Google is software company. Its business model is profit through Ad delivery. Relying on a software company to deliver world class hardware such as a mobile phone that rivals the iPhone is akin to ordering Pizza in an English fine dining restaurant. This ICS “upgrade” is a joke.

If you haven’t been following the digital transformation of the Chinese media, here’s some news for you: a newspaper in Beijing has developed a tablet that will carry its content exclusively. The 7in device runs on Android and a custom OS. Funded mostly by the Government, this tablet doesn’t need a real ROI to succeed. [...]

Though industry pundits are still arguing about Android’s dominance of the smartphone market, I seriously think the dust has settled: there are the diehards and there are the wannabes. The diehards will never leave their platform of choice, and the wannabes will be buying the latest gadget that hits the shelf. With China’s Xunlei and [...]