Category: Android
The budget end of the smartphone world is always a tad scary. This, the ZTE Blade V, has a 5 megapixel camera with flash, 4GB of internal memory, a microSD card slot and a quad-core 1.2GHz CPU. That’s a good start. Not only that, but if you’re a …
Blackberry haven’t fared too well in the handset game in recent times which is in direct contradiction to their newest partner LG. An announcement made by Blackberry today confirms that the two companies are teaming up in order to bring BBM to all new LG Android handsets starting …
Some more images of the rumoured Oppo R1 have surfaced. This time they are hands on from an anonymous source. GSM Insider picked up some images from Weibo they come below. Rumoured specs to go with the images are that the device will include an 8 MegaPixel Camera, …
The latest update to SwiftKey keyboard brings improvement to the installation process, but most importantly also brings a bit of winter cheer with a new keyboard theme. After switching over to the new “Ice” theme, you’ll be greeted by a deep blue background with snow-capped keys that drop …
My lunch break has become increasingly interesting in recent years. I meet new people and literally bump into them as I head out to grab a sandwich. It’s the “phone zombies” – those people who walk down a street staring at their phones. They put walking and avoiding …
Here’s a challenge for you. Name one, just one, 10” Android powered tablet that is worth the time and effort, let alone the money, of investing in. Take 10 minutes for a think and a quick internet search and come back when you have drawn the same blank …
Dropbox has been the online storage choice for many. However, if you’ve checked the app recently you’ll have noticed a pretty significant update. It’ll now let you manage those magical shared folders that you can invite your friends to view. Now send a link and invite people directly …
Its a Samsung Galaxy S4 and its pink. We’ve seen blue handsets, silver ones, black ones, white ones, red ones and now we have that much demanded and sought after colour, pink. On pre-order now and available from January, Phones4U will be exclusively offering the Samsung Galaxy …
I must admit I’m a heavy Evernote user, I use it for everything – shopping lists, I take a picture of where I park the car, and when ever I buy anything on line I always clip the receipt/order confirmation page to Evernote. An update to the Evernote app is …
There has been an update today to the BBC’s iPlayer radio app for Android which sees several enhancements. The main feature to be added is support for widgets, now you can add your favourite station straight to your homescreen and scale the widget to the size that you …
It’s bendy, it’s curvy. No, it’s not an Olympic gymnast, it’s the LG G Flex. EE have announced that the device will be arriving in selected stores this weekend. You’ll be able to try out the device and have a play with it but you can’t purchase it …
The publishers of the massive runaway success that is Hill Climb Racing have launched their follow up title, Fail Hard. Fail Hard is another physics based game, this time you are a stuntman trying to rise from the bottom to the top via a series of ever more …
The GamePad will launch in European markets for Android phones between 4-inches and 6.3-inches, and be compatible with devices running Jelly Bean or higher with Bluetooth 3.0. It goes without saying special attention has been made to Samsung phones, and the “most convenient features optimized for Samsung Galaxy devices running …
Sony announced a while back that the Z1 and Z Ultra would be getting the upgrade to Android 4.4 KitKat early next year and that there would be an intermediate update to JellyBean 4.3. The time for the 4.3 update has now arrived and it is starting to …
Samsung seem determined to make a Galaxy device for everyone, a perfectly good business model, but in the process of doing so seem to come up with some very strange names – the Core Advance? Is it a core phone or an advanced phone? Anyway strange names aside …
We’ve seen cheap tablet devices before. We usually cover then when deals appear, but until now we’ve always classed £79.99 to be a cheap price. DATAWIND, however, have today announced their new tablets and prices start from just £29.99 including VAT. Yes, a tablet for less than 30 …
If you’re looking for a good deal on an Android tablet for someone this Christmas, then Amazon might be worth a look. Currently you can pick up the white Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7-inch for just £119.99. Sure, it’s not going to set your pants on fire, but …
HTC is continuing to keep their promise of providing updates to their recent handsets with an over the air (OTA) update to the HTC One mini. Android 4.3 improvements are well documented; the update includes improved multi-tasking, music player improvements and an updated user interface. However, the big …
Cutesy graphics and addictive gameplay are abound in the latest release from UK based developer Matmi with the release of their smash hit game Rollabear on the Android platform following the runaway success of the iOS release in October. Featuring the new festive trio Puddin’, Nick, and Rudolph all of …
Oppo Style, the European distributor of Oppo phones, has put together a Christmas bundle which will be of interest to anyone after a sub-£200 SIM free phone. From now until Wednesday 18th December you are able to buy an Oppo R819 phone with a screen protector and ‘rock’ …
Sonic The Hedgehog 2 has been available on your mobile for a while now, but this new version has been remastered, earning it the title.. Errrr…. Remastered. After 21 years Sonic the Hedgehog 2 has been redone with better graphics, audio and new content including a new boss …
Let’s talk Smart TV’s shall we? They’re pretty rubbish aren’t they? I bought one of these, thinking I’d be sitting there with my 3D glasses on watching some movies on Netflix or videos on YouTube. However, by the time the clunky interface has booted and you’ve sat through …
That’s right now due to a recent update to Google Play Books you can carry all of your digital library with you and easily access more of it when out and about. All you need is a web connection and an Android device and you are good to …
Got a Samsung Galaxy SIII? Do you call it an SIII or an S3? No, we don’t know either, but it’s a pretty nice handset either way. If you’ve got the LTE (4G) version then you should check for updates today – the phone should be ready to …
Google Keyboard is a solid alternative keyboard, that actually comes pre-installed on many devices. It’s often hidden away by a HTC, LG or Samsung keyboard instead. Well to cut a long story short Google have updated their own keyboard app and now it has an option to have …
A lockscreen on your phone is an essential part of the smartphone experience, over the years we’ve seen various attempts to add further functionality. We’ve seen manufacturers like HTC, LG and Samsung add app shortcuts to the lockscreen, we’ve seen Motorola add fancy notifications to the lockscreen and …
Instagram is rather popular these days, now available on most platforms (even including Windows Phone). It’s a photo sharing service that allows you to post pictures and images and your followers can see them, but what if you have a photo you only want to share with one …
SwiftKey is possibly the most popular third party keyboard, it’s predictions are eerily accurate and sometimes ludicrously absurd. They have a beta version allowing you to try out the latest version for free and this latest version has lots of smiley Emoji built in. Along with the hundreds …
Following a patent ruling against HTC in a case bought by Nokia an injunction was placed on the sale of certain HTC handsets in the UK. At the time the judge said “If the licensee has no right to sell in the UK, then a purchaser from the …
Having an infra red blaster on my phone has recently become something that I can really appreciate. The app offerings from HTC, LG and Samsung are a bit basic or they get bogged down with TV listings and the like. What I wanted was something I could fiddle …
Meet the Galaxy Note 3. We’ve already penned our Samsung Galaxy Note 3 review and we were pretty impressed. It’s powered by a quad-core 2.3GHz CPU and has 3GB of RAM with a 13 megapixel camera. Big yes, but it’s popular too. 10 million of these have gone …
Santa, as you know, will be unloading his sack in your front room very soon. On Christmas Eve you can not only track his movements on Google Maps, but you can also now follow the jolly fella via this Android app too. The app includes lots of little …
If you’re a GMail user then, if you’re honest, you’re probably never offline. However, if you do ever disconnect yourself, you’ll know that setting a vacation message is a bit of a pain. Currently in GMail you’ll need to log onto the normal web interface to set it …
Tiny Run Seasons is a seasonal version of the Android game Tiny Run. It is in effect a racing game except instead of driving something you are running. In this seasonal version you play as Santa running along snowy levels in a race against such characters as Bruce, …
Barely a day goes by without us mentioning Oppo in some way shape or form and today is no different, thanks to Oppo posting a teaser image on Weibo the Chinese social network. The rumoured specs for the Find 7 are going to be top end if it …
It was hinted at a short while ago (here to be precise) but it is now official, Spotify users can now stream music for free on the iOS and Android apps, but not Windows Phone yet. This now brings the apps in line with the desktop version of …
Almost everyone knows of Angry Birds now and Rovio have fired out another game continuing the series. This one is a little different to the usual fling the birds at the pigs. The birds are driving cars. Check out the trailer below. The game has come to the …
When Google launched Android Device manager it was purely as a web interface. This however has now changed as the new Android Device Manager app has appeared in the Google Play Store. The app will help you to locate devices associated with your Google account, reset your devices …
As we all know, Christmas is a time for giving. It’s also about eating too much, drinking too much and generally embarrassing yourself and having arguments with the family too. Before you know it, we’ll all be back at work in January and trying, somehow, to get through …
Earlier in the week we covered the leaked Asus Padfone Mini and now, according Engadget China it’s now official. It’s the marriage of a 4.3″ (960×540) Android handset with a 7″ (1280×800) dock and comes with a Snapdragon MSM8226 quad-core CPU running at 1.4GHz. Running on Android 4.3 …
