When developing Android apps, or just evaluating the features of a new software build, it doesn’t always make sense to load the bits onto a physical device. That’s what desktop emulators are good for. Because mobile devices and desktop PCs are running... 

Jonesing for the mysterious Google Nexus tablet you’ve been hearing so much about lately? You might be able to get your hands on one as soon as next month, according to the DigitTimes’ industry sources. A June debut makes sense, since that’s... 

The Oracle v. Google trial has come to an abrupt end with the jury finding that Google did not infringe on Oracle’s Java patents when it developed Android’s Dalvik virtual machine. Because the majority of the copyright phase of the case also went... 

Earlier this month we reported that a backdoor had been discovered in the ZTE Score M Android smartphone. It was brought to light through a post on Pastebin and later confirmed by Justin Case of TeamAndIRC. Now ZTE has come clean and admitted publicly... 

The single best selling Android phone on Sprint is the original HTC EVO. Since that device, Sprint has tried to re-capture the EVO effect with several devices, all from HTC. The HTC EVO Shift and the EVO 3D really didn’t do so great in comparison,... 

What’s this?  A report from Kantar WorldPanel says that Windows Phone is actually starting to increase its market share? After about a year and a half of struggling to lure customers away from competing systems like Android, iOS, and BlackBerry,... 

Retail outfit ZaReason has built a reputation over the years for offering quality Ubuntu-powered desktops and laptops at reasonable prices. It’s a bit of a surprise, then, to see that their latest offering — the ZaTab — is going to... 

There are two types of people when it comes to business cards: you see them either as a useful way to quickly exchange your contact information or they are a just more clutter in your desk. For the people that really use business cards, you know that... 

Since the early days of Android, the loyalists in the Google ecosystem have hoped that one day Andy Rubin would descend from the Googleplex with a series of devices that were stock Android with unlocked bootloaders. In other words, the simultaneous release... 

Just days ago, HTC outed the humble-but-attractive Desire C, one of their first truly low-end devices revealed since CEO Peter Chou said the days of pumping out handset after handset were over. The company has certainly turned back the dial slightly... 

I never worry about losing my phone anymore. If I have misplaced it, I hop on my computer and go to a website that will tell me exactly where my phone it. It’s effortless, and I find that the majority of the time it is exactly where I left it.... 

Part of the beauty of Android is that its open nature allows non-Google developers to make its engine run on other operating systems. RIM introduced it to BlackBerry PlayBook owners in PlayBook OS 2.0, and now it looks like OpenMobile’s ACL (app... 

Google’s Nexus program has always produced some of the best devices running the Android mobile operating system, but most users have not had access to these fabled handsets. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google is working with multiple... 

At the start of 2012, HTC announced that they were going to bin their scattergun approach to smartphones and focus on making a handful of awesome devices. The HTC Desire C proves that there are different degrees of awesome in the company’s eyes.... 

Last year, Chinese search giant Baidu unveiled Yi, an Android remix that would eventually power the Dell Streak 101DL. Fast forward to now, and Baidu is ready for a second kick at the can. This time, the OS has been tweaked and re-branded as Baidu Cloud,...