According to market researchers at NPD, Google's market share of the US smartphone market exceeded that of Apple's iPhone for the first time ever in the first quarter of 2010. Google's partners sold 28 percent of all smartphones in the US in the...
Continuing its legal battle with those companies that make, support, and implement Linux, Microsoft this week reached a patent agreement with device maker HTC over its use of Microsoft technologies in Google Android-based smart phones. Android, of...
When Android first arrived on the scene, it was disregarded by the enterprise as a consumer-friendly, hip platform for Linux geeks and 20-somethings who don't use phones for any real work. However, in just a year and a half, Android has...
Apple this week launched a proxy attack on Google's Android smart phone OS, by accusing handset maker HTC of violating 20 Apple patents related to the iPhone. HTC makes a number of popular smart phones, including the popular Nexus One, which is...
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that several PC manufacturers are exploring the possibility of using the Google Android mobile device OS as a potential OS alternative for netbooks. Global netbook sales have exploded over the past 12 months...
Google's new Android-based phone made some rather unwelcome news when security researchers reported a vulnerability to the New York Times. Charlie Miller, Mark Daniel, and Jake Honoroff of Independent Security Evaluators (ISE) identified the...
Following in the footsteps of the iPhone, Google's Android seeks to do Apple one better by completely opening up its mobile platform, and by making it available for free to all handset makers and mobile network operators. The first Android phone...
