Android

Google will launch its first own-brand media tablet in collaboration with ASUS later this month, a recent report claims. Google has long been reported to be working on its own tablet that will follow a model similar to its Nexus-brand smartphones. The company is said to have partnered with ASUS to manufacture the device, which Continue Reading →

Forget bringing paper maps with you on your next journey outside the 3G zone — Google Maps will now let you download maps in advance of your adventure. Read the full story at Mashable Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120606_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] This week game makers and gamers alike have made their way to the Electronic Entertainment Expo, better known as E3. So far, the big announcements have come from Xbox and Nintendo and it’s all about multi-screens. Microsoft announced Xbox SmartGlass, an app that will work with Windows Continue Reading →

Back when the Samsung Galaxy S III was announced, it was discovered that Flipboard for Android was preinstalled on the device. Not only that, but the app would be an exclusive to the Galaxy S III for an unannounced period of time. Turns out that may have been a strategic decision on Flipboard’s part too, Continue Reading →

The personal assistant for Android known as Samsung S-Voice has been released on the Galaxy S III smartphone and has been hacked and distributed to the public at the same time. This application works much in the same way as the Galaxy S II voice assistant did when it was released last year and is Continue Reading →

Be patient, owners of the Motorola RAZR and RAZR Maxx. You’ll get your ice cream someday – Ice Cream Sandwich, that is, otherwise known as Android 4.0. But if you can’t wait until the end of June to get your hands on the latest update to Google’s OS, and you haven’t already installed a custom Continue Reading →

I very rarely call the “time of death” of a company.  It’s really not my place.  But, after my customer service experience with RIM (Research In Motion, the makers of BlackBerry smart devices) the other day, I think it’s safe to say that BlackBerry has passed on! RIM is no more! It has ceased to Continue Reading →

Any remaining doubts of high demand for Samsung’s Galaxy S III smartphone can be laid to rest: Vodafone told the Inquirer that pre-orders for the coming soon phone have set records, making the Galaxy S III the operator’s most pre-ordered Android device yet. Carphone Warehouse, a UK retailer echoed these sentiments, saying “The Galaxy S3 Continue Reading →

The Verge and other outlets are reporting from the federal courtroom in San Francisco that a jury deliberating the patent-infringement phases of the Oracle-Google trial over Java has come back in favor of Google. The claim had concerned patents in Java that Oracle had accused Google of infringing when it created the Android operating system. Continue Reading →

Amazon has begun taking pre-orders for the international version of the Samsung Galaxy S III, but the smartphone will come with a steep price to pay for Americans who don’t want to wait. Though the 4.8-inch-screen Android phone is set to release in Europe next week, its U.S. arrival is further away. If you want Continue Reading →