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Everything worth knowing about mobile technology -- and how to get more from the devices we love.

by Kevin Purdy

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Freelance writer, author of The Complete Android Guide, former Lifehacker editor.

Office on the iPad rumors, a bulkier iPad 3 case, and desktop-ready Android?

Posted Feb 22, 2012 - 07:45 am

Why would Microsoft deny that Office is coming to the iPad, when it's one of their most exciting upcoming releases? That and other mobile-centric rumors, rounded up and broken down.
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- Mobile & Wireless, Android 5.0, android jelly bean
Can an Android phone run without Google?

Posted Feb 20, 2012 - 10:51 am

So, how, exactly, do you trick Google into giving you the foundation without allowing them to look through any windows? Here’s how to set up an almost entirely non-Google-powered Android, in practice.
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- Mobile & Wireless, Android, Android apps
The understated greatness of Swype's Android keyboard upgrade

Posted Feb 17, 2012 - 10:01 am

Using Swype on your Android phone, especially with the new Dragon-powered voice input, will reveal the power of consumer choice in smartphone software.
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- Mobile & Wireless, Android, Google
New Android phone rumors, iPad 3 details, and a PlayBook OS revision

Posted Feb 15, 2012 - 12:08 pm

Kevin Purdy digs through the rumors and insinuations about mobile and wireless happenings and quickly summates them, so you can go on with your fact-based life.
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- Unified Communications, Android, BlackBerry
Sprint dares to break with the two-year upgrade pack

Posted Feb 13, 2012 - 05:09 pm

One carrier is willing to step outside the two-year mindset and give phone droppers and eager upgraders something sweeter than a kick in the wallet
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- Mobile & Wireless, contracts, smartphone upgrade
Five Key Things about Google's Chrome for Android Beta

Posted Feb 10, 2012 - 11:29 am

There’s no Flash. None. Nada. And that’s just the way Adobe wants it, supposedly.
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- Mobile & Wireless, Android, Apple
Mobile apps need clear copy, not a privacy summit

Posted Feb 09, 2012 - 08:28 am

A mobile app privacy summit? Not a bad idea, but here’s the thing: couldn’t you have made it clear what the app was doing in the first place?
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- Mobile & Wireless, address book, Android
New Android augmented reality rumors, a super-slim Galaxy S III, and free T-Mobile phones

Posted Feb 08, 2012 - 08:55 am

All the mobile rumors of the day, compiled, compressed, and given completely subjective ratings.
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- Mobile & Wireless, Android, Asus
Three things of note about the Galaxy Note Super Bowl ad

Posted Feb 06, 2012 - 11:19 am

After the one-and-a-half minute spectacular, my wife asked me, "So, it has a pen that's going to be easy to lose?"
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- Mobile & Wireless, Android, galaxy note
New iPhone 5 rumors, giant tablets and shared data plans

Posted Feb 01, 2012 - 03:47 pm

Here's this week's fresh batch of mobile rumors, sorted, summarized, and rated by a guy with thick skin and permanently raised eyebrows.
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- Networking, Apple, data plans

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