Android in pictures

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  In Pictures: Chrome on Android. The tour.
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  IN PICTURES: CES 2012 - the hottest smartphones
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  SLIDESHOW: Most Anticipated Tech Products of 2012
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  7 free Siri alternatives for Android

• Samsung's Galaxy Tab 2: Five things to know

  By Brad Reed | 14 February, 2012 05:45

  Samsung's sequel to the Galaxy Tab will make its public debut next month and you may be wondering what separates it from all the other Android tablets on the market.

• Latest Droid features 'best keyboard yet,' iFixit finds

  By Brad Reed | 14 February, 2012 03:26

  It seems that Motorola has finally solved the missing piece for its popular line of Droid devices: a good keyboard.

• MediaTek lays groundwork for cheaper Android 4.0 smartphones

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 14 February, 2012 00:21

  Semiconductor company MediaTek has launched a package of components that will be used by vendors to build mid-range and entry-level smartphones based on Android 4.0, the company said on Monday.

• In Pictures: Chrome on Android. The tour.

  By Galen Gruman | 13 February, 2012 08:59

  Google is making its hot Chrome browser available to its hot mobile platform. Find out what you gain - and lose.

• Blogger exposes major Google Wallet security flaw

  By Brad Reed | 11 February, 2012 03:23

  If you took one look at Google Wallet and said to yourself, "There's no way that's completely secure," it turns out you were right.

• Japan's largest carrier to launch test service to combat Android fragmentation

  By Jay Alabaster | 10 February, 2012 23:59

  Japan's largest mobile operator is prepping an elaborate testing center, with hundreds of handsets monitored by streaming web cameras, to help software developers debug their apps on the growing morass of Android devices and software versions.

• Androids don't age well compared to iPhones

  By Daniel Ionescu | 10 February, 2012 01:57

  Apple's iPhone is a better investment than any other smartphone because it has a higher resale value than an Android device, and it's also less expensive to own. That's according to a study from Priceonomics.

• Pre-rendered pages highlight latest Google Chrome release

  By Brad Reed | 10 February, 2012 04:29

  You're familiar with autocomplete. Now get ready for auto-page rendering.

• Symantec: Building on specialisation

  By Patrick Budmar | 29 July, 2011 08:41

  ARN caught up with Symantec Pacific region vice-president and managing director, Craig Scroggie, during Symantec Partner Engage 2011 to talk about the security vendor’s channel strategy, partners specialising and the current security landscape.

• Android's Ice Cream Sandwich update and why it takes so long

  By Ross Catanzariti | 13 February, 2012 11:44

  We explain how and why Android updates take so long to be released.

• A user's guide to Android Ice Cream Sandwich

  By Armando Rodriguez | 27 December, 2011 01:26

  After months of waiting, the Galaxy Nexus (and by extension, Android 4.0, aka "Ice Cream Sandwich") is finally here. We've already done an extensive review of the hardware, so here we will be looking much more closely at Ice Cream Sandwich. Whether you are an Android veteran or a smartphone first-timer, this new version of Google's mobile operating system has a few things you should know about before getting started.

• Tablets in 2012: What to Expect

  By Melissa J. Perenson | 09 December, 2011 01:48

  What will tablets look like in the coming year? Tablets are out of their infancy and moving into adolescence--which means that we can expect big changes ahead as tablets' design and components improve.

• IN PICTURES: Best Free Android Apps of 2011

  By Eric Mack | 24 November, 2011 10:39

  From word games to new social networks and streaming services, it was a very good year for beefing up your Android device without having to drop a single dime. Here are some recommendations.

• Nine Kindle Fire apps for getting work done

  By Angela West | 17 November, 2011 13:00

  The consensus of most reviewers of the Kindle Fire is that it's useful as a media consumption device, but not as an erstwhile laptop replacement like the iPad. While that may be the case, the Kindle Fire is cheaper than its Apple counterpart, and it still supports a wide range of productivity apps--especially when you take into account that you can sideload any Android application that you want.

• What smartphones will be like in 2012

  By Jared Newman | 12 November, 2011 01:31

  Since the advent of the first modern smartphone--arguably the original Apple iPhone in 2007--the power of these mobile computing devices that also happen to make phone calls has advanced by leaps and bounds.

• Want Siri on your Android phone? Try these apps

  By Edward N. Albro | 09 November, 2011 01:52

  Wouldn't you like to have your very own gofer dedicated to doing all the menial tasks you hate? That's a big part of the appeal of the iPhone 4S: Siri, the voice-driven virtual assistant, turns anyone with a couple hundred bucks into a CEO attended by a full-time lackey. But can you get the same kind of slavish devotion from an Android phone?

• Mobile deathmatch: Apple iOS 5 vs. Google Android OS

  By Galen Gruman | 13 October, 2011 06:24

  After months of hype, Apple has released iOS 5 for current iPhone 3G S and 4 owners, for iPad and iPad 2 owners, and for third- and fourth-generation iPod Touch owners. But the fact is that iOS doesn't exist in isolation. It competes with Google's Android OS, and the group of smartphones running Android now significantly outsells the iPhone. (It's a different story in tablets, where the iPad is trouncing everyone, including Android.)