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Jan. 19, 2012

Exactly one year after the Samsung Star II was announced, Samsung unveiled its successor. TheSamsung Star 3 and its dual-SIM version Star 3 DUOS are entry-level featurephones that aim to deliver simplified user experience at an attractive price.The Samsung Star 3 featurephones pack…

Jan. 19, 2012

Sony Ericsson published its Q4 and full 2011 financial reports and things aren’t looking good for its fans. The joint-venture, which is to become a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony this year, had a rough time in the holiday quarter,…

Jan. 19, 2012

We just got an invitation for the next major HTC event and it will take place on February 26. This means that the Taiwanese manufacturer will change its usual policy and will announce its new smartphones the day before the…

Jan. 19, 2012

Last year it was discovered that the Nokia Lumia 800 had battery related issues and Nokia’s investigation revealed that they were caused by a software glitched. They promised a fix for early this year and they just delivered on that promise. The…

Jan. 18, 2012

Here’s a little tip you may not have known about — while working inside Google’s applications inIce Cream Sandwich, you can long press any icon and its name will appear.  This can be handy for figuring out what all those…

Jan. 18, 2012

As you probably are aware, today is “Blackout SOPA” day, where a number of sites are showing the world what the Internet could potentially look if SOPA and PIPA pass.They’re definitely dangerous bills, and if you would like to join…

Jan. 18, 2012

 It means a lot of different things to different people, and to the public at large it conjures up imagery of evil people in exotic places.  When we talk about hacking here at Android Central, we usually mean it in its original…

Jan. 18, 2012

It’s that time of month again: Verizon says it will flip the LTE switch in five new markets tomorrow, while expanding coverage in three existing areas. New to the LTE game are: Glens Falls, N.Y. Utica, N.Y. Lawton, Okla. Brownsville, Texas McAllen, Texas Those…

Jan. 17, 2012

A few days before CES I was browsing Amazon for my last minute travel items and randomly decided to pick up some NFC tags to use with my BlackBerry Bold 9900. What I was going to use them for exactly I…

Jan. 17, 2012

I have a great deal invested in my Google account — between GMail, calendar, address book, Google Docs, Google Voice and Google+, my account has most of my online life attached to it. So I treat my Google password like…