Archive for the ‘Android Devices’ category
Kindle Fire Owns Half of Android Tablet Market
According to the latest report by comScore, Amazon’s Kindle Fire accounted for half of the Android tablet market grabbing more than 54% of the market share as of February 2012. Kindle Fire has become the leading Android tablet in the U.S. in just five months since its release. “Within the Android tablet market, Kindle Fire [...]
Google Sells Galaxy Nexus on Google Play
Google has started selling Samsung Galaxy Nexus via Google Play in the U.S. The company said that it has created a new section named ‘Devices’ in the Google Play store, through which it would sell SIM-unlocked Nexus devices initially. Google started making Nexus devices more than two years ago. The first Nexus handset called ‘Nexus [...]
Motorola and Nextel Launch Motorola i867 Android PTT Smartphone
Motorola and Nextel have recently released a new Android powered Push-To-Talk smartphone for iDEN, namely Motorola i867. This smartphone is currently available in Brazil through Nextel. The Integrated Digital Enhanced Network (iDEN) technology offers Push-To-Talk two-way radio, cellular service, mobile Web access and text and picture messaging in a single device. It enables high performance [...]
Samsung Galaxy Note to Get Android 4.0 Update in Q2 2012
Samsung has recently announced that its Galaxy Note will be upgraded to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich during the second quarter (Q2) of this year. The upgrade will come as a ‘Premium Suite’ with extra features and a bunch of new applications. The Galaxy Note was launched in September 2011. It has a 5.3-inch Super [...]
NSA Develops a Top Secure Android Device
The U.S National Security Agency has developed its own super-secure Android handset that allows the US Government staff to discuss top secret and sensitive information over the phone. Code-named “Fishbowl”, this device uses strong encryption techniques to make secure phone calls. The device relies on an unidentified VOIP app, similar to Skype and all the [...]
Canonical Introduces Ubuntu for Android
Canonical announced recently the new Ubuntu for Android, which is a fully functional operating system for docked Android devices. The new Ubuntu for Android OS runs side-by-side with the Android on the smartphone using a shared kernel. With Ubuntu for Android, the device works like any other Android device but it starts running the Ubuntu [...]
LG Unveils New Android-based Optimus Vu
LG recently unveiled its new Android-based LTE device, Optimus Vu. The launch has taken place prior to the Mobile World Congress, which has been scheduled for February 27, 2012. Optimus Vu offers tablet-like viewing with smartphone portability. It consists of a 5-inch IPS display with a resolution of 1024×768 and a 4:3 aspect ratio. It [...]
Motorola’s New Android Smartphones
Motorola has announced that it will launch its Android-powered smartphones at the end of this month. ‘Motorola Motoluxe’ will be available in Germany and UK while ‘Motorola Defy Mini’ will be introduced in Germany. Motorola Motoluxe is powered by Android 2.3.7 Gingerbread and sports a 4 inch touch screen display. It has an 8 megapixel [...]
Fujitsu Introduces New Stylistic Android Tablet
Fujitsu, a leading Japanese ICT company, has recently unveiled a new Android tablet named ‘Stylistic M350/CA2′, mainly targeted at the business enterprise users. This tablet features a 7- inch WSVGA 1024 X 600 pixel display with Android 2.3 operating system and is powered by a battery that can last up to six hours. It weighs [...]
Incredibly Sensitive and Unimaginably Vibrant – Motorola Photon 4G
Motorola Photon 4G was launched last week and is seen as the best of Motorola’s Android phones. This high-end device is the company’s first 4G handset on Sprint. Let me explain what I got to know with a hands-on-experience with this device. Main features: Motorola Photon runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread on NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core [...]
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