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Android App Reviews

Discover Your Inner Artist with Sketcher [App Reviews]

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A category of mobile software that really needs a (capacitive) touchscreen is painting apps. To be able to draw with your fingers directly on a screen opens up a lot of possibilities, and some renowned artists h…

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Callpod’s Keeper Android app announced, helps you secure all your valuable information

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Callpod doesn’t seem like the most logical company to get into the Android app or even software business in general as they are primarily a phone accessory company. But, today Callpod has announced that…

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Google

Adobe shows off Flash for GoogleTV

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The rollout to GoogleTV is getting closer with each day, so it’s nice to see more product demo’s start to emerge from the camps of companies involved in the Android-based television product. Adob…

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Lifestyle

Miso uses badges and check-ins to make television social

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Imagine if there was a Foursquare for television. Rather than go out to a bar or restaurant, users would “Check-in” when they watched the latest episode of True Blood or Weeds. Imagine that servic…

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Android Hacks

New CyanogenMod 6 release canidates make their way to your rooted HTCs and DROIDs

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If you have rooted an Android phone in the past or have one in your possession now you have probably heard of the infamous CyanogenMod ROM. CyanogenMod is based off of the stock Android operating system allowing…

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Android

Adobe demos AIR, promises Android version for Q4 2010

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Adobe has worked hard to get both Flash and AIR onto capable Android handsets. One half of that equation is already underway for devices like the Nexus One and HTC EVO, but the full effort won’t be complete…

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Privacy Star keeps annoying folks off your Android phone. Win a FREE copy [CONTESTS]

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I don’t know who had my number before I inherited it back in 2008, but he or she ran afoul of some very persistent Spanish-language telemarketers. I randomly get calls from numbers I’m unfamiliar w…

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AT&T

Mike Posner visits AT&T NYC to launch XPERIA X10

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The Sony XPERIA X10 finally launched in the United States today. To celebrate the device’s long-awaited arrival, AT&T invited pop singer Mike Posner to its flagship store in Time Square, New York C…

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Android Hacks

A Guide to Running Android on Windows Mobile Devices

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When Google acquired the small Palo Alto startup company Android, Inc in July 2005, the team led by Andy Rubin surely both hoped and expected that the mobile OS they were developing eventually would power a vast…

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Lifestyle

Sprint Football Live will keep football fans in the game

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The loss of the NFL Mobile app to Verizon disappointed Sprint’s customers who enjoyed being able to watch video content and live streaming of some games from the NFL Network. Sprint has attempted to rebo…

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Android News

Google Developer Advocate defends Android Market’s lack of pre-screening

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The Android Market has things it’s not supposed to have. There are sex apps, work that violates the intellectual property of dozens of right holders, and apps that are technically illegal. Sadly, it als…

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Android News

More Verizon leaks: Moto DROID Pro, Tablet, and suped-up DROID 2 now in VZW’s systems

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A little over a week ago we got news via The Boy Genius Report that Verizon had an interesting 6-18 months of announcements and device releases for consumers. Today, BGR got another mini-leak of Verizon’…

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Android Tricks

FoxtoPhone sends links or text from Firefox to Android

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The biggest flaw with Chrome to Phone, if you consider it a flaw at all, is that it only works with Google’s Chrome Browser. What about the thousands of people who have opted for the No. 2-ranked desktop bro…

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Android News

Qualcomm will ship 1.5 GHz processor in 2011, maybe even 2010

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Qualcomm has confirmed that it is readying a new processor that will reach speeds up to 1.5 GHz. The new chip would be ready to appear in phones in early 2011, but VP of Product Management Mark Frankel said an optim…

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Android

Android’s gesture unlock screen is suceptible to “smudge attacks”

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Ever since my 10-year-old cousin was able to get onto my G1 without my permission, I’ve known that the Android gesture unlock screen wasn’t as secure as most would like. The little runt was able to g…

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