Quanta Computer, the manufacturer that helped create the PlayBook and the Amazon Kindle Fire, signed an agreement with Microsoft stating it would pay license fees to use the Android operating system. While it seems incredulous that any company must pay…
Mozilla is planning a makeover for Firefox on Android. The company has announced it plans to abandon the usual Firefox look on Android mobile devices and will instead use Android’s native user interface widgets.
A native Android interface should make Firefox faster and use less memory–but Mozilla is sacrificing add-on compatibility for the performance boost. Originally posted at Deep Tech
Fragmentation, buggy upgrades, and a seeming lack of interest (or at least tech support) from Google have me ready to dump Android for good. The iPhone 4S is just weak enough to leave a tiny opening, and this may be Android’s last chance to keep me, at…
Android is the ultimate competition in the smartphone space. It has captured huge market share without consumer awareness of the platform, and it is going to keep growing for a while.
