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First quarter numbers from IDC showed that Android tablet shipments declined in Q1-12 from Q4-11, while cruised ahead, reasserting dominance of the tablet market. Looking a bit deeper, we see that Amazon?s Kindle Fire tablet, a deviation from Android, is becoming dominant, and all the tablets from , Moto/, and other mainstream CE and PC

It's widely expected that Apple will take the wraps off a new version of iOS next month at the annual Worldwide Developers Conference. ( read the … ) –

(Credit: Apple) After Apple's iOS 5.1.1 update was released last week, several users began reporting that their iOS devices had taken a significant battery life hit. While the issues are not common to most users, it appears as though some iPhone and iPad owners found that the battery life they had come to expect was

"As April draws to a close we are pleased to share more code for Open webOS. This month's scheduled release includes support for Node.js as well as updates to Enyo and Ares. In addition, we are pleased to announce early delivery of the System Manager Bus (which was originally scheduled for July) and a release

There are nearly 4,000 different types of devices running Android, OpenSignalMaps has found. More than 1,300 of them have custom ROMs that tweak the android.build model. Android brands are almost as diverse as the models, OpenSignalMaps discovered. Further, the application programming interface level, meaning the Android version, has also become more fragmented over time. (

Android’s rise to the top of the mobile operating system food chain as measured by device proliferation has been remarkably swift, but not without its drawbacks. Due to the nature of Google’s open source OS and its aggressive strategy, smartphone vendors that make use of the platform have each gone their own way with software

Google will give several device manufacturers early access to future releases of the Android operating system, a new report says. As part of the shift in strategy, the search giant will also begin selling some devices directly to consumers. ( read the … ) –

The phrase ?mobile malware??how cybersecurity researchers describe the small but growing number of nasty programs designed to infect smartphones?is quickly becoming synonymous with a more specific term: ?Android malware.? ( read the … ) –

Not even Google predicted just how big Android could grow to be. (Credit: James Martin/CNET) Back in 2010, Google thought Android had some very nice potential for growth — at the time, it projected its mobile operating system might even reach more than 200 million installed users by 2013. Turns out Google was wrong: it

In support of its upcoming Android 5.0 operating system release, code-named Jelly Bean, Google will deploy the OS on not a single Nexus smartphone, per Android tradition, but perhaps as many as five Nexus phones this fall — so says a Tuesday report by Wall Street Journal. ( read the … ) –