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"We should have guessed by Motorola's lengthy explanation of why it takes so long to work a new Android update on to an existing device, that it was subtly trying to prepare us for exactly that: a long wait. Sure enough, the company has revised its update chart and the news isn't as good as we originally hoped."

"IDC just released its Q4 2011 report on tablet shipments and Apple continues to lead the market with 54.7-percent of global market share despite being down from 61.5-percent in the quarter before. Apple did increase shipments to 15.4 million units in Q4 (up from 11.1 million in Q3), but experienced an overall decrease in market share thanks to strong gains from Amazon's Kindle Fire and other Android devices from competitors such as Samsung."

"Acer has announced a new Android tablet for the UK, and it's set for release in early 2012 with a lovely, sweet surprise onboard. Yep, that's right, the Acer Iconia Tab A200 will come with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich freshly installed, making it one of the very first big-screen devices to use the new OS."

"Following on from the success of Sonic 4: Episode I on the iOS platform, Sega has made moves to ensure that this year's release of Episode II expands to Android and Windows Phone platforms."

LG is scheduling to launch an Intel Medfield Android gadget at the CES 2012. The company has planned to introduce its upcoming device at the Consumer Electronics Show, which will begin on January 10, 2012, a report suggested.

"Security firm Symantec has warned of a large-scale malware campaign inside the Google Android Market, where a series of malicious applications could have infected between 1 million and 5 million devices worldwide."

Anyone who has owned any kind of Android run device, from their phones to their Chromebooks, is well aware that their apps can be a crapshoot. But now a new method for auto tracking apps that connect to data mining or ad sites could offer a potential solution.

Opera Software ASA has announced its upgraded "Opera Mini 6.5 and Opera Mobile 11.5" Mobile Browsers for Android devices.

Google has rolled out Android ICS 4.0 update to its previous super-hit smartphone, Google Nexus S, the primary device to acquire an authorized update to the world's most-accepted and newly launched version of mobile OS.

Avast has just introduced its latest mobile security app for all Android powered smartphones and tablets, including the pure power of Theft Aware with a few incredible fresh aspects.

LG is now rolling out due to the announcement of its world's largest OLED TV at CES 2012, now has revealed that it is planning to set Android Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 (ICS) update for its Optimus series smartphones in 2012, a report from LG.

Mozilla has rolled out its latest Thunderbird 8 and Firefox 8 web browser and announced that the Firefox 8 is now available for Android devices.

"Google has released the source code for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to developers just days before the new operating system is due to make its bow on the Samsung-produced Galaxy Nexus. The move means that manufacturers can begin to customise the platform in readiness for porting onto prospective Android devices."

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Google announced a new service today, called Keep. It's a simple Note service that allows you to safely save your Notes in the cloud and access them from an Android device or from the web. Google says this should help us get rid of the usual sticky notes we all used in the past

"A recent survey has found that although Apple is the favoured manufacturer of smartphone consumers, Android devices created by HTC are pushing strongly for second place."

"HTC has used, or is at least rumoured to have used, the Ville codename before, as it was attached to the phone which would eventually become the HTC One S. Now, a new leak reported by BriefMobile has shown the specifications for the HTC Ville C."

"As mobile manufacturers scramble to get Ice Cream Sandwich onto their top-end handsets, Google is hard at work adapting the latest version of Android for their own Nexus S phone, which until the recently release of the Galaxy Nexus was their flagship device."

"After Samsung made its Android Ice Cream Sandwich update plans public, many Galaxy S owners complained about the absence of their device on the list. After all, it could hardly be described as 'past it', and the new version of the OS had been seen running on rooted phones (making it clear the hardware could support it)."

"Today's smartphones perform a number of functions for users. They can be used to surf the net, send messages, and keep updated with social media and for gaming. More and more these devices are being relied upon to serve as gaming tools. Smartphones can easily have apps installed on them which are games. In fact, some of today's most popular games began as a mobile phone game app. Revenue data is showing that more games are being purchased for mobile phones such as the iPHone or Android phones than for handheld games such as the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP."