Latest Android Opinion

• 05 February 2013

• Opinion: Microsoft's CEO is wrong about Office for iOS: Here's why

  Rumors have been floating around for some time that Microsoft is hard at work developing Microsoft Office apps for iOS--or more specifically for the Apple iPad. Speculation about Office for iOS has grown following the launch of Office 2013 and the new Office 365, but Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer appears to have squashed that dream for the time being.

• 24 January 2013

• Opinion: Answer Line: Creepy permissions for Android apps

  Sdlmd downloaded an Android app that wanted access to Contacts, even though it had no legitimate reason to check on friends and relatives. What can be done?

• 19 December 2012

• Opinion: UberConference: Best conference-call manager yet?

  Lately it seems like software developers are falling all over themselves to take the hassles out of conference calls.

• Opinion: Remains of the Day: Square deal

  Apple dispatches Eddy Cue to check in with Foursquare, Brazil offers the only iPhone you'll ever see running Android, and we think one CEO's a little obsessed with the Apple TV--and it's not Tim Cook. The remainders for yesterday, Tuesday, December 18, 2012 are changing the channel.

• Opinion: 2012: the year Microsoft ran out of ideas

  2012 was the year in which Microsoft finally ran out ideas, Google resorted to paying for tablet customers, and wireless speeds increased.

• 13 December 2012

• Opinion: Remains of the Day: Measure once, cut and paste twice

  Microsoft and Apple are at each other's throats over money, so it must be a day that ends in 'y.' Elsewhere, Apple may be inching closer to a TV as one of its partners looks to lay down some acreage in the U.S. and Cupertino's latest product is at least a thirty footer. The remainders for Wednesday, December 12, 2012 are redundant and repetitive.

• 10 December 2012

• Opinion: Samsung gives Galaxy S III free 'Premium' update, adds advanced features

  Samsung Galaxy S III owners can expect a New Year's upgrade with enhancements to its camera and interface.

• 06 December 2012

• Opinion: Snapseed brings advanced photo editing tools to Android

  Nik Software's robust photo editing app, Snapseed, has finally made its way to Android. The app, which is also available on iOS, lets you edit your photos using simple gesture controls, and allows you to share your newly-minted masterpieces via Facebook, Twitter, or Google+.

• 26 November 2012

• Opinion: The Macalope Daily: All kinds of winning

  It's traditional to use the appellation "number cruncher" for someone like Horace Dediu, but that seems inadequate. Dediu does not so much crunch numbers as he vaporizes them.

• Opinion: Surface RT: ARM'd, but not dangerous

  Windows Phone's where's-my-app theme is echoed by the Surface RT, making it unlikely that Microsoft has the power to steal market share from tablet heavyweights Google and Apple just yet.

• 15 November 2012

• Opinion: App Spotlight: CallFlakes automates phone-call follow-ups

  If your smartphone was truly smart, it would give you a lot more post-call options.

• Opinion: What you need to know about accessing the Internet on a smartphone

  Robert Harris asked me to explain the technologies and concerns around smartphone Internet access.

• 07 November 2012

• Opinion: Tiny $57 PC is like the Raspberry Pi, but faster and fully open

  It would be difficult to overstate the popularity of the tiny Raspberry Pi computer that launched earlier this year, but it's just one example of a rapidly growing class of small, inexpensive, Linux-powered devices, as I've already noted on several occasions before.

• 01 November 2012

• Opinion: Remains of the Day: The world is flat

  Apple executive Eddy Cue gets a flattering write-up, Motorola gets a flat take-it-or-leave-it offer from Cupertino, and how to turn your older Mac's drives into a Fusion Drive in twenty-seven hours flat. The remainders for Wednesday, October 31, 2012 are flat broke.

• 19 October 2012

• Opinion: App Spotlight: Maluuba for Android is like Siri--without the backtalk

  There's something pretty brash about an Android app that calls out the competition right in its own name.

• 18 October 2012

• Opinion: App scanner tells you if a mobile app is safe—before you install it

  You know that Android app you're about to download? It could be a security risk.

• 02 October 2012

• Opinion: Chips off a new block

  Time was when the processor wars raged between Intel and AMD. New skirmishes are now breaking out in the smartphone and tablet mobile world, with Intel determined to make its presence known by doggedly reducing the size and power requirements of the ageing PC chip architecture.

• 11 September 2012

• Opinion: Control Windows Media Center from your Android, iOS, or Windows Phone device

  Regular readers know of my fondness for Microsoft's red-headed stepchild, a.k.a. Windows Media Center.

• 06 September 2012

• Opinion: Android hits 1.3 million daily device activations

  Just a few short months ago, back in June, Google executive Andy Rubin trumpeted the fact that more than 900,000 Android devices were being activated every day.

• 03 September 2012

• Opinion: Russia Yanks Google From Android Tablets

  If you're not happy with your Android phone or tablet collecting your data and sending it to Google, you're not alone. The Russian defense ministry announced a stripped-down and encrypted version of Google's operating ssytem, destined for government and military devices, will also be on sale to the public.

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