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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 14, 2012
We've seen the source code for Android 4.1.1 (affectionately known as Jelly Bean) drop from Google, and plenty of us were excited to see the Verizon Galaxy Nexus binaries were back online a...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 14, 2012
Some good news tonight for everyone waiting on the Carbon for Android Twitter client. Release is nigh! Developer Dots & Lines let loose tonight on Google+ for the first time since offering up a ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 13, 2012
Thing 1: Jelly Beans all over the damn place
Android 4.1 Jelly Bean released to Android Open Source Project
Google shipping the Galaxy Nexus again
Jelly Bean: Will your phone ge...
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by Alex Dobie
Jul 12, 2012
Google took its first steps towards redesigning the Android notification tray in Ice Cream Sandwich, and in the latest version, 4.1 Jelly Bean, it's taken things a step further, creating truly i...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 11, 2012
Android 4.1 Jelly Bean is official and coming soon to an Android smartphone near you. Maybe.
It's that time of year again! We've got a brand spankin' new version of Android in Jelly ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 10, 2012
Want a Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III without all the huffing and puffing that comes a long with encrypted bootloaders? The manufacture has you covered, as it will offer a "developer edition"...;
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by Alex Dobie
Jul 10, 2012
We’ve heard your cries over the past month or so -- the latest next-gen devices from Samsung and HTC are now on the market, so what’s the best Android phone you can buy? With Android 4.1...
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by Alex Dobie
Jul 09, 2012
The case for sticking with Jelly Bean until 2013
Android followers, more than most smartphone communities, are constantly focused on the future, be it the next major OS update, or the next big s...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 08, 2012
That headline's been written for a week now, but it's certainly taken on new meaning in the past few days. With the announcement of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, and a preview release coming out o...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 06, 2012
Thing 1: Google I/O aftermath
Google I/O debrief from Android HQ
Nexus 7: The internationally challenged tablet
From the Editor's Desk: Google I/O 2012 postmortem
Goog...
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by Alex Dobie
Jul 05, 2012
Following its total re-vamp in Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, Google has spent the past six months fine-tuning the stock Android launcher in version 4.1, Jelly Bean. A couple of chan...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 05, 2012
The Samsung Galaxy Nexus -- which is still listed on the Google Play Devices site but was relegated to "Coming soon" status this week because of a federal injunction stemming from an Apple...
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by Alex Dobie
Jul 05, 2012
In Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, Android Beam -- that's the NFC-based device-to-device transfer service -- has been augmented to support sending photo and video content. This is done from within the G...
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by Michelle Haag
Jul 04, 2012
Well, folks, this is it. Lloyd has returned from all of his exhilarating adventures and has lived to tell the tales. You guys took him everywhere and he told me he had the best time of his life! Adv...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 04, 2012
It was a hell of a way to end the day, and a hell of a way to wake up. The Samsung Galaxy Nexus has been "banned." As of this morning, the holiest of holy days Americans can celebrate outs...
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by Alex Dobie
Jul 03, 2012
I like my Nexus 7. It’s speedy, well-designed and runs a pure, unmolested version of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. But since I’ve returned with it to the UK, Google’s flagship tablet has...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 03, 2012
A wallpaper from our own Jerry Hildenbrand and the Markers Android app. Download it here.
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 02, 2012
Hey, look at that. We've survived another edition of the Google I/O developer conference. I always feel a little out of place here, though. I'm a journalist, not a developer. And while most ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 01, 2012
You might have heard that we just got back from Google I/O (it was sort of a big deal for Android fans). We're tired, we're cranky, and we're sitting with our sore feet propped up just w...
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by Kevin Michaluk
Jun 29, 2012
Google I/O 2012 is winding down and what a developer conference it was. If you missed any of Android Central's coverage, you'll want to grab yourself a cool bevvie, kick back and catch up on...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 28, 2012
Let's just throw this out there. Google Now is pretty awesome. A little scary, maybe, which we talked about a bit in last night's Google I/O podcast, but awesome nonetheless. The ability to ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 28, 2012
And that's the question of the summer. Should you get the Amazon Kindle Fire, or the Google Nexus 7. Finally we've got a real choice between low-cost 7-inch tablets. Both are geared toward c...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 27, 2012
Meet the Google Nexus 7 -- the first Google-produced tablet, the first device with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, the first to serve more as a direct portal to Google Play (as opposed to a tablet that just...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 27, 2012
It's your cloud, in your living room, from Google. We've been hearing about a Google branded home entertainment product for a while now, an today on stage Google showed us the future -- the ...
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by Simon Sage
Jun 27, 2012
Google announced a freakin' sweet 7-inch tablet appropriately called the Nexus 7 at I/O today, and no doubt many of you are itching to get your hands on one. You'll be happy to hear that it&...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 27, 2012
Here we go, ladies and gentlemen! We're up and ready and raring to go at Moscone West in San Francisco. We've got the Google I/O Day 1 keynote address coming your way, after the break. ...
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by Richard Devine
Jun 27, 2012
We won't talk. You can watch the video below in peace.
Here are some of the specs.
7-inch 1280 x 800 display
Quad-processor
Tegra 3 12-core GPU
8 GB and 16...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 25, 2012
Google I/O kicks off Wednesday morning at Moscone West in San Francisco, and we're all looking forward to a giant bucket of awesome getting dumped on our heads from the good folks from Mountain ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 16, 2012
Well, now, what have we here? It appears that Motorola and Sprint are testing some sort of QWERTY slider smartphone. This pic comes from Va1ha11a in our Rumored Devices forum (still one of my favori...
