After China finally gave Google the proverbial thumbs up to go ahead with their acquisition of Motorola Mobility, the only thing left was to finalize the deal. We thought that might take at least till the end of the week. Obviously that isn’t the case as the announcement of the deal closing is already out. They must have found no [...]

Some of you may have forgotten all about Google and their acquisition of Motorola Mobility.  I know I did for a while. Even though they announced it last August, it has been held up waiting on China to approve  the purchase. That day has finally come, but not without one condition. That one condition is [...]

Thank you as always for clicking into another episode of The ManDroid Show. Apple, I swear, why do you got to make our lives miserable? Try concentrating on make your out dated phone batter. Enjoy the show! News Topics HTC EVO 4G LTE and HTC One X stuck in US customs thanks to Apple HTC [...]

I can’t say we were all that surprised to see the Galaxy Nexus show up for direct purchase from Google. The evolution of Android and the whole technology eco system is making for some great changes and new ways of doing business. After the Gnex showed up on Google Play we predicted that there would [...]

These have been an interesting two weeks (last week writer’s block did win over me) in the Android/Google world: Samsung presented the Galaxy SIII, Google and Oracle were in court waiting for a decision that could change the IT world, Flipboard for Android was leaked and, last but not least, Google released a new version [...]

Many people have struggled with buying applications, games, books, movies and Music via the Play Store on our Android devices. Mostly due to the need for a credit card of some sort attached to your Google account to do so. Personally, I like the idea of not having carrier billing. It prevents me from buying [...]

Finally getting a ManDroid Show up this week. Sorry for the lack of shows this week but next week I will be back at doing 3. The beginning of this show is pretty ridiculous, but hopefully funny. Enjoy! News Topics Samsung teases us with the Galaxy S III’s silhouette Samsung Nexy Galaxy sign up page [...]

One thing that has upset many Android users across the globe is the lack of access to use certain features. Like renting movies or using Google Music. Much of that has to do with legal reasons and complications that stem from other countries outside the US. It looks like one hurdle has been over come for those [...]

Thank you for reading this post. Since everyone became a legal expert this week, as soon as Google Drive was launched, I’ve decided to publish the Terms of Service for reading my posts (described from now on as ToS). 1. By reading this post you grant me the right to have an opinion. 2. By [...]

The never ended yearly Nexus device trend is still in high gears since the release of the HTC nexus One. Shortly after the most recent Nexus device is unveiled, showcased and starts to sell Google gets back to deciding who will make next years device. The move to Samsung for the Nexus S wasn’t an [...]

Now we are talking. I remember the Nexus One being offered unlocked and directly from Google at launch. Some still consider it the best Android phone ever made. It is still a great phone, in our opinion. Looks like Google is getting back into the direct sales of their pure Google experience device. This time [...]

Google has finally made the official announcement of its cloud based storage system called Drive. Giving us all another option to Dropbox, Box.net and a few others. Drive lets you search through your uploaded files using keywords. It will scan the titles and the document text and return the files that fit your search criteria. Even if [...]

Writer’s block sucks and I suffer from it. Not for a lack of things to say – I have literally dozens of ideas during the week – but when it gets to the moment that I have to sit down and translate those ideas into a coherent discourse, all my thoughts get jumbled and I [...]

The entire Android world stop in its tracks when Google finally released Chrome for our devices. It was released as a beta, and will most likely stay in that status for a very long time. Take a look at their Navigation app, still in beta after all these years. The Google team has no intention [...]

Hello dear Android friends. Thanks for clicking in to another episode of The ManDroid Show. HTC still has not answered my demands for a One S! Oh well. Guess I will have to wait until the 25th like everyone else. Enjoy the show! News Topics HTC One S and T-Mobile send out invites for an [...]