Opinion

Now that we’ve had a bit of time to digest yesterday’s bombshell news that Apple are suing HTC over 20 patent infringements, the majority of which seem to be related to the Android software rather than HTC’s hardware, we ask; why didn’t Apple sue Google? We also whip out the crystal ball and try and guage what this all means for Android and what happens next.
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Steve Jobs recently strongly criticised both Google and Adobe at an employee conference. He also drew a line in the sand for the fight between Google Android and the iPhone, claiming that Apple will start to update aggressively enough that Google won’t be able to keep up. But what exactly do Jobs’ comments mean for Android? Click the link to see our thoughts. Read more

So, with this site having been going for a few months now, we decided it’s high time we spruced the place up a bit, as it was beginning to look a little on the shabby side. To that end, we’ve moved host and have given the place a few licks of paint. Hopefully you’ll like … Read more

  We here at This Android Life are going to be on a short break over the festive period, so this will be the last post for a few days.  I’d like to take this opportunity to wish all our readers, contributors and interviewees a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Have a … Read more

If you’ve been following Android-related news over the past few days, you’ll surely have spotted the recent comments from French software company Gameloft, that they intend to scale back their development for Android (I won’t rehash the news here or go over why I think it’s a bad move for Gameloft, but if you want … Read more

Just under a year ago, on November 6th, 2008, ‘Mystic’ Steve Ballmer gave the world a prediction on how he saw things going for Google Android’s future. At the time, Ballmer was speaking at a Telstra annual investment day and when asked about Android, he claimed that designing the phone OS wasn’t going to be … Read more

I just stumbled across an article on the PC World magazine detailing what they see as the main obstacle that could halt the Motorola Droid in it’s race to be the iPhone killer that people are hoping it will be. I read on, hoping for an insightful article on the flaws inherent in the Android … Read more

I’ve touched on this issue before, but, according to CNN, security analysts are predicting that smartphone targeting malware is set to become more popular given the current trends in users taking up smartphones.  For the moment, the majority of malware instances for phones are targeted at specific individuals or vulnerable phones in the immediate locale, … Read more