This may sound like nothing new, however, NVIDIA, maker of GPUs and mobile processors, hasn’t been able to put together their Tegra 3 quad core processor with an LTE modem, that is until now. Today, they announced that the Icera 410 LTE model has been approved by AT&T for use in tablets and clamshell devices [...]
Today, Google announced that the deal to acquire Motorola Mobility is official and is now part of the company’s ever increasing portfolio of great companies and great talent. While that’s good news and all, Motorola has managed to upset some customers regarding upgrades to Android 4.0 ICS. You see, there’s smartphones that are still stuck [...]
Only a small percentage of Android smartphones currently run Android 4.0 ICS and it’s a lot of work for manufacturers to get their often times many different phones upgraded to the latest. While that may be the case, HTC is doing their best to make it happen. The company released an official and detailed list [...]
It has cleared, it’s cleared! Motorola Mobility is the reason I got into Android and it’s the reason I am, at times, known as droidmike. China had decided that as long as Google keeps Android as a free operating system, the deal can pass. We are likely to see it officially pass next week [...]
Back in August of last year, Google acquired Motorola Mobility, the mobile division of Motorolla, for $12.5 Billion in cash in one of their biggest acquisitions yet. As with any acquisitions of this size from a public company, the deal first has to be approved by regulators. One of the last to approve the deal [...]
Apple never was a fan of Android and over the years has pursued manufacturers with a vengeance, some would say because Steve Jobs thought of competitors in the space to have copied iOS and their designs. On May 15th, Apple successfully caused HTC’s One X and EVO 4G LTE devices from being distributed in the [...]
Samsung is a big leader in the Android smartphone market, but just how big? According to recent sales statistics, Samsung accounted for 40% off all Android smartphone sales while no other company went over 10%. This is a pretty big difference and goes to show just how well the South Korean company is doing in [...]
The patent war continues… Last December, Apple won a patent suit against HTC, banning the importation of HTC Android devices. The ITC determined that Android’s messaging application and and web browser infringed upon Apple patent #5,946,647. This patent covers automatically converting phone numbers and email addresses into clickable links that open a menu of options, functions we are [...]
Despite the fact that the first round of Google TV’s were not a huge consumer success, Logitech lost millions, LG Electronics and Google have partnered to launch a new line of TV’s in the United States starting May 21st. LG’s new G2 series plans to change consumers outlook on Google TV with motion control technology, [...]
Apple and Samsung have been at war for the last several years due to numerous patent disputes and Apple claiming that Samsung is stealing their designs. Unfortunately, there’s no sign of it slowing down any time soon, some would say because the late Steve Jobs was so against Android. Now, a U.S. Appeals court [...]
Samsung continues to build their cloud services, acquiring mobile entertainment services provider mSpot. This Pal Alto company knows a thing or two about getting entertainment on to your mobile devices. mSpot specializes in music, movie, and radio services for Android and has four successful apps listed on the Google Play Store. Remember last week we [...]
Motorola Mobility continues to lose money and relevancy in 2012. In Q1 2011, Motorola Mobility posted a loss of $62 million. A year later, their Q1 2012 earnings are even worse, falling to a staggering $86 million loss. Motorola is best known for their Droid series of Android phones. Launched in November 2009 on Verizon [...]
LG have announced that they are going to focus on developing their Android smartphone catalogue and that they have no immediate plans to increase their Windows Phone range. I would not say this is a particular shock, since LG started making WP7 phones in 2009 the OS has failed to really take off. According to Lee [...]
Could adopting Android make Nokia a market leader once again? Nokia made the controversial and, in my opinion, rather suicidal decision to ditch Symbian and MeeGo in 2011. Since then the mobile giant has seen monumental decreases in its market share. Surely the company cannot continue down this treacherous road and emerge without a major [...]
Talk about next gen phones- when I think about this, I think about Tony Stark working in his laboratory building some sort of cool new toy! Imagine, not touching your phone to do stuff? That’s exactly what Huawei wants us to do. Huawei is a Chinese telecommunications supplier. They have been expanding into the smartphone, [...]
Since Google and Samsung are aligned to create devices, HTC and Facebook are doing it too. The social media giant is working with HTC according to the latest news from DigiTimes. You might remember the HTC ChaCha? It was a small screened, touch/QUERTY keyboard device with Facebook integration. What about the Salsa ? It [...]
ZTE, a Chinese handset maker wants to get in on the “phablet” success of Samsung’s Galaxy Note. Why wouldn’t they? Last numbers showed that Samsung sold over 5 million of them in 5 months! That’s a pretty good number, considering in the United States it is only available on one carrier- AT&T. As an [...]
Let me start off by saying that I am not only an unabashed Android fan, but have also not kept it a secret that I’m a lover of Motorola’s Droids. I still have my original Droid, got my wife a Droid 2 when she took the plunge into smartphone space, and now have a [...]
RIM isn’t just against the ropes right now, they’re down on one knee. Device shipments are down, margins are down and announced today, headcount is going down. As I listened in to the earnings conference call yesterday I was almost taken back to a point in time where my now grown son had to admit [...]
At an event held amidst the sweltering heat in New York City this afternoon, Sprint and Motorola announced their new partnership, and took the wraps off of its two newest Android devices. I was one of the lucky invitees who braved record-breaking Manhattan temperatures to attend this conference. Although there was much initial displeasure [...]
I’ll say right up front, it certainly is an interesting question, but should Google pull the trigger? Research In Motion is in total disarray and another bad comment or two from one of their co-CEO’s could cause RIM to drop in to a total free-fall. Some in the press have declared RIM to be already [...]
Tegra 3 is ideal for Ice Cream Sandwhich Google’s Nexus development cycle has been spot on with the previous two Nexus devices and its a pretty good way to predict the release of the next addition to the “Google Experience” line of products. That being said we have known for quite some time now that [...]
How Many Cores Do you Have? Tablets these days are going for more and more power. And that power is coming directly from the system-on-chip they use. In short, the processor really makes all the difference when it comes to Android tablet power. To give you an example, the Motorola Xoom is running off a [...]
Looks like Sprint users will be getting more than the HTC Evo 3D this sumer as Infosyncworld is reporting that the HTC Kingdom that was leaked not long ago will infact be Sprints version of HTC Incredible S/Htc Incredible 2. The HTC Kingdom will more than likely be advertised as the lesser brother to the [...]
Samsung is a busy bee this month. We know they are already having their event with AT&T today to possibly unveil the Samsung Infuse 4G. Now they have announced their own event on May 24th for debut something new. We can only speculate at this point, but a few ideas do come into mind. Could it [...]
Qualcomm gives us what we want, “More Power” Qualcomm is going to make us all say “More power” in are best Tim the tool man voice. The MSM8660 is simply incredible and they have some video to show you just how much more power the dual core processor will offer. Two words for you, “a-synchronous [...]
Acer seems to making big plans to add to its tablet line-up. We have seen several tablets from Acer in the recent past and it seems we can expect to see more and soon. From the looks of it Acer will be releasing a 7-inch version of the A500 Android based tablet in June. This [...]
Addicted to Facebook? Is your Xoom lacking some nifty accessories? Well Motorola has answered your call. Motorola has now opened their Facebook store open to all users, and is offering 25% off of Xoom accessories from now to May 6th. When you are processing your order make sure to add in the promo code, Facebook, to get [...]
More Laptop Docks On The Way The Motorola Atrix 4G introduced an entirely new form factor with the release of its laptop dock functionality. The first iteration came with a nice list of features including a full desktop browser which oddly was Mozilla Firefox instead of Google Chrome and the ability to use all of [...]
If you have been a Motorola Atrix 4G fan you will know it can have a few exciting dock features… If you’re willing to pay the outrageous price. Seems with all the tablets getting keyboard accessories though (mainly the Asus Transformer) Motorola feels the need to price its Lapdock more competitively. Thanks to a leak from [...]
Google TV and its partnership Google unveiled its plan for Google TV last year the I/O Conference. Since the beginning, Logitech stood by Google and acted as a partner in the Google TV endeavor. Releasing the Revue Google TV set-top box, hopes were high that this would bring in a lot of profit for the [...]
NFC is on the way Bright Side of the News reports that at a recent press event, a HTC sales manager who wishes to remain anonymous, mentioned plans to release a new handset in Q3 that will be “positioned slightly above the recently announced Sensation”. The new secret super phone will have an NFC chip [...]
Motorola Q1 Earning Call Today Motorola held their Q1 earnings call and spoke directly about the delays to the Droid Bionic its improved features and gave details about the Xoom’s 4G LTE upgrade. Also discussed were actual number of Xooms thats have shipped and their plans for the summer. It’s some pretty interesting news so lets get [...]
Samsung is officially launching the Galaxy S II today and expects to ship the Galaxy S II on over 140 carriers in 120 countries worldwide, though UK sales of the dual-core Android smartphone did kick off in the UK yesterday. The subject of a huge Media Day in Korea this morning, There’ll be various NFC [...]
Motorola Tegra 3 Device? The pictured Motorola phone is a brand new device that looks a like a departure from what we have come to expect from the Droid family. It has a silver rounded shell in stark comparison to the all black designs of the Droid X², Atrix, and Bionic. The angles and lighting [...]
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