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Review: PowerSkin Cases
Last week, we talked about the release of the PowerSkin Cases, which are cases that include a backup battery, designed specifically for various Android phones. I had the opportunity to get my hands on one of these cases for the HTC Glacier/MyTouch 4G, and decided …
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Software Update Rolling Out for ATRIX 4G
Motorola is sending out an OTA update for ATRIX owners. This new update, which Motorola encourages users to update over WiFi, will show improvements in: Bluetooth Battery Life Car Dock Fingerprint Reader Overall Stability of Phone They also stated that it will allow the display …
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Angry Birds Rio Now Available in the Android Market
Who’s not an Angry Birds fan? If you’re like millions of other people, you anxiously waited for Rio to be released, but until now, it was only available on the Amazon Appstore. That meant you had to download the Appstore, create an account, allow third …
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Analysts: Android to Double Market Share by 2016
According to a pair of newly released analyses by Ovum & the International Data Corporation (IDC), the Android operating system will be the driving force behind a monstrous growth that will not only double the smartphone market by 2016 but will also see Android doubling …
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CM7 for Nook Color gets Video Playback Fix and RC Status!
For those of you who have taken advantage of the fact that the Barnes and Noble Nook Color is Android powered and hackable, there is good news from the Cyanogen Mod team that has been working on CM7 for the device. The latest nightly build has DSP/Video playback enabled, taking care of the audio lag on the device whilst watching video media. After installing this build on my device, I can tell you that video works really well, with a great framerate.
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HTC Pyramid Photos and Specs Confirmed by XDA
The guys over at XDA Developers have released some photos of the rumoured HTC new flagship phone, the Pyramid. It has been confirmed that the phone will be sporting a 1.2GHz processor with 768MB RAM on board. Out-of-the-box, we’re looking at Gingerbread v. 2.3.2 and …
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Verizon’s Spring Roadmap Leaked; April Full Of Androids
The guys over at Phandroid got their hands on some pretty great information for you Verizon customers. It seems from their April roadmap, that Verizon is truly falling in love with Android. As you can see from the picture, as early as the 7th of …
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Android Market In-App Billing is Launched
After rolling out testing of in-app billing to developers just last week, Google has announced that the new Market feature has been launched. In-app billing has quite a few possible uses, from eliminating the need for separate trial and full versions of apps, to letting …
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Rumor: LG Optimus Big to Join LG’s Optimus Lineup?
According to a recent rumor, LG is in the midst of making a new handset called the Optimus Big. (Of course “Big” is only the codename.) It’s said this device will sport a 1 GHz single core processor, 4.3″ NOVA Display, and a T-DMB TV tuner. That …
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Adobe Mobile Connect Updated to Version 1.5
Adobe has released an updated version to their original Adobe Mobile Connect solution for Android with its main focus of this release is geared towards Android tablet optimization. Adobe is trying hard to enhance the reliability and improve confidence that its users can in fact have …
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HTC Merge Landing on Cellular South to be Available Next Month
Cellular South, the largest privately owned cellular provider in the states, has teamed up with HTC to deliver the carrier’s first Android world phone, the HTC Merge. Featuring a slide-out keyboard and 5MP rear camera, it also offers Android 2.2 (Froyo) and HTC Sense to …
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RUMOR: Google creating an iOS-like “Game Center” for Android?
Like all rumors, take this one with a grain of salt. The word is that Google is prepping a game-centric social network for Android. This rumor, first published by PocketGamer, says that the network will be superior to Apple’s Gamer Center for iOS in the …
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Sony Ericsson Announces Unlocked Bootloader with New Line of Xperia Devices
According to the Sony Ericsson Developer Blog the new line of 2011 Xperia smartphones will allow “advanced developers” to unlock the boot loader legally. This feature will only be available on certain devices that are without specific restrictions. For example a device that is SIM …
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BREAKING: Amazon Launches Cloud Player for Android and Web, Cloud-Streaming Music At Long Last!
Amazon seems to be on a roll lately, and have just released Cloud Player and Cloud Drive, a cloud-based music streaming solution for the web, and more interestingly, mobile devices like Android. Each user is given 5GB of space in their personal Cloud Drive (unless the user purchases an MP3 album on AmazonMP3, which will automatically and freely boost their space to 20GB for one year) to handle their music. Interesting features include the ability to re-download anything that is uploaded to the Cloud Drive, and the ability stream all of the music stored online to any Android device that has the Amazon MP3 app installed.
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Today’s “DUH” Moment: Sprint Officially Opposes T-Mo/AT&T Merger
You can file this one in “totally obvious” bin. Sprint put out a press release today, stating their official opposition to the proposed AT&T/T-Mo merger. Like we expected them to say, “Hey, this is a GREAT idea! Go ahead and merge together these two carriers so we can be an even more distant third in the US!”
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