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Feb

9

2012

Motorola VP Says Hardware Is The Reason For Android 4.0 Upgrade Delay To Its Devices

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by Roy Alugbue
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So you own a sweet MOTO DROID RAZR/RAZR MAXX, DROID Bionic or other premium device, but are still aching for that ICS update? Well we know it’s on its way, but as of this time, there’s no estimated release date from MOTO at this time. Owners of the devices previously presumed it was because of customizing [...]

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Feb

4

2012

Mystery Device From Google Stops By The FCC

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by Josh O'Donnell
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An FCC application filed by Google, Inc. suggests the possibility of a Google entertainment device is in the works. The application requests permission for a six month window in which this mystery device can be tested at the Google HQ as well as in Google employees’ homes in four different cities: Mountain View CA, Los [...]

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Jan

27

2012

Google wants developers to say goodbye to the menu button

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by Robert Nazarian
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Since Google is transitioning to a buttonless style OS with Honeycomb and Ice Cream Sandwich, it isn’t a shock they are telling developers to move their menu functions to the action bar. All phones up to this point have a dedicated menu button, but that won’t be the case moving forward. Google has instituted an [...]

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Nov

22

2011

Buffy: The Real Facebook Phone

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by Justin Routhier
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  This year has been wrought with so-called “Facebook phones” popping up all along the way and ultimately, only giving its users a colorful designated button, a few easy sharing features… and not much more. Facebook itself has served as a mere collaborator in these unimpressive efforts that came with silly monikers like Cha Cha, [...]

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Sep

13

2011

Make it rain, money

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by Jim Farmer
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A recent study by Research2Guidance looked at 26 app categories in the Android Market to see which was most profitable. Despite the fact that one quarter of all Android apps downloaded are games, weather apps showed themselves to be by far the biggest earners for their developers. On average, the weather app has made its [...]

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Aug

24

2011

Learn How To Develop For Android Quickly With 200 Free Video Tutorials (About 20 Hours) (Video Samples)

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by Joe Sirianni
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If you’ve ever wanted to learn how to develop for the Android operating system, and we know there are tons of you out there, it’s not going to get any easier than this.  If you’re a visual learner like myself, always preferring diagrams, posters and videos, you might want to check this out.  A series of videos [...]

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Aug

23

2011

Google Announces Preview Of Google TV Add-On For Android SDK

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by Joe Sirianni
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Back in May, we quickly announced that Google would be bringing Honeycomb to a Google TV near you and with it, the Android Market.  It was also confirmed when Logitech’s Revue finally received a leaked walk through for the update.  Well, as an early start to the promise, the search giant is giving you a [...]

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Aug

10

2011

Android Market Bug is Leaving Many Developers Unpaid, or Underpaid

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by Ryan Brooks
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For several weeks now, Android developers have been reporting a strange bug that leaves many of them not being paid for their apps. The problem lies in the fact that lists of paid orders from the Market don’t match those of orders that were just charged. This bug causes many developers not to be paid [...]

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Aug

2

2011

PhoneGap 1.0 Released, Allows Devs To Create Apps For Multiple Platforms With Ease (Video)

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by Joe Sirianni
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Are you a developer and want one of the most coveted Swiss Army’s knives you can find?  Look no further as PhoneGap 1.0 is now available for dev’s looking to get their application working on as many OS’s as possible in the least amount of time necessary.  Time = money for a developer and there’s [...]

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Jul

20

2011

HTC Sensation spotted unlocked with S-off [Video]

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by Robert Nazarian
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HTC promised unlocked bootloaders, but the Sensation won’t officially be unlocked until August/September, but who wants to wait? The folks at AlphaRev have been working hard and it looks like they have succeeded. These are the same guys who unlocked the Droid Incredible 2 which is already enjoying custom ROMs. Hopefully a public release will [...]

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