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The Weather Channel app for Android gets an update

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The Weather Channel app for Android gets an update

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Today the Weather Channel app for Android received an update to version 2.3.14. The Weather Channel app is definitely one of the best weather apps for Android and is in close contention with other quality apps l…

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Bump lets Android users instantly share apps by bumping phones

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Bump lets Android users instantly share apps by bumping phones

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So imagine you’re at a bar getting your drunk techie on, and someone tells you about this great app they discovered earlier today. You could fire up the Android Market and cross your fingers that search wi…

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Why I ditched the iPhone for Android and the Nexus One

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Why I ditched the iPhone for Android and the Nexus One

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Android is growing faster than many of us anticipated, but it’s not without fault. In light of recent criticism of the Nexus One, I decided to gauge the appeal of the device – and Android as a whole –…

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Samsung says it will add Yahoo! services to Google Android phones

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Samsung says it will add Yahoo! services to Google Android phones

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Chalk up another loss for Google today as Samsung and Yahoo! have jointly-announced a partnership that will see Yahoo! services loaded onto Samsung phones. And no, this is not limited to Samsung’s prop…

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Motorola ditches Google location services for Skyhook

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Motorola ditches Google location services for Skyhook

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Motorola has decided to rid “most” of their Android devices of the native Google location services for the increasingly popular Skyhook service that is being used on the iPhone. According to the…

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Nexus One coming to Vodafone this week, but Verizon may have shelved it

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Nexus One coming to Vodafone this week, but Verizon may have shelved it

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There’s madness afoot when it comes to Google’s Nexus One. While Vodafone UK is now accepting pre-orders for the Nexus One that will debut on Friday, the Nexus One slated to appear on Verizon may ha…

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PayPal payments coming to the Android Market

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PayPal payments coming to the Android Market

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The way it looks as of now, Android users will be able to make app purchases by way of PayPal — in addition to Google Checkout. The details are coming courtesy of PayPal’s Benelux Country Manager Dennis v…

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Droid Incredible to ship with less than incredible microSD card

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Droid Incredible to ship with less than incredible microSD card

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Despite some initial reports that the Droid Incredible would not be shipping with any microSD card, it seems that Verizon has reconsidered. Of course before you get super excited you should know that the card i…

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T-Mobile Garminfone spotted in the wild

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T-Mobile Garminfone spotted in the wild

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The T-Mobile Garminfone has just barely been announced, and it has already been spotted in the wild. Sadly though nothing has come in the terms of quality and/or feel and this was just a series of images. That sai…

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Searchify brings keyword commands and custom search to Android Quick Search [App Reviews]

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Searchify brings keyword commands and custom search to Android Quick Search [App Reviews]

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You thought Android’s built in search was awesome and didn’t need anything else, huh? What about adding keyword commands right from the search box to look up words, search IMDB, search Twitter, o…

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TripIt is the ultimate travel app for Android phones [Video Reviews]

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TripIt is the ultimate travel app for Android phones [Video Reviews]

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I’m racking up the frequent flyer miles in 2010. Las Vegas in January, San Francisco in May, and New York in August, and there are a few more flight times and hotel confirmations to track. That’s why TripIt ha…

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Adobe shows off a few Flash/AIR games coming to Android

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Adobe shows off a few Flash/AIR games coming to Android

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Yesterday we heard from Google VP of Engineering Andy Rubin that Google “believes that developers should have their choice of tools and technologies to create applications.” The statement was…

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How to make Opera Mini 5 the default Android browser with Opera Bridge

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How to make Opera Mini 5 the default Android browser with Opera Bridge

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Opera Mini 5 is my favorite browser on Android, yet I can’t make it the default browser on my Android. Maybe Opera has a justifiable reason for doing this, but I don’t really care; I want my MTV Opera M…

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Google says your Nexus One 3G reception is poor but won’t do anything to fix it

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Google says your Nexus One 3G reception is poor but won’t do anything to fix it

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The Nexus One has been anointed by many as the best Android phone on the market. Well, except for that whole “phone” part since the N1 has had several problems with 3G calls and other related bugs. Go…

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Rumor: myTouch image suggests Android Market will auto-update in Android 2.2?

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Rumor: myTouch image suggests Android Market will auto-update in Android 2.2?

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The talented folks at 4chan are infamous for their ability to track down information on people, and some of that ingenuity has been applied to discover something virtually every Android user has been hoping fo…

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