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    Any way to use regular Android Beam instead of S-Beam?

    So, I have a Galaxy Nexus and my mom has a Galaxy Note 2. I'm well aware of the differences between AOSP Android and Touchwiz... mostly. Anyway, my mother wanted to try beaming a photo from her phone to mine, "just like in the commercials". But trying that just caused nothing to happen, since...
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    Second Humble Indie Bundle for Android has hit. Features Canabalt

    The Humble Bundle for Android 2 (pay what you want and help charity) is the address to go to, if you're not familiar with how this goes. It's pay what you want, but considering you can give any amount of your purchase to Child's Play or the EFF, pay more than a penny. Hell, pay more than $6...
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    Recording a Mirrored HDMI Output

    I have a weird hobby. The easiest way to explain my hobby would be to just point to my YouTube page, So, yeah, feel free to click the YouTube badge. You don't have to look too hard, and probably don't even need to watch any videos. You'll probably figure it out within a minute or two. Done...
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    Anyone have any luck with Movie Studio?

    So, I've been having some fun with Movie Studio on my phone. I kinda enjoy video editing, and wouldn't mind goofing off with it on my phone. It's not full featured, in the slightest, but I expected that. That said... has anyone been able to export any HD movies with this thing? I tried...
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    Does anyone else think Verizon doesn't WANT to release the Nexus?

    So, I've been a patient sort until recently. In the past few days, I've been making the rounds, asking places about the Galaxy Nexus. And the responses I get have a strange difference in tone. My question: "Have you heard anything about the Galaxy Nexus?" Verizon corporate store rep: "We...
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    So, I had a random thought about the canned GS2 for Verizon...

    So, as we all know, Verizon's cramming a ...small amount of bloatware onto the Galaxy Nexus (just Backup Assistant and My Verizon, thankfully). And Phil mentioned in a locked thread that he made that one of the reasons for the hold-up was a bit of this bloatware. This got me thinking: why the...
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    Logcat to become Nyancat in ICS SDK

    Just something silly I found, thanks to reddit. Someone jokingly suggested on the google-code page for Android that the Bugdroid icon for reading Logcat while debugging an Android app in Eclipse should be changed to Nyancat. Google approved the feature request and assigned someone to get it done...
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    My mother says she's getting worse battery life on Gingerbread...

    So, my mother, completely ignorant to technology as it is, did not know or care about the Gingerbread update that hit the Droid X recently. I, bullheaded as I am, thought that seems not right, and did a little prodding to get her to update. (I figured Netflix would be a good carrot on a stick...
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    So, I saw an HTC-produced commercial for the T-Bolt...

    So, I was over a friend's house the other day, playing cards. They had the TV tuned to Jeopardy. Suddenly, I happen to notice a commercial for the Thunderbolt. Of course, I didn't capture it, but I do vaguely remember the script. It was somewhat typical of an HTC commercial, though they...
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    A Droid X guide for Absolute Dummies?

    So, my mother recently got a Droid X. And her being the least tech-savvy person I know, is struggling trying to get it to work. I try to teach her, but I'm a lousy teacher. I prefer to show her how its done, but I go too fast for her to catch up. She has some basics understood, like locking and...
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    So, how long should it take to flash a new ROM off of ROM Manager?

    So, I finally rooted my phone with z4root, downloaded ROM Manager and Titanium Backup. Went ahead, flashed Clockwork Recovery, backuped everything with Titanium and made a backup through ROM Manager. After the whole ordeal, I decided to flash CyanogenMod 6. It's been at least a half-hour and...
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    OpenOffice.org for Android?

    No, not Docs To Go. Certain assets that Dataviz owns were bought by RIM, but Davaviz themselves weren't bought out. And since the 3.0 version actually came out, I'm sure Docs To Go wasn't what was purchased.
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    StumbleUpon App Now Stumbles through the Android Market

    So, I, like who knows how many others, am addicted to StumbleUpon. I like to kill time by using the little StumbleUpon app I installed on my Droid OG. Well, it recently updated to 1.3, and it can now Stumble through the Android Market. ...And it tries. It's not finding anything new for me, but...
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    DInc or DX for my technophobic mother?

    So, my family is on Verizon, and my mother, tech-illiterate that she is, wants a smartphone. And she wants one that she can tether her netbook to when she goes on vacation. Because of that, she wants the DX. However, I'm afraid that NinjaBlur/PhilBlur/BlurLite will be a bit too overwhelming for...
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    Problems with media on my SD Card

    Heh... I start to consider rooting my Droid, and then suddenly, after so long of it working flawlessly, I start having problems. Ain't that life? Anyway, I haven't gone and rooted my phone yet, but I did have something weird happen yesterday. I'm helping out a friend with a new printer he got...
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    Considering taking the dive into Rootsville... What do I need to know?

    Alright, so when I first heard that rumored July 13th day for the 2.2 update, I considered it hogwash, but at the same time thought that July was reasonable, since it'd be before the Droid X gets 2.2. So I said to myself, "Self, if 2.2 doesn't come out for any OG Droids before the end of the...
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    Uh-oh, new Android Users... Shazam's going freemium...

    Well, if you didn't have Shazam before their current update, I have bad news for you. New users who download the free version are now limited to 5 uses per month. If you already had Shazam installed, don't worry about it. If you didn't... well, Soundhound is starting to sound like a better...
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    Fancy Widget Going Bye-Bye

    Yep. Apparently, HTC is convinced that if you can download something that looks like the clock widget on their phones, even for free, you won't buy their phones. o_O So, thanks to a loud complaint from HTC, the maker of Fancy Widget is going to be pulling the widget off the market. Hurry and...
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    Was that always on the lock screen?

    So, I've been a happy Droid user since January. Lots has happened since then. Anyway, woke up this morning, pulled my Droid off my charger, made breakfast, hit power burton so I can draw my unlock pattern. Wait a sec... there's a line of white pixels on my lock screen underneath the clock! Draw...