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If you want a tablet but can't afford an iPad, Google's new Nexus 7 is not a bad choice. http://phys.org/news261465159.html Electronics Sat, 14 Jul 2012 07:50:01 EST news261465159 A US appeals court gave Samsung a temporary reprieve Friday on the sale of its Galaxy Nexus 7 smartphones while leaving intact a court ban on US sales of its tablet computers in a patent battle with Apple. http://phys.org/news260819423.html Technology Fri, 06 Jul 2012 18:50:30 EST news260819423 Taiwan's leading smartphone maker HTC Thursday hailed as a victory a British court ruling that it did not infringe on a patent owned by the US technology giant Apple. http://phys.org/news260679307.html Technology Thu, 05 Jul 2012 03:55:15 EST news260679307 The Google Android platform extended its lead in the US smartphone market while Apple increased its market share to nearly a third in March through May, a survey showed Monday. http://phys.org/news260470110.html Technology Mon, 02 Jul 2012 18:00:01 EST news260470110 In the 1982 sci-fi movie "Blade Runner," there are hints that the hero, played by Harrison Ford, is an artificial human — an "android" or "replicant." His job is to go out and kill other, rogue androids. http://phys.org/news260469774.html Electronics Mon, 02 Jul 2012 17:44:29 EST news260469774 South Korea's Samsung vowed Saturday to "take all available measures" to fight a US court's decision to block American sales of its Galaxy Nexus smartphones made in collaboration with Google. http://phys.org/news260342855.html Technology Sun, 01 Jul 2012 07:00:01 EST news260342855 A judge granted Apple's request for an injunction blocking US sales of Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphones made in collaboration with Google to challenge the iPhone. http://phys.org/news260342362.html Technology Sun, 01 Jul 2012 06:19:37 EST news260342362 (AP) — Google will sell a small tablet computer bearing its brand in a challenge to Amazon's Kindle Fire. http://phys.org/news260028788.html Electronics Wed, 27 Jun 2012 15:14:32 EST news260028788 Taiwan's leading smartphone maker HTC on Thursday denied reports that it would be excluded by Microsoft from adopting the new operating system Windows 8 in its products. http://phys.org/news258279505.html Technology Thu, 07 Jun 2012 09:18:42 EST news258279505 When it comes to smartphones, I'm an iPhone guy. But I've long appreciated HTC's Android phones. http://phys.org/news257766940.html Electronics Fri, 01 Jun 2012 11:30:03 EST news257766940 (Phys.org) -- So what's a hot new Galaxy S3 smartphone doing with a PenTile AMOLED display like this? That is a question that surprised developers and smartphone blog sites earlier this month when Samsung announced in London its new Galaxy S3 with a 4.8-inch 720p resolution display that uses a PenTile subpixel layout. Expectations were that the Galaxy S3 would carry another type of upgraded display The PenTile design had drawn disappointed reviews when it had earlier appeared on the Galaxy Nexus phone. This week, however, a Samsung spokesperson stepped forward to explain why PenTile was still chosen: Samsung wants the S3 phone displays to last longer. http://phys.org/news256227814.html Electronics Mon, 14 May 2012 16:00:06 EST news256227814 Taiwan's top smartphone maker HTC said Friday net profit in the first three months of the year plummeted 70 percent, to the lowest since 2006, owing to falling demand. http://phys.org/news252927465.html Technology Fri, 06 Apr 2012 10:38:04 EST news252927465 When Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Note in September, the South Korean tech giant pitched the Note as a gadget that offers the best of a smartphone and a tablet in one groundbreaking new category of device. http://phys.org/news249971174.html Electronics Sat, 03 Mar 2012 04:29:02 EST news249971174 Verizon has been rolling out its 4G coverage to 195 markets, and the company has given me two phones to review that take good advantage of 4G's much faster speeds. http://phys.org/news249914782.html Electronics Fri, 02 Mar 2012 13:10:01 EST news249914782 One of my major complaints when I'm reviewing just about any top-of-the-line Android smartphone on Verizon is the price. http://phys.org/news246280976.html Electronics Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:50:01 EST news246280976 As fans of Google's Android mobile software well know, each new version is named after a sugary treat, such as Gingerbread or Honeycomb. Android is about to get even sweeter with Ice Cream Sandwich - a smooth, feature-rich operating system that will run first on the delectable Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone. http://phys.org/news243147708.html Electronics Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:02:33 EST news243147708 (AP) -- Verizon Wireless is blocking Google's new flagship phone from supporting Google's attempt to make the smartphone the credit card of the future. http://phys.org/news242386751.html Technology Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:39:33 EST news242386751 South Korea's Samsung Electronics launched domestically its latest Android-powered Galaxy device -- the Galaxy Note -- and said it hopes to sell as many as two million. http://phys.org/news241665774.html Technology Mon, 28 Nov 2011 01:23:12 EST news241665774 With its super-slim, stylish frame, Motorola's Razr phone became incredibly popular in 2004 - a smash hit that Motorola hasn't been able to replicate. Now, many years later, the company is trying to recapture some of that magic by ushering the Razr into the smartphone age. http://phys.org/news240119117.html Electronics Thu, 10 Nov 2011 03:45:39 EST news240119117 Samsung Electronics unveiled its newest Galaxy Nexus smartphone Wednesday, the first to use the latest version of Google's Android operating system. http://phys.org/news238213647.html Electronics Wed, 19 Oct 2011 03:28:05 EST news238213647 Google on Thursday will launch a mobile payment platform that lets people use smartphones to pay at shops as easily as they use a credit card, according to a source familiar with the matter. http://phys.org/news225516411.html Technology Wed, 25 May 2011 04:27:19 EST news225516411 (PhysOrg.com) -- Users of Google's Android OS on their Nexus S smartphones can now smile a little more as their friends will be able to see it; Google has (finally) added video and voice chat as a part of a native Android app. Third party apps that let users video chat on their Android phones (Fring, Qik, etc.) have been around awhile, as has a native app on the iPhone (FaceTime); with this move, Google is finally catching up with everyone else by adding both video and voice to Google Talk; something users have been able to do on their personal computers for quite some time. http://phys.org/news223559833.html Technology Mon, 02 May 2011 12:57:30 EST news223559833 Google on Tuesday announced an alliance with Sprint to add the Internet giant's online telephone capabilities to mobile phones serviced by the US telecom firm. http://phys.org/news220031564.html Technology Tue, 22 Mar 2011 17:10:09 EST news220031564 Sprint extends its 4G device innovation with the upcoming availability of the 20th 4G device and fourth 4G phone, Nexus S 4G from Google. Coming to Sprint this spring, it will also be able to take advantage of the controls and services enabled by Google Voice integration built into the Sprint Network. http://phys.org/news220024049.html Electronics Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:48:12 EST news220024049 When Google unveiled the Nexus One early last year, it was clearly the best Android smart phone on the market. It's hard to make the same claim about the Nexus S, the second device in the series, which hit store shelves last month. http://phys.org/news215445222.html Electronics Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:30:01 EST news215445222 US coffee chain Starbucks on Wednesday began allowing customers in its US stores to keep their cash and credit cards in their wallets and pay for their drinks with mobile phones. http://phys.org/news214683236.html Technology Wed, 19 Jan 2011 18:15:52 EST news214683236 If iPhone launches are like Old Faithful, then Android handset releases are like earthquakes. http://phys.org/news212349170.html Electronics Thu, 23 Dec 2010 17:53:39 EST news212349170 For some people, the holidays go hand in hand with gingerbread, in the form of houses or cookie-cutter men. This year, you can add smart phones - specifically, the Nexus S, the first device running the freshest version of Google's Android operating software, Gingerbread. http://phys.org/news211738405.html Electronics Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:20:01 EST news211738405 More than 300,000 smartphones running on Google-backed Android software are activated daily, according to an engineering vice president at the Internet giant. http://phys.org/news211132840.html Technology Thu, 09 Dec 2010 16:01:02 EST news211132840 (AP) -- The head of Google's Android mobile operating software says the search company "bit off a little more than we could chew" with the sale of the Nexus One, a smart phone Google began selling online early this year but then stopped offering after similar devices powered by Android hit the market. http://phys.org/news210912528.html Electronics Tue, 07 Dec 2010 02:49:11 EST news210912528