Android is eating everyone’s lunch in the U.S. – except for Apple’s
The latest U.S. smartphone market share data from comScore shows an interesting twist compared to global data. Fast growth in emerging markets has sent Apple’s …
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Jelly Bean overtakes Ice Cream Sandwich, but still trails moldy Gingerbread
Slowly but surely, Android 4.2 Jelly Bean is inching its way toward overtaking the two-and-a-half year old Gingerbread as the dominant platform version of Android. …
LG reportedly readying second Nexus device and a Google TV set
A new report suggests that LG and Google will be teaming up to produce several new products including another smartphone and an OLED TV set. According …
LG Optimus G Pro preview
LG has continued to make inroads in the lucrative mobile market that in recent years has become dominated by its South Korean rival Samsung. The …
Samsung’s shadow grows darker
HTC was once the top-selling smartphone vendor in the United States. It wasn’t even that long ago. The Taiwan-based vendor reported six consecutive months of …
Google has quite a show in store for us at this year’s Google I/O
Rumors were getting pretty ridiculous leading up to this year’s Google I/O conference. Among the products and software that have been rumored to be announced at …
Microsoft could generate $8.8 billion annually from Android royalties by 2017
Google unlawfully used technology from Oracle, Microsoft and others when creating its Android and Chrome operating systems, leaving its vendor partners exposed. Rather than engaging …
Android is now dominated by messaging apps
Perhaps the most fascinating trend in App Annie’s new March statistics is the transformation of the Google Play Android app store into a messaging app distributor. …
HP may be working on a quad-core 10-inch Android tablet
In the wake of grim PC sales, HP may be preparing to release a high-end Android tablet in the coming months. A listing on the …
Android widens lead in Q1 as iPhone loses market share, Windows Phone gains ground
Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 platform has slowly increased its market share since being released last October. The latest numbers from Kantar Worldpanel found that the …
Android design chief praises Facebook Home, calls it incredibly polished
Facebook unveiled Facebook Home, an application that replaces your Android phone’s homescreen with Facebook photos and status updates, earlier this month for select Android smartphones. …
Galaxy Note III possibly pictured, said to include 6-inch full HD display, eight-core CPU
An image published on a Chinese website over the weekend supposedly reveals Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Note III phablet. According to MyDrivers, the next-generation Note smartphone will …
Android developers now banned from bypassing Google’s Play Store app updates
Google on Friday changed one of its Play Store policies to prevent apps from being updated outside of its marketplace. The company states that “an …
Sony reportedly prepping water-resistant Xperia phone with 720p display
Sony is reportedly preparing to launch a new flagship Xperia smartphone in the near future. According to the Xperia Blog, the Xperia ZR will be …
Why Android will never conquer the world: iPhone users are steadfastly loyal
While Google’s Android operating system has a lead over iOS in overall market share, it faces a hard barrier that blocks its ability to expand …
Intel confirms $200 Android notebooks are on the way
Google hasn’t had much luck so far with selling many Chromebooks but the company is hoping to have better luck selling super-cheap notebooks based on its …
Twitter’s Vine video sharing app coming soon to Android
Vine co-founder Dom Hofmann has confirmed to The Verge that the popular video sharing application is coming to Android. Twitter released Vine for the iPhone …
Microsoft is desperately trying to steal users away from Android
Microsoft has reportedly developed an Android application with the sole purpose of stealing users away from Google. According to a report from CITE World, the …
LG starts to find its niche, ships a record 10.3 million smartphones in Q1
LG has found success with a handful of LTE and 3G smartphones that have propelled shipments to record heights. The company announced on Wednesday that …
Microsoft squeezes even more money out of Android, signs licensing agreement with ZTE
ZTE has come to an agreement with Microsoft to license the company’s technology that is being borrowed in the Android and Chrome operating systems. Microsoft …
Apple’s tablet market share plummets in Q1 as Android gains
Apple posted its March-quarter earnings on Tuesday afternoon, which means the flood gates are open for market research firms looking to detail the global smartphone …
Google’s X Phone, Nexus 5 reportedly won’t debut at Google I/O
Google’s annual I/O Developers Conference is just around the corner and expectations are at an all-time high. In the past, the company has unveiled a …
Android predicted to beat Apple in China – thanks to its potential for ‘oppression’
We tend to think of an open source operating system as something that gives both smartphone vendors and end users more freedom to customize their …
HTC reportedly prepping ‘metal-alloy’ smartphone for June launch
HTC is rumored to be preparing to release a mid-range variant of its critically acclaimed One smartphone. Earlier reports claimed that the device, codenamed M4, …
LG’s next-gen flagship smartphone to debut in Q3
LG’s latest Optimus G smartphone hasn’t even arrived in the U.S. and the company is already planning to release a sequel. LG head of mobile marketing, …
iOS vs. Android: All the numbers in one place
It’s the biggest battle in mobile — Apple’s iOS vs. Google’s Android. The two platforms are opposites in a number of key areas, but they …
Foxconn to pay Microsoft licensing fees for every Android device it produces
Microsoft may not be tearing it up in the consumer mobile electronics market these days, but the company hasn’t lost its acumen for rent seeking. …
Gap keeps narrowing: Google Play now delivering 90% of iOS app download volume
App Annie’s Market Index for the first quarter of 2013 shows Google Play continuing to narrow iOS’ lead in app download volume and revenue creation. …
Windows Phone boss calls Android ‘kind of a mess’ despite being world’s biggest mobile OS
Everything we’ve seen so far indicates that Windows Phone 8 is barely making a dent in the consumer market or the enterprise market while Android and …
Motorola and Google plan to fight against the rise of phablets
Manufacturers have continued to blur the line between smartphones and tablets with screen sizes on smartphones reaching as high as 6.3-inches. Sales of phablets have …
