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App Store Thriving

So You Want to Be an App Developer? Surviving – and Thriving

There was once a time, not long ago actually, when making a fart app could earn you hundreds of thousands [...]

AppStoreEconomy

So You Want to Be an App Developer? – Economies of the App Store

If you live in New York City, like me, you’ve probably witnessed this scene at least a dozen times. You’re in [...]

Razr vs Nexus vs D4

Phone Comparison: Motorola Droid Razr, Samsung Galaxy Nexus, and Motorola Droid 4

Verizon has some really great 4G LTE smartphones.  Here we are taking a look at the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Motorola [...]

Motorola Droid Black

Phone Comparison: Motorola Droid 4 versus Droid 3

Sure, the Motorola Droid 3 launched in July 2011 and now the Droid 4 has been launched.  If you are [...]

Real Ice Cream Sandwich

Ice Cream Sandwich / Android 4.0 Complete Walkthrough

What is Ice Cream Sandwich, you ask? It’s the latest version of Google’s Android operating system and, oh boy, is [...]

ROMs

ROM Comparisons: Hacked vs AOSP (Cyanogen) vs MIUI

In case you are just looking for information on a certain type of ROM, jump ahead in the video to: [...]

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Full Review of Honeycomb 3.1 on Google TV

The 3.1 Honeycomb update for Sony Google TV units has been out for well over a week now.  Google TV [...]

HTC Flyer-4

When an HTC Evo View / HTC Flyer Might Come in Handy…

So I have to say I am slightly impressed with the HTC Flyer / Evo View 4G. Too be honest, [...]

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HTC Sense 3.0 for Android Review / Walkthrough

Good old HTC, I swear, if they didn’t manufacture phones, they sure could start a software company. They love to [...]

Nexus Live Wallpaper

How To Install New Live Wallpapers

A cool novelty feature of Android is the ability to have a live wallpaper. A live wallpaper is essentially a [...]

Android2.3-GingerBread

Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) Feature Overview

Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) Feature Changes Visible Changes – Black Menu Items (instead of White) Black Status Bar (instead of White) [...]

Quadrant Benchmark Test Score

Custom ROMs vs Stock ROMs: CPU/GPU Performance

So first, check out the post I did a while back if you are unfamiliar with what rooting is by [...]

Android Skateboarding

Android 101: Rooting, Jailbreaking, and Unlocking

On this site I get a ton of questions (most of which couldn’t be answered unless I was literally standing [...]

froyo

Android 2.2 “Froyo” Overview

Android 2.2 “Froyo” Added User Features: New Tips Widget – Basically a little Android that helps new users learn how [...]

Timescape

Sony’s TimeScape UI Overview

Sony’ TimeScape UI Added User Features: Widgets: A few new widgets for when using the Home app as your Homescreen [...]

htc sense

HTC Sense UI Overview

HTC’ Sense UI Added User Features: Widgets: Tons of new widgets for the home screen. Clocks, animated weather widgets, twitter [...]

eclair

Android 2.0 Overview

Android 2.0 “Eclair” (Includes 2.0.1, and 2.1) Added User Features: Contacts and accounts – 1. Multiple accounts can be added [...]

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Android 1.6 Overview

Android 1.6 “Donut” Added User Features: Quick Search Box for Android – Android 1.6 includes a redesigned search framework that [...]

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Android Version Reviews

Android Overview and Version Differences – This is our collection of Android Version Overviews for people not familiar with Android [...]