I want the Android phone, should I buy a Motorola Droid?
Droid and Android are very similar sounding names, but they are not the same thing. The Motorola Droid line of phones are a make and model name of particular devices. Android is a mobile operating system used in many different makes and model of smartphone.
Galaxy Nexus went on sale Nov. 17 in the UK, so many of the mainstream media have gotten loaner models from Google, and now that they've had the phone for a day or so, they've got some first impressions for us.
It's a trick question. Galaxy Note is only available in an unlocked version for over $600, and HTC Titan is $200 with a two year contract from AT&T. However, there is a catch because only the Galaxy Note runs the Android system. HTC Titan is powered by Microsoft, but it is an intriguing device because of its 4.7-inch screen. But, that's why we compare them, because these are two of the most intriguing devices on sale this holiday season
iPhone 4S has incredibly high screen resolution, so high in fact, one of the top most wanted features of the hoped for iPhone 5 was to have a bigger screen. If you are doing more than just making calls and sending messages with your smartphone, you may already know that screen size is not as important as how sharp the images are.
Citigroup analysts believe that Amazon will launch its own smartphone in the fourth quarter of 2012.
Malware research group Juniper Global Threat Center posted on its blog yesterday on its finding of a whopping 472% increase in Android malware samples since this past July. Not only have instances of Android malware identification increased exponentially since the summer, says Juniper, but the methods of attack are growing more sophisticated.
Google Inc unveiled a new online music store on Wednesday, in a move to challenge the dominance of market leaders Apple Inc and Amazon.com Inc.
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) announced the company's plan to lay off 1,400 workers as part of the company's strategy to cut costs. This means that AMD would cut down at least 10% of the firm's global workforce.
Two highly stylized devices have recently launched that have elevated the design aesthetics of mobile phones to a whole new level. Droid Razr is a marvel of thin design and a dazzling display, and the Xperia Arc S is an elegantly crafted model of technological wonder
Most new mobile phone buyers are now purchasing smartphones, and while many of them are first time buyers or people upgrading from feature phones, some are invariably ditching their old smartphone. First, don't even think about throwing any type of electronics in the garbage
Qualcomm Inc on Wednesday affirmed its long-term growth target of at least 10 percent for annual revenue and earnings per share, citing strong demand for smartphones and other wireless devices.
A virtual army of mobile devices are now running the Android operating system, and there are several different Android versions among them. Furthermore, there is a separate version that only works on tablets, so not everybody is talking about the same thing when they discuss their Android device
LANDesk Software, the venerable desktop management systems developer, is tapping into the burgeoning market of mobile platforms with new security systems.
Smartphones are evolving into mini portable computers that can do so many things, yet their small size has made it difficult to really ramp up the camera technology. That goes for pretty much everything in a smartphone, even the iPhone 4S. The small size is a challenge for many of the components, especially batteries.
Nokia plans to undercut its Windows Phone rivals to give its new smartphones a foothold in the market before trying to improve margins, its Chief Executive Stephen Elop said on Wednesday.
Nokia plans to undercut its Windows Phone rivals to give its new smartphones a foothold in the market before trying to improve margins, its Chief Executive Stephen Elop said on Wednesday.
Shares of Research in Motion rose 2.5 percent in trade before the morning bell on Wednesday, after brokerage firm Goldman Sachs raised its rating on the shares of the BlackBerry maker.
Shares of Dell feel 2 percent despite the company's report of higher-tha-expected results.
Near field communications technology is evolving to the point where it is being used in more and more consumer electronics devices like the forthcoming Android Beam-enabled Galaxy Nexus smartphone. The futuristic sounding feature is simply a microchip that senses when it is near another NFC chip, and that enables both sensors to send messages to each other, usually in a mobile payment system.
Samsung's Galaxy S2 and Captivate Glide are two very different devices, mostly because the Captivate Glide has a slide-out keyboard for improved typing. A physical keyboard? What is this, 2009? No, the Captivate Glide is not an old clam shell feature phone or anything like that. Some people really just love to have a physical keyboard to type on.
Google sent the source code for its Android 4.0 system update to developers in early November, and they are now free to tinker with the system and add different features to the customizable operating system. One of those features includes hacking Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and building a version that can be downloaded before the official version is sent out to certain devices.
More and more people are buying smartphones than ever before, but iPhone 4S users especially are seeing how important it is to have the best battery life. Really the only way to compare which devices have the best battery life is by comparing how much talk time each one gets.
