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$25,000 in prizes with FLO TV Developers Challenge

Share All you Android developers out there, check this out. FLO is sponsoring a challenge to develop a Brew MP or Android-based datacasting application for its FLO TV service. If your application grabs first prize, you get to grab $20,000. So stop making those fart machine apps and start working on something that can get [...] [...more]

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HTC Desire coming to US Shores (and carriers) this August

Share Well it’s official, the dress-up Nexus One is coming to the US of A. You need to read the fine print though, because the Desire will be released through regional carriers only. This means it won’t be available through the big guys. Kind of disappointing if you ask me. Anyway, it sports the same [...] [...more]

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Samsung UK touts new Galaxy Apollo as “coming soon”

Share Samsung seems to be preparing for the launch of a new phone – the Galaxy Apollo. Samsung’s UK’s site is listing it as “coming soon”. It looks remarkably like the Samsung M100S and hopefully will have equal – or even better – specs. a 5MP camera, Android 2.1, 3.7″ AMOLED, 802.11n wifi and a [...] [...more]

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ITV catch-up TV application – Android bound for UK users?

Share While the BBC iPlayer is available as a browser-based application only, ITV (channel 3 for the old school) is apparently in talks with Apple, Blackberry and Google, to bring a proper catch-up application to mobile platforms. So what does this mean? Well, put simply, you should be able to download the garbage that ITV [...] [...more]

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Root Your 4G for WiFi Hotspot Goodness

Share As you know, Android 2.2 natively comes with the ability to function as a wifi hotspot, but that might not fit into every carrier’s business model. So don’t be surprised if certain carriers disable it on their phones. Well thankfully, rooting your EVO 4G sidesteps this problem. We’ve already posted a tutorial on how [...] [...more]

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