Looking to buy a New Android Phone or See how your Current Phone Stacks-Up against the Competition? Every Month we Rank the Top 10 Android Smartphones on the market. We base our rankings on several factors: Device Age, Hardware Specifications, Version of Operating System, Sales , Popularity and Overall Buzz factor. Phones that have not [...]
It looks like users in France will be able to enjoy Google TV in around September. The new information comes from French newspaper Les Echos. The paper is reporting that there will be two Sony Google TV products available in September: a standalone set-top box that will sell for “200 (roughly $270), and a Blu-Ray [...]
Nexus S 4G owners, I know you guys were feeling a little down when you heard that the official Android 4.0.4 update was being pushed out the certain Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S phones. Well, you can wipe the tears from your eyes because the guys over at Brief Mobile have obtained leaked stock [...]
In 2012, Google shall be putting the Google into the Android tablet market. A recent press release from the IDC has Android slated to overtake iPads as the number one tablet by 2015. Thanks to the success of Amazon’s Kindle Fire, Android has 44.6% of the tablet market as of the end of Q4 2011. [...]
The Nexus brand has taken quite a bit of a hit over the recent few weeks, with Google failing to provide what we have all considered the defining feature for the handsets (quick and timely updates). It’s disheartening to see that only a subset of the Nexus S users are on ICS, but we’ve finally [...]
While we are all waiting for this year’s Google IO to hear about Google’s latest Android OS, Jelly Bean, some lucky XDA user was able to get his/her hands on a leaked build of the unannounced Android OS. It is currently available for the Galaxy Nexus and we’re not sure how stable it is. Be [...]
When it comes to April Fools’ activities, no one does it up like Google. To get an early start on the festivities, they released their first product in Google Maps 8-bit. Yeah, that 8-bit. Just watch the video and laugh at your years with the original NES. Oh, and this video makes it sound like [...]
In the early days of Android, Google tried to sell the Nexus One via their own online store. The venture didn't last long, however, but then again it was a time before Android was the runaway success that it is today. Could the same tactic now prove doable with a Nexus Tablet? According to Wall [...]
The Silicon Valley Android Developers, in conjunction with Google have 50 tickets to Google I/O to give away for developers who have a great idea for Google TV apps, or who have an app that can be easily ported to Google TV. If you're taking GTV seriously, this 2 1/2 day event just might be [...]
You gotta give it to the folks at Imangi Studios because they were able to reach the 1 million download mark within three days of launching Temple Run for Android. I have been playing this game since day one and I think those monkeys are creepy. Anyways, while I was enjoying the game on my [...]
This week we had some excitement surrounding the Transformer Prime receiving an update, Motorola DROID Bionic 2 name spotting, and more info on Google’s upcoming service, Drive. If you happened to miss any of the happenings, we have highlighted them down below: Have a great weekend, everyone! … Continue Reading Here This Week In The Life Of [...]
One of the most used apps on my Android smartphone is Google Maps Navigation. This is a free feature/app, which to me, is one of the things that truly separates Android from the iPhone. Being able to use your phone as your free GPS device makes life so much easier than having to make sure [...]
Quick heads up for you slackers who have yet to file your 2011 tax return. TurboTax is offering filing-fee-free this weekend through the free Android tablet app. Usually to file through the app it would cost you at least $29.99 but if you start filing before Monday (it’s cool if you finish later) the fees [...]
Yep, the Google Play Store is hiccuping again. Yesterday, this lasted for all of 10 minutes, so hang in there. On a related note, if you say “Play Store” quickly in that post title, it actually sounds almost like “Down goes Frazier!” in case you were wondering. … Continue Reading Here Down Goes the Google [...]
Is Google Drive on the verge of a release? According to leaked screenshots posted this week, it certainly appears that way. Rumors have a launch happening the week of April 16, with users seeing anywhere from 2GB to 5GB out of the gate. There is a chance that they will be able to upgrade that [...]
In the early days of Android, Google tried to sell the Nexus One via their own online store. The venture didn't last long, however, but then again it was a time before Android was the runaway success that it is today. Could the same tactic now prove doable with a Nexus Tablet? According to Wall [...]
I’ve been hearing a lot of good things about Zite from our own Stacy Bruce. Zite is yet another news/magazine app that’s been around on iOS for a while, but finally found its way into the Play Store. All if these news/magazine apps have their gimmick and Zite’s is that it’s a “personalized magazine.” It [...]
According to new reports from WSJ, there is most definitely a Google-branded tablet coming to market this year. As reported by WSJ’s sources who are “close to the matter”, Asus and Google will be creating and marketing a tablet that will be sold directly to the public via a website, much like the previous Nexus [...]
I know many people compare Google with Microsoft regarding their upgrade cycles, but here’s the difference between the 2, which might be smaller than you think because both ecosystems take as much time to get the new version widely deployed (around 8 months from testing to shipping, according to a Google software engineer). The real [...]
No, it’s not just your device. The Google Play Store is in fact dead at this moment. We’ll see what we can find out. In the mean time, I’m sure it is happy hour some where. Cheers to everyone who sent this in!… Continue Reading Here Google Play Store Appears to be Dead – droid-life.com
Today there have been quite a few sites that picked up a story from the Guardian, about Google apparently “making” 4x less money from Android than iOS – from ads. However, these headlines are quite misleading, and I don’t think that at this point the difference between Google’s revenue from iOS and the one from [...]
Over the past couple of days we’ve received a few tips that users were experiencing problems with the Google Play Store, and some were reporting that their paid application lists were completely missing. Some went as far as to say the market was asking them to purchase said apps again. After receiving a few more [...]
Reports are surfacing today that Google only generated about $550 million from Android since 2008, and that it earns far less from Android devices than it does from Apple handsets – but this really isn’t likely to be the whole picture. The figures are coming from a recent Google court filing that offers Oracle a [...]
People in France will now be able to rent movies directly from the new Google Play store. Up until today, the service was only available to users in the US, UK, Canada, and Japan. With France added to the list, more users will be able to instantly watch movies on their phones, tablets, or computers. [...]
Jonathan converted to the Android platform from Blackberry with the original Motorola Droid. He currently has a Motorola Droid X and a Motorola Xoom. Besides keeping up with Android news, he enjoys spending time with his family, gaming, reading, and computers. Google+… Continue Reading Here Humor: Facebook and the lie of the century Jonathan Radande [...]
Here is a bit of a PSA for this Thursday morning. According to reports surfacing, there is a new bug pertaining to the Google Play Store and users Android devices where applications and games that a person has paid for are disappearing for no reason. Read more… … Continue Reading Here PSA: Paid apps and [...]
Our fearless leader Scotty Brown wrote a very in depth and lengthy article about the woes of the Google I/O registration. I’d like to offer up a few comments about the situation. I personally would love to go to Google I/O one day, but I realize that dream is exactly that. I can neither afford [...]
Having trouble accessing certain paid apps or seeing errors when browsing for apps in general on your Google Play account? No, you’re not crazy— and you’re not alone either. There have been reports for the last few days highlighting paid apps are not showing up on either a device or even on the web, in [...]
Thank you as always my Android friends for clicking in to another episode of The ManDroid Show. In this show we feature Team Carbon as developer of the week. Remember, the sequence I came up with on the spot. No drugs I swear. Enjoy the video! News Topics Android 4.0.4 ASOP source available Temple Run [...]
The “awesome” ASUS Transformer Prime update we were first teased with earlier this week is now rolling out to users. As was detailed yesterday, the new software brings about features like face unlock, new lockscreen notification controls, and the Google Play suite among other fixes and tweaks. We’ve received reports from several users in the US [...]
In an interview with the New York Times, NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang is quoted as saying, “We took out $150 in build materials, things like expensive memory. At $199, you can just about buy a tablet at a 7-Eleven.” The discussion centered around the possibility of a quad-core Tegra 3-powered tablet at the magic $199 price [...]
Not sure how widespread this problem is, but we’ve gotten enough Phantips to justify a post. Apparently, the Google Play Store is experiencing another hiccup this time, where users’ paid applications are disappearing from their “Installed/Up To Date” apps list. Instead of showing paid apps, users are being greeted with either blank or RPC errors. [...]
Google has begun to roll out the latest version of Ice Cream Sandwich for three separate devices. If you own the Wi-Fi version of the Motorola Xoom, the HSPA+ Galaxy Nexus or UMTS/GSM version of the Nexus S, go ahead and check your device to see if the update has made its way to you. Read more… [...]
The Nexus S is finally getting its ICS upgrade, and it comes directly with the Android 4.0.4 version, no less. Some would say it’s about time Google provided them with the ICS upgrade. After all, this was the main promise of the Nexus phones, that they would be getting the latest update before everyone else [...]
As you know from our report earlier, Android 4.0.4 has been pushed to AOSP and has started to rollout to the XOOM WiFi and T-Mo Nexus S. You can add GSM Galaxy Nexus to that list as well. Hate to say it, but seeing the LTE G-Nex left off of that list is not all [...]
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