Category: Android
It was called Android Market at one point, then it all changed and became Google Play. Now a new version is about to hit your Android-powered phone and the boys at Droid Life have sneaked a look at the all-new version… The fourth iteration seems to be cleaner …
Gemini Devices have been plugging away for a few years now with their budget tablets. This year they are doing something slightly different. Luke Prodromou, Head of Product Marketing at Gemini Devices had the following to say. “With so many Tablets to choose from we wanted to offer …
HTC have suffered somewhat this last year. Samsung, with a massive marketing budget and good quality handsets, have bashed the company over the head. It was clear that the next HTC flagship had to be something special. Something to help bring the company back into the forefront of …
The marvel of engineering that Samsung proclaimed as its octa-core chip will not be making it to Galaxy S4 handsets in the UK. Recombu has received a statement from Samsung reiterating…. The Samsung Galaxy S4 is equipped with a 1.9GHz Quad-core AP or a 1.6GHz Octa-core AP. The …
During Mobile World Congress I spoke to Marcus Frost. He’s the Senior Marketing Director at Motorola and, although Moto weren’t launching anything new at the event, I wanted to discuss how Google were changing the company. In November 2011 Google purchased the company, mainly for the patent portfolio …
Missed it the first time? Missed it the second time and the third time? Why are you like eh? Quick, before you do anything else, get over to the Google Play store and bag your Nexus 4. The 16GB version is on the shelves at £279, which is …
Can you remember the Acer S500 Cloud Mobile? Well I can, I reviewed one last year and it was a great little phone with a great spec, a great screen, amazing sound quality, a decent camera and now it has a great price. Expansys are one of the …
I love Google Currents I don’t know why but I prefer it to Flipboard, now Google Currents got itself an interesting update today with support for editions that contain audio. It looks like you’ll now be able to play audio from within the application itself, complete with a …
A day doesn’t pass without either HTC or Samsung posting some information about their upcoming devices. Today is no different, today is the turn of HTC and they’ve posted two videos about BlinkFeed their rather controversial new home screen addition. Take a look. HTC have come up with …
The much fabled Google Keep has today finally appeared in the Google Play Store. It is a note-taking application that facilitates the quick capture of thoughts and ideas via a variety of means – voice recordings, pictures or simply text. With these features, it promises to let you …
The HTC One and the Samsung Galaxy S4. They’re both fantastic handsets, but which is faster? There’s only one way to findout! FIGHT! A comparison with the benchmarking too Geekbench. Speed and memory performance was compared and, by the looks of these results, the Samsung Galaxy S4 simply …
Following our earlier report on the HTC One delays, HTC Chief Marketing Officer Benjamin Ho has revealed a little more information to the Wall Street Journal We…are working tirelessly with all of our channel partners to ensure that we can fulfill as many orders as possible. We will …
Along with last week’s announcement of the Samsung Galaxy S4 came a plethora of awesome accessories to enhance the S4: the S Band Fitness Bracelets help with keeping track of exercise and work with the S Health app; the Wireless Charging Plates save the fuss of wires when …
Are you sitting comfortably people? I’d suggest getting yourself a cup of tea and a chair. Samsung have posted a host of videos on YouTube showing their latest software additions in the upcoming Galaxy S4 off. Starting with this intro video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBtKf3LS_JI S Translator S Translator is Samsungs …
HTC as part of their current push to market the HTC One have gone out to Times Square in New York and showed the HTC One off a little bit. Having spent about an hour with the HTC One myself having held it, I now really want one …
Sony Mobile have today announced two brand new Xperia handsets: the Xperia SP and Xperia L. Featuring the stunning designs fans have grown to know and love, these new smartphones are added to the Xperia Z to complete Sony’s Spring line-up. The Xperia SP prides itself on its stunning 4.6″ …
Google have (finally!) updated Gmail for Android to take advantage of the the notification actions that were introduced in Jellybean last summer. Users can now reply, archive or delete directly from the notification curtain if they’re running Android 4.1 or higher. It’s a really useful feature which Google …
Most generic car kits just aren’t man enough for the Samsung Galaxy Note II, so Kidigi have addressed this with a nice, meaty dedicated kit. Kidigi are a specialist third party mobile technology accessories company from Hong Kong that caters for most popular handsets (they even do Blackberry …
A new note taking service from Google called Google Keep briefly saw the light of day yesterday before being taken down again shortly after it was discovered. The discovery was originally made by the 1E100 and with several screenshots having surfaced thanks to Android Police. Google Keep allows …
Mailbox, the iPhone app designed to ease the pain of trying to clear your inbox on a daily basis, has gained a lot of attention since its launch, helped no doubt by the waiting list system the team have used to manage the rollout, allowing the app to …
There’s bound to be some fierce competition between the HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S4. Both handsets aim to grab that elusive smartphone crown and it’s fair to say there’s no love lost between the two companies (check out what HTC had to say about the S4!). So …
Last night in New York City something rather large happened. You may have noticed. The Galaxy S4 was announced and to mark that occasion we’re going to have a special edition of the podcast. We’ve pushed it back one day and tonight we’ll record it and get it …
Google and LG have been criticised a lot recently. First of all for not having millions of the Nexus 4 phones waiting for people to buy. Secondly once they sorted out the Nexus 4 stock people started to complain about the official case. The official bumper has been …
Before the release of the announcement of the Galaxy S4 we heard lots of rumours about ‘Eye scroll’ technology being built into the phone. We didn’t quite get the ‘Eye scroll’ rumoured but what we did see feature on the S4 is Smart Pause and Smart Scroll. Both …
As we saw last night Samsung released their new flagship phone, the Samsung Galaxy S4. While general reaction to the phone has been a little mixed (many people on my Twitterl timeline simply described it as ‘meh’, it hasn’t taken HTC very long to get the claws out. …
Got yourself a Samsung Galaxy S2? Yeah? Good aren’t they. Sure, the S4 has been announced now but I’m with you brother. The S2 is a bloomin’ good handset still and, if you’re on Vodafone, you can now get yourself Android 4.1.2. We’ve had a tip from Matthew …
Just yesterday we looked at the UK networks and checked to see who was going to carry the Samsung Galaxy S4. The only network who hadn’t confirmed were O2, but they’ve just uypdated their Twitter feed with confirmation that they too will be carrying the handset. You can …
By now the news is everywhere. Andy Rubin is leaving Android, the project he brought with him to Google in 2004, to work in their famous Project X department (responsible for Google Glass). There are many theories as to why Andy Rubin has left the effort – some …
Last night Samsung announced the Galaxy S4 in New York City. Leigh detailed the Galaxy S4 specs just a few hours ago. Along with the lengthy and rather peculiar event, Samsung have posted a video which shows the key features of the S4. The software features seem to …
So yes, those leaks were right and yes, you can control it using your eyes. In a somewhat strange cabaret-style launch in NYC this evening we were treated to some of the features of the all-new Samsung handset. First though, the official specs. It’s powered by Android 4.2.2 …
Come on in, grab a seat. This is going to be a late one, if you’re in Europe at least. In New York everything is just about to kick off. You know what to expect – the Samsung Galaxy S4. We’ve seen pictures, we’ve seen videos too. Are …
Yesterday we posted the first content on the new HTC One which has attracted a lot of attention before it goes on sale this Friday. Of course there will be lots of questions from readers who want to know things before they go out and spend a large …
As you will be well aware by now, the Samsung Galaxy S4 is going to be launched at the Samsung Unpacked event this evening – we’ll be covering it live here. It appears, however, that we may not need to wait for the event to know what is …
We’ve heard rumours that the new Samsung Galaxy S4 will have eye-tracking technology. Last year, when the Galaxy S3 launched, we saw the “Smart Stay” technology. This held the backlight on provided your eyes were looking at the screen. The S4 is said to build on that, perhaps …
If you were part of the LG Mobile device team I’d imagine you’d be panicking today. The whole world awaits the next Galaxy device from Samsung and you and you’re team would be wondering what to do. Then they remember they have access to the billboards above the …
Ok, it’s finally here! The last post I made about the Pebble was back in January where I roughly estimated that we’d have our Pebbles with us by the end of March, so my estimate seemed pretty realistic. Those that backed the Kickstarter project are more than familiar …
The LG Optimus G is an odd phone, sort of announced months ago at the same time as the Nexus 4. It never made it to these shores and has only just been made available. It has better specs than the Nexus 4 and a higher price as …
Time for a quick round-up on which networks will be picking up the Samsung Galaxy S4. Now, if I’m a betting man, I’d put £10 on all of the networks picking it up, but here’s how things stand currently.. T-Mobile T-Mobile have stated that they will carry the …
Random Chinese website? Check. Pictures that match leaks we’ve seen so far? Check. Images that seem to confirm that the S4 looks like an elongated S3 with a slightly different battery cover? Check. This time though it’s more than just pictures. We now have specs too. Specs which …
In a move that I can only describe as baffling, Google have announced that their free online news reader app, Google Reader, will be shut down on July 1st. The system alllows you to read and process RSS news feeds (like our very own one here) in a …
