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Randy Arrowood
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I'm a 40 something early adopter of all things technology. I was first in line to buy both my original Verizon Droid and my Apple iPad 1. I don't hate your phone or tablet choice, but I've probably got an opinion about it. Aside from my family, the only things that I love more than a new gadget are fly fishing and going to the ballpark. Ocassionaly I find a way to blog about both. Though I'm only one more Foxconn story away from being fired, I've been writing for Android Headlines since March 2011.

Steve Ballmer: Microsoft just can't compete with Google
Sep 22, 2013 · By Randy Arrowood
Steve Ballmer: Microsoft just can't compete with Google
No, that title is not a quote from the article where Steve Ballmer called Google…
Sep 22, 2013 · By Randy Arrowood
Google TV or Chromecast? Which One Is Better?
I reviewed the Vizio Co-Star Google TV back in May, the TL;DR summary: I loved…
Aug 26, 2013 · By Randy Arrowood
AH Primetime: Android isn't a threat to traditional home consoles
Over the weekend Nate Swanner at Android Authority wrote a piece proclaiming that console gaming…
Jun 25, 2013 · By Randy Arrowood
AH Primetime: Cheap and Free to Play games won't save the Nvidia…
Roger Cheng wrote an opinion piece for c|net on Thursday of this week giving his…
Jun 22, 2013 · By Randy Arrowood
AH Primetime: Don't buy the Galaxy S4, the S5 will be better
Whether you love it or hate it, the Samsung Galaxy S4 has risen to iPhone…
Jun 14, 2013 · By Randy Arrowood
AH Primetime: The REAL issue with Galaxy S4 Google Edition
JR Raphael wrote a piece about the issues surrounding the Galaxy S4 Google Edition, and…
May 29, 2013 · By Randy Arrowood
Android Developers Clean Up at I/O
Google I/O really isn't the SWAG party that everyone makes it seem, it's a developers…
May 15, 2013 · By Randy Arrowood
Review: Vizio Co-Star Google TV
Oh come on, yes you have heard of Google TV. We may be late the…
May 07, 2013 · By Randy Arrowood
HEY! 80% of my Android apps are available on Windows Phone 8!
Yeah, only they aren't. I heard about this Switch to Windows Phone app last week…
May 01, 2013 · By Randy Arrowood
AH Primetime: Did you hear the one about Samsung cloning the Google…
Dan Rowinski from ReadWrite.com did a nice piece about the, uh, similarities between the new…
Apr 27, 2013 · By Randy Arrowood
Samsung Unpacked 2013: Ineptitude On Display, Not a New Flagship Phone
I didn't have the chance to see the Samsung Unpacked 2013 event live, and in…
Mar 16, 2013 · By Randy Arrowood
Mozilla CEO Sees Plenty of Room for Firefox OS
Mozilla CEO Gary Kovacs went to Barcelona this week for Mobile World Congress, and he's…
Feb 26, 2013 · By Randy Arrowood
Bada-BOOM! Samsung won't fold Bada into Tizen afterall
It was just this past January when Samsung's Senior VP of Content Planning Tae-jin Kang…
Feb 25, 2013 · By Randy Arrowood
Meet the HTC (don't call me S, V or X) One, HTC's…
"if a tree falls in the woods and nobody is around to hear it does…
Feb 20, 2013 · By Randy Arrowood
Samsung's rise leading to their downfall? Part 3 of 3
In Part 1 of this series we looked at the Samsung SAFE Program. We also…
Jan 28, 2013 · By Randy Arrowood
Samsung's rise leading to their downfall? Part 2 of 3
  In Part 1 of our series about the rise of Samsung and the potential…
Jan 25, 2013 · By Randy Arrowood
Samsung's Rise Leading to Their Downfall? Part 1 of 3
If you know anything at all about Android, you know that Samsung dominates the landscape.…
Jan 24, 2013 · By Randy Arrowood
Fear Not For Your Privacy, the U.S. Congress Will Take Care of…
Another day, another stupid idea from one of the jackals in the United States Congress.…
Jan 18, 2013 · By Randy Arrowood
Samsung Set to Announce a 5.8" Phone?
I'll confess to not knowing a lot about Sammobile, but that doesn't mean that this…
Jan 18, 2013 · By Randy Arrowood
Google Withdraws Certain Patent Claims Against Microsoft
Google had their come to Jesus moment with the Federal Trade Commission over this whole…
Jan 09, 2013 · By Randy Arrowood
Nvidia: Project Shield Will NOT Be a Loss Leader
If you haven't heard of it yet, Nvidia unveiled their Project Shield Android gaming platform…
Jan 08, 2013 · By Randy Arrowood
Eric Schmidt: "We're pounding Apple like Microsoft used to"
OK, so I paraphrased the quote a little, but that sums up the statement that…
Dec 12, 2012 · By Randy Arrowood
Featured: Top 10 Best Android Phones Rankings – August 2012
  Looking to buy a New Android Phone or See how your Current Phone Stacks-Up…
Aug 06, 2012 · By Randy Arrowood
Sponsored Android App Review – Ourcast
Ourcast for Android by Ourcast Description Ourcast is a simple weather forecasting application, but its…
Aug 02, 2012 · By Randy Arrowood
Featured: Android Headlines Friday App Spotlight – OnGuard
It's been a pretty wild weather year where I live. We live on top of…
Jul 20, 2012 · By Randy Arrowood
Featured: Top 10 Android Tablets, Monthly Power Rankings – July 2012
  1. Google Nexus 7 Previous Rank: New Release I guess a complaint could be…
Jul 17, 2012 · By Randy Arrowood
Featured: Android Headlines Friday App Spotlight – Aviary Photo Editor
I have a degree in Commercial Photography and spent a lot of years as a…
Jul 13, 2012 · By Randy Arrowood
Featured: Top 10 Android Phones Under $100
I've had to take step back lately from some of my responsibilities at Android Headlines,…
Jul 12, 2012 · By Randy Arrowood
Featured: Android Headlines Friday App Spotlight – Can I Stream It?
In my house, we watch a lot of movies. When I say a lot, I…
Jul 06, 2012 · By Randy Arrowood
Featured: Top 10 Best Android Phones Rankings – July 2012
  Ranked #1 - Samsung Galaxy Nexus Previous Rank - #1 Comments: Even with the…
Jul 03, 2012 · By Randy Arrowood
Featured: Google's Project Glass Popular for Pornographers?
PC Magazine's Sascha Segan, forever more known as Mr. Obvious, took the low road yesterday…
Jul 01, 2012 · By Randy Arrowood
Featured: Is Google TV doomed? Don't count it out just yet.
John Biggs at TechCrunch posted a piece last night about the coming demise that he…
Jun 29, 2012 · By Randy Arrowood
Featured: The Top 5 Features in Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
I think that Hugo was expecting a little more applause from those in attendance at…
Jun 27, 2012 · By Randy Arrowood
Featured: Google+ App Finally Tablet Optimized
I guess now that Google is producing their own tablet it was high time for…
Jun 27, 2012 · By Randy Arrowood
Featured: A Look Back at the Ghosts of Google I/O Past
I love Google, I really do. But sometimes with love comes criticism, and as we…
Jun 24, 2012 · By Randy Arrowood
Featured App of the Week Spotlight: Clipper
  Clipper is a very handy little clipboard manager utility that stores the text that…
Jun 22, 2012 · By Randy Arrowood
Featured: AH App of the Week Spotlight – Password Generator and mSecure
This is the first installment of a new weekly feature that we will be doing…
Jun 20, 2012 · By Randy Arrowood
Featured: Top 10 Best Android Tablets, Monthly Power Rankings – June 2012
    1. ASUS Transformer Prime Previous Rank - #1 New monthly poll, same old…
Jun 18, 2012 · By Randy Arrowood
Featured: Android App Review – Mimic Circus
App Title Mimic Circus by United Fun Traders Description Mimic Circus is a newer photo…
Jun 07, 2012 · By Randy Arrowood
Featured: Top 10 Best Android Phones Rankings – June 2012
Ranked #1 - Samsung Galaxy Nexus Previous Rank - #1 Comments:This phone lands at the…
Jun 04, 2012 · By Randy Arrowood
Featured: Android Headlines Friday News Blowout! Oracle, Google and Samsung!
Oracle v Google - The Billion Dollar Loss It's a fact: Oracle thought they had…
Jun 01, 2012 · By Randy Arrowood
Featured: Android Headlines Friday News Blowout – It isn't over yet Google!
You might have seen the news all across the blogging world, but in case you…
May 25, 2012 · By Randy Arrowood
Featured: Top 10 Best Android Music Streaming Apps
Everyone loves free music, but if you want legitimate access to a huge catalog of…
May 22, 2012 · By Randy Arrowood
Featured: Microsoft wins USA import ban against Motorola Android devices
Google and Motorola took one on the chin today when the International Trade Commision upheld…
May 18, 2012 · By Randy Arrowood
Featured: Kindle ads coming soon to your Fire?
Amazon has been selling subsidized, ad supported Kindle eReaders for several months, the ads had…
May 18, 2012 · By Randy Arrowood
Featured: Android Headlines Friday News Blowout…Verizon,Verizon,Verizon!
I was really looking forward to the HTC One series of devices coming to Verizon…
May 18, 2012 · By Randy Arrowood
Featured: When does different become fragmented?
Back at CES in January Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt took part in CNET's Next…
May 16, 2012 · By Randy Arrowood
Featured: Top 10 Best Android Tablets, Monthly Power Rankings – May 2012
Looking to buy a new Android tablet, or see how your current tablet stacks-up against…
May 16, 2012 · By Randy Arrowood
Featured: Android Headlines Friday News Blowout.. AT&T, PopCap, Oracle and Samsung
A lot of the news stories thru the week pass me by during the day…
May 11, 2012 · By Randy Arrowood
Featured: Android Headlines now has a Google Currents Edition
  I have loved the idea of Google Currents from the beginning, but after the…
May 10, 2012 · By Randy Arrowood
Featured: Top 10 Best Android Office Suite Apps
Nearly every Android phone comes with a pre-installed bloatware crapware handy office file viewer apps these…
May 10, 2012 · By Randy Arrowood
Featured: This Tizen tizzy is nothing to get worked up about
Tizen, in case you weren't aware, is a new Linux based mobile OS that has…
May 09, 2012 · By Randy Arrowood