Android Distribution Numbers Updated for October – Jelly Bean Closing in on 50% Share

Late last night, the Android team updated their dashboards to reflect new platform distribution numbers as we head into October. As has been the trend over the last few months, Jelly Bean continues to expand its reach and is now on 48.6% of Android devices (up slightly from last month’s 45.1% ). That doesn’t mean […]

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December Android Feature Drop Brings Expressive Captions, Quick Share QR Codes, More

Google detailed its Android-wide Feature Drop for the month of December this morning, chock-full of new goodies that the majority of Android users should be able to play with. The big three additions are new Gemini extensions, expressive captions, and Gemini in Lookout. For Gemini extensions, Google is opening up the service to your phone’s […]

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Moto G a Cheaper Moto X – Features S4 Pro Processor, 4.7″ 720p Display, Free on Contract

According to a new tweet from the infamous @evleaks , the Moto G will be a cheaper Moto X , featuring almost the same specs as the Moto X, but will hit the market free on contract. The device supposedly features a Snapdragon S4 Pro processor clocked at 1.5GHz, an 8MP back-facing camera, a 4.7″ […]

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Swype Update Introduces New Keyboard Layouts and Adjustments, New Theme, and More

Swype , one of the pioneers in the gesture typing arena for Android, introduced their latest update this morning along with a handful of new features. Users of Swype can now decide how big, small, wide or tall they would like their keyboard to be (split layouts included for landscape or tablets), change to the new […]

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