The smartphone has come a long way since the first iPhone launched in 2007. While Apple’s iOS is arguably the world’s first smartphone operating system, Google’s Android is by far the most popular.

Ryne was ostensibly a senior editor at Android Police, working at the site from 2017-2022. But really, he is just some verbose dude who digs on tech, loves Android, and hates anticompetitive practices ...

Over the next several weeks, Android 1.6 will be rolling out to customers via an over-the-air update. In addition to a number of user-facing features such as a new Android Market and a faster camera ...

Android OS 1.6, codenamed “Donut”, has been released to application developers with relatively little fanfare, at least in comparison to the previous 1.5 “Cupcake” version. The list of new features ...

The very first commercial release of Android happened on September 23, 2008, exactly ten years ago today. The debut of the Android operating system came bundled with the HTC Dream, a.k.a. the T-Mobile ...

The Android Market, the little green robot's version of the App Store, is receiving a desperately needed update. This looks pretty slick, and should hopefully make the current, arduous search for apps ...

Google has released a preview SDK for the long awaited next version of Android: version 1.5, a.k.a "Cupcake". I'm happy to report that this time it's for real, and not just another rumor. Android 1.5 ...