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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 29, 2011
Analytics firm ComScore just released a new batch of numbers, showing Android extending its lead over, well, everybody in the United States for September through November of 2011.
Out of the 91.4 m...
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by Chris Kerrigan
Dec 28, 2010
What is this we have here? Well, thanks to our friends over at Best Buy it, appears we have a Droid Eris running Windows Mobile! Not only is it running Windows Mobile, but it also appears to be sporti...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 24, 2010
There's a Reuters story going 'round today in which Swype CEO Mike McSherry (hey, Mike!) expects his keyboard -- which we're big fans of, by the way -- to be on 50 phones by year's end. It's currentl...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 01, 2010
It's not much of a secret, judging by all the talk in our Evo 4G forums, that a lot of you folks out there are getting ready to jump one ship or another to join the ranks of Android with the Sprint ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 28, 2010
Microsoft issued a news release late late night, announcing it signed a patent agreement with HTC over its entire line of smartphones running the Android operating system. Specific terms of the ...
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by Casey Chan
Apr 16, 2010
In a nod to the power of social networks, HTC wants Facebook users to vote on the name of its next device. The options? Jovi, Zeal, Wildfire, and Festi. No details about the device are given so ...
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by Casey Chan
Feb 23, 2010
It's always fun to have smart people hack away at old phones, sometimes cool things can happen. Case in point: the folks at xda-developers have gotten Android 2.1 (yeah, that's 2.1) onto 4 old W...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 23, 2010
There's been absolutely no doubt that Android's usage share has skyrocketed in the last year, and here's another example. Gartner released figures today that show a 3.4 percentage point climb over...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 01, 2010
You gotta love how how one of the greatest challenges in Windows Mobile these days is to get Android running on WinMo devices. And the latest subject: The Sony Ericsson Xperia X1. It's nowhere n...
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by Casey Chan
Jan 05, 2010
Your eyes aren't deceiving you. No, that's not a new Android phone but rather the Windows Mobile HTC Imagio running our favorite OS. A PPCGeeks forum user got Android 2.0.1 (take that non-Droid ...
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by Casey Chan
Dec 18, 2009
It's the end of the first week of the Smartphone Round Robin so it's time to wrap up our thoughts on Windows Phone in a full review. There's a lot to be said about where Windows Phone is headed and we...
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by Casey Chan
Dec 14, 2009
Let's get it started! The Third Annual Smartphone Round Robin officially begins NOW! For the first week we're taking a look at Windows Phone and seeing how it compares to our very own Android. From a...
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by Casey Chan
Jun 12, 2009
You can't help people sometimes. Sometimes, they're just resistant to change. When discussing the two HTC product chains--Android and Windows Mobile--HTC chief executive for France stated that HTC &qu...
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by Casey Chan
Mar 04, 2009
Our sister site the iPhone Blog dug up a great graph that charts the usage of mobile web browsers. Unsurprisingly, they bragged about their iPhone dominating the market but it's interesting to note...
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by Casey Chan
Feb 16, 2009
NVIDIA's Tegra is something that got kind of swept under the radar here at Android Central. We weren't too familiar with the details of this ridiculously powerful "mobile computer on a chip" becaus...
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by Casey Chan
Jan 30, 2009
You know those Dell Smartphone Rumors that keep popping up for seemingly no good reason? Well, it looks like there is some real juice behind it this time. The WSJ is reporting that Dell is "prepari...
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by Casey Chan
Jan 14, 2009
Fresh off of our report that Motorola was ditching Windows Mobile to focus on Android, we have caught word that that's not entirely true (yet, at least). According to Brian Viscount, Motorola's VP ...
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by Casey Chan
Jan 13, 2009
Okay. The folks at Compulab have made a new handheld device designed for the enterprise market called the exeda (pictured above). It's notable because it's going to be able to dual boot in both And...
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by Casey Chan
Jan 11, 2009
We've covered the whole Motorola saga here on Android Central ad nauseam. We know Motorola is going through a rough patch because they've had layoffs, they're losing appeal, marketshare, and so on....
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by Casey Chan
Jan 04, 2009
So our good friends over at WMExperts (check out their new layout!) are in an uproar over Android being ported to all their devices. We had a stab at the Tilt, the Touch, and now it looks like we'r...
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by Casey Chan
Jan 02, 2009
Our good friend Dieter Bohn over at WMExperts has finally finished off his full review of the T-Mobile G1! Dieter is no stranger to the Android platform, but is a die-hard Windows Mobile guy, so hi...
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by Casey Chan
Dec 17, 2008
The Smartphone Round Robin is in Week 4 and this will be the last week we spend on another smartphone platform! Obviously, I'm eager to jump back onto the G1 but before we do that we have to give a ...
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by Casey Chan
Dec 07, 2008
To wrap up Android Central's time with the AT&T Fuze for the Smartphone Round Robin, here are the answers to some of your guy's questions on this Windows Mobile powered device!
A lot of peopl...
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by Casey Chan
Dec 03, 2008
Having spent much time with the AT&T Fuze for the 2nd week of the Smartphone Round Robin, it’s time to wind down and give you my final thoughts!
I think above all other platforms, Android a...
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by Casey Chan
Nov 26, 2008
Kicking off the second week of the Smartphone Round Robin, Android Central gives you a Video Review of the AT&T Fuze. Like the T-Mobile G1, the AT&T Fuze is made by HTC but re-branded and re...
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by Casey Chan
Nov 22, 2008
The first week of the Smartphone Round Robin is long gone and the Editors of each site are trickling in their full reviews! Android Central's favorite device around these parts, the T-Mobile G1, ju...
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by Dieter Bohn
Nov 10, 2008
This week's Around SPE is sponsored by the the TiPb iPhone Accessory Store, which has long been your best source for iPhone accessories. A lot of iPhone 3G upgraders were left out in the cold when ...
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by Casey Chan
Nov 06, 2008
In a bit of disappointing news, it looks like Mozilla has no plans to bring Firefox Mobile to the Android platform. Instead, they'll be focusing on a Linux version for Nokia Internet Tablets and to...
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by Dieter Bohn
Nov 02, 2008
This week's Around SPE is sponsored by the Android Central Store, where you can find a full complement of accessories for the T-Mobile G1 including headset adapters, body skins, and screen protecto...
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by Dieter Bohn
Oct 26, 2008
You may not realize it, but the site you're reading right now is a part of one of the premier networks of smartphone news and review sites. We call it the 'Smartphone Experts Network' and if you...
