HTC eyes space between Apple’s ‘closed’ iOS, Google’s ‘open’ Android
Taiwan-based smartphone vendor HTC saw its tremendous success come to a screeching halt last year, and the company is now struggling to recover in a …
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Meet paycardreader, the credit card-stealing Android app
Just in case anyone was starting to feel too comfortable paying for things with contactless credit cards, a German software developer has posted a new …
LG takes aim at Apple’s Siri, Samsung’s S Voice with ‘Quick Voice’
Samsung saw Apple’s Siri voice assistant on the iPhone 4S as a potential threat and was quick to respond. Growing pains aside, the company’s “S …
Google Play’s Android app fire sale includes GTA III, NBA Jam, Mass Effect
Anyone looking to get some premium games on the cheap for their Android device should probably head over to the Google Play market today. Google …
Beating the odds: How Remedy hit 10M downloads and made a $40 in-game purchase work
Beneath Disney, Zynga and Rovio toil dozens of smaller mobile game developers, developing revenue growth strategies without the benefit of massive media coverage. Remedy’s “Death …
Motorola ‘Photon Q’ QWERTY slider headed to Sprint
Motorola and Verizon have offered QWERTY Android sliders since the release of the original DROID in 2009. According to an image found on the Android …
Galaxy Note II rumored to feature a unbreakable display, October release
Following the success of the original “phablet,” Samsung is reportedly readying a sucessor for its Galaxy Note smartphone. The South Korea manufacturer will release the handset in …
Google accelerating plans to launch Siri competitor for Android devices
The race between Google and Apple has never been more fierce. While Google enjoys a larger share of the smartphone market, the Cupertino-based company’s iPhone …
Samsung looks to break away from the Android pack
In something of a surprise to the industry, leading consumer electronics firm Samsung announced earlier this month that chief executive Choi Gee-sung would shift to a …
IDC ups tablet estimates, expects shipments to reach 222.1 million by 2016
Market research firm IDC on Thursday released a new study new tablet shipment estimates. Due to higher than expected demand in the second half of …
Ice Cream Sandwich named best platform experience by Parsons
Google’s Android operating system has seen many changes throughout the years. When it was first introduced, the platform was bland and the user experience was …
New Android mod protects privacy by feeding apps fake data
MIT’s Technology Review has a nifty roundup of programs designed to help Android users keep their personal data away from the greedy hands of mobile …
Overhauled Spotify app for Android now available
Spotify on Tuesday announced that an overhauled version of its Android application is now available for download in the Google Play marketplace. The updated Spotify …
Intel claims Android is not ready for multi-core processors
Intel, one of the newest chipmakers to enter the Android scene, claimed that rival chip vendors have not done enough to optimise Android for multi-core processors, …
Samsung Galaxy S III to arrive ‘on or before’ June 21st on AT&T
While AT&T has confirmed the future availability of Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S III smartphone, the nation’s second largest carrier has not announced a release date. …
Alleged AT&T-bound Motorola Atrix 3 image emerges
An alleged render of an upcoming Motorola smartphone, codenamed Dinara, has been published by The Verge. The handset is a variant of a device that launched …
Bizarre Android malware disrupts bizarre Japanese girl-band election
Symantec recently discovered what it’s calling “bizarre malware” that has been created to infect Android phones of fans who are voting in Japan’s premier annual …
Developers still more interested in iOS than Android
Apple and Google are both readying their annual developer conferences that are set to take place later this month. Each company is expected to announce …
Federal judge cancels upcoming Apple, Motorola trial
Federal judge Richard Posner on Thursday cancelled Apple’s upcoming patent infringement trial against Motorola Mobility, Bloomberg reported. Apple had asserted that several of Motorola’s Android …
38% of recent iPhone buyers switched from Android or BlackBerry
A new survey from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners found that the number of customers switching from Android and BlackBerry handsets to the iPhone has continued …
Acer unveils sub-$200 quad-core Android tablet
Acer on Wednesday unveiled its latest tablet, the Iconia Tab A110, during the Computex Taipei trade show, The Verge reported. The 7-inch 1280 x 800 resolution …
Android growth to end in 2012 as Microsoft begins to steal Google and Apple's thunder
The unprecedented growth rate Google’s Android operating system has enjoyed can’t last forever, and a new report suggests 2012 is the year Android’s share of …
Playstation Suite renamed to PlayStation Mobile, HTC jumps on board
Sony on Tuesday at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles announced that its PlayStation Suite for mobile devices will be renamed to PlayStation Mobile. …
Android patent litigation roundup, featuring Google IP lawyers and the Samsung Galaxy Tab
It’s another day in the tech world, which means that there are lots of stories swirling around Android devices allegedly infringing upon patents. Hit the …
Microsoft's on{x} pushes mobile automation to new heights, but only for Android users [video]
Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled a new app and set of APIs called on{x}, which pushes smartphone automation to new heights. The app allows users to …
Nyko and NVIDIA partner to offer Tegra 3 optimized game controllers
Nyko and NVIDIA on Monday announced a new partnership in which the two companies will offer a new line of Android gaming controllers to support …
Ice Cream Sandwich slowly slinks toward double-digit Android adoption
Ice Cream Sandwich may have been billed as Google’s grand unifying version of Android, but so far it is still struggling to crack the 10% …
Android smartphone sales sink in U.S. for fourth consecutive month
Research firm comScore on Friday released its latest U.S. numbers concerning mobile market share, and Asymco’s Horace Dediu noted on Monday that there may be …
Microsoft's Office Mobile suite to launch November 10th for iPad, iPhone, and Android
Microsoft is currently planning to release an Office suite for Apple’s iPad, and quite possibly the iPhone and iPod touch. BGR last week exclusively reported …
Samsung Galaxy S III announced for Canada with 2GB of RAM, 1.5GHz dual-core processor
The Canadian variant of the Samsung Galaxy S III will scrap the quad-core Exynos processor found in the European version and instead feature a 1.5GHz …
