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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 06, 2012
The theme for this week's photo contest is all about Lloyd. We love him, you guys love him, and it's high time he got involved. Take a pic of anything and drop Lloyd in place to ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 06, 2012
What is USB? USB stands for Universal Serial Bus, and is a standard for connectors, cables and protocols used for data transfer and power between a computer and another electronic device. &nbs...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 05, 2012
AT&T will begin to take pre-orders today for the Samsung Galaxy Note, the 5.3-inch phablet will be sold in carbon blue or ceramic white, and check in at $299 with a new agreement. Orders a...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 03, 2012
Reports across the Internet about the Verizon Galaxy Nexus being dropped from AOSP support -- or even worse, no longer being updated by Google -- apparently were a bit premature. Dan Morrill h...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 03, 2012
Ready Cory H just dropped word that he's received an e-mail from Woot.com with some slightly troubling news, but also with a very cool resolution. Cory purchased a refurbished Motorola Xoom t...
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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 ...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 02, 2012
PC World, Dixons and Currys went a little crazy with their HTC Flyer pricing over the holidays, dropping the 16GB Wifi-only version to £200, and the 32GB 3G version to £250. Now it seems...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 02, 2012
Today Google unveiled a new tool to fight malware in the Android Market, appropriately named Bouncer. Hiroshi Lockheimer, VP of Engineering for Android made the announcement on the Google Mobi...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 02, 2012
We first outed the $99 ZTE Optik Honeycomb tablet a week ago, and today Sprint has made it official. The 7-inch Android 3.2 device will be available Feb. 5. Spec-wise, the Optik is right up there wi...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 02, 2012
Early last month we told you about A.I.type and their need for beta testers for a new "floating" spilt keyboard. Fast-forward to today, and the beta product is now finished, and Floa...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 02, 2012
You might have heard that Google has a new consolidated privacy policy coming in March. All the cool kids are talking about it, and even Microsoft has had a little to say to help you decide ho...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 01, 2012
Google, having already explained to the boys and girls inside the Beltway that they don't need to go all Chicken Little over its upcoming new consolidated privacy policy, today took aim at Redmo...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 01, 2012
Google today has updated a couple of its apps -- Chrome to Phone and Google Docs.
Chrome to Phone, which was rolled out alongside Android 2.2 Froyo in 2010, is a slick little service that lets you ...
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by Anndrew Vacca
Feb 01, 2012
Mint, Intuit's popular personal finance app and long-time favorite of ours here at Android Central, has finally been given the Honeycomb treatment in its latest update. Available now in the Andr...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 01, 2012
In-app billing is a bit of a touchy subject. Nobody begrudges developers that try to make a few dollars, but billing for extra content as a per-app basis just isn't very popular among user...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 31, 2012
There's a Market update available for ROM Manager, and it brings a new feature that many have been wanting -- automatic installation of ClockworkMod Touch Recovery. ROM Manager itself is s...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 31, 2012
But still no hard numbers given on Kindle Fire sales
Amazon today released its fourth-quarter 2011 earnings numbers. Net revenue was up 41 percent year over year to $48.08 billion, but net incom...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 31, 2012
The ASUS Padfone will be seen at Mobile World Congress. No more rumors, no conjecture. Done deal, at least as far as ASUS' press invite is concerned.
The Padfone's actually not just a tabl...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 31, 2012
We know what Google tells us about the number of devices on each platform. We can also read server logs and get a pretty good idea of the versions of Android hitting the site. But what b...
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by Alex Dobie
Jan 30, 2012
Samsung's Galaxy Note publicity machine continues to churn, with the manufacturer now hoping to win over consumers in its native South Korea a unique personalization option. According to Samsung...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 30, 2012
The AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note will be available Feb. 19 for $299 on contract, Samsung announced this morning. It'll be available in carbon blue and ceramic white, and preorders will begin Feb...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 29, 2012
The winner of this week's Android Central photo contest is August with his picture of a compact in a quiet street scene, taken with his Samsung Galaxy S II using Retro Camera . This w...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 28, 2012
The folks at Symantec have tipped everyone off about a new piece of Android Malware, calling Android.Counterclank "a bot-like threat that can receive commands to carry out certain actions, as w...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 27, 2012
Jailbreaking or rooting your smartphone is currently "legal" under Digital Millennium Copyright Act, but that exemption is set to expire in 2012. The EFF (Electronic Frontier Fo...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 27, 2012
What is open source? Open-source software is software that makes the source code freely available, for anyone to see and use. There are different open-source licenses that have different use conditi...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 27, 2012
Behold, the ZTE V66 Android tablet, apparently destined for Verizon at some point. The tablet as already been submitted to the U.S. FCC, and now a thumbnail picture (we've blown it up a tad here...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 27, 2012
The popular Android app Vlingo has come under a bit of fire the past several days, as it seems the application is sending a bit more data than they explain in their privacy agreement. The folk...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 27, 2012
Games can be really fun to play on your Android device. There's all sorts of them available, from ones for dedicated "gaming" hardware like the Xperia Play, to HD games optimized...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 26, 2012
Here at AC, we love Google Music, and some of us have it cranked high all day long while the lovingly sweet sounds of Led Zepplin or Motorhead coax us through the workday. But I digress, and m...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 26, 2012
Goodbye menu button, hello Action Bar overflow! Today on the Android Developers blog Scott Main, lead technical writer from Google, wrote up a nice piece of prose about how developers should m...
