Tag: Google

RIM is in a world of hurt. One could argue that tablets should be the last thing they should be worrying about. Their bread and butter business -- messaging smartphones -- is getting crushed by Apple iOS and Google Android.

Galaxy Nexus is currently the darling of the Android smartphone set. Stylish, super-fast, powerful. Hands down, this is the phone to get for the technophile. It's the only new phone that can be bought running Google's brand Ice Cream Sandwich operating system.

Sitting unused, the Nexus battery inexplicably lost 15% of its charge in less than an hour.

Devices confirmed include: Galaxy S II, Galaxy Note, Galaxy R, Galaxy Tab 10.1, Galaxy Tab 8.9, Galaxy Tab 7.7, and Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus.

Here's some top rated iPad 2 alternatives. All the tablets mentioned here are brand new models, introduced in 2011, and none require a two-year commitment with a carrier such as Verizon or T-Mobile.

The curvaceous Nexus is the first to run Android 4.0, aka Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS). Think of it as Android all grown up. Refined, slick and pretty are not words you'd normally associate with Google's market leading OS.

If you have yet to buy a Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the flagship Android phone (for at least a few weeks), then you might want to check out the deal Amazon is now running. As in half off deal. 50% less kind of deal.

This is what I love about the cloud, and Google especially. In goes a new sim card into a Nexus ($289 with two year contract) and minutes later: Voila! All contacts, email, calendar and apps synced.

Samsung Galaxy Nexus has landed today, but even better you can score it on Amazon for only $199. That's about a 33% discount from the $299 you'd pay at Verizon.

We are witnessing the largest upgrade cycle window in Android's young history. There are hundreds of thousands of us Android pioneers who signed up twenty-four months ago on Verizon. Droid Does. We capitulated.