Less than one month after their release on Verizon Wireless, the Motorola Xyboard 10.1 and Xyboard 8.2 tablets have received their first discount. As of today, both tablets have received a price reduction. The price reduction is only available when purchased with a new 2-year contract. Unfortunately, there is no price reduction if you’re buying [...]
One last go in 2011! Hit the link below! Watch the Android Central Podcast! … Continue Reading Here Android Central Podcast – Live! Phil Nickinson – androidcentral.com
Ricardo Cerqueira, a member of the CM team and LG Android device guru, has added official CyanogenMod nightly (CM7 for the time being) support for three new LG devices — The LG Optimus 3D, the LG Optimus Pro, and the LG Optimus Hub — and has once again made support for the LG Optimus Black [...]
Starting today, the Samsung Epic 4G is now a CyanogenMod-supported device. The good news was announced in a forum posting on CyanogenMod.com. Starting today, Team Epic CM’s github repositories have been merged into CyanogenMod’s repositories. The first official build from the merge is CyanogenMod 7.2.0-RCO. There are still some minor bugs that need to be [...]
A pair of Acer Iconia Tabs showed up in Russia today and since we know just about all there is to know on the more affordable A200, we wanted to focus on the higher powered, more premium A700 model. The Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-core toting Acer Iconia Tab A700 will be arriving at CES 2012 [...]
Jedis! Sith! Droids! And not a Gungan in sight! The wildly anticipated Star Wars: The Old Republic, a massively multiplayer entry into BioWare’s amazing Knights of the Old Republic series, is making records and headlines all over the gaming world this holiday season. And now you can get a piece of that awesome experience on your [...]
If you have a Samsung Epic 4G and aren't overly happy with it being stock any more, you'll be pleased to know you can now add some new life to the device as it now has official support for CyanogenMod. It has taken a lot of work from a lot of developers but Team EpicCM's [...]
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Earlier this week we mentioned the Huawei Ascend II was headed to US Cellular and that it was being listed up on their site as coming soon. Today the regional carrier hasn’t announced it officially as being available yet but they’ve given the mid-range phone the green light. The Ascend II can now be yours [...]
2011 was a big year for Android. NVDIA’s Dual Core processor, Tegra 2 was introduced, Honeycomb Tablets flooded the market and Ice Cream Sandwich brought phone and tablets together under one roof. However this wasn’t the only thing that made this year memorable. Read more… … Continue Reading Here Top Five Graphically Awesome Games of [...]
One of the most consistent complaints against phones of all types, including Android superphones favored by most of our readers, is that they have to make due with tiny, weak speakers. That’s not anyone’s fault, really devices that fit in your pocket with enough technology to make Ray Kurzweil drool have to make some sacrifices. [...]
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We're getting ready to toss away 2011 on tonight's Android Central podcast but if you're looking for something to do while we get things ready, you can check out the Android Central forums and hit up some of the threads below. HTC Thunderbolt Forums – PRL version 15098 and data issues HTC Rezound Forums – [...]
It’s almost that time of year and we just have a few short days to go before we bring in the new year, swear off snacks or junk food, attempt to quick smoking/drinking, and all those other new year resolutions no one keeps after about January 20th. While I have a few applications for that [...]
Ah, Words With Friends. What was once one of the most anticipated games on Android quickly becme one of the most hated due to its bug-laden nature and lack of good support. The app has now received another update that NOT only brings “loads of bug fixes” – call me skeptical, but I’ll believe that [...]
We heard last week that US Cellular would be carrying the Huawei Ascend II — a 3.5-inch candy bar style Android phone running Gingerbread — and today they have made it available at the low price of free on a new agreement and after rebates. While the Ascend II isn't a powerhouse (it has a [...]
The celebration continues at Amazon. In addition to the Kindle Fire outselling the competition, Amazon can now lay claim for its Kindle family having record-breaking sales. While not giving a specific number, the company claims “customers purchased millions of Kindle Fires and millions of Kindle e-readers”. It isn’t as if it’s a complicated formula for Amazon [...]
If you though the Cyanogen Mod launcher — Trebuchet — was the only thing CM9 had going for it you’d be wrong. Turns out those wild boys are also working on a modified version of the Google Music player app. Andrew Neal, one of the team’s devs, broke it down for everyone mentioning there will [...]
Yes! Words with Friends can now be enjoyed on Android without those extremely intrusive and irritating ads that popup every single time a user does basically anything in the awesome scrabble game. I can hear just about every member of my family rejoicing right about now with this news. I’ve been waiting for an ad-free [...]
Want some extra juice for your Verizon Galaxy Nexus? If you didn’t take advantage of the extended battery when it was on sale for , maybe you will be interested in a regular battery for ? The regular battery usually sells for , but Verizon is selling it a 50% discount, so it’s yours for [...]
Analytics firm ComScore just released a new batch of numbers, showing Android extending its lead over, well, everybody in the United States for September through November of 2011. Out of the 91.4 million smartphone subscribers in the United States, ComScore says 46.9 percent — about 43 million give or take — have Android smartphones. That's [...]
If you’ve recently picked up a new Sony Ericsson Xperia smartphone lately or were lucky enough to receive one for Christmas then we have some good new for you. Sony has kindly started offering a new little package for Xperia owners that will allow users 5 free blockbuster movie downloads and access to their Music [...]
The Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR for short) MMORPG has gotten a security key application for Android which was release recently onto the market. This is yet another security application for another MMORPG to help keep your account more safe from anyone who wants to break into it. Read more… … Continue Reading Here [...]
With CES looming, we've already heard our fair share of rumors about upcoming Sony Ericsson handsets, including leaked photos of the “Xperia Arc HD” and specs for the elusive LTE-toting LT28at. A recent trademark filing may provide some further clues about Sony Ericsson's branding for future devices, as shortly before the holidays the manufacturer applied [...]
We try to explain ourselves (good luck with that), plus more of your questions! How did this happen? A million or so downloads later, and we've reached the final podcast of 2011! So how are we going to spend it? How about explaning the craziness of the past year, the 2011 Android Awards, and maybe [...]
As to be expected we are seeing loads and loads of CM9 or Ice Cream Sandwich ROM’s for all types of Android devices. The popular NOOK Color that was highly hackable and enjoyed Honeycomb before many others is taking the same route with Ice Cream Sandwich. Thanks to a few hard working developers over at [...]
If your recent Galaxy Nexus purchase found the battery life to be a bit… lacking, I have some good news. Verizon Wireless has the official Samsung – NFC enabled – 1850 mAh batter for only . That’s half-off the original asking price! Let me tell you, there’s nothing quite as liberating as having a spare [...]
As 2011 comes to a close, the internet is abuzz with best of, top, and most popular posts covering the past year. Mobile analytics firm Mobilewalla has gotten in on the action and released a list of the highest rated apps of 2011, as chosen using their own ranking system. The list itself covers all [...]
For those looking for an awesome smartphone from T-Mobile today Best Buy has you completely covered. If you are a fan of smartphones with a full slide-out QWERTY keyboard then you’ll want to keep reading. The HTC myTouch 4G Slide is one of the best available for the hardware keyboard crowd and today it can [...]
Little over a week ago we talked about how you can boost the graphics in Grand Theft Auto 3 in a few simple steps. Now we get to talk about modding the game to add new cars, building textures and other mods to really customize your version of Grand Theft Auto 3. Read more… … [...]
Sprint is trying to kick off 2012 into high gear with a new winter promotion starting next month. From January 8th through March 10th, new or existing Sprint customers (with an upgrade) can get a Samsung Conquer 4G at the discounted price of but that’s not all – it also comes with a matching Conquer [...]
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In a previous post we featured an app called Tablet Remote that allows for a user to control one Android device from another using Bluetooth. While that was all good and dandy for playing media, it wasn’t exactly ideal for Android gaming. So what happens when you want to play a little GTA3 on your [...]
According to Andy Rubin, almost 4 million Android devices were activated over the holiday weekend. I’m sure there were many returning customers or upgrades, but there seems to be a large swell of interest in the platform fueled by new users. I thought with this level of interest, I should delve into some more popular [...]
Verizon is set to create an unwanted trend among the mobile carriers. Starting January 15, 2012, Verizon plans to charge its mobile subscribers a new Verizon is set to create an unwanted trend among the mobile carriers. Starting January 15, 2012, Verizon plans to charge its mobile subscribers a new $2 fee every time they pay their wireless bills [...]
I’m not really sure where to start on this one other than oh wait — Android already has the feature. It’s called “Face Unlock” and is available on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus within Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Just like our friendly source over at Phandroid I don’t really want to simply sit here and [...]
Create and Share Your Snowflake Creations Happy Snowflake from developer Candy Grill Description: Happy Snowflake is the newest edition to the holiday themed apps in the Android market and it offers a free as well as a paid version so everyone can get in on the fun. It allows you to design your [...]
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