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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 03, 2012
There's something sadly funny about seeing training docs for the Sprint Samsung Galaxy Nexus, nearly half a year after its initial launch in the rest of the world. But that's where we stand ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 03, 2012
Why do you hate Sense?
That's not a particularly inviting question. Hell, it's not even nice. But it's one I kept asking myself over the course of a week or so while writing our HTC One...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 03, 2012
Sprint's just given us the heads up that the LG Viper 4G LTE, with its 4-inch NOVA display, Android 2.3 Gingerbread, 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, 5MP camera and NFC radio (along with Google Wall...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 03, 2012
AT&T this morning announced that Bloomington and Muncie, Ind., and Bryan-College Station, Texas, will see LTE data starting this Sunday, April 8. It's part of a 12-market expansion that also...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 02, 2012
And there's perhaps the No. 1 question stemming from our HTC One X review: Is it better than the Samsung Galaxy Nexus? It's easy enough to spot the similarities. Both have 4.7-inch displays....
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 02, 2012
This one's important for those of you looking to switch to the HTC One X (as well as a number of upcoming phones). You're going to need a micro-SIM, which as the name suggests is smaller tha...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 02, 2012
Don't call it a comeback. HTC certainly was in the running for King of Mobile World Congress 2012 (an award that would be way cooler if it existed) with the new HTC One line, and the HTC On...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 02, 2012
Filtered pics are all the rage these days. All the kids are doing it. There's some newfangled app called Instagram or something that's a big hit on iOS and is eventually coming to Android. T...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 02, 2012
Privacy is on the tip of everyone's tongues these days, whether it's news about breaches, or applications overstepping their bounds, or buggy operating system-level software that could possi...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 02, 2012
There's a belief that being the middle child brings awkwardness. The "Middle Child Syndrome," it's called. Chances are if you have (or are) a middle sibling, you'll find a way ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 01, 2012
It's another working weekend. Yeah, that's two in a row. For now, some more random thoughts:
Go download the Android Central Forums app right this second! Don't read the rest of ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 30, 2012
Thing 1: Hardware news
Sprint's next-gen HTC EVO rumored to have kickstand, larger battery
Samsung Rugby Smart review
HTC One X on AT&T
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 29, 2012
Folks in the U.S. are waiting with bated breath for a release date of the HTC One X on AT&T. And while we need to stress that nothing's official until AT&T says it is, Best Buy apparentl...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 29, 2012
Here's a cool little feature Google's added to the Android Developer Console: You can now add managers to the account. That way, the account holder (say, Mobile Nations) can grant someone (s...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 28, 2012
Google's Jean-Baptiste Queru has just given word that Android 4.0.4 is headed to the Android Open-Source Project Bat Cave. (OK, it's more like a virtual repository, but we kind of picture a ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 28, 2012
Epson America this morning announced that it's now shipping the Android-powered Moverio BT-100 wearable display. Yes. Android-powered grandma glasses. On your melon.
I got to take these guys fo...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 27, 2012
In a case of being careful what you wish for, Seesmic for Android got itself an update today that brings along some added functionality -- as well as the inclusion of in-app advertising. ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 27, 2012
Here it is, folks, the LG Lucid. It's bringing its 4-inch self to Verizon this Thursday, March 29, for $79 on contract (and after $50 mail-in rebate). And for that you get an Android 2.3 device ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 27, 2012
With so many proper options for photo sharing these days -- Google+, Facebook, Flickr, Instagram, etc. -- it's easy to have forgotten about Sprint's Picture Mail storage system. (And frankly...