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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 28, 2011
Xoom 4G LTE starts shipping Oct. 13 for $499
We're starting to get word that the Motorola Xoom is finally getting ready for its upgrade to 4G LTE on Verizon. If you'll recall, the Xoom w...
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by Alex Dobie
Aug 31, 2011
Looks like the long, long (long) overdue Motorola Xoom 4G upgrade could be about to kick into action soon, as an anonymous tipster has sent us a photo from his LTE-upgraded Xoom. Our source says ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 25, 2011
Sony Ericsson today announced the latest addition to its Xperia line -- the Neo V -- which will be the first of its phones to benefit from its new "Facebook inside Xperia" software upgrade. ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 04, 2011
The official Facebook app for Android just got itself a little update in the Android Market. Here's what's new in version 1.6.3:Improved the design of the composer barFixed a bug that made birth...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 01, 2011
Update: We've gotten numerous reports in the comments on this post, in our forums and at Sprint's forums saying this update's bricking phones. Sprint acknowledged earlier in the day that there might b...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 26, 2011
Wanting some of the fast LTE goodness for your Motorola Xoom? Looks like you'll be waiting another month or so, according to a source at Droid Life. Promised this past Spring, the LTE upg...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 16, 2011
Good news, everyone! The Motorola Atrix 4G (read our full review) -- another one of those phones announced at CES this year that in reality "should" have launched and And...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 30, 2011
As promised, HTC has offered Desire owners some news on the status of the phone's Android 2.3 Gingerbread update, saying they've begun testing on it this week. In a post on its official Facebook...
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by Menno
Jun 13, 2011
It looks like owners of the Fascinate will start seeing a minor update pushed out to their devices soon. The update seems to be rather small and the only two changes listed are:Improved incoming...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 01, 2011
Can't put it more plainly than that. According to this little tidbit that just hit our inbox, it looks like the Sprint HTC EVO 4G -- the first 4.3-inch Android smartphone, as well as the fir...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 23, 2011
Well, two out of three ain't bad, folks. Way back in early December, we asked Android Central Seer (it's on his business card) Jerry Hildenbrand to predict which phones might get the upgrade to Ginge...
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by Joshua Munoz
May 17, 2011
T-Mobile is instituting a phone trade-in program, taking not only their own handsets, but a handset from any carrier and offering up to $300 that could be used towards the purchase of a new T-Mobile p...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 07, 2011
First it was lengthening the early upgrade benefit, and now Verizon's apparently doing away with 1-year contracts altogether starting April 17. We'll let that sink in for a minute. Here's the deal:&n...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 27, 2011
The race is on to see which device will be the first to get an official upgrade to Android 2.3 Gingerbread, and a new ROM has leaked out for the Euro version of the Samsung Galaxy S (that's the I9000...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 25, 2011
Word on the street and in the Android Central Forums is that the Samsung Transform is in the throes of receiving its Android 2.2 Froyo update, as was promised earlier this week. The upgrade to versio...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 05, 2011
Good news for those of you who might have unlocked and/or rooted your Motorola Xoom -- to the surprise of few of us here, you should have no problem with Motorola upgrading it to LTE. That's in contra...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 25, 2011
We've known since its unveiling in January that you're going to have to take the Motorola Xoom somewhere to be upgraded to LTE date. The question was where, and how. The answer(s)? Back to ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 24, 2011
Rut ro. If you've been wondering why your Sprint Epic 4G hasn't yet received the over-the-air update to Froyo, it's because Sprint and Samsung have yanked it from the servers. Apparently a number of f...
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by Menno
Feb 07, 2011
Best buy used their Super Bowl ad to pimp their new "Buy Back" program. Buyback allows you to trade in your "ancient" 12-month-old tech for the latest and greatest, hel...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 31, 2011
We've got no doubt that Verizon and Motorola are working on bringing Gingerbread to the Droid X. We said as much in our predictions of which phones will get Android 2.3 upgrades. And so it's little s...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 19, 2011
The number of anonymous and unconfirmed "reasons" for the amount of time it's taking the U.S. Galaxy S phones to get their upgrades to Android 2.2 seems to grow every day. And the leading t...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 18, 2011
Verizon today confirmed the WSJ story that confirmed the news we broke to you two weeks ago in the first place -- the New Any 2 upgrade program is no more. Still don't believe us?New Every Two wa...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 14, 2011
The post-CES wrapup Android Central's best of CES 2011A comparison of Verizon's new LTE lineup [from the forums]CES brought dual-core, LTE but no NFC Hardware news What's Sprint conjuring up Feb. 7?Is...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 14, 2011
There's been much hubbub made this week over a study by Computer World that tracks which phones have been upgraded to Froyo, and how long it took them to receive the update. Here's a little secret tho...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 12, 2011
Guess that makes it official, folks. The Wall Street Journal has confirmed the news we broke more than a week ago -- that Verizon's ending the NE2 program and that customers on two-year contracts...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 04, 2011
Verizon's getting ready to change (they call it "simplifying") its upgrade policy starting Jan. 16, and it's not quite in favor of the consumer. As you can see in the above training ma...
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by Sean Brunett
Dec 10, 2010
Great news for Samsung Vibrant users on Bell, Virgin Mobile and SaskTel, as the Froyo OTA is now available to download.In order to complete the upgrade fully, follow the instructions on Samsung's site...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 07, 2010
It's the thought at the front of everyone's minds -- "will my phone get Gingerbread?" Just like last time, and just like next time, we all want to know if our phone can expect an upgr...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 24, 2010
Motorola has announced that the European version of its rugged Defy Android smartphone (see our hands-on) will be upgraded to Android 2.2 Froyo beginning in the second quarter of 2011. Also, the ...
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by Jared DiPane
May 11, 2010
Verizon Wireless tends to be rather notorious, along with nearly every other cell phone manufacturer and carrier, for delaying taking its sweet time with OS updates. Android 2.1 has been rumored to be...
