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by Chris Parsons
Jun 13, 2011
With the Motorola Droid X and the Motorola Droid Pro having already got their Gingerbread love, it's now time for the Droid 2 Global to get the same attention. If you head on over to the Verizon websi...
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by Alex Dobie
May 23, 2011
If tinkering with software internals is your thing, you'll be pleased to hear that the final, shipping ROMs for HTC's Facebook phones, the Salsa and ChaCha, have leaked out over on 911HTC. Both of the...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 19, 2011
iReports, breaking news, videos and photos round out the CNN Android app arsenal We knew CNN could make an Android app -- our headline "CNN's Android tablet app a model of how to prese...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 15, 2011
Here's a look at a cool new application from Sony called Photo Video Creator. If you like to take and share a lot of photos with your Android phone, this is definitely one you will want to look ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 31, 2011
YouTube link for mobile viewingWe know the Swype keyboard is pretty awesome. But try this on for size: Hank Torres, who is paralyzed from the shoulders down, set a world record with Swype and a head t...
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by Chris Parsons
Jan 28, 2011
When speaking of the Motorola Atrix 4G we kind of have to point out that while the device was shown off at CES it was not fully completed. Changes to the device before and post-launch are to be expect...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 25, 2011
Samsung just got back with us regarding a fairly serious bug some people are seeing after the recent DL09 over-the-air update for the Verizon Fascinate. Namely, some of you can place an emergency call...
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by Chris Parsons
Jan 14, 2011
While most users may be familiar with Clockr, the minimalistic time display application a lot of you may not have heard of Calendr yet. Calendr offers the same minimalistic approach as Clockr with th...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 12, 2011
If you're getting tired of the standard Android look and feel and are looking for a new vertical sliding homescreen, Spark just might be it. It's a home replacement from HipLogic, and it brings ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 10, 2011
CES 2011 has wound down, and if you're an Android fan you're likely either in a sort of heaven that only gadget geeks can enter, or suffering a shaky overload from all the news. Either way is g...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 13, 2010
If you're not using Root Explorer on your rooted Android phone or tablet, you should be. It's an easy way to work with the files on your device, using a graphical interface that so many of us a...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 23, 2010
Skyfire just released their cool new social networking browser, and you know we had to get our hands on it. It just so happens that we have a Viewsonic gTablet at our disposal, so we figured -- ...
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by Cory Streater
Nov 19, 2010
The Verizon Samsung Fascinate is set to get another maintenance update over the next few weeks -- no, it's not Froyo -- and we got a sneak peak at an early version. GPS has been targeted, and it...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 14, 2010
Yes, folks, we're well aware that Angry Birds will drop any minute now (through more likely in a few hours). And, yes, we're well aware that there's a "leaked" full version out there that's ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 14, 2010
Opera Mobile for Android has been in beta for what seems like forever -- we first got a look at it at Mobile World Congress way back in February. But it's nearing completion, and the popular mobile b...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 22, 2010
Sprint just posted that an update is coming to the Evo 4G. It says that Version 3.29.651.5 shall contain fixes for calendar event edit issues and syncing of multiple gmail accounts, both of which hav...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 30, 2010
Sometimes life has us on the go and we're not able to focus on the written word (even if only to get our Android news!), and that's where BuzzVoice steps in. The popular iOS app is n...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 25, 2010
Waiting for the G2 to release on T-mobile and feeling impatient? If you're into the hackery fun, you can download and check out what looks to be the leaked engineering test ROM right now. ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 23, 2010
I might have just found my perfect Android travel app. Worldmate is now in beta for Android, and it pretty much combines every feature I need in an app to keep me pointed in the right direction ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 20, 2010
You know we couldn't help ourselves. When a leaked build of Android 2.2 for the Motorola Droid X was outed by My Droid World, we had to take it for a spin. You're not going to find too many UI c...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 16, 2010
Finally out of beta, Adobe has pushed the official build of Flash 10.1 to the Android Market for Nexus One devices. After a string of beta builds, the application is finally stable enough for Ad...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 16, 2010
Adobe this morning at the Flash Summit in San Francisco let it be known that Adobe AIR 2.5 will be available in the foruth quarter of 2010. "The 2.x line has been about taking this broade...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 16, 2010
A quick programming note: We're in San Francisco today with a bunch of other bloggers (hi, guys and gals!) for the Adobe Flash Summit. We're expecting a healthy dose of Flash, AIR, gaming and even Goo...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 12, 2010
We've already played around with an early leaked build of the Tweetdeck Twitter client for Android, but now the beta period is in full swing, and we can all get our Twitter/Facebook/Buzz/Foursquare th...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 12, 2010
Who doesn't love a good trebuchet? Who doesn't love castles? And who doesn't love using a trebuchet to knock down a castle? That brings us to Namco's Crush the Castle, an Android game that will ...
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by Ross Lovelace
Aug 11, 2010
SwiftKey, one of our favorite keyboards, just added a much-wanted feature that many popular third-party keyboards lack: speech to text. The microphone gets a dedicated button in its familiar spot...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 10, 2010
Welcome to the big time, Android users -- the first Android-specific trojan has been announced by Kaspersky Lab. Don't sound the alarms and clang the bells just yet, as even with 200,000 activat...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 03, 2010
Android's official Facebook app just got a pretty major upgrade in Version 1.3.0. You'll immediate notice the difference in the user interface, with a photo reel at the bottom that lets you quickly f...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 03, 2010
So you want to update your Motorola Droid to Android 2.2, do ya? Go ahead. We're all for it. For everybody else who's content to wait until the over-the-air update hits, we'll show you what you're mi...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 15, 2010
We took the Log Me In Ignition VNC app for a spin a couple of months ago, and now it's available in the Android Market. For those of you not familiar with VNC, it's a standard way of contro...
