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- Android Patent Wars Weekly Recap: Oct 11 to 15
This week brought a patent claim against the Amazon Kindle Fire, Samsung altering the Galaxy S II for Europe, a Samsung tablet loss in Australia, and a repeated...
- Android Patent Wars Weekly Recap: Oct 31 to Nov 4
This was a quiet week in the mobile patent disputes. The main items were Microsoft defending its Android licensing deals, Apple losing a case against the Spanish...
- Android Patent Wars Weekly Recap: Nov 7 to 11
This week's patent news covered a default judgment won by Motorola against Apple in Germany, Microsoft pursuing Huawei for licensing, Google promising support to its...
- Android Patent Wars Weekly Recap: Oct 17 to 23
It was a quiet week for Android related legal news. Samsung moved to ban the iPhone 4S in Japan and Australia, a California judge dismissed several of Apple's...
- Android Patent Wars Weekly Roundup: Google v. Oracle and Apple v. Samsung
This weekly column covered lawsuits touching Android. Google was found to have infringed in the Oracle case, but whether it counted as fair use was undecided, so the...
- Android Patent Wars Weekly: Twitter's Truce, Samsung vs Apple and Mediation
This weekly roundup covered Twitter's pledge to use employee patents only defensively, Samsung's eight patents asserted against Apple, the cost of Motorola's...
- Android Patent Wars: A Mid-2012 Litigation Roundup
This weekly roundup, called #patentfun, covered Android patent disputes in the summer of 2012. The main themes were Apple versus Samsung, Apple's wish for injunctions...
- Android vs BlackBerry in Canada: Who Led the Market?
In Canada, Android phones were growing quickly, but RIM's BlackBerry still held the largest share according to a smartphone, tablet and eReader study by Ipsos Reid....
- Android vs iOS: The Day Before an Apple Announcement
On the eve of an Apple announcement, one writer noted that 56% of new smartphone buyers were choosing Android, against only 28% choosing iOS. The post asked whether...
- Android Users Upgrade Phones More Often Than iPhone Users
Research from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) found that Android users replace their phones more often than iPhone users. Only 21% of Android users kept...
- Andy Rubin Leaves the Android Team at Google
Google CEO Larry Page announced on the Google Blog that Andy Rubin was stepping away from the Android team to start a new chapter at Google. Sundar Pichai, who ran...
- ASUS App Locker Bug on Transformer Tablets: Emoticon Bypass
A bug in ASUS App Locker, an app on Transformer tablets that password-protects individual apps, let a typed emoticon crash the lock screen and open the app it was...
- ASUS ROG Strix GL502 Gaming Laptop: Mini Review
The ASUS ROG Strix GL502 pairs an Intel Core i7-6700HQ with an NVIDIA GTX 970M. After two weeks the reviewer praised the performance, cooling and design, but disliked...
- ASUS Zenfone 3 Zoom in Canada: Pre-Order Price and Specs
The ASUS Zenfone 3 Zoom, a mid-range phone built around photography, opened for pre-order in Canada at $479 CAD through Amazon Canada. It has a dual 12-megapixel rear...
- Bell Galaxy S Vibrant Gets Android 2.2 Froyo Update
Bell made the Android 2.2 Froyo update for the Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant available through its website. Bell's Vibrant was the first to get it, and instructions came...
- Best Free Android Games: Five Early Favourites Revisited
This list covers five free games that arrived on the early Android Market after being popular on the iPhone: Tap Tap Revenge 4, Angry Birds, Stardunk, Gun Bros and...
- BlackBerry Priv Update: Camera and Keyboard Improvements
BlackBerry pushed an update for the Priv that improved its camera and keyboard apps. The camera gained manual controls, and the physical keyboard gained shortcut keys,...
- Buying an Android Phone: What to Ask and Where to Shop
Before buying a new or contract phone, ask about the return policy and the warranty. For a used phone, check the IMEI, watch for fakes and resealed boxes, and meet in...
- Canadian Wireless Carrier Satisfaction Survey: Results by Carrier and Phone
In an informal reader survey of 748 respondents, overall satisfaction with Canadian wireless carriers averaged 6.24 out of 10. Koodo scored highest among the carriers...
- Cloud Storage and Photo Backup on Android: Options Compared
After losing pictures to a faulty microSD card, the author tried several ways to back up an Android phone: a USB cable, Dropbox, SugarSync, Wuala and Google Docs....
- Dell Streak in Canada: $549, Locked to Rogers
Dell began selling the Streak in Canada for $549, locked to Rogers. It shipped with Android 1.6 even though Android 2.3 was close to release, and an upgrade to 2.1 was...
- Dell Voice for Canadians: What the Fongo Service Offered
Dell Voice was a calling service Dell built with Fongo and opened to Canadians. It gave users a local number in listed cities, free calls to numbers in its list, and...
- Essential Android Accessories: Chargers, Headphones, Cases and Car Mounts
The author of the original post asked readers for their number one accessory and then went through their own: spare chargers and cables, Bluetooth headphones, a...
- Five Big-Screen Android Phones Announced to Rival the Galaxy Note
After Samsung sold over 10 million Galaxy Note devices, other makers announced their own oversized phones: the LG Optimus G Pro, Sony Xperia ZL, Huawei Ascend Mate,...