Google Drive for Android received a pretty decent upgrade in the Play Store today, and it’s something those of you with gripes about the presentation viewer will be happy about. You can now perform pinch-to-zoom operations within the viewer so you can read slides a lot more easily. We’re surprised it took Google this long [...]
Even before the release of the first Android tablet and the Honeycomb operating system, Google predicted its partners would sell more than 10 million tablets a year beginning in 2011 and capture up to one-third of the market by 2012, The Verge reported. The information comes from Google’s testimony in an ongoing trial with Oracle. Android Senior Vice President Andy Rubin made the prediction based on tablet market data from Morgan Stanley, which estimated a total of 46 million tablets would be sold by 2012. The Mountain View-based company’s expectations have fallen short, however, and Apple has dominated the tablet market with more than 67 million iPads sold thus far. The Internet giant also expected Android tablets to generate up to $110 million
If you’ve ever filed your taxes on an iPad, you know Intuit’s TurboTax app is free to download, but that you’ll have to pay up once you’re ready to submit those returns. But, in an effort to promote its newish apps for Android tablets and the Kindle …
First, lets get the short list out of the way. If you’re not the proud owner of a Transformer Prime, Transformer, Xoom, XYBoard 10.1, Thrive, Iconia or G-Slate then chances are Hulu Plus coming to Honeycomb and ICS slates doesn’t do you much good. (Ho…
TripIt’s attempts to pull all of those travel itineraries, air miles and other loyalty cards has been given a refresh on both Android tablets and phones. On bigger devices running Android 3.0 or higher, the app gains a slight redesign, adjustable (scr…
For anyone that’s dabbled long enough with Sony’s dual-screen tablet as-is, we’ve got good news. The device can now be rooted and — better still — it’s not all that difficult. Pocketables forum member RayIczr goes over the method, which requires an …
Fragmentation is a recurring issue that haunts the Android ecosystem in many ways. While Google’s latest version of the Android platform was intended in large part to address the issue — which many believe to have peaked when the software giant launched Android 3.0 Honeycomb and maintained two entirely separate versions of Android for smartphones and tablets — Ice Cream Sandwich has not yet done its job. Four-and-a-half months since its debut, only 1% of Android devices currently run the unified Android 4.0 operating system according to Google’s own data. To compound matters, a recent report suggested Google may launch Android 5.0 Jelly Bean as soon as this summer. There is no question that fragmentation is a real issue for
Google rolled out a revamped version of its Search app for pre-ICS versions of Android today, with an emphasis on speed and simplicity. Compatible with Android 2.2, 2.3, or 3-point-anything, this upgraded app sports a streamlined UI, with categorize…
Google’s monthly Android distribution charts may be the most visual piece of evidence that the mobile OS is riddled with fragmentation, but at least Gingerbread has clearly become the dominant player — and it continues to build momentum at a heal…
Jealous of our friends across the pond, with their fancy Android 3.2 on their GSM-equipped HTC Flyers? Well, be envious no more our Yankee friends — Honeycomb is here for your stylus-friendly slate of choice. Reports are rolling in from across the …
