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Dec

16

2010

LG announces Tegra 2 dual-core Optimus 2X, formerly LG Star

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We’ve been hearing a lot about the LG Star and all its dual-core glory. Now, finally, LG has made good on the rumor mill, and has officially announced the new Optimus 2X. The phone will come with: 1Ghz Dual-core Processor (NVIDIA Tegra 2) 4-inch WVGA screen Android 2.2 (Froyo), upgradeable to Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) 8GB [...]

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Nov

25

2010

TalkAndroid Ultimate Android Throwdown: HTC Evo 4G beats competition, voted best Android device in the US

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Well, folks, the tallies are in. It was a long road, with many brutal battles and war scars, but we finally have a winner in the Ultimate Android Throwdown. The HTC Evo 4G on Sprint has staked its claim as the #1 Android device in the US, not only available now, but of all time. [...]

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Nov

23

2010

TalkAndroid Ultimate Android Throwdown: Round 5 – Final Battle, HTC Evo 4G vs HTC Nexus One

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All the battles, brackets, war scars, victory and defeat, it’s all come down to this. The ultimate battle in the Android realm to pick the one and only champion. The two victors now stand, ready to duel out the final round, so who will your pick be? The wildly popular and capable HTC Evo 4G? [...]

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Nov

21

2010

TalkAndroid Ultimate Android Throwdown: Round 4 – HTC Evo 4G vs G2, Discontinued Phones

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Well, it’s down to the final 2 in the available device brackets, along with voting on the discontinued phones. All devices have done well in this knock-down drag-out, but now its down to our top 2 contenders: HTC Evo 4G HTC G2 And now, folks, we’re pitting them against each other to find out what the [...]

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Nov

19

2010

TalkAndroid Ultimate Android Throwdown: Round 3 – Top: AT&T vs. T-Mobile, Sprint vs. Verizon

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Well, folks, it’s been about 4 days since the Ultimate Android Throwdown began, but each carrier now has a champion! The winners per provider are: AT&T: Samsung Captivate SPRINT: HTC Evo 4G T-MOBILE: HTC G2 VERIZON: Motorola Droid X So here’s a moment of silence for the second place contenders: HTC Aria Samsung Epic 4G [...]

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Nov

17

2010

TalkAndroid Ultimate Android Throwdown: Round 2 – Choose the top Android device per carrier

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The masses have spoken in round 1! The winners of round one of the Ultimate Android Throwdown are: AT&T: HTC Aria Samsung Captivate SPRINT: HTC Evo 4G Samsung Epic 4G T-MOBILE: HTC G2 HTC myTouch 4G/HD VERIZON: HTC Droid Incredible Motorola Droid X Now, on to round 2! In this round, the 2 winners from [...]

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Nov

15

2010

TalkAndroid Ultimate Android Throwdown: Round 1 – Choose the top 2 Android devices per carrier

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Alright, folks. You’ve been waiting all weekend, and now it’s time for the battle to begin; we’re starting up the first round of voting for the Ultimate Android Throwdown! As per the original rules, the first round will go as follows: Vote for your top Android device per carrier. The first round will go from 10AM [...]

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Nov

7

2010

Fairytale mashup of Snow White, Peter Pan and Star Wars shows off LG Optimus One

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I don’t know about you, but I love this kind of stuff. In a new claymation commercial by LG, the company shows off their new Optimus One device… in a very strange way. The commercial features the likes of Snow White, Peter Pan, Star Wars, and more in a fast moving mashup of all the [...]

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Nov

3

2010

LG Optimus One gets benchmarked [video]

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Image Courtesy of Android Central We’ve been hearing a lot about the Optimus line in the world of Android news recently, but there’s one question that everyone wants answered: what about the performance? Well, wonder no more, as there is now video of the LG Optimus One getting benchmarked via Quadrant and Linpack, two of [...]

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Nov

1

2010

T-Mobile offering up ‘affordable’ Android phones for the holidays

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According to a press release, T-Mobile is bringing in 4 phones running Android in time for the holidays. T-Mo is saying these devices will be more affordable (a.k.a. – lower end), coming in at under $100 each. They include: LG Optimus T T-Mobile Comet Motorola Charm Motorola Defy While the Charm has been available for [...]

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