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Smartphone makers, for the most part, don’t like it when you fiddle with their devices. They work hard to craft a user experience that represents their brand. When the hacker community starts messing with that, the cease and desist letters start flying. Now Nokia lets people play around with their Maemo/MeeGo powered devices, but then…
It’s Day 6 of the big Android app sale and here are the ten apps that are now available for a dime: Captain America – Sentinel of Liberty Jenga Backbreaker Football
After the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket, Galaxy S II LTE is getting the white paint job, too. Unfortunately this doesn’t mean you can get it – as far as we know the LTE-enabled version of Sammy’s popular superphone is available only in South Korea. However, we do hope we won’t have to wait for…
Good news if you’re living in the UK and still haven’t decided which smartphone to buy, Tesco Phone Shop may have something for you. It is offering two of the hottest Android devices, Motorola RAZR and Samsung Galaxy S II, for free with T-Mobile contracts starting at 20.43 GBP per month. Even better news is…
Amazon has recently updated its Kindle app for Android with few important features. Perhaps most notably is the support for PDF documents, allowing users to have a single app for all their reading needs. But wait – it’s not that cool actually. You see, when you read PDF file in the Kindle app, you can’t…
T-Mobile USA and HTC have started rolling out a new software update for the Sensation 4G. Don’t expect Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich — rather this is a Gingerbread-based bug-fixing update that will fix a bunch of issues and (most notably) improve battery life. In addition, firmware version 1.50.531.1 also improves the Trace dictionary, screen…
A month ago I told you about Fuugo’s Android app. Now I decided to give it a try and see whether it can actually keep me entertained while on the go. To my surpsise (cause I’m not a big fan of watching video content on a mobile phone) – it’s pretty slick, easy to use…
Two Motorola devices recently appeared at the FCC’s doorsteps. One is the Droid 4, the next generation of the American handset maker’s QWERTY keyboard equipped Android side-sliding smartphone, which will be offered by Verizon Wireless; and the other one is Xoom 2 Media Edition that may end-up in AT&T’s portfolio, or at least its 3G…
The world’s smallest violin is playing for Android Honeycomb tonight as a study reveals that the tablet-optimized OS only claims a one percent share among versions of Android. Lackluster Android tablet sales throughout the year make this less of a shock, but it still is a little startling. The Chitika ad network wanted to conduct…
YouMail has returned to the Android Market after previously being yanked out because of a T-Mobile complaint. While there were some concerns about why it was pulled, it turns out the story is more complicated than maybe YouMail was trying to portray it. Yesterday we reported that the app had been removed because T-Mobile said…