Mobile gaming is an industry that has experienced some truly awe-inspiring growth. Mobile platforms have matured from offering little more than side-scrollers (Canabalt or Angry Birds) to offering some elaborate and beautiful 3D games that rival many older console games. There are games that were state of the art when I was a teen, like Grand Theft Auto 3 or Max Payne, which are available on Android and iOS that run just as well, if not better, than they did on my PlayStation 2. And even those aren't the most mind-blowing or best mobile games available. In this video, we show off  some of ...

10 million Samsung Galaxy S 4 units was the number we expected officially from the company after reading reports concerning the success of this year's flagship coming from South Korea. Right on schedule, the phone-maker officially announced global channel sales for the Samsung Galaxy S 4 exceeding 10 million devices. As a quick reminder, it took the original Galaxy S seven months, the Galaxy S II five months , and the Galaxy S III 50 days to reach the same number and we can't say we're surprised as we predicted the Galaxy S 4 will be the best selling Samsung phone ever. Furthermore, ...

Google is on a bit of a tear lately, updating apps and services across the board. We follow up the recent changes to Google+ with an update for the Android Drive app, giving the program a new look. The Now-ification of Google apps continues with Drive's new card-based layout. You can swipe these around to navigate through your shared files, and there's a new quick preview mode. For those of you who like to work with documents on your phone – and not just view them – the new Drive gains some additional editing tools. When working with spreadsheets, you can now adjust cell alignment and ...

Earlier this month, we finally started to see all the rumors surrounding Motorola's X phone come together to take physical form, upon the discovery of imagery of an "XFON" apparently getting ready for AT&T. Then we saw what appeared to be the same handset hit the FCC as Motorola model XT1058, again showing support for AT&T's network. Since then, there have been signs that the XFON might also be in the works for other carriers, like a CDMA version arriving as model XT1060. Today, we've got yet another XFON contender to look at, with a Motorola model XT1056 for Sprint making its own ...

HTC's 2013 Androids have thus far been generally higher-end devices. Sure, the First is no One, but specs like that 4.3-inch 720p screen make it clear that this is no bargain-basement model. We all knew that trend couldn't last forever, and sure enough, we're now getting a look at some lesser Androids to help fill out HTC's handset lineup, upon the discovery of evidence pointing to both the Desire 200 and Desire 600. The first thing you should notice is the naming: gone are the days of the Desire C and Desire V, replaced with a system reminiscent of Nokia, or even Qualcomm and its SoC ...

A lily white version of Google's Nexus 4 has been teasing its existence for months now. We've had the chance to look at it from seemingly every angle under the sun, and it's pretty darn attractive. Of course, the big problem is that, now half a year since the Nexus 4's retail launch, this white version has yet to go official. As such, the white Nexus 4 has been tied to any number of rumors of refreshed Nexus 4 hardware, the idea being that Google would use the phone as an instrument by which to introduce some other new Nexus 4 feature, like proper LTE support (as opposed to any radio ...

The captain is the last one to abandon a sinking ship. HTC's Peter Chou promised that he'd resign as the CEO of the company if the HTC One isn't going to bring the Taiwanese manufacturer above the floating line. However, until then, some important crew members have either left, leaving, or urging fellow HTC-ers to leave. Is HTC sinking? Jason Gordon, HTC's vice president of global communications, tweeted that his last day at the job was this Friday. Chief Product Officer, Kouji Kodera, left the company last week, alongside global retail marketing manager Rebecca Rowland, director of ...

Millions of shoppers turn to Consumer Reports for unbiased, in-depth comparisons to help them shop for anything from cars to chainsaws. That includes smartphones, and we've looked at the company's ratings a number of times in the past. CR recently reviewed the Samsung Galaxy S 4, and found itself so enamored with the smartphone that it gave the handset its ranking top-spot. Previously, that first place smartphone slot was inhabited by the LG Optimus G. Despite being a solid phone, it's not a particularly popular model, so it's really almost surprising to see it hold on to "best smartphone" ...