Tag Archive: smartphone

News Item: Android OS Grows 2.5x in the Past Year

News Item: Android posts 250% year-over-year growth with 850k daily activations  As someone whose preference for a smartphone and tablet operating system (OS) is Android, this was heartening news, reported from the World Mobile Congress now playing in Barcelona. Personally, I believe the past year was Android’s boom year, because of the increasing appeal of…

Hands-on with the Droid X

As some of you know, I was parked at our local Verizon Wireless store at 8 a.m. on July 15 to upgrade my cellphone to the new Droid X smartphone from Motorola. (The store opened at 9.) The “X” is Verizon’s latest smartphone offering, and as such, is positioned against AT&T’s Apple iPhone 4, Sprint’s…

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