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This week, Chris Velazco joins me, Darrell Etherington, to talk about HTC’s new One (M8) flagship smartphone, which we already like quite a bit. The new device is HTC’s big chance to make a splash in the smartphone market, and they haven’t squandered it; let’s hope consumers are willing to give it a look. We also catch up on the Nvidia Shield, the handheld Android-powered… Read More

Over the past few weeks chatter about an upcoming Android update has significantly increased. The Android 4.4.3 update build numbers have already been spotted in bug reports and server logs, which may indicate that the update’s soak test has begun. Folks at AndroidPolice have heard from a “source familiar with the situation” that the Android 4.4.3 update isn’t going to be too spectacular. In fact, its expected to primarily fix bugs.

Since its believed to be an incremental update, its highly unlikely that Google will bundle any new features or major user interface changes with Android 4.4.3. However, it is expected to feature fixes for over two dozen bugs, so the least this update will do is make the user experience a bit better.

A complete list of fixes isn’t available as yet, we’ll have to wait on the official Android 4.4.3 changelog to be sure of what the update brings. Nevertheless, it is reportedly going to come with several connectivity fixes, such as data connection dropout, Wi-Fi auto-connect, data usage graph, internet telephony and multiple fixes for Bluetooth.

There is no word as yet about the expected release date of Android 4.4.3. Google hasn’t commented on rumors regarding this update, so its highly unlikely that it’ll even talk about the update before its actually ready for public release.

Android 4.4.3 Update Details Reportedly Revealed original content from Ubergizmo.

With the Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 from Verizon Wireless, users have the largest tablet on the carrier. This device is not the largest tablet on the market – that … Continue reading

Google TV is likely going away entirely, to be replaced by a familiar face – Android. Philips has just unveiled new Ultra HD (4K, whatever you prefer) TVs (via 9to5Google) that will be running Google’s mobile OS when they hit stores in Q2 of this year. The sets seem to be coming to Europe and Russia first, but it won’t be long before the little Android bot makes its way to all of… Read More

With the release of iOS 7.1, performance monitoring service, Crittercism, found that it was the most stable iOS build to date, with a crash rate of just under 1.6%. This is compared to previous iOS builds who have had a crash rate of over 2%. That’s pretty good, right? Sure, but now that Crittercism has released the numbers for Android, things certainly don’t look so good anymore.

According to the latest figures by Crittercism, they have found that Android in general has been more stable compared to iOS. According to their findings, app crashes on Android 2.3 Gingerbread was at 1.7%, a number which Apple has only recently managed to beat. (more…)

Report Finds Android To Be More Stable Than iOS, Less App Crashes original content from Ubergizmo.