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  • Sometimes you just want to play a simple, yet challenging game to burn a few minutes (or in this case hours) of your time.  If this is you, look no...

    Play a Simple, Fun Puzzler with Sliceit

    Sometimes you just want to play a simple, yet challenging game to burn a few minutes (or in this case hours) of your time.  If this is you, look no...

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  • Time for another edition of “Getting the Most Out of Your Android Device.”  This time we’re going beyond the apps and into the Android operating system itself.  This article is...

    Getting the Most Out of Your Android Device pt IV: Extending the Battery and Taking it to the Cloud

    Time for another edition of “Getting the Most Out of Your Android Device.”  This time we’re going beyond the apps and into the Android operating system itself.  This article is...

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  • One of the stock applications that got a facelift from Google when 2.1 (Eclair) dropped was the Gallery app.  This stock application quite simply shows off the pictures stored on...

    Droidtip: Hide Media from your Android Gallery

    One of the stock applications that got a facelift from Google when 2.1 (Eclair) dropped was the Gallery app.  This stock application quite simply shows off the pictures stored on...

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  • Now that we’ve wet your whistle with a few useful Android apps, what’s next?  More of course!  There’s always room for more.  Lets launch into some more really useful applications...

    Getting the Most Out of Your Android Device pt II

    Now that we’ve wet your whistle with a few useful Android apps, what’s next?  More of course!  There’s always room for more.  Lets launch into some more really useful applications...

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  • OK, so its Christmas day.  You’ve unwrapped your gifts and, Behold! You’ve got a new Android gadget! Whether it is a tablet or a new phone, you want to know what’s next? The...

    Getting the Most Out of Your Android Device pt I

    OK, so its Christmas day.  You’ve unwrapped your gifts and, Behold! You’ve got a new Android gadget! Whether it is a tablet or a new phone, you want to know what’s next? The...

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  • Several months ago we heard cries about market fragmentation as the Android user experience was divided between those running Android 1.5, 1.6, and 2.1.  Google vowed to fix that problem...

    More Android Fragmentation Woes Ahead: Markets Galore

    Several months ago we heard cries about market fragmentation as the Android user experience was divided between those running Android 1.5, 1.6, and 2.1.  Google vowed to fix that problem...

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  • We all love a good game of poker.  The only thing we love more than a good game of poker is a good online game of poker where everyone has...

    Get Your Hold ‘Em Poker Fix with Live Holdem Poker

    We all love a good game of poker.  The only thing we love more than a good game of poker is a good online game of poker where everyone has...

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  • Well we can’t say that took long.  After 6 days the guys down at AllDroid.com have done it.  We now have root on the DroidX. Note that this is just root...

    Droid X Rooted in 6 Days

    Well we can’t say that took long.  After 6 days the guys down at AllDroid.com have done it.  We now have root on the DroidX. Note that this is just root...

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  • The latest Droidweb.com Android program is finally here! After about 3 months of work, 2 weeks of testing, and lack of updates to 1 blog (sorry guys), DroidGestures is now...

    Announcing DroidGestures Beta

    The latest Droidweb.com Android program is finally here! After about 3 months of work, 2 weeks of testing, and lack of updates to 1 blog (sorry guys), DroidGestures is now...

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  • Now that we’ve got some planning underway, let’s get to work.  The first piece is the homescreen of the app.  Let’s take a look at that mock-up we drew earlier:...

    Introduction to Android Application Development Part 2: Homescreen Layout Design

    Now that we’ve got some planning underway, let’s get to work.  The first piece is the homescreen of the app.  Let’s take a look at that mock-up we drew earlier:...

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