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 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 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 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 6, 2010 | by Lars Aronsson
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Have you ever experienced a force close loop on your Android phone? No? I hadn’t either until a couple of weeks ago, but if you also enjoy checking out various ports, launcher replacements, ROMs, emulators or pr…
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August 4, 2010 | by Lars Aronsson
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I think we’ve all played a PlayStation at one point or the other. And since July 25th, we can play it on our high-end Android phones as well, thanks to the efforts of coder extraordinaire ZodTTD. Now that his psx4d…
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August 3, 2010 | by Lars Aronsson
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The Android 2.2 Froyo feature that most people have been looking forward to is likely official support for installing apps to the SD card. It’s something that many feel should have been included from the start,…
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July 19, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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XBMC has released an official remote app for Android. I could tell you about all the great things about this beta app available for Android 1.5 and higher, but let me cut to the chase and give you the Cliff Notes: it…
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July 9, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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I had the Internet going nuts (sorry, always wanted to say that) when showcasing that Fring allows for Skype video calls on the Sprint HTC EVO. It’s the most popular Android video that I have ever produced…
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June 7, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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British Gmail users have had to use @googlemail.com e-mail addresses because of a legal dispute that Google resolved this year. But when users switch their “name@googlemail.com” to “name@gmail.com,” they…
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June 4, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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Sprint is so confident that users will love the ability to turn their phone into a Wi-Fi hotspot, it’s willing to tack on what’s practically an entirely new data plan – $29.99 in addition to t…
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April 27, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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What’s an .apk file? Every time we post about beta applications, the comment section inevitably fills up with people confused about how to download and install Android apps that are not in the Android Ma…
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April 20, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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Google has acknowledged that there is an issue with Android that can create problems when people attempt to format a 32GB card on their phone. Sure, the Nexus One and many Android phones say they support up to 32G…
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April 5, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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Google Gesture Search is great, but its existence reminds me that I have way too many contacts on my Android phone. My phone has hundreds of contacts because Google auto-adds people I frequently email. That…
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February 7, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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UPDATE: SWYPE HAS SINCE RELEASED AN OFFICIAL BETA VERSION AND PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED PROBLEMS WITH THE ORIGINAL FILE USED IN THIS TUTORIAL.
This tutorial is kept open only for archival purposes and is not suppor…
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November 21, 2009 | by Ed Clark
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UPDATE:
While the solution below still works, I am happy to say that Walter Wang has released an app on the Market (after reading this post!) that may solve this problem for most. The app is called “Remote W…
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