The first reviews for the Samsung Galaxy Gear rolled in last week, and just as we suspected, they weren’t all that positive. While almost all had good things to say about the device, they also agreed that it was rushed and unfinished, lacking key features, and in need of improvement in a number of areas — most importantly in notifications and battery life.

But while the device itself may not be all that impressive, its first TV commercial is.

HTC has officially published its Android 4.3 expansion plans for its flagship One smartphone. On Friday the President of HTC America, Jason Mackenzie, confirmed on Twitter that the 4.3 Jelly Bean update for AT&T’s carrier-branded HTC One has passed network certification, and will start to push out over-the-air early this week.

Verizon is in the process of rolling out a minor over-the-air (OTA) update for the HTC Droid DNA. Although it doesn’t bring the eagerly awaited Sense 5 or Android 4.3 to the handset, it’s still quite a significant stability update that we would advise all users to download.

I love Google Glass, and wear mine almost every day. But Glass could never succeed as a consumer product as is. It’s funky and clunky, fragile and — worst of all — socially unacceptable.

Here are my suggestions the Google Glass team for how to fix all these problems and make Google Glass the killer consumer product of the decade.

It’s Sunday, the day of the week when Cult of Android brings you its report on some of the best apps we have been using throughout the past week.

This week we have been trying out a very useful note taking app, an ultra-customizable Twitter client, a gorgeous live wallpaper, and last but not least, a very useful widget.