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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 15, 2010
Our favorite Muscovite Football leaked out the latest HTC Lexikon RUU (that's geek-speak for the Verizon Merge), so I just had fire up lil' Hal and get to cracking it open. What's better th...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 15, 2010
Top o' the news - New logo, naming contest, and Phil goes back to Windows PhoneGet the Android Central wallpaper; name our Android contest!Windows Phone 7 launches with a slew of devices [the competit...
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by Jared DiPane
Oct 14, 2010
Rumors of the Droid 2 Global were flowing in rather rapidly for quite a while, then it seemed to drop off for a while until last week when we saw the placeholder on the Motorola website. It appears as...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 13, 2010
If there's one thing we love to do, it's parade white phones around our iPhone 4-wielding friends (who are still waiting for their white whale). And we've got an couple of new white Android dev...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 12, 2010
Want more on the HTC Merge on Verizon? We've got it. Want some solid hands-on time captured in moving pictures? We've got that, too. What we've got is hands-on video of the HTC Merge, the as yet stil...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 12, 2010
With the rumors that Verizon may start selling the Samsung Galaxy S Tab as soon as Nov. 1 flying about, a lot of people will be wondering just how well the new 7-inch Android offering from Samsung mea...
Review
by Phil Nickinson
Oct 11, 2010
This Verizon Fascinate review should have been an easy one. (And, yes, it should have been done some time ago.) It's the fourth version of the Samsung Galaxy S Android smartphone to be released in th...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 10, 2010
We talked about the HTC Bee a few times since last June, but finally proof of its existence has appeared via the Chinese blog 911HTC. They got their hands on a leaked RUU for the unit, and Allte...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 07, 2010
What have we here? Why it's more pictures of Verizon's upcoming Merge/Lexikon, which apparently are being shopped around to several Android blogs. (Hi, other blogs!) Nothing too new here,...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 06, 2010
Verizon just announced its deployment plans for its 4G LTE network and as expected, it's a biggie. When the switch is thrown later this year, 38 metro areas will be covered. And on top of that,...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 05, 2010
Verizon has surprised everyone by making press materials available for the Droid Pro -- looking very different than anyone thought with its candy-bar styling and non-sliding qwerty action. ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 05, 2010
Top-end world phone Droids weren't the only thing Verizon told us about today, also unveiling the Motorola Citrus, an entry-level, non-Droid-branded Android handset. By the looks of it, Bing is ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 05, 2010
Hey, lookie. Verizon's going to talk LTE tomorrow on the opening day of CTIA's fall event. That's cool. But it's still fairly unlikely we'll get any handset news just yet, though there's still ...
Article
by Dallin Hampton
Oct 02, 2010
Via @VZWKateWith the Droid R2-D2 available to the masses and the launch parties all wrapped-up, it's safe to say this was a good week for all the Star Wars fans out there. For all those who made it ou...
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by Kyle Gibb
Oct 02, 2010
Now that they are finally back in stock, it looks like Verizon wants to push as many HTC Droid Incredibles out into the eager hands of the childr- .. err, consumers, as possible (to clear way f...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 01, 2010
The HTC Merge we took for a spin sports an ARM7 processor at 800MHz. Go ahead, start typing your comment about how it's "only" 800MHz. We'll wait. Now look up at the Quadrant score ab...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 01, 2010
We bring you an exclusive hands-on with the elusive global horizontal slider Slim, sleek and ready to do business -- that's how we'd decribe the HTC Merge. The Merge (aka the Lexikon -- and both...
Article
by Sean Brunett
Sep 30, 2010
Verizon's mobile strategy for the next few months has surfaced and if true, we will be seeing a large LTE tablet and many more high quality Android devices in the near future. Here are some of th...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 30, 2010
We've already seen the RUU for the HTC Merge (Lexikon) leaked out, determined that it's been Binged, and now it's time to scope out the user manual a bit. The fellas over at DroidLife are showin...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 30, 2010
Innovative screen design is coming to Verizon The Verizon Samsung Fascinate, left, and Continuum, right. Behold, the Verizon Continuum -- aka the Samsung SCH-i400 -- live and in person. It's an as-ye...
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by Andrew Melnizek
Sep 30, 2010
Big Red really likes Android phones (probably a true fact). The dude, or rather, the guy, over at The Droid Guy, has posted a blury image of the new Samsung I-400. You're probably already looking at t...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Sep 30, 2010
Couldn't make it to one of the R2-D2 parties last night? Want your very own Star Wars edition of the Droid 2? Just hit up Verizon's website and part with $249, and you can be the envy of all yo...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 29, 2010
Everyone loves launch parties, especially when the R2-D2 edition of the Droid 2 is hosting! Verizon is throwing a bunch of them tonight, hit the break to see the list. If you go, be sure t...
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by Kyle Gibb
Sep 28, 2010
Best Buy has announced a new promotion that will occur every Friday in October that will have a phone on each major U.S. carrier (Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile) on sale for the low, lo...
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by Kyle Gibb
Sep 28, 2010
The sales numbers keep pouring in, and it is nothing but good news for Android. Backing that up are ad impression statistics from mobile ad firms, and Millennial Media is reporting huge growth f...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 27, 2010
The good news, the Verizon HTC Merge -- also codenamed the Lexikon -- has gone full frontal yet again, with BGR scoring a plethora of shots of what looks to be a more finished device. The model...
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by Kyle Gibb
Sep 27, 2010
In a move that should shock no one given similar pricing for the Samsung Vibrant and Captivate, Amazon is now offering the Verizon-locked Samsung Fascinate (check out our initial impressions here...
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by Andrew Melnizek
Sep 27, 2010
We're only a few days away from the launch of the R2-D2 branded Droid 2 from Verizon Wireless, and we know all you Jedi and Bounty Hunters can't wait for this one. To ease some of that nerd pain, Ver...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 25, 2010
As Sept. 30 creeps up on us, it comes as no surprise that Motorola Droid 2 R2-D2 edition launch kits are showing up in some Verizon stores. Word has it that these are non-functional dummy units...




































