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Google Web-Based Android Market Increases Potential Risk, Security Researchers Warn

Some security vendors are raising the question whether the browser-based version of the Google Android market could open up opportunities for attackers.Google recently launched...

Nokia Shakeup Could Herald Windows Phone 7, Android Switch

Nokia's big change-up could involve a seismic shift among its management team. That comes courtesy of The Wall Street Journal, as the rumor mill...

Sophos Unveils Management Platform to Secure Android, iPhones, iPads

Sophos is working on a management console that will allow enterprises to apply security policies to mobile devices, the company announced Feb. 7.Enterprises can...

Dell Streak 7 Needs Android 3.0 ‘Honeycomb,’ Better Battery Life

Dell's 5-inch Streak, released to the U.S. market in August 2010, suffered from something of an identity crisis. Was it a tablet competitor to...

Nokia’s Fall Spurred by Rise of Android, iPhone

Just a few short years ago, Nokia's Symbian platform was the reigning smartphone king with 50 percent smartphone market share.One week ago, the company...

Motorola Atrix 4G Leads ATandT Android Push vs. Verizon

As word leaked online that Verizon Wireless would be offering Apple's iPhone early this year, AT&T-the exclusive iPhone carrier in the United States since...

Google Android 3.0 ‘Honeycomb’: 10 Things You Should Know

Android 3.0 "Honeycomb," the latest version of the fast-growing mobile operating system, is Google's best answer yet to iOS running on Apple's iPad. That...

Android Tablets Beware: iPad-Style Success Takes a Sales Channel: Analyst

Android-running tablets preparing to join the market that Apple created, and now dominates, with its iPad are looking "ready for prime time," DisplaySearch senior...

Google Launches Android Market Webstore During ‘Honeycomb’ Demo

Google Feb. 2 launched the Android Market Webstore, a Website dedicated to letting application consumers purchase apps for their Android smartphones and tablets from...

Android 3.0 Honeycomb Could Affect Microsoft’s Windows Tablet Plans

Google Android 3.0, codenamed Honeycomb, could complicate Microsoft's nascent tablet efforts.Scheduled for a media unveiling Feb. 2 at Google's Mountain View, Calif., headquarters, Honeycomb...