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Yfrog app now available for Android 1.5 and later

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Yfrog app now available for Android 1.5 and later

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Yfrog has recently announced the availability of a new app for Android users. Basically, the app will allow for quick image and video uploads for Twitter users. But in addition, the app will also allow you to vie…

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T-Mobile now offers customers ability to pay for Android apps with their bill

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T-Mobile now offers customers ability to pay for Android apps with their bill

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It’s been a little bit more than a rumor for some time now that T-Mobile was planning on giving its customers this ability, and it looks like the update has begun rolling out. And apparently T-Mobile likes…

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Rumor Mill: Dell set to unveil Android-based internet tablet at CES 2010

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Rumor Mill: Dell set to unveil Android-based internet tablet at CES 2010

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A little competition never hurt anyone, right? Let’s hope that’s the idea here, because it looks like we’ve got another contender within the growing internet tablet marketplace. The Arc…

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Turn your Android phone into an image-to-text scanner with SnapIt

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Turn your Android phone into an image-to-text scanner with SnapIt

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Everyone has at some point read an interesting tidbit in a magazine and then purchased the mag, ripped a page out, scribbled on a napkin, or snapped a photo with a cellphone. With Android app SnapIt, you can avoid…

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Samsung Galaxy goes up for sale in Canada via Bell

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Samsung Galaxy goes up for sale in Canada via Bell

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Looks like patrons of the Canadian variety have something to look forward to today: the Samsung Galaxy is available for purchase. It’s being offered by Bell, and as usual there’s a small heaping o…

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Android version of Opera Mobile now available to OEM’s only, not consumers

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Android version of Opera Mobile now available to OEM’s only, not consumers

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Back when I was still a Windows Mobile phone user, Opera Mobile was a must-have. It offered new features that I loved and far outpaced the default browser. That’s why I’m glad to see that Opera Softw…

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8GB Archos 5 Internet Tablet now available at Radio Shack, selling for $249.99. But is this a good deal?

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8GB Archos 5 Internet Tablet now available at Radio Shack, selling for $249.99. But is this a good deal?

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I must admit that I was excited when I first saw the posts mentioning that a version of the Archos 5 was available in an 8GB (and less expensive) model. Personally, I have been itching to get a small tablet and being…

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Samsung Saturn: Here is the first image

Android Phones

Samsung Saturn: Here is the first image

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There is generally something exciting about seeing that “first image” and it looks like we have just that for the Samsung Saturn. Unfortunately as like often happens with those first images, we g…

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Over-the-air update for the HTC Droid Eris now in the roll-out process

Android Phones

Over-the-air update for the HTC Droid Eris now in the roll-out process

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It may not be the Android 2.0 update that many Droid Eris users are waiting for, but similar to the Motorola DROID, the Eris is now in the process of getting its own over-the-air update. According to the details, t…

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MySpace purchases imeem, shuts down service and apps

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MySpace purchases imeem, shuts down service and apps

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MySpace has owned imeem for less than a month but they’ve already closed the doors on imeem, shutting down imeem’s servers and effectively killing its Android application. I received repeated error…

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Motorola Droid gets rooted and praised by TIME magazine

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Motorola Droid gets rooted and praised by TIME magazine

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Being named one of the best gadgets of the year by Time  magazine would usually warrant top billing in that headline, but not tonight, my friends. As nice it is to see an Android product finally get its due and res…

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Google Maps Navigation hack for non-U.S. use no longer works

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Google Maps Navigation hack for non-U.S. use no longer works

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Google 2 – Modders 0. Though it previously took a hands-off approach regarding hacks, Google has been a little more forceful with keeping users in line. First there was Cyanogate, and now the company has…

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Motorola MILESTONE goes up for sale, UK customers rejoice

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Motorola MILESTONE goes up for sale, UK customers rejoice

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Looks like Android 2.0 finally made it overseas. The MILESTONE, the brother to the DROID, has finally become available for purchase via Expansys. The retailer has an exclusive right to sell the device through…

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TeleNav and Toys for Tots want you to let Santa guide you this holiday season

Android News

TeleNav and Toys for Tots want you to let Santa guide you this holiday season

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TeleNav is offering a Santa Claus plug-in for its TeleNav GPS Navigator app. Anyone who wants to hear St. Nick’s jolly tones can pay 99 cents USD and a voice representing Santa Claus will provide turn-by-…

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Acer’s Android-based A1 Liquid now shipping in the UK

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Acer’s Android-based A1 Liquid now shipping in the UK

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If you haven’t seen our discussion regarding Android’s presence in Europe, you should. It’s a surprise to us, as Android fans, that our Google-created OS isn’t raking in the fans ov…

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