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2011 was a great year for Android. We saw a gobs of new devices launching with cutting edge dual-core processors, in what seemed like more of an arms race, than an attempt at giving the consumer what they needed. New devices launching, what seemed like, every few weeks on just about every carrier (except Sprint) [...]

UPDATE: The Android Team’s Dan Morrill has posted an explanation for the removal of the Galaxy Nexus and other CDMA devices from the official developer support page. This has nothing to do with Google Wallet (we never thought it did) and everything to do with the way the Android code is compiled for CDMA devices. In [...]

What do we have here? Seems those crazy wildboys over on XDA are creating themselves an unofficial port of the first-person shooter that launched a thousand ships — Counter Strike. The game, which is apparently being built form the ground up using the Unity3D platform, will feature cross-platform multiplayer with both Kongregate and Facebook versions [...]

The HTC Evo 3D has already received it’s “security update” removing that nasty Carrier IQ spyware from devices and staying true to their word, Sprint has already begun issuing updates for the rest of their Android lineup. The HTC Evo 4G and HTC Evo Design 4G are next in line to receive their over-the-air updates [...]

If you’re living here in the states and have never heard of Android OEM, ZTE — I wouldn’t hold it against you. Despite being the #4 handset maker in the world, ZTE has largely been absent in the US market but it looks like could soon change. In an interview with Reuters, ZTE’s head of [...]

If you’re currently a Hulu Plus subscriber but found that your device wasn’t officially supported by the official Android app, you may want to listen up. A developer named Vgeezy over on XDA has succesfully hacked the Hulu Plus app to support “any” Android device and while we wish we could report this was 100% [...]

Just as with the Galaxy S II, us Americans are just now getting a taste of the Galaxy Note while other parts of the world have had it for months. Well it looks like a variant or a successor may be headed out of Samsung’s camp as devices with similar model numbers have passed WiFi [...]

At Tuesday’s keynote speech during CES 2012, Intel took to the stage and announced their first ever Intel-powered smartphone, the Lenovo K800. The introduction didn’t go so smoothly – check out the upside-down announcement… – but the demonstrations and stats seem nothing short of phenomenal. Very little was shown on the K800 besides the picture [...]

Hey, did you know there is this big trade show going in Las Vegas? If you haven’t seen us mention it in just about every post lately, take note. We’re here at CES and CES is treating us good with 18 new Android devices already announced (and the show floor hasn’t even opened yet). With [...]

The folks at Garmin have just announced a new service for Android devices that will allow them to bring Garmin’s live services to their 2012 Bluetooth-enabled Nuvi devices. Smartphone Link utilizes your Android device’s existing connection so you won’t have to purchase a separate wireless plan in order to enable the handful of services available [...]