through a Macbook, running Windows 7, and tethered to an HTC Droid Incredible. I think if he adds a w...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 12, 2010
Remember how much we loved the live wallpaper that came with a recent Google Maps update? The developers at AndroidGamer just cranked things up a notch. This goes way beyond changing map ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 12, 2010
It's been a few hours, so we should see another leak of the Motorola Droid X anytime now and -- oh, look, there it is. That's it on the left, hanging out with the Evo 4G and an iPhone. We get an...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 12, 2010
What's that? The HTC Sense clock widget on stock Android? (And Froyo, no less?) Sure looks that way. What you see is called Fancy Widget, and it sure does look like it was all but stripped straig...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 11, 2010
Looking a lot like the M100S, the Samsung Galaxy Apollo appears to be headed to Europe (at least the UK anyway) 'soon'. If it is the M100S, or a close copy, look for it to show up with Android 2...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 11, 2010
Say what you will about AT&T's network issues, but for a lot of us it's worked just fine. Except for when it doesn't work, like today. Seems that it's taken quite a hit in the Southeast again ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 11, 2010
The HTC Legend has been one of our favorite phones to come out of the Taiwanese manufacturer this year. (Read our full review) Its unibody aluminum construction, the new Sense UI, optical trackpa...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 11, 2010
O2 Germany says that the Motorola Milestone and the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 will soon be getting updated ROMs. Sorry, but the Milestone won't be getting Android 2.2/Froyo this time around...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 11, 2010
In a word: Wow. Finally, some clear pics of the Droid Xtreme -- which apparently is going to be called the Droid X -- and it's a looker. Gadget University scored some time with the as-yet unanno...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 11, 2010
Top o' the news Motorola Droid 2 goes full frontal -- but it'll have Motoblur?Droid Incredible rooted, but method not yet ready for prime timeEvo 4G Wifi test -- how bad is it?Evo 4G Wifi speed tes...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 11, 2010
(AT&T Android Product Manager Dante Martin) We brought you the first picture of the AT&T HTC Liberty -- which may well be named the Intruder -- and now we can bring you a video teaser of...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 11, 2010
When you see a phone along side a set of keys, a screw, a penny a razor blade, you know something bad's about to happen. Right? Roman G lets us know in the Android Central Forums about his scratch tes...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 10, 2010
Sometimes you just want to bang out a Tweet or two and not necessarily be bothered with a full-fledged Twitter app. And we don't all like hooking up Twitter to our text messages. And so we present Tw...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 10, 2010
So we've already taken a look at the strength of the Wifi signal on the Evo 4G. And that's important. You have to have a good connection to get anything done. But signal strength isn't everything. An...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 10, 2010
If you're looking at an HTC Desire but aren't all that crazy about having yet another black slab laying around, UK retailer Expansys has you covered. A silver job will be available for a lim...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 10, 2010
In what should be a surprise to no one, Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha said recently that he expects to see two to four phones (Android, we assume) with front-facing cameras coming later this year. That...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 10, 2010
Adobe Flash is finally coming to Android with the update to Froyo, and quite a few of us have been rocking Android 2.2 for a few weeks now. So let's put it to you, folks. Now that you've actually bee...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 10, 2010
Samsung makes all sorts of electronics (including some nice Android phones), but their name is synonymous with screen technology. That being said, anytime they chime in about screens or displays...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 10, 2010
For those of you following the development of Mozilla's Firefox browser for Android -- also known as Fennec -- you'll be happy to learn that basic multitouch has been added in a development build. Th...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 10, 2010
The Droid Incredible has been a tough nut to crack, with rooting eluding the hacking elite (and thus the rest of us mere mortals, too). But it looks like some real progress has been made, and Sha...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 09, 2010
Not quite satisfied with the stock firmware on your new HTC Evo? Or maybe you just have the itch to tinker that comes naturally when some folks get their paws on an Android phone. Android ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 09, 2010
It's no great secret that the Evo 4G doesn't do as well as other Android phones when it comes to holding a Wifi signal. In fact, we've got page after page in our forums of how displeased many of you ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 09, 2010
The hot app of the year appears to be one that will lock and/or wipe your phone. And as such, Norton -- the longtime virus-cleaner (among other things) -- has the Norton Security app in beta in the A...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 09, 2010
If you've got an extra $199 burning a hole in your pocket and are desperately in need of some serious Garmin action on your phone, you can now go out and get the T-Mobile Garminfone. It's the first re...
