Android is a mobile operating system (OS) based on the Linux kernel and currently developed by Google. With a user interface based on direct manipulation, Android is designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers, with specialized user interfaces for televisions (Android TV), cars (Android Auto), and wrist watches (Android Wear). Android is the most popular mobile OS. As of 2013, Android devices sell more than Windows, iOS, and Mac OS devices combined.
Motorola’s assault on the budget-friendly Android phone market continues: The Moto G with LTE is now available for $219 off-contract, providing a capable experience at one-third the price of a flagship handset. Read more »
Curious about how to install custom software on your current or older Android device? The process used to be pretty arcane and required a computer. Mobile Odin makes it easy to… Read more »
BlackBerry is using its secure enterprise communications network to launch a secure version of BBM, targeting it at corporate and government customer. It’s the second example in two weeks of BlackBerry… Read more »
Amazon is expected to launch its first smartphone this week and it has all the pieces in place to offer a growing smartphone app ecosystem, which can help attract new developers. Read more »
Microsoft has long used a stealthy strategy to coerce device makers into paying a license for the use of Android software. That may get harder, after the Chinese government published a… Read more »
LG may be the first company with a 2560 x 1440 resolution phone but it won’t likely be the only one for long: A Samsung-created file suggests the Galaxy Note 4… Read more »
This week saw the LG G Watch specs possibly leak while two new devices were launched. Say hello to the new Samsung Galaxy Tab S slates with super AMOLED screens and… Read more »
Once the only third-party apps on smartphones — remember the first iPhone in 2007? — web apps are in the spotlight again. Mozilla is showing how HTML5 apps for Firefox OS… Read more »
While Samsung has its own line of smartwatches running Tizen, the company is listed as a Google Android Wear partner. A new FCC filing shows a smaller Samsung watch that could… Read more »
You generally need an iPhone(s aapl) or Android(s goog) handset if you want a smartwatch or health tracker, because most of these don’t work with Windows Phone(s msft). But there’s a change coming:… Read more »