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Android App Reviews

Sumon is one polished math puzzle game [Game Review]

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Looking for a free fun math game to give your brain a light workout, all wrapped in a nice polished Tetris-like package? Give Sumon a try and you won’t be disappointed. The basic idea is to tap blocks to ment…

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Finance

ShopSavvy takes on Craigslist, adds mobile wallet and marketplace for selling your stuff

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ShopSavvy was one of the first “wow” apps on Android thanks to its ability to scan a barcode and provide a quick price comparison between local and online retailers. The app has since faced pressur…

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Google

Google shows awesome Galaxy Nexus commercial, help videos, and Verizon specs

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Just the other day I was complaining about the terrible state of Android commercials. With it’s new “Calling All” commercial for the soon-to-launch Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Google has give…

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Android Hacks

Kindle Fire gets Android Market, Nook Tablet gets Amazon Appstore

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The entire reason that Amazon and Barnes & Noble sell their Android tablets for such low prices is because the companies intend to lock buyers into their systems and sell content. But because Android users…

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Tips

Using Google Music Android Market – easy as pie [Video]

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Well, would you look at that: Google went and got itself a real-life music store. After months of only letting users upload their existing music collections to Google Music Beta, music fans can now increase the…

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Google

Google Music store now official, Music streaming service open to anyone in the U.S.

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Google Music and the Android Market now support song purchases. The oft-discussed, long-rumored music store from Google has finally arrived. At its These Go to Eleven event in Los Angeles today, Google confi…

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T-Mobile

T-Mobile enrolls in several college towns to expand 4G HSPA+ networks

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T-Mobile USA announced today that it is expanding service into more markets, as well as increasing the top speeds in certain areas. The self-professed “largest 4G network” in America is now avai…

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HTC

HTC and porn company spar over naming rights, but other Android devices are also potential targets

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The problem with a new phone being announced every day is that companies eventually run out of names, so they sometimes choose a title another company has already claimed. That’s why Verizon has to pay Ge…

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Verizon

Galaxy Nexus caught on FCC, U.S. release date still escapes us

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Here’s a change of pace: Europeans know when they will get a certain piece of technology and Americans are still twiddling our thumbs. While many European carriers and retailers have given a date they wi…

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Android Phones and Devices

Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus Review: Honeycomb’s cute little sister

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Samsung ushered in the Android tablet era with the original Galaxy Tab, the first legitimate device to take Android to a bigger screen. But the original GTab, for all its portability and uniqueness, was a place…

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Entertainment

Netflix redesigns Android app to look better with tablets

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Netflix has finally come out of hiding from Android tablets. While the app added compatibility for Honeycomb devices last month, it did not optimize to take advantage of the larger screens. The UI was the sam…

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Sony Ericsson

Sony Ericsson promises Ice Cream Sandwich for all 2011 Xperia phones

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Just a day after Google announced that it was releasing the Ice Cream Sandwich source code, Sony Ericsson confirmed that it will bring the latest version of Android to its entire 2011 Xperia portfolio. All Sony…

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Android App Reviews

Adobe Photoshop Touch: the most powerful image editor on Android [App Reviews]

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The title says it all. There is no photo or image editing app on Android that can match what Adobe has done with Photoshop Touch, the mobile version of its popular desktop graphics editing program. Photoshop Tou…

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Google

Google releases Ice Cream Sandwich source code. Developers can download now.

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Google originally said that Ice Cream Sandwich would be open-sourced shortly after the release of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, but the code has actually been made public prior to the release of Google’s la…

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Multimedia

YouTube Android app adds +1 button, Watch It Later, and upload while editing

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The YouTube Android app, one of the most popular on the Android platform, has been updated to tie in with Google’s services. The +1 button, Google’s soon-to-be-ubiquitous method of approval, is…

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