Smartphones rule, tablets drool
Smartphones eat more mobile data than tablets, largely due to LTE
Study shows tablets don't use as much data as conventional wisdom suggests.
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Android Apps of CES entertain your kids and enhance your conversations
In this week's Android Appalooza, check out three apps from the show floor.
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Here’s what you will look like in smart glasses
Looking at that tiny screen, you'll try not to go cross-eyed. You might fail.
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Time to cash out: The last of CES
The final collection of cool things we saw and did in Las Vegas.
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Feature Story
Be productive: The Ultimate Smartphone Guide, part V
Phones now handle business beyond e-mail—calendars, word processing, and more.
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Hands-on with the Sony Xperia ZL and the Xperia Z
Sony's new handsets prove to be worthy contenders for the 2013 smartphone wars.
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coming this summer...
New quad-core Snapdragon supports 55-megapixel images, Ultra HD
Qualcomm's new processor pushes graphical limits.
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Ex-peer-e-uh
New Sony Android handsets to arrive with 1080p displays
Both handsets will utilize Qualcomm's Snapdragon S4 mobile processor.
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Mo' money
Samsung hits five quarters of record profits, sells 500 handsets per minute
In its Q4 2012 earnings preview, Samsung estimated $8.3 billion in profit.
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Withings rides fitness tech wave with Smart Activity Tracker
New gadget sends walking, sleeping, and heart rate data to your smartphone.
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Developers wanted: Ford launches mobile app API program for Sync
Nine new mobile apps integrate through AppLink—and now yours can. too.
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Google Glass gets some Android-powered competition
Vuzix's M100 smart glasses—augmented reality at the price of visible nerdiness.
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The brains of GM's new infotainment system? Your personal smartphone
"Siri, how do we build a cheaper car computer?"
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Nvidia officially unveils next-generation Tegra 4 SoC
Nvidia's "worst-kept secret" promises to be the fastest tablet processor yet.
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Reader-recommended apps for your shiny new Android tablet
Need even more Android tablet apps? Your fellow readers fill in the gaps.
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Samsung drifts away from Android; will Motorola rise to replace it?
If Samsung adopts the Tizen OS, Motorola may be next up for the Android throne.
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Android Appalooza: Take note
Four apps to help fulfill all of your note-taking, list-making needs.
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Slightly faster than molasses
Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean get a big bump from the holidays
Gingerbread finally accounts for less than 50 percent of Android devices.
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why so expensive?
Sprint is set to unleash pay-as-you-go service at $70 per month
Service and handsets are pricier than other services that use Sprint's network.
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Must-have apps for your new Android tablet
A beginner's guide to outfitting a new Android tablet.
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Grounded
ITC judge recommends ban on Samsung devices infringing on Apple patents
Following an October preliminary finding, judge also approves design tweaks for Samsung.
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It's dangerous to go alone! Take these Android apps into the New Year.
A gorgeous RTS game, a collage maker, and an app for customizing Android.
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Through the grapevine
Quad-core Sony smartphone with 1080p display rumored for CES
To compete with the Nexus 4 and Droid DNA, Sony needs to move quickly.
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Home row heroes: alternative keyboard apps for Android
Five apps that are probably better than the keyboard you're using now
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Kindle What
How to side-load Google's own apps onto your Kindle Fire HD
A post-Christmas tip for installing apps like YouTube, Gmail, and Currents.
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