by Chris Smith, 1 month ago

A new comScore report detailing U.S. smartphone market share for March 2013 reveals that Apple and Samsung are still the big winners, at the expense of everyone else including other Android makers that sell handsets…

by Bogdan Petrovan, 1 month ago

We are all mobile geeks, here at Android Authority. We love everything with a power button. We like to comment the latest news and endlessly argue over which phone is better. On the Friday Debate,…

by Adam Koueider, 1 month ago

When Google announced they were buying Motorola, we were all a bit shocked. Google, a predominantly search-based company, was buying into the hardware game. Some questioned whether or not Motorola would get any special treatment,…

by Bogdan Petrovan, 1 month ago

Credit: Joi/Flickr Two years after Google announced it would acquire Motorola, questions about the value of the deal still linger. A source told The Verge that the misstep might have contributed to the ousting of…

by Mike Stenger, 1 month ago

In April 2012, Motorola claimed Microsoft was infringing on several of its patents with their Xbox 360. The ITC sided with the claims, issuing a preliminary ruling. In June, Motorola offered a settlement to Microsoft,…

by Adam Koueider, 1 month ago

Google and Motorola have endured another blow in their assault on mobile competitors. Last week, a German court denied Motorola an injunction over a push notification patent against Microsoft. Now the ITC has thrown out the…

by Derek Ross, 2 months ago

Is Android a mess? Microsoft’s Terry Myerson, VP of Windows Phone, said Android is a mess at Drive into Mobile earlier this week. On the show this week, we went back and forth debate style discussing…

by Andrew Grush, 2 months ago

In the last few days Motorola has spoken up a little about their design philosophy for their next-gen phones, and Google’s Eric Schmidt has even publicly praised what Motorola is working on, calling it “phenomenal”. Now Larry…

by Chris Smith, 2 months ago

A new Google X Phone rumor says that while it’s highly unlikely for users to customize certain hardware features of the handset including “screen size, amount of RAM or case material,” they may end up…

by Nate Swanner, 2 months ago

The crew down at Motorola has a lot of pressure placed on their collective shoulders lately. Eric Schmidt is praising them, and this X phone is now the white whale of mobile devices. Being part…

by Nate Swanner, 2 months ago

Eric Schmidt, our favorite Google Executive Chairman, is usually not one for cautious statements. Back in 2011, he predicted Android would be bigger than iOS, a very brash statement at the time. Recently, he has…

by Andrew Grush, 2 months ago

Last week we reported that Verizon was planning a Jelly Bean update for the Motorola Droid Bionic for release on April 15th. Right on schedule, the update has now started rolling out to Bionic owners….

by Adrian Diaconescu, 2 months ago

The Apple vs Samsung patent clash has been making the headlines the most in the past year or so, but that’s not the only seemingly endless legal dispute starring some of the big tech companies…

by Chris Smith, 2 months ago

Apple’s famous “slide-to-unlock” patent has been invalidated by a German court earlier this week, which is good news for Samsung and Motorola (Google), both engaged in patent-based legal wars with the iPhone maker in the…

by Andrew Grush, 2 months ago

Back in November the smartphone reached its 20th birthday, getting its start in 1992 with the IBM Simon Personal Communicator. If you thought the Simon was an antique, it is an advanced piece of machinery…