Category: Android
The Galaxy Note 8.0 is rumoured to be announced at MWC at the end of the month. As time passes more and more information is starting to appear about it. A few weeks ago initial details appeared and it seemed like it was going to be priced and …
Over what has seemed like about the last year I have been mentioning the March of the Droids event in Manchester. I looked at the calendar yesterday and realised it is basically just a month away. If you can’t remember what the March of the Droids event …
Both the Nexus 4 and Google Now are both products that Google should be proud of. So why not make a little video showing them off in real life. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpaLZOjqMew So are you inspired to go and join the waiting list on the Google Play Store? I am …
Introduction OK so this device has been out for a while.. but with limited availability we’ve struggled to get hold of a review unit.. well now we have one! You all know about the ridiculously high resolution screen, but how does the rest of the device perform? What’s the overall experience like, …
Don’t you love a leaky Korean? Err… That didn’t come out right. Don’t you love it when a Korean website leaks a series of new LG handsets ahead of their planned announcement? There, that makes more sense. LG’s L3, L5 and L7 are quirky little square(-sh) phones. This …
With the rumor mill in full swing after HTC announced an event was to take place on the 19th February, just days before the start of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the hot news of the moment is the new flagship device from HTC we all expected to …
The Xperia Z has swamped the Sony headlines recently, but there are more devices on the horizon. One of which has shown its face on German site Android Hilfe going by the name Xperia SP. Originally known with the working name of C530X, the Xperia SP is photographed …
Just days after the surprise news from Three that LTE will cost no more than existing plans do here in the UK, they have now released the new Ultrafast version of the Galaxy S3 which allows DC-HSDPA connections of up to 42mbps as well as LTE for when …
If you’re an owner of a Sony Xperia T or Xperia V you can look forward to getting an update to 4.1 Jelly Bean this month. However, if you rock an Xperia TX then you’ll have to wait until March, but at least you know it’s coming. A …
I know what you’re thinking.. “Hey Leigh, why isn’t there a way to make my lock screen more fun? I’d love to fill it with animated GIFs that change every few seconds. Also, by writing all this down you won’t need an introduction to the news item you’re …
So, picture the scene. You’re home after a long hard day and you’re hungry. Sure, you could head back out again and queue up in a chip shop, curry house or Chinese. Yes, you could keep hammering re-dial on your phone to trying to get through to your …
I don’t know about everyone out there, but I have not found a very easy way to sync my phone’s notifications to my desktop both easily and reliably…..until now. Android Desktop Notification is super easy and reliable. It doesn’t push things immediately, but I am sure that the …
I am an avid user of iPhones and I have been for the last 4 years and I’m currently getting bored of iOS, yes, bored. I have been wondering what to get next and the opportunity to review one of HTC’s top end devices arose, so I jumped …
Google have published the latest details showing which versions of Android people are running out there. Whilst it shows some good news it also contains some quite worrying info as well. Version Codename API Distribution 1.6 Donut 4 0.2% 2.1 Eclair 7 2.2% 2.2 Froyo 8 8.1% 2.3 …
Yeah, we know, it’s been available on the iPhone since 2011. But now, at last, Android users get a 4oD app too. Grab the free app here and you can enjoy “a wide selection of programmes” from Channel 4, E4 and More 4. You can select from the …
MWC is coming, we’re going to be there and so are lots and lots of manufacturers. Including LG by the looks of it, no doubt spurred on by the success? Of the LG Nexus 4 and the LG Optimus G. They have posted a video on their YouTube …
Teasing. It’s what a good launch is all about. The odd bit of information here and there, sent out just before the big event. We’ll be reporting live from the big HTC launch in just a couple of weeks, but this rather strange image has appeared on BestBoyz. …
Apps that make you go ‘ooh, that’s pretty’ are a rare breed on Android, but the newly released Carbon Twitter client is one of those apps. (Free here on Google Play) It has a dark theme, with bold, contrasting large fonts which are most definitely easy on the …
Nip down your local supermarket and you’ll find plenty of 7″ tablets. They’re pretty cheap and the 7″ screen size has become the norm if you’re looking for a budget tablet. Now Asus, makers of the Google Nexus 7, plan to stick a phone into a tablet and …
Come, my online friends. Come sit with me. Have a look across this lovely winter skyline and let me talk to you about HTC. I want to tell you something about my experiences, because about 10 years ago I bought a HTC Canary smartphone. Nobody, and I mean …
ZTE and their Blade range has been a bit of a mixed bag, the original Blade took the world by storm. It offered great specs for a great price. The Blade II wasn’t quite as impressive as it was quite a bit behind the competition at that time. …
It’s fair to say the Amazon have had some great success with the Kindle Fire tablets. The tablets sport some great specs (nothing ground breaking though) and a nice low price tag to match, making them great for family use and ideal for children. Today Amazon have announced …
The Motorola RAZR i is one of those phones that for me personally seems like the ideal package. A smallish chassis, decent spec, memory card slot, decent camera and a price that wouldn’t break the bank. One thing put me off slightly when it was released and that …
Recently a group of Canadian devs got the inert 4G chip working on part of the 4G spectrum after using the Google Nexus 4 factory images. They were subsequently pulled from the Google Developers page, probably because of licensing concerns from the chip makers. Anyway they are now …
Samsung has announced two low cost Android powered smart phones. These being the 3.5 inch screen Galaxy Frame and the 3.3 inch Galaxy Young, both of the handsets you will agree have a strong resemblance to the Galaxy S3 and the Note 2. We previously heard about the Galaxy …
Another day closer to MWC and another product that’s meant to be on show soon. This time it’s the turn of ZTE. Spec wise it seems to be a pretty basic device, which begs the question”why bother” neither high end or entry level. Here are the specs: Size …
Hey, there’s one thing we all agree on, right? Yeah. Trademarks. Patents. Legal battles. It’s all getting tiresome. Samsung, despite being involved in several legal battles with Apple, have decided to poke fun at this situation in an advert shown last night. The ad, which appeared during that …
How do I start this? Hmmm… I know. I’ll do what Microsoft did and completely lie. Right, here goes… When you’re looking for “a present” on your browser and don’t want your wife to find out, you can now use Private Browser. It’s fairly self-explanatory really. This password-protected …
By the sheer number of handsets sold Samsung are the world leader in mobile devices. The Galaxy range of devices have become a massive hit and from the excellent Note II to the Galaxy SIII, their range of Android devices have taken the world by storm. It comes …
Infographics are normally a bit naff, made up by some PR firm to push their latest product. Well HTC have posted one on that shows various photography methods through the ages and then ends on a note that sort of backs up what we have heard about the …
A lot has been said about the HTC M7 or whatever they decide to call it. We’ve seen no end of leaks about specs, the construction, the software and now interestingly we’re hearing about something related to the camera. The camera on a device can make or break …
The Sky+ app has been a firm favourite with most Sky TV customers for quite some time, but this latest update is a biggy. Now, just like Zeebox, the app will let you fully control your viewing. A new panel has been added and shows all the TV …
So the much hyped Carbon for Android finally makes it onto the Google Play store, if you are not familiar with it then Carbon is basically a twitter client that has a nice interface, thats it. I’m not going to go into a full fledged review of the …
Its been a while coming, but Three have just released the JellyBean update for the HTC One X. This will update your One X to Android 4.1.1 and Sense 4+, which means you’ll also be able to get the Playstation Store on your phone as well as all …
I’m quite a fan of large phones, I’ve owned both of the Galaxy Notes and before that I owned a Dell Streak. With each and every one I always found myself balancing the phone on a narrow edge or just shoving it my rucksack to carry it around. For …
It’s safe to say that there’s been a seismic shift in the way we use and access the Internet. Back in the old days you’d go and buy some incredibly overpriced PC and then spend several years upgrading it, installing apps from DVD’s and suffering those “interesting” Windows …
Do you know that feeling when you just have to have something? Well during my time with the Nexus 7 I have experienced it three times. First of all when the damn thing came out. The thought of a Nexus branded tablet was too much for me and …
There is something appealing and somewhat geeky about a phone with two SIM cards in it. Having your work and your personal SIM cards in one phone is the main use for this sort of phone. When I tested one out a while back I used a Giff …
With MWC creeping closer every day, more and more leaks are appearing of gadgets that are expected to be announced at the event… the latest is the Asus Memo Pad 10. The bigger brother of the Asus Memo Pad 7, the Memo Pad 10 looks like it’ll have: …
Morning Coolsmartphoners. Got a few quid knocking around? You do? Fancy investing in an “iffy” Android tablet which probably won’t hold its charge and will be rubbish on WiFi when you’re more than 4 feet from the access point? You DO?! Well, have a nose at this. It’s …
