Review: Price for Simplicity in New Google Phones  Wed,
07/03/2013 - 8:49am ANICK JESDANUN, AP Technology Writer  In
this undated photo provided by Google, the Samsung GS4 Google
Play Edition is shown. Google has worked with both Samsung
Electronics Co. and HTC Corp. to come out with a “Google Play”
edition of their hit phones. Instead of using customized
software from Samsung and HTC, the Google phones run a pure
version of Android, as developed by Google. (AP Photo/Google)New
York (AP) — Two new Android phones will look and sound familiar
to those who have been paying attention to phones.   And that's
a good thing.  The modifications Samsung and HTC apply to
Google's Android software are meant to be improvements. But I've
complained before about how the changes actually make phones
more complex to use. The S4 even has an easy mode for first-time
smartphone users, an admission that the normal mode is too
confounding.  Google worked with both Samsung Electronics Co.
and HTC Corp. to come out with "Google Play