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by Android Central
Apr 12, 2012
Though they are both finally running Ice Cream Sandwich!
As seen at Sprint.com; Thanks, Zachary!
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 12, 2012
A couple of our favorite Android applications are head to head in the running for a win in the 16th annual Webby Awards. Google Wallet currently has a slight edge over keyboard app SwiftKey X. ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 12, 2012
As promised, the Sprint LG Viper 4G LTE is available for preorder today for $99. (That's on a two-year contract and after a $50 mail-in rebate.) In exchange for that Benjamin you'll get a 4-...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 12, 2012
Since a few phones and tablets have been upgraded to (or shipped with) Ice Cream Sandwich, now is a good time to ask those who are using it what they think. We know, most devices don't have it y...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 11, 2012
The latest in the never-ending story of Android security is out, and this time it's talking about what an app can access if it declares no permissions. (To put it another way, what all an applic...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 11, 2012
af250xxl asks in the Android Central forums,
Can my Rezound get the official ICS update if I don't have Verizon service? I removed the Rezound from my account the day after I activated ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 11, 2012
Verizon might have nixed plans for a $2 bill-payment fee late last year, but that doesn't mean it's the end of all fees for all time. Starting April 22, Big Red will charge you $30 for the p...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 11, 2012
On the left is April 10, on the right is April 8 (April 3 is below)
Fun story about the HTC One X battery life. I've seen it be one of the worst performers (thanks to a since-squashed server-si...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 11, 2012
That's right, Staten Island. No longer can Manhattan and Queens and Brooklyn and the Bronx lord over you for not having AT&T's 4G LTE data, as the switch has been flipped and you're ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 11, 2012
We all want a battery that lasts days between charges while we use the heck out of it, but common sense tells us that's just never going to happen. Battery tech is slowing getting better, while ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 10, 2012
Android's Instagram app just got an update. Included in the fixes -- among blanket better support for Tegra 3 devices -- is specific support the the HTC One X. So there's that. Here's th...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 10, 2012
Kelly writes,
HELP! While attempting to remove an email account from my phone I erased everything. Now all I get is the phone set up screen. Since I do not have a phone account I fear that ...
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by Android Central
Apr 10, 2012
From Starfleet Captain:
Dear HTC,
As a customer and consumer, I want to thank you for the excellent phones that you continue to make every year. My very first HTC—made smartphone was the Win...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 10, 2012
Tapatalk, the app that makes browsing vBulletin forums a breeze from a smartphone, has come out of its Version 2.0 beta and is now available for downloading. The biggest feature is an improved UI wi...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 10, 2012
One of the things folks really (really) like about Android 4.0 is the way you can disable system applications from the settings menu. It doesn't delete them, but it does keep them quiet and out ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 10, 2012
We usually don't worry too awful much about the various people importing and hawking unlocked phones on the Internet, but sometimes things just need passed along. The deals site Daily Steals has...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 09, 2012
A few days back, Sprint announced the update to Ice Cream Sandwich was ready to go, and today Jean-Baptiste Queru (the AOSP guru at Google) has announced that the sojus factory images are avail...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 09, 2012
It looks like T-Mobile's gonna roll out its HTC One S on April 25 -- at least according to this leaked internal screen shot and big green arrow. The timing's as good as anything, we suppose,...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 09, 2012
Wind customers with a Samsung Nexus S should get ready for the big OTA to Ice Cream Sandwich, as it appears to be rolling out now. AC reader Vic Singh tweeted in to let us know that his Nexus S was ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 09, 2012
We all have bad habits. I drink entirely too much coffee, and every time I try to cut back (because I know how bad it is for me), I end up back at it again within a week. It's one of my per...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 09, 2012
Thunder350 writes,
A beautiful unannounced almost bezel free HTC device has been spotted on HTC's new HTC Sense web page! Is it a future device? Or just HTC teasing us with a beaut...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 09, 2012
Firing up the Android emulator historically has been a lot like going to the DMV, or maybe the pediatrician's office. You can do it, and you'll have something to show for it at the end of th...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 09, 2012
The excitement continues to build over the HTC EVO 4G LTE. That's the good news. The bad news is we don't really know when Sprint's going to release. We've got at least a mon...
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by Kevin O'Quinn
Apr 09, 2012
In a move that shouldn't surprise anyone, HTC won't be bundling Beats headphones with it's devices anymore. Ever since HTC announced their partnership with Beats they'...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 08, 2012
We've had quite a few folks ask about a way to post their Instagram pictures to Google+, and an equal number of methods to do so hit our inbox recently. Because Google+ doesn't yet have a pu...
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by Kevin O'Quinn
Apr 08, 2012
Just as they previously announced, three new markets went live today. Bloomington and Muncie, IN and Bryson-College Station, TX now have AT&T's fastest data offering available. T...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 06, 2012
It's been about two months since the AT&T Samsung Infuse 4G first saw its Android 2.3 Gingerbread made available, only to be yanked back due to some bugs. On Thursday, the download was final...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 06, 2012
Instagram has received another update, this time opening the app to Android tablets and other Wifi devices. Not a lot has changed, as sideloading the old version on tablets or Wifi devices worked, b...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 06, 2012
We know the EVO 4G LTE is running Android 4-dot ... something. But this was a first, at least for me. At least they didn't come at us with something like "That's for us to know and you ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 06, 2012
I worry about my HTC One X. I live in fear that I will render its camera -- one of the more important parts of the phone -- useless by scratching the camera lens to no end. On the One X, which is ma...
