Android Buyer Beware: 12 Least Secure Phones
Posted by on November 23, 2011
(click image for larger view and for slideshow) Buying a smartphone during the holiday season? Be careful. Some 56% of the top 20 smartphones on the market are running outdated and insecure versions of the Android operating system. Furthermore, despite the prevalence of two-year contracts with carriers, most manufacturers cease updating their phones after they’ve [...]
Deals Arrive Early: Many Phones Practically Free Already
Posted by on November 22, 2011
It isn’t even Black Friday yet, and already prices for some of the hottest holiday gadgets have been slashed down to almost nothing. Amazon Wireless has added the Droid RAZR to its penny-pincher sale, offering one of the top Android phones on the market for just a penny with a two-year Verizon contract. The regular [...]
Samsung Galaxy Nexus: Pure Google, pure delight
Posted by on November 22, 2011
Computerworld – In the world of Android, we see a lot of new phones — and inevitably, some of them are destined to be forgotten. Samsung’s new Galaxy Nexus is not one of those devices. The Galaxy Nexus, available now in the UK and coming soon to Verizon Wireless, is an exceptional phone, arguably the [...]
Cellular Industry Aims To Resume Q4 Growth
Posted by on November 21, 2011
By Joseph Palenchar — TWICE, 11/21/2011 NEW YORK – Cellphone carriers and vendors hope to fire up fourth-quarter handset sales with a variety of new smartphones and their superphone variants following a third-quarter drop in U.S. unit shipments of cellphones. New smartphones available this month include Verizon’s HTC-made $299 4G Rezound, an Android phone that [...]
