Samsung Galaxy Pocket is a pint-sized Android smartphone

If there’s one thing Samsung loves to do, it’s give consumers plenty of screen sizes to choose from. Now, in addition to 7, 8, 9, and 10-inch tablets and phones up to a whopping 5.3 inches, Samsung offers the Galaxy Pocket — which features... 

Google boosts maximum Android app size to 4GB

It’s a darn good thing most Android phones ship with a microSD expansion slot. Why? Because now that Google is allowing developers to submit Android apps and games up to 4GB in size, you’re going to need a little extra space. The maximum... 

Google Play: What it is, why it’s important, and what it

Google has been slowly moving into digital content distribution services for a little over a year now. The last update to the Android Market included the integration of Google Music, Google Video, and Google Books. The services, in the countries they... 

Best Android antivirus apps revealed by AV-TEST Labs

There have been several Android Market malware scares in the recent past. Google responded by introducing Bouncer a while back, but it never hurts to add a good Android antivirus app for extra protection. But which apps offer the best protection? Independent... 

Clik for iOS and Android allows you to quickly grab any br

You know that scene in Iron Man 2 where Tony Stark reaches up with his transparent gizmo and takes over the TV’s in the hearing room? It looked so simple, so natural, as he reached up and took over the screen so he could show his videos on them.... 

Carrier IQ lets users see the data, won’t let them opt o

It has been almost four months since we first asked you how much of your phone was yours. Back then we all learned that there was a company who had been hired by the carriers to collect data from our phones for network and call quality verification.... 

Android passes Opera to become number one mobile browser

For years, Opera has quietly dominated the mobile browsing scene. Even when the iPhone’s popularity skyrocketed, Opera’s massive installed user base kept their browser firmly in the lead. But there’s a new number one now: Android has... 

Samsung Galaxy Player 70 Plus ups the ante with dual-core

Samsung’s added some serious muscle to its latest Galaxy Player. The Galaxy Player 70 Plus is their first Android PMP to run a dual-core processor, which is clocked at 1GHz. It also features the same massive, 5-inch display as the original Player... 

Eric Schmidt talks Google Bucks and $70 Android smartphone

Yesterday at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Google’s chairman Eric Schmidt gave a keynote discussing the Internet. It focused on how connectivity will help everyone in the future, and most of all those disadvantaged or oppressed. However,... 

Motorola tempts enterprise BlackBerry users with $200 cash

If we hadn’t already upgraded to the iPhone 4S, the office where I fritter away my daylight hours would certainly have given the Droid Razr Maxx a look. That is, if we’d known Motorola had this deal up their sleeves. They’re offering... 

What’s the best phone or tablet for a Google+ Hangout?

The crowning achievement of Google’s budding social network by far is the ability to communicate with up to nine other people across the world instantly, and for free. Since the arrival of Hangouts, Google+ users have done everything from communicate... 

HTC One X vs One S vs One V: specs showdown

After a somewhat subpar 2011, HTC is looking for a big rebound this year. The Taiwanese manufacturer wasted no time pulling out the big guns at Mobile World Congress, showcasing three (technically four) new handsets that mark a bold new direction. The... 

HTC One Series: 4 phones, Android 4.0, 25GB Dropbox, Beats

The rate at which new phones get released is hard to keep up with, but not as hard as the manufacturers having to come up with new names for each one. HTC is a good example, having produced phones recently carrying the names Sensation, Titan, Radar,... 

The best apps for rooted Android phones

Android phones are used every day by countless people. Yet only a relatively small portion of Android users unlock the full potential of their devices. Android is a customizable platform out-of-the-box, but rooting an Android handset gives you complete... 

Samsung Galaxy SIII spec leaks, includes 1080p display

So far during the Mobile World Congress this week, HTC seems to be setting the pace for Android smartphone announcements. Four new handsets have been detailed, all carrying the new HTC One name. One phone we didn’t expect to hear about during MWC,...