Android News

Sometimes the tech industry has a way of blindsiding us. Sometimes it has a way of blindsiding us twice in the same week. Such was the case when HP announced earlier today that it would cease all of its current webOS operations, including the discontinuation of the newly launched TouchPad tablet. The news follows only [...]

You get what you pay for, they say, and those who pay more for Big Red’s massive coverage area and quality network couldn’t be smiling any harder right now. For the 13th consecutive volume, Verizon has topped their list in wireless call quality in nearly all regions – only AT&T has been able to tie [...]

I’d bet money that the folks at Facebook are getting tired of dispelling the one rumor that just can’t seem to die: the belief that a Facebook phone is in the works. Rumors flared back up yesterday where CityAM claimed a “trusted” source knew of plans within HTC for a Facebook-branded phone. It sounded just [...]

Since 2010 took off, many a hardware manufacturer (mostly the smaller guys) have looked to Android for their tablet offerings. We’ve seen many highly-customized experiences (such as Archos’ offerings, the Dell Streak, and the newly-announced Samsung Galaxy Tab), but other manufacturers are perfectly fine with just slapping Android onto a piece of hardware and selling [...]

Just about every ad network serves up its own take on mobile market share each month, and given the various methods in collecting data and certain caveats for devices (such as iOS rankings usually including the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad) the numbers reported speak best in general terms. The results of Millennial Media’s MobileMix [...]

Nexus One owners with 3G woes will start having their prayers answered today as Google has announced an OTA will begin shipping today. Not only does it fix 3G problems but there are some improvements included as well:
Google Goggles: this mobile application will now be available directly on your device by launching it from [...]