Samsung and Google were originally slated to have an event at CTIA this past Tuesday to announce the new version of Android, but it was not to be. In the wake of the death of Steve Jobs, both companies decided to postpone the event. We finally have a new official date; October 19th in Hong Kong at AsiaD.
The tablet war has pretty much been a two horse race: Apple vs. Android. (Yeah, we know about the PlayBook, but let’s be realistic.) And that race has been like a blowout as the iPad 2 has been galloping away from the competition pretty handily. Microsoft’s hoping to hit the ground running with Windows 8 sometime soon, however, and they’ve just got a boost from Dell, who says they plan on heavily supporting the upcoming operating system.
RIM can’t seem to get back on its feet. Amidst falling sales, and shareholder discontent, the smartphone make is now dealing with a three-day long service outage that seems to be spreading, rather than abating. The outage started in the Middle East as well as parts of Europe and Asia, but now reports indicate that it may also be affecting some US and Canadian users.
A few months ago, a company called BlueStacks announced it would be developing software that allows user to run Android apps on a PC. To everyone’s surprise, BlueStacks has followed through, and the alpha version of the App Player for Windows is available as a free download. This hefty 116MB installer comes with 10 pre-loaded apps and the ability to install more. 
If we were creating our own cloud service mega-corp and had our own mobile platform, one of the first things we'd do is make a fully optimized mobile app for every one of our services. Sadly, we don't own a controlling interest in Google, but the Internet juggernaut is making an effort to integrate all of its cloud services with Android phones and tablets. This week's example is Google Docs.
Civil liberties groups are up in arms today with the news that California Governor Jerry Brown has vetoed legislation that would have forced police to obtain a search warrant before searching the mobile phones of suspects upon their arrest. The veto means that for the time being, anyone arrested in California can be forced to submit to a search of their phone. These days, that essentially means handing over your entire life to officers.
Verizon’s 4G LTE rollout has been accompanied by a market increase in the price of smartphones. Most of the carrier’s 4G models have been starting their lives at a $300 price point. The new Samsung Stratosphere is arriving on October 13th with LTE in tow, and it’s just $150 on contract. That’s half as much as the new Droid Bionic.
Managing your phone’s storage can be one of the toughest chores for an Android power user. With the amount of media content we go through these days, a few extra pictures or videos can be the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back. Between local storage, microSD cards, and cloud services, managing the limited storage space on your Android device is tougher than ever. Until now, thanks to the SanDisk Memory Zone app.
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