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Everything you need to know about 5G: What it is, what it isn’t
What is WiFi 6? And why it’s so important to the future of your mobile lifestyle
Security & Privacy: Secure Your Computer with your Samsung Galaxy smartphone
Security & Privacy: The Hidden Risks of WiFi
Security & Privacy: Your Fingerprint isn’t your Password – and neither is your face or iris
Security & Privacy: Location Tracking, ergo ‘They Know Where You Are’
Security & Privacy: How to Physically Secure Your Phone
Security & Privacy: An introduction; concepts explained; theory
The future of WiFi is Mesh, and Google might be missing out
You shouldn’t need five chat apps
Pocketnow Smart Home: the pros and cons of Nest
Pocketnow Smart Home: automation with rules and scenes
Is there any excuse for apps that refuse to rotate?
Is it too late for a Nokia Android phone?
WiFi is evolving: What you need to know about 802.11 ad, ah, and HaLow af
The Pros and Cons of BlackBerry going Android-exclusive
Do we really need 6GB of RAM on our smartphones? (Poll)
Did the Android 6.0.1 update kill your battery life?
How Android can really do split-screen multitasking right
How many Bluetooth devices do you have paired to your smartphone?
Adoptable Storage: Android Marshmallow’s hidden feature that your phone probably can’t use
Google Now just got answering machine-like functionality – here’s how to use it
Life with the Lenovo 100S Chromebook: pros and cons
What is LiFi and why you should care: the next generation light-based WiFi
The future of Bluetooth: what to expect and why you should care
What is Factory Reset Protection and why is Android Marshmallow forcing OEMs to include it in their devices
Android Launcher: Lightning Launcher
The Pros and Cons of 5GHz WiFi 802.11ac
Is Android Pay safe?
Verizon DROID Maxx 2 Review: MAXX is the proper word to describe it
Bendgate Redux: Nexus 6P bending is a non-issue
Here’s how Google and OEMs can fix Android OTA updates
5 cool things you can do with Google’s low-end Nexus
This was the best Nexus of all time
Do Not Disturb Mode: Android Marshmallow finally got it right
Google Chromecast and Chromecast Audio Review: the future is now
Nexus Quick Charging explained
Battle of the Beasts: Nexus 6P vs Nexus 5X vs Nexus 6
A liquid cooled smartphone: an inevitable, and very smart move
LG is doing with a second screen what Motorola and Nokia did with the main screens
Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Ditto: a wearable unlike any you’ve seen before
Android Marshmallow should be embracing the Dark Theme, not getting rid of it
Five ways to keep your cellular data usage under control
Making money writing apps isn’t as easy as you think
Force Touch? Android has had that for years
What Windows 10 Phone needs to do to woo Android users back
What’s the most disappointing smartphone you’ve owned?
HTC Desire 626 Review: affordable, but it falls short of awesome
Reversible cameras: genius or gimmick? (TL/DR)
Who will benefit from the vacuum the Note 5 left in the “hardcore” phone market?
Power users are pissed that the Note 5 might ditch removable storage and battery, but do regular users care?
AMOLED vs IPS: which is better?
How Google killed its Play Music app for me
My new house is going to be intelligent, and controllable from my smartphone
Is the new T-Mobile JUMP On Demand plan a good deal for you?
Google Maps Offline completely misses the point, but it’s a great feature
Why do we still need SIM cards?
Hands on with the Neo smartpen N2
Android Wear watch faces: my digital favorites
Why Android fails to deliver a Microsoft Continuum experience
Is the Snapdragon 808 inside the LG G4 a huge mistake? (poll)
Ads vs paid apps: Which do you prefer? (poll)
An HTC Sense-running tablet is a fantastic idea
How to set up Android 5.1’s anti-theft Device Protection
4 ways USB 3.1 will change how you use your smartphone
A curved LG G4 makes a lot of sense
The Apple Watch retail launch is the best thing yet to happen to Android Wear
The BlackBerry Passport from an Android Perspective
Networking tweaks to help your Android perform better, faster, and safer
BLU Vivo Air: pros and cons of the thinnest phone
Pros and Cons of Google’s Nexus 6
How Android could compete with the Microsoft Surface Hub
Three things I envy about Windows Phone 10, as an Android user
Tablet lessons Samsung needs to learn this year
What is build.prop and my 5 favorite tweaks
Here’s why cellular-connected tablets are a horrible idea
Here’s why Android Lollipop is laggy
Does wireless charging make sense for tablets?
How to re-enable tethering in Lollipop on the Nexus 6
How to retrofit your smartphone or tablet with Qi wireless charging (video)
How to root the Nexus 6
Here’s why I rooted my Nexus 6
Will speed chargers kill your battery?
HTC Desire Eye review: midrange name, flagship performance
Seven things you still need root to do, and two things that don’t
AirDroid 3: A virtual desktop for your Android, and so much more
Should you use antivirus software on your Android?
Is the Nexus 10 still the best large format Nexus tablet?
The ZTE ZMAX proves that even affordable mobiles have big-phone fever
What are “Android OS” and “Android System” in my battery report?
Samsung, give up on Exynos already
Why I almost didn’t buy the Nexus 6
The Galaxy Alpha and Note 4: proof positive that removable batteries don’t have to make your phone ugly
How to fix the Samsung Galaxy Security Policy update bug
The Nexus 6 just killed most of the competition
Should you leave your smartphone’s WiFi on or turn it off?
Will lithium-sulfur finally solve our smartphone battery woes?
Incognito mode doesn’t protect your surfing data
People don’t like Samsung’s commercials making fun of Apple – because they’re true
Do we really need an HTC camera?
3 things you should never store in the cloud
How safe is sideloading APKs?
Facebook Messenger Permissions: How worried should you be?
What makes a smartwatch a smartwatch? (Poll)
10 ways Blackphone keeps you secure
Round is the new square: why circular smartwatches captivate us so
Fresh install vs restore: pros and cons
Here’s why I’ll always use a screen protector on my smartphones and tablets
Why some phone chargers are faster than others (video)
Google Voice coming to Hangouts: the good, the bad, the ugly
4 awesome things you can do with Android Wear right now
Could smartwatches finally make augmented reality attractive?
How (and why) to root the LG G Watch
What’s a Hardware Abstraction Layer and why should you care? (Video)
A week with the ASUS PadFone X
What’s on Joe’s Android smartphone: Pocketnow Insider
Why would you rather buy last year’s flagship than this year’s mid-ranger?
Android Keyboard lag: what causes it and how to fix it
Using your phone number as your chat ID is a bad idea
Android’s back button is still a ball of confusion and inconsistency
HTC Desire 816 review: a mid-tier phone with flagship DNA
Why some plastic phones are better than others
Are third-party battery saving apps worth it?
Pocketnow Power User: Everything you need to know about the CPU (video)
Here’s why city-wide WiFi deployments are a bad idea
Turn your Nokia X into a real Android (video)
Here’s why System-in-Package is a big deal for Apple’s upcoming iWatch, and everything else
Here’s how “OK Google” everywhere could make your Android completely hands-free
Airplane mode isn’t just for when you’re on an airplane
Why doesn’t every browser do word wrapping?
Here’s why carrier and OEM Kill Switches are a really bad idea
USB 3.1 is reversible, fast, and awesome, but here’s why you shouldn’t get excited just yet
Why aren’t OEMs using wireless charging?
I hope Microsoft brings Cortana to Android
ZENS Qi-enabled portable battery makes charging truly wireless, almost
When it comes to broken phones, LG knows how to take care of customers
Here’s why Google’s new “Powered by Android” boot animation is a great idea, but won’t fix the problem
With so many devices crowding the airwaves, is 5GHz really better than 2.4Ghz in practice?
802.11AC versus 802.11N in practice
Which tethering method is better: WiFi, Bluetooth, or USB cable?
Dual-booting: the pros and cons
Android Dog Food releases explained
How to speed up your original Nexus 7, and others?
Why can’t we have unlimited tethering?
Should this year’s Nexus phone use LG’s curved-screen tech?
Hacking a Nokia X can turn it into a real Android
So called “black phones” are the future for mobile devices
Here’s what “water resistant” and “water proof” really mean
How secure could Blackphone really be?
Smartwatches sorely need cross-device app standards
ZAGGsparq 6000: As close to perfect as a portable battery can get
Hands on with KitKat’s built-in printer support (video)
Custom ROMs for smartwatches will soon be available
How to use the Galaxy Gear with the Nexus 5 (video)
How to encrypt your Android for extra security (video)
Realistically, what could we expect from a $50 smartphone?
A new BusyBox is on the horizon, here’s why you should be excited
All my friends are abandoning their carriers for T-Mobile
Here’s why you should use 5GHz WiFi instead of 2.4GHz
How to re-enable tethering in KitKat with T-Mobile
Why using your mobile device as your bitcoin wallet is a bad idea
What is App Ops, and why did Google remove it from Android?
Bluetooth 4.1 is coming, here’s what it means for you
Android 4.4.2: Here’s what it brings to different Nexus devices
KitKat looks like Jelly Bean, but under the hood it’s a whole lot better
The Snapdragon 805 is going to knock your socks off
Voice and text should (optionally) fall-back to WiFi networks whenever possible
Why Facebook Home failed and Google Now will succeed
The second operating system hiding on your phone
The best Qi wireless chargers to use with your Nexus 5
Can we use ambient Wi-Fi signals to trickle charge cell phones?
Android isn’t laggy, but your cheap phone or tablet may be
Dalvik vs. ART: Android virtual machines and the battle for better performance
These devices have Android 4.4 ROMs available
How to Flash KitKat on your Android today
Here are the main advantages of having a Snapdragon 800 SoC
What happened to Ubuntu Touch for Phones?
What Android laptops need to succeed
WP8 Live Tiles becoming more like Android widgets every day
Android 4.4 KitKat widgets: a step back to Gingerbread?
Ambient Coprocessors: The Android-equivalent of the Apple M7
Why we don’t need USB 3.0 ports on our smartphones or tablets
Multipath TCP is awesome and iOS 7 has it, sort of
Why can’t Android get notifications right during media playback?
Quantum dots may soon power your smartphone’s HD display
Everything you need to know about 64-bit smartphones
Is the do-it-all device a pipe dream?
Our favorite places to get beautiful phone wallpaper
How to wake your Android by swiping (Video)
Why are some YouTube videos not available on mobile devices?
Why does Google hate your SD card?
What is TRIM support in Android 4.3 and why should you care?
Putting your phone in a case vs. letting it run around naked
Get to know Pocketnow’s Joe Levi
How to fix anything that’s wrong with your Android
Why do phones degrade with use?
The Snapdragon 800 is the CPU you want in your next phone
Why is WiFi so much worse on smartphones than on laptops and computers?
Customize, theme, and tweak your soft buttons with this app (video)
Would you like an Android-powered camera-phone like the Nokia 808 PureView or EOS?
Who cares about thin? Give me a smartphone with some meat on its bones!
Waterproof phones and tablets are a good thing, but please, don’t take them in the shower!
IMEI, your phone, and you
The Facebook-Centric HTC First is Dead, What Does it Mean for HTC?
Why the New Google Play Services Make Android Better Than Ever
Toyota Confirms: Li-Ion Batteries Have a “Memory Effect”
Have Tablets and Smartphones Finally Killed the PC?
How Scared Should I Be To Use Public WiFi on My Smartphone?
Will the App “Bubble” Pop?
I Just Switched to T-Mobile’s Unlimited Everything Plan, Here’s what I Think So Far
Here’s Why You Should Avoid Rooting Your Android Phone
Where Are All the Intel Phones?
What You Need to Know About Android Trojans
How to Pick the Right ROM for Your Device
Your Smartphone Is Probably Faster Than Your PC
Why Doesn’t NFC Always Play Nice With NFC?
This Might Be the Most Visually Impressive Android Launcher Ever (Video)
SAFE – How Samsung Wants to Make Android Safe for Business
Harden Your Android Against Hacking Attempts (Video)
Franco Kernel Reduces Lag and Increases Battery Life (Video)
I Just Destroyed My Nexus 4 (Video)
LMT Launcher For Android Hands-On (Video)
Here’s What Flexible Screens, Batteries Mean for Future Smartphones
Qi Wireless Charger Face-Off: Nokia DT-900 vs. Energizer (Video)
ParanoidAndroid Turns Your Smartphone into a Tablet, and the Other Way Around (Video)
Google Wants One Ring To Rule All Your Passwords
Is 5-Inch the New 4.3-Inch?
Tile Launcher Makes Your Android Look like Windows Phone, Only Better! (Video)
Android Needs To Get Serious About Bluetooth Low Energy
Octa-Core Chips Are Coming; Here is How They Will Change Your Life
Android App to Increase Battery Life Comes at a Cost (Video)
NVIDIA Tegra 4 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
This App Might Instantly Make any Android Noticeably Faster
How to Remove Bloatware From Your Non-Rooted Phone
How to Make Auto-Rotate Smarter (Video)
8 Scenarios Where NFC Would Make Sense
What is Ingress and What Does Google Hope to Accomplish With It?
Hands on with the Energizer Wireless Charging Mat and the Nexus 4
CyanogenMod 10.1 Running On the HTC G2 (Video)
The Android Governor: Overclocking Is More Than Just Clock Speeds
How to Install Google Now on Ice Cream Sandwich
Here’s What an Eight-Core Processor Means For Smartphones
Google Wireless Could Be Google Fiber in Your Pocket
Everything You Need To Know About Wireless Charging
With LTE, Are You Still Prioritizing WiFi?
How-To Flash and Hands-On With Android 4.2 (Video)
Verizon Motorola Droid RAZR HD Review
This is Why the Snapdragon S4 Pro Performs So Well
Android Power User: How to Flash an Image with Fastboot
How to Remove the RAZR M’s Unlocked Bootloader Warning
How to Root Your Galaxy Nexus Without Unlocking the Bootloader (Video)
Android Power User: What is the System Image? (Video)
How to Customize your Android with “Pimp My ROM” (Video)
Google’s Self-Driving Cars and Some Android Tech That You Can Use Today (Video)
Move Over Secure Digital Cards, I’m Storing My Data in Crystals!
If You Had To Keep Your Phone For Five Years, Which Would You Get?
Android Power User: What are ODEX, DEODEX, and Zipalign? (Video)
Android Power User: What are the Dalvik VM and Dalvik Cache? (Video)
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Review
How to Get Motorola’s Cool Circle Clock Widget on Your Android (Video)
Android Power User: What is JIT and What Does it Mean for Android? (Video)
Here’s How to Get Soft-Buttons on Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean
Android Power User: What is a Kernel?
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Unboxing (Video)
Which is Better, a Screen That Doesn’t Scratch or Doesn’t Shatter?
Elite Kernel Turns Your Nexus 7 Into a Completely New Device (Video)
Android Power User: What are Unlocking and Rooting?
How To Get Easy Updates for Custom ROMs with OTA Update Center
Infrared is Dead, Why Would Samsung Put it in Their New Tablet?!
Android Power User: What is the Bootloader?
Why the Hardware Home Button Needs to Go Away
WiFi vs. Data, Speed vs. Battery Life
How to Remove the Persistent Search Bar from Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean
Why Project Butter in Jelly Bean Makes Android Faster
Do You Really Need HDMI-Out On Your Device?
Launcher Wars Part 6: Trebuchet, the New Launcher in CM9
Android Guy Weekly: Everything You Need to Know About SD Cards
What is Force GPU Rendering in Ice Cream Sandwich?
Do We Really Need 2GB of RAM On Our Phones?
Why People Love Android
Android Guy Weekly: NFC and Spare Batteries, How Does it Work?
Android: Why Don’t You Use the Back Button Properly?
Multiple Users Enabled on Google Play Store Developer Accounts
Google Wallet Gets In Bed With Carriers (Editorial)
Hardware Hack Enables Full-Speed Charging with Generic Chargers
Samsung Announces Ice Cream Sandwich For Some (Not All) Tablets
Smart Screen Off Uses the Proximity Sensor to Stop Pocket-Dialing
Android Guy Weekly: Is Cellular More Secure than WiFi?
Are App Stores Where the Real Money Is? (Editorial)
Save Power With This Minimalistic Theme: Black Exodus
Using a Public Computer? Login to Gmail Using Your Smartphone!
The Future: VoIP or VoLTE?
Personalizing Your Galaxy Nexus With Custom Boot Animations
Google Wallet’s Secure Element Not Responding Error Explained
Does WiFi Help or Hurt Battery Life? (Editorial)
Vending Machines Equipped With Google Wallet? You Betcha!
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Running on the Nokia N900
Nintendo’s Duck Hunt Ported to Android, Light Gun Not Supported
Make Your Phone Sound Like Android Ice Cream Sandwich
Netflix for Android Officially Recognizes CyanogenMod ROMs
Will Ice Cream Sandwich Run on Older Phones?
What Can You Do With a Barometer on a Smartphone?
Get a Little Ice Cream Sandwich Now: Google Plus
Custom Notification Icons with NoLED Themes
Custom ROM: Sense 3.5, Android 2.3.5 for Desire HD, S, & Inspire
HTC Wildfire S Review
How to Get the Old Android Market Back
CoPilot Live for Android Gets Update, Fixes Re-Installation Bug
Android Boot Animation Previewer App for Your PC
Cook Your Own Android App From an RSS Feed with App.Yet?!
Animating Flip Clock Widget, No Longer An HTC Exclusive
Keep Unwanted Images Out of Your Android Gallery With This App
You Can Run Ubuntu On Your HTC Desire HD
Blocks Live Wallpaper, Tetris-Like Game Play on Your Homescreen
Why Are Download Speeds Faster Than Upload Speeds?
CyanogenMod 7.0.3 Stable Released (Updated)
Build a Lego Desktop Dock for Your Smartphone
Android Smartphone for Airline Pilots?
Recalibrate the HTC Desire HD Proximity Sensor
FPse PS1 Emulator Now Available in the Android Market
Honeycomb Music Player for Android 2.1+
Customize LauncherPro with Dock Background Images
Tiger Lab, a Nintendo DS Emulator for Android
Video: Beautiful Widgets, Beautiful Live Wallpaper Updated
Quad-Core Android Handsets Available for Christmas?
Samsung Epic 4G Review
T-Mobile G2 Review
How to Install CyanogenMod 7 Gingerbread
Google Maps Compass Rose Tip
Coca-Cola Christmas Snow Globe Live Wallpaper
How to OEM Unlock & Root the Nexus S (Updated)
Want to Make Video Calls, But No Front-Facing Camera?
Gingerbread Status Bar Icons Revealed
World of Warcraft Coming to Android?
App to Remap your Android’s Buttons
VISIONary Temproot App Pulled from Android Market
How to Root Your HTC Desire HD
Faster GPS Fix via FasterFix for Android
Use Your MagicJack Account on Your Android
New Swype Beta Coming in Early November?
Call Recording Made Easy for Android Users with Root
Does Using a Faster SD Card Make Your Phone Faster?
What is Sprint ID?
How to Reboot Your Android
How Does Google Make Money with Android?
An Android Desk Phone?
WinADB, GUI Front-End for Android adb Commands
First Android Virus
How-to Boot Android on your x86 PC
Album Art Live Wallpaper for Android
How-to Run Windows 95 on your Android (video)
eFuse: Droid’s Digital “Kill-Switch”
Android Quick Tip: How to Bypass Setup Wizard
Run Windows 7 on Your Android Phone
Could We Get Gingerbread from Android for Christmas?
How-to Block Porn on your Android (or other mobile phone)
See how hard your Android is working with this LED CPU Load Notifier
Tips and Tricks for Left-Handed Android Users
Flirtomatic for Android Now Available
Video: How-to Use QR Codes to Share Information in Android
Video: Flashing Froyo onto Your Nexus One
Control Your Android with your Wii Controller
How To Surf Faster on Your Android Using the Hosts Table
Retro Boot Animation for Your Android
pocketnow.com Throwback: HTC Star Trek (i-Mate Smartflip)
Turn Your Android Phone into a Tricorder
Pros and Cons of Location Awareness in Android
Personalizing your Android Phone with Custom System Sounds
How to Install Non-Market Apps on Your Android Phone
Pros and Cons of Rooting Your Android