Google keeps poking holes in Apple’s walled garden, but who’s switching?
Apple has had iPhone owners trapped within its walled garden for years, with many genuinely not knowing what lies beyond…
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Google is making it easier than ever for iPhone owners to switch to Pixel 10
Making the move to a new phone can seem daunting, but this year, Google is making it easier than ever…
Microsoft reportedly working on Android-compatible fitness band for Q4 release
Microsoft is planning its own entry into the wearable market, but won’t make it exclusive to Windows devices, according to…
Facebook for Android now supports uploading video and viewing page walls
The Facebook for Android app has been updated giving users the ability to upload video, see more story types in news…
Why get a Galaxy Tab instead of an iPad 2
The Galaxy Tab 10.1 gets a lot of flack for arriving in its newly svelte body late to the tablet…
Google releases “Photovine” for iPhone, a photo-centric social network app
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MPIZKPhfDY&feature=player_embedded] Google’s photo-sharing social network Photovine (previously invitation-only) is fresh out of beta, open to all users, and ready to…
Verizon and Samsung release Illusion, an iPhone 3GS-killer
Samsung and Verizon just sent out a press release announcing the Samsung Illusion, an Android 2.3-powered entry-level handset dropping online…
Galaxy Nexus brings the heat, beating iOS 5 in browser speed tests, but falling in OpenGL Benchmarks
The first Ice Cream Sandwich handset, the Galaxy Nexus, hit the UK this week (US launch coming soon) and AnandTech…
Android tablets gain market share during Q3, still trail iPad in enterprise
According to research firm Strategy Analytics (via Bloomberg), Google’s Android-based tablets gained market share in the iPad dominated tablet market during…
Samsung Galaxy S III review round-up
The Samsung Galaxy S III is being unveiled in London right now, but the first hands-on reviews have already hit…
Kantar Worldpanel: Android surpasses iOS as top smartphone in the UK
What HiFi is reporting that Android has surpassed the iPhone as the top smartphone in the UK, coming from a…
Here’s how you can try out Windows Phone on your Android device
Curious to see how Windows Phone feels, but don’t have a device around to do so? Us neither. But Microsoft…
Google Hangouts for iOS updated with iOS 7 design, iPad optimization, more
After a wave of updates for its Android apps yesterday, Google has just announced an update to its Hangouts for…
Samsung Galaxy SIII Review: Can Samsung keep outdoing the competition?
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg2rwyEYe5c] I spent the last week with two Samsung Galaxy S IIIs—a Sprint version and an AT&T version. Sprint’s version…
Google banks four times more revenue from iOS devices than Android devices
Google gave a testimony to Congress last year claiming it earned two-thirds of its mobile revenue from iOS devices, but now…
Review: A month with the Samsung Chromebook
TL;DR: This is the first Chromebook effort that fulfills the ChromeOS mission: good quality, excellent (MacBook Air-like) design, low cost…
Kindle Fire HD review: Why can’t this just be an Android device?
I (and, to be honest, more my kids) have used the Kindle Fire HD for over a month, and I…
Previously-searched places now available on Android, iPhone
Google rolled out a handy new feature yesterday to its mobile search page on Android and iPhone smartphones that provides access…
Apple gets Samsunged: New Galaxy S II adverts poke fun of the barista’s latte-making art, suggest Siri is no good
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tmEegvUpGA] Samsung kick started its anti-Apple Galaxy S II campaign with a November 2011 advert that enraged people who would wait…
Almost comical, unintended consequence of of Apple’s patent win: Your manufacturer/carrier might actually update your Android phone
Something funny just hit me. Samsung’s “pure Google” Nexus S phone was hit with a number of software infringements in…
Review: Moto G – The Google Global Game Changer
When I wrote for Fortune in 2010 that inexpensive hardware would allow Android to ‘take over the world’, the concept…
Affordable prepaid Android phones reduce iPhone to single-digit share in countries without carrier subsidies
Entry-level prepaid Android phones sell for as low as $50. Last year, the iPhone was the best-selling smartphone in the…
Samsung & Apple take half of global smartphone market, Android & iOS hit 80 percent
Research firm Gartner released its numbers today for “Worldwide Mobile Device Sales” during Q1 2012. There are not many surprises…
Cluzee, Siri wannabe, hits Android Market
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeDZ4Trn_jk] Calling Cluzee a Siri competitor would be inaccurate as any Siri challenger would have to be built right into…