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Larry Page talks about the future of mobile phones

Motorola

Talking about Motorola, Google CEO, Larry Page had the following to say as part of his remarks on the company’s 2013 Q1 earnings call: In today’s multi-screen world, the opportunities are endless. Think about your device. Battery life is a challenge for most people … you shouldn’t need to carry a charger around with you [...]

Your Phone Isn’t Mobile If It’s Plugged Into A Wall

plugged-into-wall

Motorola’s media campaign about the battery performance of the RAZR MAXX captures my very sentiments. One key line says, “Your Phone Isn’t mobile If it’s Plugged Into A Wall”. Superb! Motorola has been setting the pace for battery performance on Android smartphones in recent times. Forget the iPhone. Forget Samsung’s Galaxy range (including the S [...]

Windows Phone Hasn’t Been Impressive With Power Management

mobile-battery-life

Some days ago, I published an article on 2012′s smartphones with the best battery life. We lost that article in a recent maintenance procedure, but I am putting it back together again. A fallout of my research for that article was that the available statistics show that Windows Phone hasn’t been impressive in power management. [...]

The Samsung Galaxy Note II’s Battery Life Entices Me!

Samsung Galaxy note battery test

That’s what I’m talking about! The test results put the Galaxy Note II a close second after the RAZR MAXX in terms of power management. Well, you know, if you miss gold, silver cannot be so bad. Besides battery life, it will be nice to try out one of these new generation styli. I have always loved having and using a stylus. My last mobile with a stylus was the HTC Touch Pro2 back in 2010.

Android Custom Skins

Different Custom Skins

Majority of manufacturers who use Android on their devices load it up with their own custom skin atop the default Android interface. Samsung, a major player in the Android race loads Touchwiz on their devices. Other major interfaces by manufacturers are Sense 4.0 by HTC, Motoblur by Motorola and Timescape by Sony. They serve as [...]

How to design touchscreen devices that don’t look and act like the iPhone

Nexus range

The verge has an informative article on How Android has evolved while steering clear of Apple’s designs. The Verge’s observations reinforce the points that I made in my earlier articles, Aping Apple – Stupid, stupid mobile manufacturers and The Apple patent win will enhance innovation, not stifle it. Here is an excerpt from The Verge: [...]

Game Changer: Google Acquires Motorola Mobility

The mobile industry is so volatile and dynamic that every now and then a player throws in something that changes the playing field. That is exactly what Google has done with the acquisition of smartphone vendor Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. Ladies and gentlemen, this changes everything. Again. Here is an excerpt from Larry Page’s [...]