Everybody deserves to be on the mobile Internet, and price shouldn’t stand in the way of anyone having a truly good smartphone to get them there. – Motorola blog post Google’s Motorola unit drove a $179 pike into Apple’s pricey $649 iPhone coffin with the launch of its new Moto G smartphone. The prices are for […]
Apple may be getting all the smartphone love for its iPhones but Android is clobbering Apple’s iOS platform and Windows Phone in unit shipments and market share. Every quarter brings more distressing news for Apple vis-a-vis its declining market share. At this rate, I suspect Apple will be an irrelevant player in the smartphone universe, […]
HP CEO and failed governor candidate Meg Whitman must be one crazy woman! Why else would HP announce FIVE new Android and Windows tablets when most vendors of these tablets are struggling to sell their devices and not lose too much money. Android tablet vendors are in a price war to the bottom while Windows […]
Considering Google paid a whopping $12.5 billion for the Motorola acquisition, I’m disappointed with the new Moto X smartphone. Launched yesterday, Moto X is the first smartphone offering from Motorola after it came under Google’s stewardship. Moto X should be available later this month or in early September in the U.S. and Canada for $199 […]
Driven by strong downloads from smartphone and tablet users in India and Brazil, app downloads from the Google Play app store were higher than from Apple’s App Store in the second quarter of 2013. This is the first time downloads of Android apps from Google Play have exceeded iOS app downloads from Apple’s App Store. […]
As an Indian, I’ll be the first to admit that Google’s spanking new Chromecast streaming device appeals to my cheapo desi instincts. I’m already drooling over the price! Hey, $35 seems like a steal for a device that can ‘cast’ content from a small-screen device like laptop, smartphone or tablet to your big-screen TV. Chromecast […]