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Every Android user should know that Android is based on Linux by now. Android start off from Linux, got optimized for mobile use, and evolved in its own way. But now Ubuntu helps to bring the full desktop experience back to Android, so users can enjoy Android, them mobile OS while it’s only on their [...]
LG’s success in the Android ecosystem has been mostly alright in regards to sales and brand awareness, but they should be able to do a lot better. They still have that stigma they they produce subpar devices, or Samsung clones, and in many cases that’s true. Considering both are from a small country, this is [...]
Panasonic quit the western smartphone market for a while, but they decided it’s time to give it another try with a 4.3″ qHD Android smartphone, that also comes with a dual core 1 Ghz chip, and an 8 MP camera. The specs are don’t like like some of the very best, and probably the most [...]
Last year we heard a rumor that Google is going to launch a “Nexus” tablet that will be of the “highest quality”. Now it seems that they have a countdown for MWC, where they might show off this tablet, but not necessarily launch it on the market then. If they are indeed launching a Nexus [...]
I know RIM is hoping to have their cake and eat it, too, by thinking that if they associate their name with Android, then a lot of developers will come to RIM. First of all, that still makes little sense because even if many developers came to RIM, they could come for the Android apps, [...]
This piece of news is not a surprising as people think, or at least it shouldn’t be. Google is much better off showing the major releases at Google I/O than at a random event in fall. Just look at what happened last fall – the whole presentation, which was all of a sudden done in [...]
Maybe HTC won’t get the chance to be the first to market with a Tegra 3 device after all. LG might steal that quad core phone record once again this year, just like they did last year with Tegra 2. The LG X3 could be LG’s comback into the market – if they do it [...]
Samsung has shown its willingness to experiment in the tablet market, which is great for us consumers, with a variety of Android devices from the 5.3″ Galaxy Note, which blurs the line between tablet and phone, to 7″, 7.7″, 8.9″, 10.1″ and an even bigger rumored tablet. Personally, I’ve been wanting a 11.6″ “tablet” for [...]
HTC is in dire need to reinvent themselves, or to offer higher value for their devices than their competitors. They want to be more than just a phone maker. They want to be the phone company that you keep returning to and keep buying their devices. Because of this they’ve made a bunch of investments [...]
Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy Tab 2, which is supposed to be the next-generation Galaxy Tab (remember that 7″ one from 2010?). The problem is, it fails to excite, and it’s not even competitive in today’s marketplace of $200 Kindles and $79 Ainaol Novo7 tablets. The Galaxy Tab 2 specs include: 1 GHz dual-core processor [...]
Whew. Well, I wasn’t that worried that they wouldn’t let Google buy Motorola, but EU did worry me a little bit because they are also investigating Google for anti-trust issues, and while they might not have blocked the acquisition, they could’ve postponed it. I’m glad they didn’t though. First of all, I don’t think Google [...]
Sony started the trend last year when they were the first to say that all their Xperia phones from 2011 will get Android 4. That’s not much considering they only have a few devices from 2011, but maybe that should be a lesson for manufacturers. Most of them still haven’t said anything officially about most [...]
This is a service that has been rumored to launch since 2009, but until now no luck. But it seems Google may be finally getting close to launch their rumored “Google Drive” in the coming months. So what can we expect from such a service? At this point it’s anyone’s guess, because they could do [...]
We’re days away from MWC, and it looks like Nvidia is starting to invite the press to their conference there, where they will showcase the first ever quad core Tegra 3 smartphone, which would be another first for Nvidia, which was also the first chip maker with a dual core smartphone on the market (made [...]
Chrome for PC has been growing like crazy over the past 3 years, and it still remains the best browser right now for PC. But even though the success of Chrome has been phenomenal, we still didn’t get Chrome for Android, and many people have been waiting for it for a long time. Some even [...]
Since Apple seems to think so highly of patents and are so quick to frown upon others when they infringe their patents, then it’s only fair that Motorola does the same to them, and asks for their fair share. Since Motorola actually won the lawsuit in Germany against Apple, and proved that Apple infringed on [...]
As the Galaxy S 3 is approaching its launch, we’re going to hear more and more rumors about it – some crazier than others, while others completely believable and expected. The launches days also seem to have gone from February (MWC) to June, with the latest saying it’s launching in May, which would be exact [...]
These days, you can hardly get a device like the Droid 4 anymore, with a slide-out keyboard. But some people still like them a lot, which is why Motorola keeps making them, especially since they’ve been pretty successful with this Droid slide-out range. You won’t see some of the best specs in the market in [...]
Well this is a shocker. According to research done by Crittercism, applications on iOS crash significantly more than on Android. This just proves how much perception matters, and Google isn’t helping itself here. Many people right now believe that it’s actually Android that crashes more often. One reason is because Android actually shows you when [...]
It looks like the wheel does turn around. Apple may keep getting small wins against Samsung, especially in Germany, where they seem to be very strict about patents, but the same happened to them this time around thanks to Motorola and their 3G patents. Motorola managed to put a permanent injunction on all Apple’s iOS [...]
It looks like Samsung is very close to updating the Galaxy S 2 to Android 4.0, because these leaked official ROM’s are working better and better. Just like we originally assumed, even the Galaxy S 2 will not have either stock ICS or a Touchwiz that looks a lot more like the stock version. Instead [...]
RIM’s strategy is a dead-end going forward at worst, and confusing at best. They don’t want to use Android, and want to use yet another proprietary OS used by just one company (themselves), but in the same time they think a few Android apps will help their OS grow in popularity. The reason I saw [...]
This is probably the first time in history, certainly the first time for Google, when they’ve been charged with offering products for free, and this is some kind of abuse. French authorities seems a little too protectionist with their local businesses, and it’s not the first time they make ridiculous laws or decisions in order [...]
The Droid marked the point in time when Android really started to take off, first in US and then worldwide. With an aggressive tech oriented marketing, Verizon and Motorola wanted to attack the iPhone straight at its heart. The “iDon’t” ads really resonated with a lot of people, especially those who would’ve been early adopters [...]
Well this should put an end to Galaxy S 3 announcement rumors for now, because Samsung themselves have just said the Galaxy S 3 will not be revealed at MWC: “Samsung is looking forward to introducing and demonstrating exciting new mobile products at Mobile World Congress 2012. The successor to the Galaxy S2 smartphone will [...]
Some guys on the Internet decided to poke a little fun at Blackberry’s new marketing strategy of using superheroes to promote their phones. The new RIM CEO thinks that all that their products need is better marketing, as if the products themselves being uncompetitive with what’s out there in the market, has nothing to do [...]
The latest rumor says the Samsung Galaxy S 3 might arrive as early as March 13, at least in Turkey, according to this rumor. Could this be happening so soon? And should Samsung release it this year? I do believe it’s possible the Galay S 3 could land in the market as early as March [...]
Motorola is inching closer to complete their merger with Google, but in the same time EU is trying to put some breaks on the deal, fearing that Google has become too powerful, and a $12.5 acquisition would make it even more powerful. Truth be told, I don’t think Google buying Motorola would create anything negative [...]
The long-awaited Galaxy Note will finally be available in Canada at the 3 major networks, Bell, Rogers and Telus, on February 41th. People who want to absolutely maximize the size of their phone’s screen, while still being able to put it in a pocket, will soon get their wish with this 5.3″ size phone, or [...]
B&N is increasingly facing more competition from Amazon, especially after the launch of the Kindle Fire, which all but overshadowed the launch of their new Nook Color device. Personally, I think the new Nook Color is an even better option for those of you who want to root the device and install something like CyanogenMod [...]
The Galaxy Tab reached a reasonable level of success last year, with pretty much everyone else besides Asus with their Transformer, falling by the wayside. But Amazon’s Kindle Fire reached the same level of success in just a few months, and it keeps going. Of course, the Galaxy Tab is like twice the price of [...]
It looks like Motorola is about to release their update for the RAZR in a few weeks, because the ICS ROM for the RAZR has already been leaked. From the looks of it, just like we thought, there haven’t been too many deep modifications of Android 4.0, although some of them are plain ridiculous and [...]
It looks like 2011 wasn’t a very good year for Motorola in the tablet market. But is anyone really surprised about this? After all, Motorola is the reason why the Android tablet market started growing so slowly in 2011. They tarnished the Android tablets’ name with a tablet that started at $800, more than 50% [...]
People have been saying this for more than a year, just around the time when HTC started to release phone after phone, that this strategy is not going to work for long, and not only will it make their own customers angry because they feel they get ripped off when a slightly better version of [...]
HTC is going strong into the new year after a disappointing quarter last year. They plan to cut back on the devices the put out, they want to use other chips besides Qualcomm ones, and they’re going to double down on making Sense 4.0 great again on top of Android 4.0. I’ve long been a [...]
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