When we saw the first video of Google’s augmented reality, full vision glasses all we wanted to know is when we could get ahold of a pair. Now it seems that the full vision dream that we all see in videos may not become a reality. The glasses are now being described a bit differently as floating above the user’s line of vision like the brim of a hat.

This can be seen in the concept drawings of the Google glasses as a small bar about eyebrow height on one side of the glasses. The design alone shows that the glasses would not completely cover your line of sight. Google has already submitted patents with the design above for both prescription and non-prescription to confirm this will be the near final design.

While we are a bit disappointed in the actual design there is still a good use for glasses that don’t cover your full vision. While we wont be playing the first person shooters that we have seen using the full line of sight earlier concepts we will likely see some useful features like facial recognition and navigation.

With Google Drive so close to launch with a free limit of 5GB Google has now upgraded the limit for Google Docs from 1GB to 5GB. This storage limit increase is quite possibly due to the face that the 5GB limit for a free Drive account will be the same. You can however increase your Google Drive storage to 100GB if you have a paid account and when its available.

Google Drive however currently will price out at $0.25 per GB but could of course change at time of it’s release. The current documents available on Google Drive shows that there will be a great integration of Google Docs and Google Drive creating a thorn in the side of Dropbox, Box.net and other Remote storage services.

It looks like Philips will be releasing a new line of Android tablets to consumers in China. From what we currently know the Philips tablets will have a 7 inch display and will be running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich out of the box. The new Philips tablet will also be running a MIPS CPU instead of the popular ARM or x86 processors in most high end tablets.

Google has stated that they have plans to increase support on the MIPS processor and will bundle support in their developers kit with a compiler for it. Now that Google has taken notice and is increasing the support we may see the MIPS processor used for more than just inexpensive low end tablets. It doesn’t sound like we will see this new Philips tablet in the US.

While we have seen Google’s Android OS grow rapidly with 850,000 activated devices daily and over 50% of the market share does Google make much from it? All reports currently show that Google still makes more from iOS than its own Android OS. The reports that we have dove into show that Google makes not only more but almost four times more from iOS than Android.

Where does Google make their money with iOS you might be thinking? Well since Google is a search company and not a software company they are profiting from iPhone and iPad from ad revenue.

“seeing a huge positive revenue impact from mobile, which has grown 2.5 times in the last 12 months to a run rate of over $2.5bn.” Notice how he used the word, “mobile?”

Asymco has charted out revenue difference based on operating system and it seems 2010 was crazy for iOS and very slow for Android:

While they may be in competition Google does not have ill thoughts toward Apple’s iOS. Since it looks as though iOS is easily Google’s largest revenue generator for mobile income we can assume they will continue to offer iOS search capabilities.

We have talked about Google’s competition to Box.net and Dropbox called Google Drive and will allow you to start with a free 5GB. It has been announced that Google Drive will be released next week to Android, iOS, PC, and Mac. We have heard that it could be as soon as next Tuesday although no confirmation yet.

Google does beat out Dropbox’s 2GB with its 5GB free although Box.net seems to be the largest threat to Google Drive. We use both Dropbox and Box.net and love them both but with Google being able to integrate their remote storage system with their other services like Gmail and other Google services they do have an advantage.

We will go ahead and assume that Google Drive will not be your only source of online storage since these days 5GB is not enough for most people they will be a huge contender in the market. Let us know if you will be moving to Google Drive and how you like it if you do.

Sprint has put out an ad for their mobile controls that curiously shows what looks like a Samsung Galaxy Note in the ad. While we don’t have definitive information on a release of the Phone tablet hybrid on the “Now Network” you have to take this ad as a sign that they will be getting the popular device at some point soon.

This could be a marketing mishap or even a graphic designer that just happened to find an unbranded image of a Galaxy Note and figured it fit but those on the Sprint network can at least have the hope that it may hit the carrier in the coming months.

Google seems to have been caught off guard with the insane sales of the Amazon Kindle Fire and have now decided it was time for them to follow suit. The Amazon Kindle Fire has sold more tablets that any other Android manufacturer to date and thus made incredible profits from its ability to only download apps from their Amazon Market (without rooting it). Google now with the mention of their Google Nexus tablet plan to do the same thing subsidizing profits from the tablets with the Google Play Market.

Google says that they should be able to sell their Google Nexus Tablets for around $200 helping to reposition the Android Market experience and putting the App sales back into their court. Google plans to debut tablets by Asus and maybe even Samsung and sell them under the Google or “Nexus” name for around that $200 price point.

While we don’t have all of the details now the Wall Street Journal has confirmed that Google will be selling the “Nexus” tablet directly to consumers through an online web store. This should also keep costs down. As more information comes available we will be sure to let you know.

It looks like Google is developing a voice activated remote control for Google TV according to many sources around the net. Google filed for a patent last year for a remote and Android application that will use the Google Cloud assisted voice recognition technology for Google TV. This patent is for a device that will allow you to use your voice to navigate around the Google TV menus. Make no mistake that while being compared to Siri that Google has been working on these technologies since late 2010 with their Voice Actions.

The patent filing states that Google TV users will be able to talk to their Android powered device or special Google TV remote. The commands will then be sent to Google voice recognition servers to be analyzed and then sent to the Google TV unit for actions. This will also allow for control of the TV remotely to start programs before we ever get home so that everything is running when we get there. There will also be music controls and application commands included so that you can completely control the unit with voice commands.

the provision of the query to the television may occur when the user is within a set distance of his home also (e.g., by determining with GPS functionality on the smartphone that he is within 1/4 mile of the home), and the television may be turned on automatically as he approaches the home, with the television tuned to a channel that is determined to be most relevant to the query

Please let us know what you think about the new feature that Google will be including without the TV unit and if it will be useful or not for you. As we get more information and a release date is set we will be sure to let you know.

Google acquired Motorola Mobility has been approved by the DOJ (Department of Justice). Google started the acquisition process the middle of 2011 to try and merge Motorola Mobilities patents with their own to create a very powerful portfolio. Google has been set on patents to defend against Apple’s onslaught of litigation over the last year or so.

Manufacturers like Samsung and HTC were told by Google that Motorola will not receive any special treatment. Many people look at Microsoft and Nokia and wonder if Google and Motorola will turn into the same beast. Google has stated this will not be the case and Eric Schmidt said that Android will remain open source after the acquisition. Google has also stated that Motorola will remain a separate business entity as to not create a situation that will effect other Android phone manufacturers.

We look forward to seeing Google grow and remain an unbiased partner to other manufactures like Samsung along the way. Android takes all of them to create the great products that make it what it is today.

Recently a Google Wallet vulnerability was announced that allows an attacker to crack a users 4-digit pin quickly. The PIN is used to protect users against unauthorized purchases which creates a waterfall for anyone wanting to steal cash through your device.

Cracking the Google Wallet PIN is only possible (according to Google) if the device is rooted and does not have some sort of lock screen security enabled. If this is the case then anyone can install an app on your device that will reveal the 4-digit PIN that you have created for Google Wallet. After that the hacker can just spend you money through your phone all day long.

Google is aware of the issue and is working on a fix now. They did however offer a statement for users to take note of:

The zvelo study was conducted on their own phone on which they disabled the security mechanisms that protect Google Wallet by rooting the device. To date, there is no known vulnerability that enables someone to take a consumer phone and gain root access while preserving any Wallet information such as the PIN.

We strongly encourage people to not install Google Wallet on rooted devices and to always set up a screen lock as an additional layer of security for their phone.

What it comes down to is if your using a rooted device don’t put Google Wallet on it until there is a fix for the loophole. According to Google if your running your stock Android ROM you have nothing to worry about. We say either way just make sure you don’t lose your phone or let people use it you don’t trust and you should be good.