I am the Android Alpha, and the Omega.
In Part 7 of our 8-part History of Android series, we see how a push into new device categories, combined with an all-new design language, turned Android into the OS for everything.
As part of our Android History series, we sat down with Jim Wicks, Senior Vice President of Consumer Experience Design at Motorola Mobility.
As Android enters the modern age, HTC and Samsung vie for supremacy, LG emerges as a new contender and Google experiments with tablets, phones and glasses.
In Part 5 of our 8-part Android History series, we examine how Samsung dominated the Android landscape of 2012, and how the important Jelly Bean releases moved the platform forward.
In Part 4 of our 8-part series on the history of Android, we explore a transformative year filled with new types of Android devices, and an all-new design language.
Momentum had been building behind Android throughout its first year on the market. But it wasn't until 2010 that things really took off. Relive the year in which Android made it big, in the third part of our Android History series.
As the first Android phones started to trickle out, led by the T-Mobile-branded, HTC-made, Google-backed G1, the first clues were starting to appear that Android was going to be a very big deal indeed. In the second part of our Android History series, we'll find out all about Android's early days.
In the first part of our Android History series, we take a look at the earliest origins of the OS, and the path to launching the original Android phone, the T-Mobile G1.
Welcome to a new eight-part series on Android Central charting the history of Google's OS — from the early days of Danger, Android, Inc. and Andy Rubin, right through to the present day. Look for new installments every Wednesday!
With Halloween falling on a Thursday this year, we know a lot of you will be out this weekend in costume getting your party on. Odds are you'll be carrying a phone in your pocket too. Heck, some of you will probably even be dressed up as a phone or tablet. We had a great time with our Halloween Contest the last several years, and we can't wait to see how you guys top it this year! While...
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Update: Find out our latest picks for Best Android Phone! (Updated in November) Find out which handset gets the Android Central recommendation We're six months down the road from our last "best Android phones" roundup, and the smartphone landscape has altered dramatically. Back in December we crowned the Samsung Galaxy S3 king of all Android phones, on account of its responsiveness,...
We're back, baby! After a couple of busy weeks and a schedule change or two, we're back to our regularly scheduled time and place tonight. There will be plenty of talk about phones, and CPUs, and Zoes, and life companions, as well as some discussion of what Google's been up to recently -- both good and bad. So join Phil and the gang -- and, of course, the chat room -- live tonight at 1...
Not sure if you noticed, but last week was a bit ... insane. Not only were we (and we still are) knee deep in the HTC One, but we hit New York City for the announcement of the Samsung Galaxy S4. And somewhere in there we managed to squeeze in not one but two podcasts. The first, catching up on things that needed catching up on. And the second, a Galaxy S4 special edition straight from...
There's a ton of awesome Android news coming up this week. HTC's event on Tuesday. Our trek to Mobile World Congress at the back half of the week. And if you missed Thursday night's live recording, we've got your preview for it all. Plus, we recap what's new with Android 4.2.2, and take a bunch your voicemails. The Android Central Podcast is your weekly peek into the world of Android,...
Word's getting around about the Lloyd Flex Case. We've been occasionally teasing the TPU cases sporting everyone's favorite Android Central mascot on Google+ and Twitter, and the inevitable question is "Where can I get such a wonderful case?" The answer, of course, is ShopAndroid.com. And more specifically, the Lloyd Gear section. Currently they've got cases in stock for the Samsung...
Miss us? We've been on a brief sabbatical (does a week count?), but we're back tonight with a vengeance. Or something. On tap is Android 4.2.2, naturally. We'll preview what we can on HTC's big event next week in New York and London (and apparently Sydney's doing something as well). Plus some great apps we've seen in the past couple weeks -- and some of the best voicemails we've had...
It’s BlackBerry 10 day today, and you knew we had to take a few minutes to see just what BlackBerry has to offer. Right off the bat, we’re going to say it’s good enough to keep folks still using the BlackBerry platform happy that they hung around, and probably even tempt a few people to give BlackBerry a try for the first time. Kevin has a good look at the hardware and some of the UI...
Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the 2012 edition of the Android Central Editor's Choice Awards. Tomorrow is your day, when we list your picks for the year's best smartphone, tablet and apps. But right now, it's our turn. Our choices might be the same as yours. Or they might not. Either way, it's cool. That's part of what makes Android great. Diff'rent strokes and all. So sit back,...
We're headed back once again in beautiful Las Vegas for the 2014 International CES. (That's Consumer Electronics Show for you noobs.) It's an insane amount of all things tech, from phones, to TVs to cars to tablets to -- well, just about anything you can think of, and a number of things that defy logic. The latest Android CES news How best to keep up with the Android news? Start with...