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Android Apps Alert #87: Good games and likeable apps edition

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Each week, Androinica.com recaps new and updated Android apps that you may have missed or might enjoy. The apps are picked according to developer requests, user suggestions, and browsing the Android Market.…

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Android Devices

Is the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 The Right Size For Me? [Tablet Review]

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With the proliferation of Android tablets on the market in the past year with specs ranging from cheap to spectacular, the decision to buy a tablet is becoming almost automatic. Now choosing which one is the rig…

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Toshiba Excite X10 hands-on: thin is in with this Android tablet [VIDEO]

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The Toshiba Thrive, Toshiba’s first Android tablet, is a huge device. The Excite X10, Toshiba’s latest competitor in the ever-growing tablet market, is most definitely not. At 0.3 inches thin a…

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Vizio announces a Google TV-powered Blu Ray and Stream Player

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Vizio has a four step plan for Google TV. Steps 1 and 2 are introduce the two new Google TV products announced at CES: the Vizio VBR430, a 3D Blu-ray player with some Google TV integration; and the Vizio VAP430 Stre…

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The Days 1-3 Winners of the Androinica Android Census are…

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UPDATE: The contest portion of this project has completed. All 5 tablets have been given away already. Thanks to all who participated. You can still take the survey, but you will not win a tablet for entering.…

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Google’s 10-cent Android Market sale ends today, 25-cent Christmas song sale just starting

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Here’s a final call for all Android deals hunters. Today is the final installment of Google’s 10-day, 10-cent app sale to celebrate the passing of the 10 billion app download threshold. Google ha…

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Pantech

Pantech Vega LTE smartphone to bring hands free gestures

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Don’t you hate it when your elbow deep in some cake mix, and then your phone rings? Well, need not worry. Pantech is coming out with a device that’ll separate itself from the Samsung’s, HTC&#…

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Watch the Ice Cream Sandwich unveiling, see if these leaked Nexus Prime specs are real

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In less than 12 hours, the world will be debating whether or not Ice Cream Sandwich lives up to the hype. To make sure you aren’t left out at the next virtual water cooler chitchat, be sure to watch the live br…

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Google Voice adds limited MMS support for Sprint customers, more carriers coming soon

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Multimedia Messaging Service is now supported – kind of – in Google Voice. While users still cannot directly receive MMS messages to a Google Voice number, the GV team has announced that it has par…

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T-Mobile taps LG for new myTouch and myTouch Q Android phones

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The myTouch brand has been an important part of T-Mobile USA’s Android lineup, and it’s traditionally been a name applied to a variety of HTC devices. T-Mobile announced today that LG has taken on…

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Android App Reviews

Quell – Meditating on the reflections of raindrops and spikes [Game Review]

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Quell is a very simple puzzler with a quality and value that make it an instant classic. Quell sets a new standard for smartphone games, and I almost let this gem of a game fall through the cracks. If it wasn’…

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Coin Drop! – Plinko-ing into the casual market [Game Review]

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Coin Drop!, another hit iOS game, has been ported to Android, and with it comes tons of psychedelic fun. The level of polish and different types of puzzles in Coin Drop are amazing. Full Fat Productions th…

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Android Apps

Sinister Planet developer talks about Amazon app store and Android game development

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In what I hope will be the first of many Android developer interviews, I nabbed Kevin Baker, the developer of Sinister Planet, on Google+ for a discussion on his experiences with Android. Kevin Baker is a 42-yea…

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Android App Reviews

SpeechTrans – A dream app for international travelers [App Review]

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One of the most wished-for devices is a universal translator. It could make talking to someone in another language far more convenient than using a translator or staring at each other using awkward, broken phr…

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Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman is Android, music, and social wrapped-up in one

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Sony lost the digital music player wars when its Walkman line failed to conquer the iPhone. But the Walkman brand is still active and being applied to the Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman, a new Android phone with…

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