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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 24, 2012
The AT&T HTC One X has found itself in the hands of a few lucky Android Forums members, and some of the biggest questions poised have had to do with storage. Remember that the AT&T One X has...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 24, 2012
Welcome to the Google Drive era. Google Docs has been folded into GDrive, but it's still the same productivity suite you've come to know and love. And now it's got some pretty serious cl...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 24, 2012
The rumors were true -- Google once again is selling unlocked smartphones on its own, with the Samsung Galaxy Nexus going for $399 in the Google Play Store.
The phone Google's offering is an un...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 24, 2012
AT&T this morning announced its first-quarter 2012 earnings. The carrier sold a Q1 record 5.5 million smartphones -- 78 percent of them iPhones. That leaves 1.2 million Android and BlackBerry sm...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 24, 2012
For you night owls with the Motorola Droid RAZR and RAZR MAXX, know this: A decent little update, which we first told you about a few days ago, is now available. No, it's not Ice Cream Sandwich ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 23, 2012
Tired of big black slabs? How's about a nice big white slab? The LG Optimus Vu is bringing its 5-inch, 4:3 aspect ratio in white starting next week, the Korean manufacturer announced today. As y...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 23, 2012
Update 2: And they're back. Crisis is averted!
Update: Google's now telling developers that it's aware of the issue. Help is on the way!
Everybody panic! Paid applications have disappe...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 23, 2012
That the Sprint Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch is getting Ice Cream Sandwich shouldn't be a surprise -- we've already seen several leaked builds make their way out. But if case you need s...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 23, 2012
Initial specs for the Verizon Droid Incredible 4G LTE, as seen at DroidDoes.com:
1.2GHz dual-core processor
1GB RAM
Sense 4.0
4-inch Super LCD display at qHD resolution
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 23, 2012
Motorola this morning announced that the Motoluxe is now available in the UAE. It's the latest in a European/MEA launch for the 4-inch, Android 2.3 device. As you'll remember from our han...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 23, 2012
With the Sprint Galaxy Nexus finally seeing its release today, it's worth a reminder of where, exactly, it stands in the world of Nexus and the Android Open Source Project. And Google's Jean...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 23, 2012
Welcome, ladies and germs, to Android Central v3.0.
What you see before you here is the third major iteration of the design of the best damn Android website in the world, bar none. Born of some inc...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 20, 2012
HTC's new Media Link accessory -- a Wifi Direct device that lets you easily connect your phone to a big-screen TV -- has been seen in fits and starts over the past couple months. One of the shin...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 20, 2012
We get our first real look at the official HTC One X case
We've just gotten a good look at the HTC One X case that's been floating around here at the Frequencies event. The bottom line (...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 20, 2012
A couple of things to remember when you're looking at this slide of projected mobile graphics performance, which NVIDIA showed us Thursday at HTC's Frequencies meetings in Seattle and has be...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 19, 2012
We're in meetings this week with HTC in Seattle. And along with some great candid conversation with the smartphone manufacturer, we've gotten a look at an extra slim case that's in the w...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 18, 2012
HTC's not making it easy for us. The Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer is doing its best to convince us that the HTC One S, despite being the "middle" phone in the HTC One line —...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 17, 2012
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Apr 17, 2012
Heads up, boys and girls. Android's Chrome browser (still in beta, natch) just got a pretty significant update. Here's what's new:
You can now request the desktop version of a we...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 16, 2012
We talk a lot here about travel because, well, we travel a lot. And in the past few months we've been talking a lot about keeping our phones charged, as more manufacturers are switching to non-r...