It's the Galaxy Nexus. It has LTE. It's the phone we've been waiting (and waiting) for. Sure, some of our more globe-trotting members of the staff were suitably sated by the HSPA+ version that shipped a few weeks ago, but the rest of us domestic types simply need more bandwidth. Or, at least, we like to think that we do, and this $300 (on-contract) Verizon release certainly has that in spades.
Looks like Google's taken the lid off of this 10-cent app thing. The Android Market's now promoting 10 days of offers — top premium apps — 10 cents per app. Dive into that Market page and you see the "10 billion promo" page. That 10 billion's got to refer to app downloads — a milestone if we've ever heard one.
The Internet has been abuzz with mentions of Carrier IQ, a analytical monitoring software that has been found to be present on numerous Android smartphones, as well as Apple’s own iOS platform.
Each year, several dozen smartphones land on our collective desks. They come in different shapes and sizes, boast different features and sell at different price points. We take each of them for a spin and review most of them, but only a handful really stand out. This is especially true with Android handsets, where incremental updates appear to be the modus operandi. Every now and then a device comes along that we really look forward to getting our hands on. Google's line of Nexus smartphones falls into this category, setting the new standard for Android each year.
With the release of iTunes Match, Apple has made it easy to listen to your music library from any computer or iDevice you own, with little fuss.
