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The casual consumer’s misunderstanding of Android
Google designed Android to be a simple experience, but if you were new to the platform, you probably wouldn’t know that. When most manufacturers produce a new Android-based smartphone, it’s typically...
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Failure to launch: a few reasons why smartwatches haven’t caught on
My first encounter with a smartwatch was about 25 years ago. It was 1990 and I was in a crowded movie theater watching the movie Dick Tracy with my family. Set in the 1930s, the film’s title...
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The Android paradox: lots of smartphones, little money
Smartphones are big business, but it doesn’t necessarily mean OEMs are making money off this massive platform. In fact, most companies are actually coming up short, with the exception of one major...
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Sony’s mobile business doesn’t jibe with its quest for profits
No matter what part of the world you live in, Sony is likely a household name. For the past several decades, the Japanese mega-corporation has dabbled in a variety of talking points ranging from...
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The fight for your wallet: A look at the mobile payment scene’s new big three
Apple, Samsung and Google are major forces in the smartphone industry and these three companies are about to advance their fight to a new emerging space: mobile payments. Not exactly a new concept,...
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Jumping off the hype train: Are flagship smartphones still worth buying?
A massive HD display. Cameras with a high pixel count. A device loaded with several gigabytes of RAM, and a processor with multiple cores. For several years such attributes have been major talking...
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Are the Samsung Galaxy S6 and LG G4 worth the extra premium over cheaper...
There is little denying that this has been an exciting year for Android smartphones so far. While a few phones like the HTC One M9 were met with a fairly mild reception, we’ve seen a number of...
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How LG and Huawei can restore Google’s Nexus program to its former glory
Last year, Google released its sixth Nexus-branded smartphone. Aptly named the Nexus 6, this colossal handset (just over six inches long) shipped with an equally large $649 price tag. Even though it...
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7 Android facts that you may not have known
As part of its plan to enter the smartphone market, Google acquired a relatively small company named Android Inc. during the summer of 2005. About three years later, the first commercially available...
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Back to school: the essential Android apps for students
As we prepare to bid a fond farewell to summer, classrooms and lecture halls are starting to fill up with eager and not so eager students returning to pursue a diploma, degree or simply just a passing...
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