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Feb

4

2011

AT&T Still Doesn’t Like Sideloading: Will Not Be Possible on HTC Inspire

by Michael Murphy
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The above picture, captured by Android Central, confirms our suspicions: Much as with the Motorola Backflip and several of their other Android offerings, AT&T is not allowing the installing of non-market apps. As those of you with Android phones are probably aware, there is usually an option on the above screen that has the choice [...]

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Feb

3

2011

Rogers Samsung Galaxy S Captivate gets Froyo source code released.

by Jesse Bauer
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After finally getting Android 2.2 out to Samsung Captivate customers under Rogers Wireless in Canada, Samsung has decided its time to release the source code so all can see what’s under the hood. Head on over and download it to have a peek, just be sure to search for model number “SGH-i896″ under the mobile [...]

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Feb

3

2011

Swiftkey Revamped For Tablets, Wants To Spare Your Thumbs In Landscape Mode (Video)

by Joe Sirianni
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Touchtype has announced that they have constructed and optimized a new version of their Swiftkey keyboard to work on tablets.  And we must say, it’s nothing short of functionality and eye candy.  The keyboard has a completely redone interface and is configured to work on large tablets using your thumbs.  As you can see from [...]

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Feb

2

2011

Updates to Honeycomb on Nook Color, Fixes Many Issues

by Michael Murphy
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So a few days ago, we saw Honeycomb running on the Nook color successfully, and had most of the issues worked out, though there were still some kinks. And while we still don’t have root access to it, as it turns out Honeycomb is now running, quite well, quite stable, on the Nook Color, and [...]

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Feb

2

2011

Honeycomb Browser to Support SVG

by Michael Murphy
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Given Google’s desire to push for better and better web apps, it was surprising that the Android browser didn’t support Scalable Vector Graphics. This set of XML markups added to graphics allows them to be searched, indexed, and compressed as needed. Nearly all desktop browsers support SVG, as well as the iPhone’s browser, Opera Mini, [...]

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Feb

2

2011

Google’s Honeycomb Event Kicks Off Today, Watch It Live!

by Joe Sirianni
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As we mentioned a few days ago, our inbox was graced with an invite from Google to attend their headquarters in Mountain View for an “in depth” look at Honeycomb.  And though we’ve seen a bit of the new OS at CES, we’re looking forward to grabbing a bigger tidbit from the event.  Well, that day is [...]

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Feb

1

2011

Tutorial: Properly convert videos for your Samsung Galaxy Tab

by Dustin Karnes
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The Samsung Galaxy Tab is great for watching videos. With its 7″ high-resolution display, it makes anywhere you might be a mobile cinema. Just one problem: you want to get the most out of your videos on your Tab, but you just don’t know how to properly convert and encode videos so you get the [...]

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Jan

31

2011

Leaked Images of Gingerbread Running on Droid X

by Michael Murphy
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Obviously, here at TalkAndroid, we love our Android phones, and we always want the latest and greatest. Gingerbread started making an appearance on the Nexus line of phones a couple of months ago, and of course we’re eager to see it rolled out to the rest of the Android line. To that end, when we [...]

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