There’s been a lot of discussion of late about how Apple’s iPhone remains the most profitable smartphone around, despite fierce competition from Android. That’s relevant for companies like HTC and Samsung that sell Android phones. But Google has a different agenda with its freely available operating system: driving usage of its own services. That was [...]
Spreading its industry tendrils yet further afield, technology titan Google has this week unveiled ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’, the next full iteration of its market-leading Android operating system. Beyond being given its formal reveal during a media event in Hong Kong, version 4.0 of the new mobile software platform was showcased via Samsung’s latest Galaxy Nexus [...]
Participating in this week’s Great Debate had me thinking about the juggernaut that is Android and its relentless attack on the mobile space. The adoption of Android has been amazing, surprising everyone (even Google) at how fast it has happened. While Google hasn’t done everything right with Android, it is so big it is going [...]
On Thursday, Page said Android is “going gangbusters” and Google does not “see anything that’s going to stop that”. Companies suing Android manufacturers over use of the mobile operating system will only hurt themselves by doing so, he added. “While there’s been lots of people trying to attack that and so on, we see absolutely [...]
One of the most exciting smartphones revealed at CES 2011 was the Sony Ericsson Arc, a super-slim sexy Android device. But what is it about this phone that gets our pulse racing? Slim is in Think the iPhone 4’s pretty slim? The Sony Ericsson Arc is slimmer, even though it packs in way more ports [...]
The data points on Android market share keep coming and the story is the same: Google’s mobile operating system is gaining share at a rapid clip. However, most of those share gains are coming at Research in Motion’s expense. Android is quickly becoming RIM’s worst nightmare. First, Canalys reports that devices running Android had 44 [...]
Android version of Venue Pro smartphone soon. The smartphone based on Windows Phone 7 set to be launched on 8 November this year. The device without SIM costs around $700 from online retailer Clove technology. The device will also be available for free on a two year contract involving £35 per month from T-Mobile. The [...]
US software specialist Oracle has launched a copyright and patent infringement lawsuit against Google, claiming that the search engine giant’s mobile phone operating system uses elements of its technology. The software company alleges Google infringed seven patents that fell under Oracle’s control after it acquired rival Sun Microsystems in January. Oracle claims that Google “knowingly” [...]
Internet has been ‘niche channel for early adopters’ of phone, says company Google said Friday its unique effort to sell the company’s Nexus One smartphone via the Web only has not been successful, and that it will resort to more traditional means — retail stores —to sell the device, considered a competitor to Apple’s popular [...]
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