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How To Improve Your Android’s Battery Life
In the words of Google co-founder Larry Page, “if you are not getting a day [of Android battery] there is something wrong.” There must be “something wrong” with a lot of our phones, so hence the How-To Geek’s practical guide. The website has created a comprehensive tutorial on how to hack, fiddle and twiddle with [...]
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Android’s Froyo: More Than Just a Frozen Treat
With the release of Froyo and the barrage of high-end handsets, Android has gone from an interesting but decidedly geeky smartphone experiment to a serious contender for your cellular buck. Whether you’re upgrading from an older device, fleeing the cult of Apple, or converting from another platform like BlackBerry, there are a few things you’ll [...]
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Exclusive: Android Froyo to take a serious shot at stemming platform fragmentation
We had a couple people at CTIA last week — people whose words carry weight — tell us off the record that the next major version of Android would take big strides toward stopping the ugly trend toward severe fragmentation that has plagued the platform for much of this and last year. You know, the [...]
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Michael Dell shows off Android-powered Mini 5
Crunchgear caught up with Michael Dell in Switzerland and he was showing off the new Android-powered Mini 5 (aka Streak, M01M). Nothing official has been announced, but a teardown revealed most of the specs. The Mini 5 has often been referred to as a MID or slate because it features a 5 inch screen, but [...]
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Photoshop.com Mobile now available for Android devices
With the release of the Droid and Android OS 2.0, Google has set up a head-on gadget war with Apple’s iPhone. Even if they’ve got a comparably-cool piece of hardware and a nice OS, Android will have to compete with (arguably) the iPhone’s biggest selling point: apps. If Photoshop.com Mobile for Android is any indication, [...]
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Motorola Zeppelin spotted, runs Android, has HDMI output
Motorola obviously are expanding their Android portfolio in all directions with China being one of them. The leaked images of a prototype called Zeppelin show a full touch phone with a 5 megapixel camera and dual mode dual SIM networking. The new Motorola Zeppelin appeared on a Chinese (what else) website and show some intriguing [...]
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The dangers of rooting your Android phone
I am taking a chance here by discussing a topic such as this, and in particular taking the stance that I am taking. So, with that in mind, let’s just get down to business. As is usually the case with these sorts of things, we’ll start off with a disclaimer or two. Most importantly you [...]
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Android 1.6 SDK released
And with that, Google has released the SDK for Android 1.6, a.k.a. “Donut.” Developers can go nuts over the fine-tunings of it, but the takeaway for the consumer is that it allows Android devices to run on CDMA and in different resolutions and screen sizes — should help to vary up the options currently available. [...]
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Metosphere – Android App
Metosphere is a simple Android based browser that allows users to view virtual objects and information centred around their location. Explore virtual objects around your physical location like messages, emergency alerts, news, events, reviews, games. “The general concept of having virtual objects all around us in the physical world lends itself to some very interesting [...]
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Yellowbook – Android App
Yellowbook for Android provides an interface to search within the business directory Yellowbook.com. Yellowbook uses phone’s current location information to search for businesses right in your location. With Yellowbook you can explore local business listings and get addresses, phone numbers – even get maps and directions – all right from your Android-powered phone. To find [...]
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