Tag: Android
Google’s intriguing Lego smartphone vision
By allowing small teams to dream big, Google fuels its innovation engine. That in turn attracts talent. New blood injects further creativity to problem solving. The cycle reinforces itself.
Google Android app downloads steamroll Apple iOS
Games continue to be the most popular category of downloads with messaging apps such as WhatsApp (Facebook), Viber (Rakuten) and Tango making "substantial waves" in Q1 2014.
Twitter and Cover – An acquisition doomed to obscurity
Just like Facebook, Twitter wants our mortal mobile souls.
Moto X + 1 Android Smartphone, a name only an engineer could love
Lenovo/Motorola Mobility will likely position the X + 1 as a friendly mid-range device. It could launch alongside the Moto 360 Android Wear smartwatch this summer.
HTC One 2014 (M8) on Google Play Store, but beware that bezel
Much love. BUT two issues with the HTC One (M8): (1) That insane $699 unlocked price and (2) that wasted bezel space with the HTC logo.
HTC One M8 is missing this really important feature
The real challenge facing HTC is not the lack of a feature, or that it makes what is arguably the most beautiful phone, Android or otherwise. It the bottom line. As in the financial bottom line.
Android Dilemma: HTC One, Samsung Galaxy S5 or Google Nexus 6?
With the One M8, HTC didn't revolutionize the smartphone. Then again, no one is these days. We continue to see incremental improvements, and that includes Apple and the iPhone 5S.
Google Now notifications for desktops and laptops are here
Google still needs an inroad to the desktop and laptop markets where most users run either Apple's OS X or Microsoft's Windows operating systems. Google Now is the trick.
Smartwatch Comparo: Moto 360 vs. Pebble
It's going to get really tough for Pebble, the company. LG, HTC, Samsung and Motorola are all charging into the wearables space.
Android Wear: Uphill battle for smartwatch start-up Pebble?
Fitbit is a good example of a smaller player surviving in a world of Googles and Samsungs. Can Pebble win in the new wearable world of Android Wear?
