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Android News

August Mobile Recap: Slow news month? Yeah right.

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There’s a lie among tech journalists that August is a slow news month. The torrent of product announcements finally slows to a trickle and there’s nothing much worth writing about. So why the heck…

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T-Mobile

Who is the Spanish T-Mobile Girl? Meet Valeska Castillo

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“The T-Mobile Girl,” as she’s often referred to by people watching the NBA playoffs, is a model named Carly Foulkes. But while everyone has been asking “Who’s that girl from t…

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Sony Ericsson

Sony at IFA: SE Xpera Arc S announcement, Sony Tablet S & P priced

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Sony kicked off its presence at the IFA Tech Show today by announcing one new Android product, and providing clarity about two devices already known. Sony confirmed the Sony Tablet S and Sony Tablet P, previous…

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AT&T

Not so fast, AT&T! U.S. Justice Department sues to block T-Mobile merger.

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The United States Justice Department has officially come out against AT&T’s proposed acquisition of T-Mobile’s USA unit. Citing concerns about a lack of competition that would result fro…

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HTC Tablets

HTC Jetstream confirmed as first Sense UX Honeycomb tablet with AT&T LTE

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AT&T and HTC have confirmed that the HTC Jetstream will be available on the nation’s largest carrier. And to the delight of anyone in AT&T’s LTE coverage area, the device will support rea…

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AT&T

AT&T confirms Samsung Galaxy S II, coming Sept. 18

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If recent stats from one ad network are to be believed, AT&T’s improved Android line-up is helping the carrier rapidly improve its share of the Android smartphone market. After today’s anno…

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Samsung

Sprint’s confirms Samsung Galaxy S II as Epic 4G Touch

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The Samsung Galaxy S II will make its way to Sprint soon as the Epic 4G Touch. The follow-up to Sprint’s original Galaxy S will continue the trend of a powerful phone with excellent specs, it will do so witho…

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Android Accessories

Eternity Warriors – More swords, less guns than Gun Bros. [App Review]

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Eternity Warriors is another action/joystick adventure game developed by Glu Mobile, the creators of the great Gun Bros, Star Blitz, and Super KO Boxing 2. While Eternity Warriors is one of their newest offer…

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Samsung

T-Mobile USA confirms Samsung Galaxy S II, light on details

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The good folks at T-Mobile and Samsung have officially announced that T-Mobile will carry a variant of the Samsung Galaxy S II. Neither a price nor release date was offered, but it’s the first official co…

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Android

Motorola announces the Pro+ with support for AT&T and T-Mobile

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Motorola today announced the Pro+, a new QWERTY Android smartphone. If we didn’t tell you the name of this device you would have sworn it was either the Droid Pro on Verizon or the XPRT on Sprint. Nothing ab…

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Commmunication

tumblr for Android 2.0 is twice as good. Reading and creating is much easier now

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Blogging platform Tumblr has just made its Android experience much better in the 2.0 update posted to the Android Market today. Though I actually enjoyed using the app before, the company boasts of an even bett…

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Android Apps

Firefox for Android tablets gets previewed

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When I interviewed the head of Mozilla’s mobile division, I asked why there wasn’t yet a Firefox Honeycomb-tablet version. Thomas Arend assured me that it would arrive eventually, but noted tha…

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Android

The Big Android BBQ is just around the corner. The countdown to Android fun starts now.

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Three things I learned from my trip to Texas last year: the BBQ’s good, people are just as obsessed with football as the media would have you believe, and the Lonestar State hosts one of the best Android eve…

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Finance

RushCard users get Android app to manage pre-paid debit cards

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RushCard has finally delivered an Android app for smartphone owners looking to manage their accounts on the go. The prepaid debit card provider has followed the trend of other banks like Bank of America and Cha…

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Android OS

Droidcon London will acclimate developers to the Android ecosystem

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Not everyone can make it to Google I/O and soak-up development knowledge from the engineers of Google and its partners. But that doesn’t mean the benefits and know-how to be gained from attending a devel…

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