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10 things you need to know about Android

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It’s been nearly a year since Google announced plans for a new open-source mobile phone OS. But will Android hit the jackpot for the search engine giant once again, or is it more developer’s dream than consumer cool? We’ve got the complete lowdown on Android…
What exactly is Android?
Without getting too geeky, Android is the name [...]

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Hands on: T-Mobile G1 Android review

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The world’s first Android-powered handset has finally hit the market under the guise of the T-Mobile G1 with Google, and it certainly doesn’t disappoint in its ‘Google-y-ness’.
First impressions are of a fairly functional business phone, with trackball and a slide-out QWERTY keypad a nice BlackBerry-esque touch.
It should be remembered that HTC is a firm with [...]

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8 hacks to make Firefox ridiculously fast

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Firefox has been outperforming IE in every department for years, and version 3 is speedier than ever.
But tweak the right settings and you could make it faster still, more than doubling your speed in some situations, all for about five minutes work and for the cost of precisely nothing at all. Here’s what you need [...]

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