Category: Android
The Motorola X Phone seems to be a mythical beast. Ever since Google bought Motorola Mobility early last year there have been rumours of some sort of amazing Google phone being produced by Motorola. Would it be a Nexus? Will it be the most powerful phone ever? Will …
Despicable Me was a great film and the Minions for me made it a bit better. Most people you talk to about the film refer to them at some point and what better way to get people excited about the upcoming sequel Despicable Me 2? Release a game …
Asus look to be building on the success of their original Nexus tablet, if newly published FCC test results are to be trusted. They’ve been playing about with a tablet that’s referred to as the Nexus K900. Tech specs aren’t quite high-end, but still pretty juicy, pointing towards …
Pop along to any major supermarket and you’ll no doubt find a bargain-basement 7″ tablet. Those cheap tablets will usually have a fairly large frame around the edge of the device but, for keeping the kids entertained, they will do. Now, imagine lopping less than an inch off …
Since Google recently updated the Play Music Android app I’ve seen hundreds a few people who have accidentally used up a lot of data by streaming music over 3G. It seemed the app was caching tracks a bit too pro actively. Well this mornings update seems to have …
HTC are doing some market research and they’d like to hear from you. You’ve just pulled out your HTC smartphone, but what are you going to do with it? Are you looking for news or updates from social media? Perhaps you’re just checking email or text messages? That’s …
I like it when big name companies update their apps to follow guidelines for design. I also like it when big name companies add tablet support for their apps. So when I saw the new eBay app update I was quite happy. They’ve only gone and done both. …
Yesterday the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom was announced. It seems to be becoming a marmite device, some people like it and some people hate it. Personally I think there is definitely a need for a product like this, it’s just for me the design seems a bit off. …
Printing should be easy, press print and you’re done. It never seems to be the case though. Especially if you’re trying to print from a mobile device. In the past Google Cloud printing has been a matter of setting up your printer and pc and then relying upon …
Cameras on our mobile phones seem to be the be all and end all of life these days. It is how we capture moments of our lives to remember them later on down the line. The HTC One has a great camera and it has a few method …
Most modern day handsets have to be stress tested. To see quite how much of a battering they can take. Accidents happen, both to us and our possessions. We cannot prevent every mishap, but we can prepare for the worst. Smartphones can be used anywhere and everywhere, and …
Two of the biggest and best smartphones available on today’s market are the Samsung Galaxy S4 and the Apple iPhone 5. With both devices possessing impressive performance specifications, immersive touchscreen displays and multi-tasking capabilities, it is certainly a close battle. So, here is a comparison of two smartphone …
Remember last year Motorola announced a few phones and didn’t really bother to try and sell them in the UK? they left it to retailers like Expansys to sell them instead? Well if you always liked the look of the Motorola RAZR HD then now might be your …
The Vodafone Smart III (aka Alcatel 975) is an entry level Android smartphone with an eye on those who want something a little different; something fun, functional and funky (you can have that one, Apple, if you’re after a tag-line for iOS7!). I’ve got one for a week, …
Well, we expected it, you all saw the leaked images. It’s the love child of the Samsung Galaxy Camera and Samsung Galaxy S4. That x10 Optical Zoom camera is a 16 megapixel unit and has “enhanced SMART modes, IOS 24-240mm, F3.1-F6.3″ (I’m guessin gthat the photography buffs will understand that. …
It has been reported that Google has bought the social mapping/GPS app Waze. Never used Waze? Well, we’ve been tracking it for a while now and reviewed it in 2011. Waze is a free GPS app that’s available on both iOS, Android and Windows Phone, but it’s star …
Do you remember Snake? Back in the days of the earlier Nokia handsets I remember playing the brand-new “Snake” game in the pub… oh, no sorry.. err.. I mean I was in Primary school. Yes, that’s where I was. Now, just a couple (ahem) of years later Carphone …
One of the exciting things about Android is the launchers you can install. Oh and task launchers and things that look like other OS’s and apps like this one. Taskbar is a Windows style start button and task bar for Android and with a little tinkering you can …
There’s no denying it, Huawei make some very good phones. The Ascend P2 is just around the corner now and Phones 4u will have an exclusive onthe little blighter in white. The handset, which you can pre-order it on their website now, features a 13 megapixel camera, 1.5GHz …
On stage yesterday the Apple CEO stood to talk to developers about why they should choose iOS over anything. Mentioning competitors directly, he showed the OS version fragmentation on Android and compared it to iOS. Some 93% of iOS users have iOS 6, whilst on Android there’s a …
A few people have left HTC recently and now they’re continuing with the re-shuffle. Meet Lorain Wong, she’s going to report directly to Chief Marketing Officer, Benjamin Ho. Wong will be in control of public relations, media and analyst relations and corporate communications. Let’s hope that she can …
OPPO aren’t a household name, but they’re starting a bit of a stir in the world of Android with the OPPO Find 5. Well, now it seems that there’s a little’n on the way – the Find 5 Mini. We’re still at the rumour stage with this one, but …
Lately I’ve been changing things around at home. No, before you even think it, I’m still happily married and no, it’s got nothing to do with a new kitchen. This is all about saving some cash… although, at the same time, it’s also about me fixing my laziness. …
Another month and you know what that means, it is time for me to get a new case for my Xperia Z. Those of you who have read my precious reviews will know that I have been using a Leather book style case for my phone up until …
A few weeks back we expected the Samsung Galaxy S4 to sell more than 10 million handsets. The Samsung Electronics co-CEO Shin Jong-kyun told reporters that it would happen last month but according to analysts this hasn’t happened. Shares dipped on Friday after J.P. Morgan analysts advised that …
The LG Optimus L5 II is an interesting little phone, plasticy, lightweight and covered in fingerprints yet still it is an appealing little phone. Introduced as the middle device in the 2nd generation of budget “Optimus L” phones, there is also an L3 and a L7 which are …
Nope, I’ve never heard of them either, but they’ve sent us a press release to promote the release of this, the quad-core disgo 9200. £179.99 will get you an Android 4.1 tablet with a 1024×768 pixel 9.7″ capacitive display. 2GB RAM, 16GB onboard flash, microSD expansion and a …
Just yesterday we spotted this leaked picture of the Samsung Galaxy Ace 3. Now it’s all official, and we’ve just received the press release below to confirm. Powered by Android 4.2 (Jellybean) it has a 4″ 480×800 WVGA display, 1.2GHz dual-core CPU, 5 megapixel rear camera and a …
The BBC Weather app is the latest in a growing arsenal of high quality Android tools from the Big British Castle. I’ve had many weather apps over the years. Many have been terrible and most concentrate any premium features on the States. The BBC have kept things simple …
So you’ve taken a nice picture and want to edit it. What do you do? Well, some handsets have some on-board editing tools and you could shove a picture into Instagram but here’s something a bit more in-depth. Fotor is a complete multi-platform solution. You can get in …
Now and again something different comes along. An app or service that is unlike anything you’ve ever seen before, well this app is a bit like that. Yes we’ve seen many many Android Launchers over the years but I’ve never seen one like this. Everything.me Home basically adapts …
The Ace has for the last few years been the more affordable, lesser specced range to flagship S, although it has been further bumped down by the S3 mini and forthcoming S4 mini. However for the budget conscious shopper the Ace continues to offer a great introduction to …
Samsung can’t keep anything secret. They really can’t, EVERY product that people are even slightly interested in gets leaked. It’s really starting to get annoying and continuing the trend the rumoured Galaxy S4 Zoom has appeared online. The specs leaked out online last week and it sounded a …
The 6″ large phone market is heating up. There are no end of devices due to be released that all have a screen size around about 6″ and HTC are rumoured to be releasing something that will probably be better than the lot of them. Unless you like …
Facebook Home is Facebook’s own launcher that allows you to easily see your friends Facebook posts and updates from the homescreen. It will shortly its first major update and includes the following new features: · The ability to change who can see something you’ve shared · Sending multiple photos in …
You know what’s going to happen here don’t you? Two very expensive phones are going to get completely ruined just to show us how breakable they are. The footage below has been filmed by a mobile insurance company called Protect Your Bubble and it shows just what happens …
OPPO are an unkown quantity to many in the UK. It’s no surprise then that the launch of their latest flagship, the Find 5, was virtually undetected. I saw it on their web store and was so intrigued that I spent my own hard earned 399 Euros (about …
If you’re quick and order a Galaxy S4 before Wednesday you’ll get a free personalised case worth £24.99 courtesy of Expansys. After ordering you will get a unique voucher code which you can use with Skinz The case in question is one of their hard cases and you …
Google have recently been unattaching various core apps from the underlying ROM. This basically allows Google and the user to update these apps seperately and with no network/carrier inrerference. So far Gmail, Calendar, Hangouts and YouTube have been published separately. Now with the keyboard Samsung and HTC owners …
Apple have infringed on a Samsung patent. That’s the ruling of the International Trade Commission (ITC) in the USA. It could mean that older models of the iPad and iPhone are banned from sale in the country as the companies continue to lock horns of patents. The ruling …
