Tag: Google

MWC hot list: HTC One X, LG Optimus 4X HD, Huawei Ascend D1 Q, and something as yet to be named by -- interesting this -- Fujitsu. A good year for Android hardware, not so much for product names...

Collectively News Republic, APPY Geek and Glam Life logged over 100 million page views in January 2012. That should tell us something about our thirst for news, RSS, and blog content, not to mention the prospects for the mobile ad market.

As much as it pains me to say it, this is one case where they need to follow Apple's lead. Google needs to hold a once-yearly, blow-out-the-doors Android launch event.

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.