ANDROID

A new analysis by ABI Research shows that Android phones are downloading more apps than Apple phones. However, the numbers also indicate that Android cellphones outnumber iPhones by a 2.4 to 1 ratio.

Apple is lowering prices. Why?

AT&T, the only carrier to support the iPhone since 2007, has reportedly activated more than one million iPhone 4S since its Oct. 14 launch.

Apple's Siri - an intelligent voice-activated software for the iPhone 4S - is undoubtedly taking the market by storm. The software is a good one but how does the Android OS' personal assistant work? According to various polls, Android's assistant app - Speaktoit bears positive comparisons with Siri.

The Motorola Droid Razr and the Samsung Galaxy S II are fighting out with each other. The Razr, declared the thinnest smartphone by Motorola Mobility, was unveiled a few days back. In a very short period of time, the phone (boasting a marvelous design and smart specs) is neck-and-neck with the Galaxy S2, which hit the markets in April earlier this year. The Samsung device has been ruling the markets since its launch.

Microsoft Corp. is claiming that more than 50 per cent of Android devices are now subject to licensing agreements, according to a claim by legal representatives of the company, Brand Smith and Horacio Gutierrez.

After months of rumors, it's finally been confirmed: the new Galaxy Nexus is coming to the U.S. on Verizon Wireless. The carrier announced the news today in a press release that also outlined the features of the Galaxy Nexus, which is the first to go on the market with the new Android-based Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, as well as the first to feature a HD Super AMOLED display.

Apple Inc.’s new voice-recognition application for the iPhone 4S, better known as Siri, may be given a run for its money by a recently released Android smartphone app called Iris, or Siri spelled backward.

Five great new features of Android 4.0.

A first look at the most wanted features of Android's Ice Cream Sandwich OS upgrade.

Nokia, the worlds largest maker of mobile phones, has teamed up with Microsoft to take on Google and Apple.

Samsung unveiled its iconic smartphone Galaxy Nexus at the Mobile Unpacked event with Google in Hong Kong earlier this week. The announcement that Galaxy Nexus will use Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich has brought the next evolutionary step of Android to the fore.

Apple's iPad had a strong grip on the tablet market in the last quarter and it still dominates, controlling 67 per cent of the global market, according to Strategy Analytics.

TheSamsung Galaxy Nexus, the latest Samsung and Google flagship smartphone likely to be released in November in the UK, was unveiled in Hong Kong on Wednesday morning. The handset's original Oct. 11 launch date was delayed in memory of Apple's recently deceased co-founder Steve Jobs. Google and Samsung revealed the specs and features of the brand new handset on Wednesday.

Here are five of the many revelations made by the media.

There is great news for Angry Bird enthusiasts. The game is to be unveiled in a new avatar this Halloween.

Steve Jobs' authorized biography has revealed the Apple Inc. co-founder and longtime CEO was willing to go thermonuclear in an effort to destroy Google Inc.'s Android software because he considered it a stolen product.

Samsung and Google introduced the Galaxy Nexus at an event in Hong Kong. The smartphone was scheduled to be launched last week, but was postponed possibly as a tribute to the late Apple co-founder, Steve Jobs. Motorola Droid RAZR, claimed to be the world's thinnest smartphone, was released this week.

Do the math: if AT&T is allowed to buy T-Mobile, it would become a monolithic provider in a period when competition should be free.

Gmail updates are coming soon, according to a leaked YouTube video.

What advice does Research in Motion have for BlackBerry users unhappy with their device? Buy a new BlackBerry.