By Brandon Russell |
Yet another Jelly Bean build has hit the Web for Verizon’s Galaxy S III, with what appears to be nothing more than a new radio to distinguish it from the first leak, according to Droid-Life. A previous build leaked at the beginning of November, and…
By Brandon Russell |
Android has come a loooooong way since its inception. Remember what it used to look like back when it was merely a blip on the radar, a dream conjured up by the Andy Rubin and eventually backed by the Open Handset Alliance? We’re mighty glad…
By Brandon Russell |
According to Samsung, the company has sold, as opposed to shipped, 30 million Samsung Galaxy S III devices worldwide. That’s quite the impressive figure, and shows a substantial growth of 10 million units in just two months. Samsung’s announcement comes on the heels of news…
By Brandon Russell |
According to the International Data Corporation (IDC), Android devices during Q3 of this year accounted for exactly 75 percent of all smartphone shipments. In contrast, Apple’s iPhone only garnered 14.9 percent of the market pie, while the remaining crumbs were divvied up between other competitors.…
By Brandon Russell |
The much anticipated and often rumored Nexus 10 is official, and it sounds like serious competition for Apple: A stunning screen that outdoes the iPad’s Retina resolution, an attractive design, and some truly beefed up specs. This is a device that doesn’t hold back, and…
By Brandon Russell |
The frequency of Nexus 10 information is coming thick and fast, with yet more information outing some of the device’s internal specs. According to a GLBenchmark, the tablet will indeed sport an insane 2560 x 1600-pixel screen resolution (it’s listed as 2560 x 1504 because…
By Brandon Russell |
Support pages for the incoming Nexus 4 have cropped up on LG’s U.K. and Australian websites, further confirming the device’s existence — as if we didn’t already know. The device has failed to stay a mystery this past month, repeatedly showing up in pictures and…
By Brandon Russell |
The ever reliable @evleaks, who has provided accurate specs/photos in the past, Tweeted out a picture of LG’s much rumored Nexus 4 on Wednesday. And you know what? It looks exactly like the many leaked pictures we’ve seen over the previous month. Worth noting: The…
By Brandon Russell |
Yet another study has concluded that code used in a small number of Android apps are vulnerable to leaking personal user data. According to security researchers at the Leibniz University of Hanover in Germany, about eight percent of Android applications in the Google Play store…
By Brandon Russell |
What are the odds? Was Android actually born in ancient China? Were we once ruled by robot overlords? If so, well, Apple has no basis in its argument that Android is a stolen product, since the company was beat to the punch by a few…
By Brandon Russell |
QWERTY devices are very nearly forgotten relics of the past feature phone era. It’s all touch screens now; big ones, little ones, medium-sized ones. But as the transition away from hardware keyboards continues, know that manufacturers, dear QWERTY lovers, are still on your side. You…
By Brandon Russell |
Like their allies here in the U.S., the Motorola RAZR and RAZR MAXX in Europe are receiving Ice Cream Sandwich; it’s an end of summer treat that will surely satisfy those with the urge to try Google’s second best version of Android. You’ll definitely want…
By Jon Rettinger |
It was never in doubt we’d see another Nexus device from Google. As the “beat-Apple strategy,” as Apple lawyer Mark Perry called it, it’s the go-to device for vanilla Android — that untouched, pristine version of Google’s OS. Now there’s a rumor kicking around regarding…
By Brandon Russell |
Boost Mobile customers got an early holiday present on Wednesday, as the carrier announced it will offer a cornucopia of Samsung devices this fall. Easily the biggest of the three handsets unveiled at Boost’s media event in New York is the Samsung Galaxy S II…
By Brandon Russell |
Come this fall, Samsung might not be the only company to release a Nexus device. The vanilla Android handset, the only to currently run Google’s Jelly Bean, is expected to get a sequel from the Korean company later this year, with reported specs having been…
By Brandon Russell |
The payoff might not be immediate, but Google’s support for the Sony Xperia S in the Android Open Source Project could hint at an all new frontier for users. The “experiment,” as Google described it, will see the Mountain View company working directly with the…
By Brandon Russell |
Verizon on Monday confirmed Motorola DROID 4 users will get a taste of Ice Cream Sandwich starting today, with the OTA update getting a wider rollout over the week. Joining with its Razr brethren, the upgrade in OS will introduce an array of improvements to…
By Brandon Russell |
An internal Apple study, cited as evidence in the Apple v. Samsung trial on Monday, found that a large figure of Android’s most faithful users stuck by the platform merely to stick with their current carrier. Sounds to me like a roundabout way to admit…
By Brandon Russell |
If you haven’t acquainted yourself with Google Now, it’s basically an oracle-like system that keeps users constantly up-to-date with important information. How long is your commute home? Google Now knows. What cool bars are in your area? Google Now will tell you, according to your…
By Brandon Russell |
ZTE doesn’t dominate consumer mindshare the way a Samsung or HTC does, but that doesn’t mean the company is content to sit in the shadows. In an attempt to carve out a marketshare of its own, ZTE is reportedly planning to introduce a handset in…
By Brandon Russell |
Developer interest is crucial to an ecosystem’s survival. From the consumer end, it means getting Angry Birds and Tiny Wings first. But, perhaps more important to a company’s bottom line, is app development for the enterprise market. It’s there where boys are separated from the…
By Jon Rettinger |
I’m fortunate enough to have access to phones running iOS, Android, and Windows Phone. And from the buffets of mobile operating systems at my disposal, I’ve sampled from all three extensively. But now that Jelly Bean is out? It’s why I’m switching to Android as…
By Brandon Russell |
Google announced at its I/O conference that 400 million Android devices have been sold to date. In addition, the company said there are 1 million Android activations everyday, which equates to about 12 new devices every second. That’s an incredible adoption rate that eclipses even…
By Brandon Russell |
Sometimes companies can be their own worst enemy and, in this case, it seems Google has outed Android 4.1 Jelly Bean before its I/O event next week. We already had an inkling that Google would designate the 4.1 scheme to its next Android update, and…
