We Still Need Better Tablet Apps [Opinion]

For the past week I've been spending some quality time with the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. While I like the hardware for the most part and I don't mind TouchWiz, I've been struggling to find a place for the device in my life. While a large part of it is simply...

Four Types of Android Fragmentation [Opinion]

Netflix and Hulu Plus had limited app rollouts because of it. Eric Schmidt and Matias Duarte say it doesn’t exist. Charlie Kindel says it’s the reason Google will lose control of Android. Jon Evans says it’s the single greatest problem facing Android. Sanjay...

Manufacturer Woes [Opinion]

Within the last week the top three Android manufacturers reported their most recent earnings. HTC reported its first quarterly profit decline in two years, Motorola's sales are expected to be disappointing yet again, and Samsung is doing fairly well (though...

Verizon Needs Google [Opinion]

  Think back to January 5th, 2010. That was the date that the Nexus One was first announced and made available for purchase. I can vividly remember the announcement. I impatiently waited for someone to review the device, but the images I saw already confirmed...

We Need a Nexus Tablet [Opinion]

Just wanted to point out that this post was finished on Friday night and sure enough, news broke this morning that Eric Schmidt expects there to be a Nexus tablet in 2012. HP is currently the number two seller of tablets, though most expect Amazon to usurp...

Screen Size Matters [Opinion]

Today, reviews of the Galaxy Nexus are being released left and right (the best video review is easily from The Verge). Seeing the device in action makes me even more certain that the latest version of Android is from a brand new Google. They've changed things...