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by Phil Nickinson
May 13, 2010
A senior Android software engineer is leaving the Android team, hot on the heels of senior project manager Erik Tseng's announcement that he's going to Facebook. Cedric Buest is headed to Linked In a...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 13, 2010
Aside from the 4G WiMax hotspot, one of the other cool new features of the Sprint Evo 4G is honest-to-goodness two-way video chat, with Qik serving it all up. And it worked fairly well in the de...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 13, 2010
Sprint. Simultaneous voice and data. Two things that, until now, have never gone together. But with the HTC Evo 4G (we've mentioned you can get it June 4 for $199, right?), it's finally a r...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 13, 2010
When we first saw the Sprint Evo 4G at CTIA a couple months ago, we didn't get a good look at the software because, well, it wasn't ready. But that was some 60 days ago, and it's time to take it for ...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 12, 2010
OK, now that the Sprint Evo 4G pricing is official and all, let's break it down, all official-like.$199 for the phone, after the usual two-year contract.$69.99 a month for the Everything Data plan.$10...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 12, 2010
Is the Android Market acting up for you? Updates not installing? Can't connect? We've heard from a number of you, and you're not alone, as some of you half sought help in Google's forums, to. We've re...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 12, 2010
Not that Android is a slouch, but let's face it -- we'd all love a faster operating system. And it looks like may well be getting one in Android 2.2 (aka Froyo), and something to the tune of 450 time...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 11, 2010
If you're chomping at the bit for the T-Mobile Garminfone, you shouldn't have to wait too much longer. A mere $199 (or $450 off contract) will get you the Garmin-Asus special sauce of turn-by-turn nav...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 11, 2010
It's not the most cryptic of codes, but Cellular South slipped into a tweet today that it's going to offer the Motorola Milestone (aka the Droid to you folks on Verizon) as its previously announced &q...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 11, 2010
The good news: LG is finally getting into the Android game, and on Verizon, no less (just like we first told you). The ho-hum news: It's doing so with the Ally. And as this leaked slide...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 10, 2010
Android 2.0+ The Dolphin Browser is an old favorite on Android, and it just got a nice refresh in the form of the Dolphin Browser HD. You want tabbed browsing? You got it. Gesture support? Yep....
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by Phil Nickinson
May 10, 2010
We don't want to be getting anyone's hopes up too much here, but it's possible that the Verizon Droid Eris could be getting its long-awaited Android 2.1 update ... tomorrow! That said, we've seen...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 10, 2010
It's hardly surprising at this point, but the Nexus One apparently is a no-go on Sprint, a little less than two months after its "we're getting it, too!" announcement. Consumer Products rep...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 10, 2010
Analyst firm NPD reported this morning that Android phones surpassed sales of the iPhone in the first quarter of 2010. Android had 28 percent of unit sales, compared to Apple's 21 percent. Both opera...
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by Adam Sawyer
May 09, 2010
Check it out, Android lovers; U.S. Cellular has a new device joining its ranks this July. There already has been talk of the HTC Desire appearing on their network, and now it has announced the...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 07, 2010
Hardware news
MyTouch 3G Slide brings keyboard to the popular T-Mobile Android phone
T-Mobile MyTouch 3G Slide teased in video
Tiny, blurry HTC Evo 4G appears in Sprint Store
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by Android Central
May 07, 2010
If you missed out on one of the 30 copies of WaveSecure we gave away, we're not done yet. For one month, you can get WaveSecure at a 20 percent discount if you use the promo code WS-ACENTRAL. That's ...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 07, 2010
Legos? Check. Droid? Check. Puzzle problem solver? Check. What you see above is being used to trumpet the ARM processor inside the Motorola Droid (as well as any number of other smartphones). The...
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by Android Central
May 07, 2010
Please allow ourselves to introduce ... ourselves. If you're new at Android, you should now be familiar with Android Central: The Blog. Now meet Android Central: The Facebook Page, and Andr...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 07, 2010
Here we go again. PanzyDog in our forums has managed to snag another Sprint HTC Evo 4G and is opening the floor (erm, forums) once for questions. Here's ours: Where are you getting these won...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 06, 2010
From time to time, it's pretty darn handy to be able to access -- and control -- a desktop computer from your phone. Maybe you're the IT-type, maybe it's a family member who swears they don't know wh...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 06, 2010
Not a whole lot going on in this video of the T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide other than the Android phone simply being used, but we do get another look at the new "Espresso" user interface in ac...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 06, 2010
Remember how the Motorola Milestone's Android 2.1 update was delayed? No more, as Moto's broken the good news on its Facebook page. And not only is it available right now, it's bringing nine (NINE!)&...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 04, 2010
You gotta hand it to Cellular South. While major carriers (cough, AT&T) pass on the best devices Android has to offer, the best-kept secret in the Deep South promises "a whole new lineup of ...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 04, 2010
You, sir (or madam) are not Oprah Winfrey. And so, you'll have to wait until the Sprint Evo 4G actually launches before you can get your hands on it. (For that matter, we're not Oprah, either, but co...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 04, 2010
T-Mobile today introduced the myTouch 3G Slide, bringing a horizontal slider keyboard to the popular device. The myTouch 3G Slide runs Android 2.1 on a 3.4-inch HVGA touchscreen. It's less t...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 03, 2010
It's been a little less than a month since the Android developer site released its last version numbers, and we already have another update. As of the two weeks ending May 3, some 32.4 percent of Andr...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 03, 2010
We've all had a nice, long weekend with Verizon's HTC Droid Incredible. Let's take a gander in the forums, shall we, and see what's leading the discussion: First and foremost is battery life. Ti...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 03, 2010
That's right, folks, the Mint personal finance app [market link] is finally available for Android. For the uninitiated, Mint plugs into your bank accounts (kind of like Microsoft Money did back in th...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 03, 2010
A cryptic but overly long press release this morning confirmed that the LG Ally is, in fact, a horizontal slider with Android, and is promotionally tied to the "Iron Man 2" movie, two t...
