Tag: Google

HTC One X could be the one. I passed on the HTC Rezound (boxy, bla), the Motorola Droid Maxx (great battery, slick design, no ICS and no release date for it in sight), and -- gasp! -- even the lauded, heralded, revered Samsung Galaxy Nexus (woeful battery... really bad battery life).

Based on paper, the Tab 2 is obviously not an Asus Transformer Prime, but it's extremely portable

Earlier this week the rumor mill was flying. The odds on favorite was a March 29 launch. Some even speculated that February 29 could be a surprise pick.

The app already has a 4.5 star rating on the Android Market, with over 1,000 downloads. Not exactly Angry Birds, but I expect once Google makes this available to more devices, it will quickly climb the charts.

Apple, however, continues to lead as the number one maker of handsets. The top five selling handsets in Q4 were the Apple iPhone 4S, Apple iPhone 4, Apple iPhone 3GS, Samsung GALAXY S II, and Samsung GALAXY S 4G.

After testing bucket loads of RSS, news aggregation, and social apps, I've narrrowed down my morning read to two Android apps.

The real story here is that Android users are more likely to tell the truth when asked by a survey marketeer if they do the evil business while doing the evil business.

We may see slower Android release cycles as referenced by both Samsung and Motorola, but what we might see in its place is vendors looking for ways to bust open niche markets.

Take the Amazon Kindle Fire. Apple doesn't have an answer for the entry $199 tablet. For that matter, if you want a portable offering -- 7 inches is a popular size -- then you simply must go Android since the iPad is only available with a 9.7-inch display.

After less than a month on the market you can now score a brand new Samsung Galaxy Nexus for only $99. How low can you go? When it launched the Nexus cost three times that amount.