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Need help choosing a budget Android phone

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 04:45:57 -0600

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Cell Phones, Google, Android 2.3
I need help buying a new phone....i want to buy a smartphone and and i have never used one...i am confused which one to buy my limit is 15,000INR.....can any one please help me buying a good phone performance wise and maybe support a little bit gaming stuf......

Which phone shall I buy?

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:33:45 -0600

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Cell Phones, Operating Systems, HTC, Motorola, Google, Android 2.3, RAZR, Vivid
Canada's carrier 'Rogers' is providing HTC Raider and Motorola Razr for $100. I am having a hard time in choosing a cell phone. Which one do you think will suite me as I am new to Android and I have never used HTC or Motorola before? I have used iPhone though and I love its 'touch'.

The...

What does LTE stand for?

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:08:21 -0600

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Cell Phones, Google, Android
There is often LTE written after some phones or maybe android phones. What does this basically mean?

Why android phones have larger screens and dimensions (than the iphone)?

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:52:06 -0600

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Cell Phones, Operating Systems, Samsung, Google, Android, Android 2.3, Android 3.1, GALAXY Nexus, Android 4.0
There are some theories why android phones evolved to 4+" displays and that's considered a "standard" size (if not small, considering the Galaxy Nexus and it's 4.65" display).

First being the way android renders the information on the display (same way windows does it) and to avoid text...

Best Android apps - add the newest apps you think are worth checking out.

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:16:00 -0600

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Cell Phones, Operating Systems, Tablets, Google, Android
There are hundreds of apps we all might find interesting without even knowing they exist. Let's change that. Just mention your favorite apps here and add the new ones you think are worth checking out. Direct link to the store will be appreciated.

Interesting: Android phones being tracked by carriers. Do you care?

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:19:22 -0600

Discussion
Cell Phones, Operating Systems, Google, Android
Apparently there's a software installed on most of the Android phones called Carrier IQ, which logs the user's activity without users being aware it does so. It seems to be running on most of HTC, Samsung and other mobile devices with very small chance of regular user finding and turning it off.

Best mobile OS

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:46:53 -0600

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Cell Phones, Samsung, Microsoft, Apple, NOKIA, HTC, Google, iPhone 4, HD7, Focus, Galaxy S II
Hey I want to know people's overall opinions on the best Mobile OS and why they think it is the best.

What benefits will Cyanogen Mod bring to Google Nexus S?

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 06:01:22 -0500

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Cell Phones, Google, Nexus S
What are the advantages of changing the stock Android OS on Nexus S with the latest Cyanogen version 7.1? Thanks.

What's the reason behind cancelling Google/Samsung UNpacked event?

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 05:20:31 -0500

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Cell Phones, Samsung, Google, GALAXY Nexus, GALAXY Nexus CDMA
Today Google and Samsung announced that they will postpone the event which was supposed to be held on 11-th this month. What changed their mind?

Some people think it has something to do with Steve Jobs's passing away, some think it may be Android's new version isn't quite ready for the...

Google buying Motorola - what do you expect?

Sun, 21 Aug 2011 07:15:58 -0500

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Cell Phones, Tablets, Motorola, Google
It's been all over the media, Google and Motorola are getting married. There are plenty of reasons for the merge, also being covered lately (hint: patent war), but I'd like to put those behind and focus on what we, as users will benefit.

I'm pretty excited, as Google is very careful in...