Android

Features

• 

  Analysis: Why Linux is a desktop flop

  It's free, easier to use than ever, IT staffers know it and love it, and it has fewer viruses and Trojans than Windows.

  By Maria Korolov | 30 April, 2012 21:28

  Tags: Android, Configuration / maintenance, consumer electronics, Data Center, desktop, desktop pcs, Gartner, hardware systems, IDC, Linux, open source, operating systems, smartphones, software

• 

  BYOD battle: A tale of two opposing IT viewpoints

  EdSouth is a bank holding company active in the student-loan arena, and Arrow Container Corp. manufactures cartons and containers. Their ideas about letting employees use their own mobile devices at work for business — what's often called "Bring Your Own Device" (BYOD) — couldn't be more different.

  By Ellen Messmer | 19 April, 2012 20:33

  Tags: Android, Apple, Apple iOS; Android; iPhone; Pad, at&t, AT&T Enterproid Divide, Configuration / maintenance, consumer electronics, Data Center, hardware systems, iPhone, networking, pc, smartphones, wireless

• 

  Mobile apps: The IT pro's new power tools

  Think the mobile revolution is all about word games and social networking apps? Think again. Heavy-duty apps for IT pros have arrived on mobile platforms and they're quickly changing the face of IT systems management.

  By Robert L. Scheier | 12 March, 2012 21:07

  Tags: Android, applications, Blackberry, Data Center, hardware systems, iOS, iPad, iPhone, it management, it strategy, mobile, mobile apps, Mobile OSes, mobile technology, Mobile Tools, smartphones, software, tablets, tech support, Telecommunication

• LG's Ice Cream Sandwich update schedule

  When will your LG smartphone get Google's latest Android update, 4.0 or Ice Cream Sandwich?

  By Ross Catanzariti | 16 February, 2012 12:23

  Tags: Android, Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, lg, mobile phones, smartphones

• Android's Ice Cream Sandwich update and why it takes so long

  We explain how and why Android updates take so long to be released.

  By Ross Catanzariti | 13 February, 2012 11:44

  Tags: Android, Android Ice Cream Sandwich, ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime, Google Android phones, Ice Cream Sandwich, mobile phones, Samsung Galaxy Nexus, smartphones

• 

  Galaxy Nexus vs. iPhone 4S: Smartphone comparison

  The Samsung Galaxy Nexus is the first smartphone to run the latest version of Google's Android platform, 4.0 or "Ice Cream Sandwich". Naturally, its going to be compared to the popular Apple iPhone 4S. So, how does it stack up?

  By Ross Catanzariti | 01 December, 2011 15:03

  Tags: Android, Android 4.0, Apple iPhone 4S, Galaxy Nexus, Ice Cream Sandwich, iOS, iOS 5, iPhone 4S, mobile phones, Samsung Galaxy Nexus, smartphones

• 

  What smartphones will be like in 2012

  Since the advent of the first modern smartphone--arguably the original Apple iPhone in 2007--the power of these mobile computing devices that also happen to make phone calls has advanced by leaps and bounds.

  By Jared Newman | 12 November, 2011 01:31

  Tags: Android, Apple, apple iphone, batteries, Batteries / fuel cells, Components, consumer electronics, Google, htc, iPhone 4S, Micro Express, mobile, Mobile OSes, nvidia, Phones, qualcomm, samsung, Siri, smartphones, t-mobile, verimotorola, Windows Phone

• Want Siri on your Android phone? Try these apps

  Wouldn't you like to have your very own gofer dedicated to doing all the menial tasks you hate? That's a big part of the appeal of the iPhone 4S: Siri, the voice-driven virtual assistant, turns anyone with a couple hundred bucks into a CEO attended by a full-time lackey. But can you get the same kind of slavish devotion from an Android phone?

  By Edward N. Albro | 09 November, 2011 01:52

  Tags: Android, Apple, apple iphone, consumer electronics, Google, Phones, smartphones, software, voice recognition

• 

  Mobile deathmatch: Apple iOS 5 vs. Google Android OS

  After months of hype, Apple has released iOS 5 for current iPhone 3G S and 4 owners, for iPad and iPad 2 owners, and for third- and fourth-generation iPod Touch owners. But the fact is that iOS doesn't exist in isolation. It competes with Google's Android OS, and the group of smartphones running Android now significantly outsells the iPhone. (It's a different story in tablets, where the iPad is trouncing everyone, including Android.)

  By Galen Gruman | 13 October, 2011 06:24

  Tags: Android, Apple, applications, Google, iOS, mobile, Mobile OSes, Telecommunication

• 

  Patent madness! A timeline of the Android patent wars

  History may look at Android as the tech industry's Helen of Troy: The OS that launched a thousand suits.

  By Brad Reed | 21 September, 2011 06:26

  Tags: Android, Apple, consumer electronics, Google, Microsoft, networking, smartphones, software, wireless

• Best free Android apps: For Twitter

  As a self-proclaimed Twitter fiend, I like to tweet my thoughts and ramblings both at home and on the go. I used to just text my tweets to Twitter; soon, however, I discovered that I was missing out on a ton of high-quality tweets and conversations from the people I followed, since I couldn’t view the Twitter Newsfeed via text message and I wasn’t a huge fan of the Twitter mobile website. Thus I set out in search of a worthy Twitter Android app that would serve as my new way to tweet on the go.

  By Armando Rodriguez | 18 September, 2011 01:01

  Tags: Android, apps, consumer electronics, Phones, smartphones, twitter

• 

  REVIEWED: Motorola's Photon 4G - The best Android smartphone yet

  There's new hope for Android aficionados who want IT to let them use their preferred mobile OS for work, thanks to Motorola Mobility's four business-oriented smartphones: the Photon 4G and Xpert for Sprint, Atrix 4G for AT&T Wireless, and Droid 3 for Verizon Wireless. Motorola has filled in several deficiencies of the Android operating system that keep many IT organizations from allowing its use. For example, the new Motorola devices add support for on-device encryption to Android 2.3 "Gingerbread" and support more Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) security policies, so they're now compliant with many organizations' security requirements.

  By Galen Gruman | 01 September, 2011 20:04

  Tags: Android, Computer Hardware, consumer electronics, mobile technology, Motorola, Motorola Mobility, smartphones, Verizon Wireless

• Sony Ericsson Xperia Play review

  The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is a gaming focused Android smartphone launching next week in Australia on Optus and Telstra.

  By TechWorld staff | 03 June, 2011 10:07

  Tags: Android, Google Android, Google Android phones, mobile phones, smartphones

• HTC Android tablet: The pen makes it special

  HTC has posted a new promotional video for its upcoming Android tablet, which will either be named the Flyer--its moniker in the video--or the smartphone-like Evo View 4G when it arrives this summer.

  By Jeff Bertolucci | 01 April, 2011 09:28

  Tags: Android, consumer electronics, Google, htc, Phones, tablet PC, tablets

• 5 features iOS needs, in order to sway me from Android

  With Apple preparing to talk about the future of iOS at its Worldwide Developers Conference in June, and the rumor mill churning, it's time for an old tradition: the iPhone feature wish list.

  By Jared Newman | 30 March, 2011 07:54

  Tags: Android, Apple, apple iphone, applications, consumer electronics, Google, iOS, mobile, Mobile operating systems, Phones, software, Telecommunication