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Nokia plans to offer handsets at prices below even the cheapest Android phones, as the company reveals more of its game plan to regain market share and relevancy in the smartphone market.

IPhones topped usability studies, according to Harvard students, followed by WIndows Phones, suggesting Microsoft's struggling platform may become a formidable contender.

Apple's courtroom battles against Samsung, HTC and Motorola may be a proxy war on Google's Android OS, a complicated undertaking with potentially large rewards.

Apple and Google continue to dominate the smartphone market, as the two companies look for ways to continue their momentum and squash Microsoft and Research in Motion's bid for a comeback.

A new Civil War may be brewing in the U.S., this time over mobile operating systems, as a study indicates Android and iOS preferences run along state lines.

Google is accusing the consortium that outbid it for Nortel's patents of colluding to weaken its Android OS, a claim the Internet giant may continue to voice as competition for mobile patents grows.

Malware developers are targeting Android mobile devices more than ever, indicating Google's open mobile platform may draw even more attacks as the mobile industry keeps growing.

New malware discovered on Android Market can record phone calls, as increased malware continues to present new problems for Google's mobile operating system.

HTC filed a lawsuit against Apple in the U.K., raising tensions between the companies in an ongoing legal feud between iOS and a leading Android device maker.

Google's Android operating system captured nearly 50 percent of the smartphone market worldwide, according to research firm Canalys, dominating the Asia-Pacific region and intensifying its battle with rival Apple.

Apple passed Nokia and Samsung to become the largest smartphone maker in the world, highlighting the worldwide and continued success of the iPhone.

Android phones appear to have a high return rate, prompting questions about its impact on Google's OS market share.

Toy artist Andrew Bell is releasing a new line of Android robot collectibles, racking up more pop culture cred for the tiny green mascot.

Google started rolling out Android 2.3, dubbed "Gingerbread," to AT&T's Android phones released in 2011, as the company looks end the fragmentation created by different versions of its operating system.

Android malware may be transmitting personal user data to unauthorized computers, indicating increasing security vulnerabilities in the OS and drawing criticism and concern, especially as Android devices grow in business and government usage.