September 1, 2010 | by Lars Aronsson
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Back in July, a tweaker at the xda-developers ported Samsung’s TouchWiz UI onto other Android phones, such as the Nexus One, and this time around it’s the Home Launcher from the LG Optimus that has been made avai…
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August 30, 2010 | by Chris Smith
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We’ve seen that the DROID X has been able to be rooted, even though people said it couldn’t be done. Now the DROID X has its first custom ROM available via ROM Manager for rooted devices.
If you have t…
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August 28, 2010 | by Chris Smith
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CyanogenMod-6.0, a popular community-built distribution of Android 2.2, has its official version out today for download. If your Android device is rooted and there is a final build available you can install…
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August 26, 2010 | by Lars Aronsson
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Due to the software/hardware combination of not being able to install apps to the SD card and phones simply having inadequate amounts of internal storage, a weak point of Android has been that users often have r…
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August 25, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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In the latest edition of Android Apps Alert, we highlighted an SMS Backup+, an app that can create backup of SMS messages to the user’s GMail account. In the event that someone accidentally deletes a mess…
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August 23, 2010 | by Lars Aronsson
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LauncherPro has quickly become one of the most popular homescreen replacements for Android, and it’s easy to see why. The app is highly customizable, and since its debut on the Market back in May the deve…
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August 19, 2010 | by Lars Aronsson
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Everybody knows that thanks to technological convergence, smartphones have made many of the gadgets we used to have separately redundant. But have you ever thought of how many these gadgets actually are, and…
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August 19, 2010 | by Chris Smith
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Well we have been through it all, haven’t we? From thinking that the DROID X was “impossible” to hack, to stories of “self-destruct sequences”, to it being rooted in less than…
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August 17, 2010 | by Chris Smith
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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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August 16, 2010 | by Lars Aronsson
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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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August 16, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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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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August 15, 2010 | by Lars Aronsson
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The first device to feature the HTC Sense user-interface was the HTC Hero that made its debut in Europe about a year ago. Since then, HTC has incorporated Sense in all its Android handsets except for the Nexus One…
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August 11, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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Those of you still running Google Gestures as a way to quickly search through your phone’s contacts will be happy to know that the app recently got a new shortcut. In Gesture Search 1.2, the app can be opene…
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August 11, 2010 | by Lars Aronsson
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A common complaint among Android users is short battery life. As we all now, Google’s platform has numerous benefits, but state-of-the-art features and constantly being connected seem to come with one drawb…
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August 9, 2010 | by Lars Aronsson
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A peculiarity of phones that have managed to annoy many people over the years, is the start-up sounds that some manufacturers insist on adding. It’s somewhat ironic that just as HTC’s “Qui…
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August 8, 2010 | by Lars Aronsson
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Is there someone you just wish would stop calling, but you don’t want to turn off your phone or activate the Airplane Mode, because you still need other people to be able to reach you? Or do you have friends that cal…
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Guns n’ Glory shoots up the Wild West [Game Reviews]
UAE4Droid Brings Amiga Awesomeness to Your Android
Learn About the World with FactBook [App Reviews]
First custom ROM hits the DROID X
CyanogenMod-6.0 is available for select devices
Skype Mobile still doesn’t allow Wi-Fi calling, just calls while on Wi-Fi
T-Mobile G2 will have stock Froyo and 800 MHz processor
Google corrects Steve Jobs; Android activation numbers don’t include upgrades
Sony Ericsson wants to be #1 in Android, claims 17% of market
Rumor: T-Mobile G2 will cost $199 on contract, $499 off contract
Froyo on HTC EVO 4G Video Tour: What’s new in Android 2.2?
Facebook developer Joe Hewitt says Android is “horrendous” for development
HTC Peep/Friendstream down because of Oauth?
The Best RSS Android app with Google Reader is…[Droid vs Droid]
Froyo update kills Android task killer apps
