John Lagerling explains the Nexus strategy in NY Times interview
After announcing the Nexus 4, Nexus 10, and the 32GB Nexus 7, Google caused quite a stir in the tech community. Most of our first reactions were in response to the awesome new features and specs of the aforementioned devices. But after some time, many …
AT&T to offer Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 on November 9
AT&T today announced that they’ll be offering their version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 on November 9. Priced at $499.99, the 10.1-inch tablet is part of a limited time promotion which could earn AT&T subscribers a $100 savings. If you happen to pick one …
Samsung tops 30 million Galaxy S III sales well ahead of schedule
Samsung had hoped to sell 30 million of its Galaxy S III smartphone this year, anticipating that it would be a top-selling product. Well, they’ve already done that and there’s still two months left in the year. A post on Samsung Tomorrow tells us that …
Samsung expected to get brand makeover in January
Samsung is expected to get new branding and marketing come early January if Australian news outlet ChannelNews proves to be accurate. Rumored to debut at CES 2013 in January, the new effort is said to be put together with help from players who have helped …
In Brief: 10 more Android things worth knowing (Nov 5)
This week features Skifta, T-Mobile, Lookout, Lapse-It, Safely Go, Gamevil, Harman Kardon, Nook HD, Pac-Man, Chain3D and more!
Android turns 5 today!
We, too, celebrate our five year anniversary.
Google brings Google Wallet to mobile websites
Google is really focused on Google Wallet right now, and they are trying their best to offer it to the masses with the best type of services available. Google is now expanding the Google Wallet payments to mobile websites. At the moment, the service is …
Sprint launching ZTE Flash on Nov. 11?
Sprint is without any doubt one of the leading networks in the USA, and they also love Android a lot. Back in July, we got some first details about the ZTE Flash, an Android powered device destined to Sprint. Now after 3 months, ZTE Flash …
Droid DNA render leaks with word of “early December” release
Leave it to @evoleaks to give us a render of the Droid DNA as we’re about to wrap up our work week. The increasingly busy (and accurate)Twitter account just posted a branded look at the upcoming 5-inch HTC smartphone headed to Verizon in but a few short …
comScore: Android inches forward as smartphone sales slow
Android is still the king of the hill when it comes to smartphone market share, according to the newest comScore report. At 52.5 percent of the U.S. market, Android is up ever so slightly with .9 percent growth since June. Even as it remains virtually …
Obi-Wan and Darth Vader square off in latest Angry Birds clip
Should we call him Obi-Wan Kenobird?
Android 4.2 intros new levels of protection, permissions, and privacy
As handy as the Google Play store is, and as good as security apps are for Android, it’s still tough to police apps and games that can be freely found online. To that end, Google is doing its part to compile a database of APK …
HTC Opera UL will Facebook phone, report indicates
Remember the HTC Operaul we reported on last week? Yeah, well that’s supposed to be the real Facebook phone. No, for serious you guys. According to a Pocket-Lint source, that Android 4.1-powered handset will be the “official” Facebook smartphone whenever it eventually surfaces. And, instead …
IDC: Android hits 75% market share on fourth anniversary of platform
Four years in, nearly all the base are belong to Android.
Android 4.0+ inches forward in overall platform share
Android 4.0+ Ice Cream Sandwich and Android 4.1+ Jelly Bean have notched a few percentage points in the overall breakdown of the platform. Moving up ever so slightly, the two builds have grown month over month while others slowly diminish. Most of the movement comes …
