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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 17, 2012
So you bought an HP TouchPad, threw Android on it (to make it worth a damn), and now you think you're done? You're not. It ain't done until you theme the moboot screen! And if you're...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 05, 2012
We're all back home and settled in from Mobile World Congress, and it's time to kick off another weekly photo contest! The subject this week is something near and dear to my heart, and inspi...
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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 23, 2012
We're back for the second weekly Android Central photo contest, and this week's theme is transportation. Anything that you use to get from point A to point B is fair game (see our exam...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 22, 2012
The winner of this week's Android Central photo contest is Travis Detweiler with his picture of sunrise over Tampa Bay. Taken with his HTC EVO 3D while heading out into the gulf to catch a...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 18, 2012
We were pretty sure that kicking off a weekly photo contest would be well received, but we had no idea it would be this well received. Combine our level of awesome with your level of awesome, ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 16, 2012
We're kicking off a new weekly photo contest today! The rules are simple -- We'll give a theme, you use your Android phone (or tablet, or netbook, you get the idea) to take a picture t...
Review
by Joshua Munoz
Oct 31, 2011
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Ed. note: This theme requires use of the Theme Chooser.
When Google finally unveiled Ice Cream Sandwich to the world, we all knew it was going to be the ...
Review
by Joshua Munoz
Oct 21, 2011
Ed. note: This theme requires use of the Theme Chooser.
With the temperature rapidly dropping round these parts, I figured a new theme to match the cold would work out real nice. I've been abso...
Review
by Joshua Munoz
Oct 11, 2011
I'm a bit of a themaholic. It's not the same as a flashaholic (although I am one of those, too), but it's in the same vein. Up until now, I had to really search for good CM7 themes,...
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by Joshua Munoz
Oct 06, 2011
My love affair with theming my CM7 install has taken a turn for the orange, or tangerine, in this case. MellowYellow served me well, but something about orange has just been piquing my interest as o...
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by Joshua Munoz
Oct 04, 2011
Continuing our journey into the world of CyanogenMod themes, I present to you JAMT - White Gradient. A lighter colored theme, this is for the folks who want something brighter and more eye-catching ...
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by Joshua Munoz
Oct 02, 2011
I'm a big fan of themes, especially ones that use the CM7 Theme Chooser. In my search for some nice, monochromatic themes, I've stumbled upon one called JAMT - Flat Black.
JAMT Black is mor...
Review
by Joshua Munoz
Sep 22, 2011
One of the best parts about CyanogenMod 7 is the powerful theme engine. No flashing zip files or anything is such a relief, plus, the theming and skinning community has delivered a multitude of...
Review
by Joshua Munoz
Sep 16, 2011
With the arrival of the CyanogenMod 7 alpha for the EVO 3D and the Sensation, it meant I could finally take advantage of the theme engine that's built in. I've been on a bit of a yellow kick lat...
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by Menno
Jun 09, 2011
This week we wanted to cover a slick theme for devices running CyanogenMod 7. Synergy is a theme built using the T-Mobile Theme Engine, a nifty piece of software that allows you to quickly chang...
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by Jared DiPane
Dec 02, 2010
We have seen our fair share of funny looking ads, like iOS on a Droid X or the HTC Aria being boasted as a 4G device, but this one is rather unique. It appears as though one marketing team h...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 14, 2010
For many of us, the best part of having an Android phone is the user customization it allows. It's odd then, that there is no easy method to change the theme on your phone like there is with oth...
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by Jared DiPane
Sep 11, 2010
Ok, now we all know that many BlackBerry users have converted to Android, but there are still some that carry both devices with them for whatever reasons they chose. In the past we have seen BlackBerr...
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by Ross Lovelace
Aug 16, 2010
By now we should all be pretty familiar with Google's ability to police applications served through the Android Market. It might have been a little shocking the first time Google flexed its muscled an...
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by Kyle Gibb
Aug 13, 2010
Google is usually thought to have a hands-off approach to the Android Market. But we have seen a couple cases to the contrary, and there are rules that must be followed. They have typically only...
