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Rugged Android Tablet Redefines Tonka-Tough… and Ugly

Designed to be used by those who are actively getting shot at in warzones, not just those of us who are clumsy with our gadgets, the new Rampage 6 tablet is even more rugged than Panasonic's Toughbook tablet. Though, far less capable. Read More >

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Samsung Confirms Galaxy S III Really Will Be Shrouded In Ceramic Polycarbonate

While many previously thought that the latest Samsung flagship phone was to be sporting a plain plastic body, the lusty Galaxy S III is in fact, a polycarbonate dream machine. Read More >

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The Meta Watch and iPhone Play Nice: Will Consumers Finally Embrace the Smart Watch?

The Meta Watch was designed with hopes of breaking the curse of consumer apathy when it comes to smart watches. An Android-friendly version has actually been available to developers since the middle of last year, but thanks to a Bluetooth update, it's finally now compatible with iOS too. But is that enough to make you care? Read More >

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The Samsung Galaxy S III Will Be Almost 4G-Fast

There's not long to wait now to get your mitts on Android's new Emperor, but for those looking to jump on the Galaxy S III bandwagon we have some good news for you. It's not quite 4G-fast, but it'll still be blazing compared to your standard 3G phone thanks to a 42Mbps DC-HSPA boost. Read More >

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Android Will Remain Free and “Open” For at Least Five More Years For All Your Crappy Android Tablet Needs

Google's finally been given the go-ahead from the Chinese authorities for its £8 billion absorption of Motorola, marking the last hurdle to Googlerola crossed. Speculation is rife over what Google will actually do with Motorola -- perhaps yet more nuclear patent war, or even its own expanded phone line. Whatever happens, rest assured Android will remain free and open for all for at least five years, so your no-name, cheap and crappy Android tablets will still be there for you. Read More >

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Sample Samsung’s Galaxy S III S Voice Right Now, or Just Download Vlingo

The entire software set that powers Samsung's about-to-launch Galaxy S III has been dumped online, with users able to grab the 800MB file and enjoy Samsung's latest Touchwiz tools and see if its many piles of new stuff are actually of any use. Read More >

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Firefox App For Android Is Ready For Beta

Mozilla has updated the Android version of their flagship browser to beta status, complete with a new interface and fresh code that has been baking in the oven for a few months. Read More >

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When People Discuss Android Fragmentation, This Is What They Mean

You've probably read about Android market fragmentation and wondered just how big a deal it is. This visualisation spells out the problem quite clearly: there are almost 4,000 unique Android devices out there running a single app available on Play. That, right there, is fragmentation. Read More >

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Rumour: Google to Partner WIth Multiple Partners for Multiple Nexus Devices

According to the Wall Street Journal, Google will partner up with multiple Android handset manufactures to produce several Nexus-branded phones each year, rather than releasing just one. Read More >

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Caption This: Bootleg Chinese Apple Store is a Bit, Er, Naughty

Over in China, a very strange knock-off Apple store has emblazoned our esteemed logos doing the, um, nasty as the logo for the shop. Not the most conventional way to brand your shop, but each to their own. Either way, I throw this over to you, our esteemed readers, to give us a caption. We might throw you a brownie or an e-hug for the best one. [MicGadget, Thanks, Darrell!] Read More >

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LG’s Optimus 4X HD Arriving in June, Well After Samsung and HTC Sew up 2012

Poor old LG. It was first to announce its quad-core superphone back in February, but since then we've seen HTC get the One X out and Samsung announce its Galaxy S III for launch at the end of May. So a big slow clap for LG, then, which has said its Optimus 4X HD will hit Europe in June. Read More >

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HTC One X Sales Multiplied by Two Million (Updated)

Despite some weird hardware problems, a rather dubious battery life and the looming threat of Samsung's imminent Galaxy S III, quite a lot of people have opted to lock themslevs into using HTC's quad-core One X phone for the next year or two. Read More >

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Office For Your Android Device is Your Penny-Saving-Download-Deal of the Day

Let’s face it – our mobile phones are our very lifeblood these days. If we could get food and drink from them, we probably would and then we could all disappear off to live alone in the woods, untroubled by other humans. Read More >

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How To Use Android

Android is awesome and powerful, but it has, shall we say, a learning curve. That scares some people away. After all, iOS is so intuitive that babies can use it. Literally. But you're not a baby. Read More >

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Blue Jeans Are Staining the HTC One X a Sickly Blue

Blue Jeans. White One X. Put you in my jeans, you know you made my phone stained. It was like, Papa Smurf, for sure. You're so blue to death and sick as ca-cancer. Ahem. Or something like that. A user found out that when he put his white HTC One X in his jean pocket, the indigo dye stained his phone. Gross. Read More >