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Do you remember why you bought your Android tablet? Maybe you wanted to be connected while on the road, more productive during meetings or maybe you just fancied having a sleek device that you could do really cool things with. So how productive did the tablet really make you? Tablets are a lot better at being entertaining than at making you productive.
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Flickr is fun, and ideally, Flickr on the go should be at least as much fun as it is on the desktop. True, you get to use it on a 4" screen rather than a 24" one, but that doesn’t mean the experience necessarily has to suffer. Yahoo has now released the Official Flickr Android app, but while it’s official, it’s far from the first (or most established) player on the field.
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Skype, the popular application for voice and video calls, supports a range of mobile operating systems, including Android. Unfortunately, the list of supported devices for video calls is limited. This has been a major source of disappointment. With its recent upgrade, Skype for Android white-listed 14 more devices for video calling, including three tablets running Android Honeycomb.
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Do you love Lego? Do your kids love Lego? I'll bet you know someone who does and would absolutely love for you to have Lego applications on their Android phone. Lego is fun and creative and will expand the sorts of things your phone can ultimately be useful for. There are a huge variety of Lego applications available for Android phones.
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Dolphin Browser HD is one of the most popular browsers for Google Android, a fast browser that sports a clean interface and provides quick and easy access to full screen mode. It supports tabs, bookmarks, and you can add favorite pages to the Speed Dial tiles, which are shown on every New Tab. While browsing with just the plain features is fine, there remains plenty of room for improvement.
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Kobo has announced a new eReader which they refer to as "the first social eReader". The new device, Kobo Vox, will include social features that will integrate mainly with Facebook, but also with Twitter and email. Vox will run Android 2.3 on a 7-inch color touch screen, which is meant to enhance not only your reading experience, but also the social part of it.
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Tablets are excellent for watching movies. The big, beautiful displays are able to render detail that you simply don’t receive while squinting at a 4.3” LCD, making the mini-theatrical experience that much better. This has made it all the more strange that Netflix hasn’t been quick to offer support for Honeycomb-powered Android tablets, but now that issue has finally been rectified.
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After a week’s delay due to Steve Job’s death, Google has unveiled Android 4.0, codenamed Ice Cream Sandwich. The new version was released on the new and anticipated Samsung Galaxy Nexus, which was also announced in the same event. With Ice Cream Sandwich, Google got rid of the tablet/phone separation, and Android 4.0 is aimed at revolutionizing the user experience.
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Food and smartphones can be a fantastic combination, and I don't mean you should stir-fry your Droid. Some of the more recent Android smartphones have large screens (4.3”), and some even come with their own kickstand that lets you prop them up for easy viewing while cooking. All that’s left now is finding a good recipe app that can take you through the cooking process with style.
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Maybe you despise the idea of dressing up your Android phone to make it look like an iPhone. Or maybe you wouldn’t mind some new eye candy for your phone. Either way, the fact remains that there are a large number of theme developers out there just waiting for users to download and give their apps a chance.
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It's natural for new parents to want to record the everyday activities of their baby. You never really know what's normal for your child until you've established some kind of pattern, so it's worth recording these little details so that you know exactly what normal is. These days, we can do far better than the old notebook. Smartphone users can get hold of any number of great applications to record their baby's activity.
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One thing that’s oddly missing from Android by default is a Notes application. Be honest: How many times have you sent yourself an email (or at least saved a quick Gmail draft) just because you had nowhere to jot down a quick note? Well, I hope to remedy that today, with either of these two free and simple note apps for Android.
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Ah, Halloween. Of all the holidays, it’s likely the most social. This brings its own challenges. With everyone spread far and wide, you may want to keep track of your family or friends. You might also want to watch what you’re eating, lest the candy bars get out of control. Let’s have a look at some apps to solve these problems – and more.
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Ice Cream Sandwich might be released in a near future, and while it’s a quite a popular topic these days, let’s not forget that it will much resemble Honeycomb, the beautiful tablet-oriented platform that was unveiled at the beginning of this year. While the selection of apps for this version of Android hasn’t been exactly overwhelming, there are still many tablet-optimized apps that make good use of the Android OS.
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Android is a fantastic operating system; it’s my mobile OS of choice, and I love just about everything to do with it. But at the end of the day, if your Android smartphone is sub-optimal, using the OS could end up being a frustrating experience. So here are five Android phones that make for very solid choices.
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