Android Overload: Study shows VoLTE drains battery twice as fast, Samsung spent $4 billion on marketing in 2012, and more

• Chris Chavez
• 12 years ago

• Kik updated in the Play Store to version 6.0. Adds new “cards” for sharing YouTube videos, pictures, and sketches. [Google Play]
• Clay Jam new for Android. Brings unique, handmade “claymation” visuals to the Play Store. [Google Play]
• Microsoft warns users about Google “Scroogling” them. [Scroogled]
• Toshiba announces CMOS-based TK437 13MP image sensor for mobile devices. [Toshiba]
• Huawei Honor 2 passes through the FCC with US 3G HSPA bands. [FCC]
• Study shows Voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) could slash battery life in half. We’re gonna need bigger guns. [FierceWireless]
• Google Maps Navigation comes to Mexico. [Twitter]
• DeNA and Square Enix pair up to bring Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade to the US Google Play Store. [PressRelease]
• Who needs Google when you have the Calvin and Hobbes search engine powered by… Bing (blech!). [C&H]
• Microsoft Internet Explorer… sucks less. [YouTube]
• AT&T comes in dead last for Consumer Reports’ US carrier ratings. [BriefMobile]
• HTC Droid DNA kernel source now available on HTCDev.
• Samsung spent $4 billion in 2012 on marketing. Cuts in on Galaxy profits. [Asymco]
• App Annie report shows Google Play Store profits rising 17%, while iOS remains stagnant at .7%. [AppAnnie]