Tag: Google

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.

Yes, please, Google – A wireless network for the rest of us

Google could offer mobile wireless services. If true, I give this news a thumbs up. It's very promising. Wireless is a ridiculous oligopoly. Carrier mark ups are extreme. Google could change that.

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?

Moto 360 could be first elegant Android Wear smartwatch (Video)

Others expected to release Android Wear-powered smartwatches include LG, Asus, HTC and Samsung. The big question: Why is Apple not already leading this market?

5 Things Google should do with Android 4.5

Will Android 4.5 be called Lollipop, Ladoo, or something else? Maybe Google will surprise us all with another (odd) consumer confectionery tie-in? My money's on Life Savers.