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3

2012

Add Extra Quick Controls and Load Desktop Sites Without Root Thanks to Browser Plus

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by Jack Holt
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    One of the cool things about Ice Cream Sandwich is the fact that you can maximize your screen real estate while browsing the internet and still have functionality thanks to the quick controls. A quick check of the feature in the labs tab under settings and you are good to go. However if [...]

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Dec

10

2011

Why I Got Rid of My DROID Razr and Am Waiting for the Galaxy Nexus

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by Jack Holt
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The moment I heard about the DROID Razr I was extremely excited.  I checked out the Droid Does web site constantly drooling over this phone. A few days before the launch, a contest was held where the first person to decipher the code won the phone. Sadly I didn’t win the phone, but that didn’t [...]

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Dec

2

2011

Various Galaxy Nexus Accessories Finally Arrive

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by Jack Holt
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  Even more Galaxy Nexus news, The folks over at MobileFun appear to have gotten their hands on a bunch of different docks and accessories for the Galaxy Nexus. These accessories include a car dock, HDMI dock, spare battery charger, and a pin dock. Hopefully these will be released in the U.S. for whenever the [...]

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Nov

28

2011

New Verizon Map List Out: DROID Bionic $199 On-Contract

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by Jack Holt
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  With today’s fancy new phones on the market, i.e. the Razr and soon-to-be (here’s hoping) Galaxy Nexus, it’s only a matter of time before the “Phone to rule all phones” becomes seasoned and drops in price. Well it appears that this is the case and Verizon is dropping the price to the DROID Bionic [...]

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Nov

21

2011

Galaxy Nexus Gets Perma-Root [Courtesy of MoDaCo]

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by Jack Holt
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There is good news for you folks that are holding out for the Galaxy Nexus when it comes out in the US. The folks over at MoDaCo have created a way to permanently root your Galaxy Nexus. What this means is that when it is released, and you are able to pick up your Galaxy [...]

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Nov

20

2011

Initial Galaxy Nexus and Ice Cream Sandwich Benchmarks are in

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by Jack Holt
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With the UK launch of the Galaxy Nexus being just a few days ago, it wouldn’t be long before it was taken through the paces and the device’s performance was benchmarked. From a hardware perspective there really isn’t anything that the Nexus has that outshines other devices. It boasts a TI-OMAP 4460 chipset, and a [...]

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Oct

31

2011

HTC Rezound shows up in Verizon in-store ad ahead of official annoucement

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by Robert Nazarian
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It seems as though Verizon is running in-store ads that show off the HTC Rezound, which we expect will be officially announced this Thursday in New York City. The Rezound is featured front and center along with Joe Jonas and Beats by Dr. Dre earbuds. We have already seen leaked shots and accessories, so if [...]

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Oct

31

2011

[Leak] Verizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus (SCH-i515) press shot with no carrier branding

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by Robert Nazarian
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This really isn’t big news, but with all the fuss about Verizon, and if they are going to carry the Galaxy Nexus or if it will be an exclusive, we thought we would share the above image which happens to be the Verizon version, model SCH-I515. It was found within some code on the Samsung [...]

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Oct

26

2011

No Ice Cream Sandwich love for the Nexus One

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by Robert Nazarian
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We received confirmation last week that the Nexus S would receive Ice Cream Sandwich, but what about the Nexus One? Unfortunately we have bad news as Google Director of Android Product Management Hugo Barra told the Telegraph that the Nexus One’s hardware is too old. The hardware is relatively close between the Nexus One and [...]

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Oct

25

2011

Galaxy Nexus Will Not Have Gorilla Glass

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by Andrew Greenfield
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The Galaxy Nexus will reportedly not be using Corning’s famous Gorilla Glass. According to Corning’s official Twitter, the Galaxy Nexus will not be using Gorilla Glass. Quickly to respond though was Samsung, claiming (via Facebook) that while they will not be using Gorilla Glass, they will still be using a fortified glass for the new [...]

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