About Scott Spence
I have been following the android community since November 2009 about a year after it’s inception, and have owned many an android phone in the years since, check out my phone history here: goo.gl/JrKOt
I’m all about android and like nothing more than voiding warranties on new handsets, I’m also trying to actively learn more about android development and building AOSP and CyanogenMod from source
Pebble – the watch that connects to your phone
I think I’ve had my Pebble for at least a week now and I can say I really do like it. It’s not massive on the wrist, which was my initial concern, my wife tried hers and said it was [...]
Pebble unboxing and first impressions
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 [...]
Nexus 4 factory images back on Google Developers page
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 [...]
Carbon (yet another) Twitter client
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 [...]
Pebble shipping 23rd January
Great news everybody! Well great news for Pebble watch Kickstarter backers, Eric Migicovsky announced that Pebble will be Shipping on January 23rd. If you don’t know what a Pebble watch is basically it’s a watch with a ‘epaper’ display [not [...]
Pebble to make announcement at CES 2013
Pebble backers will be receiving an email hinting at the Pebble watch being shipped some time after CES 2013 with an announcement being streamed live @ 09:00hrs PST (17:00 GMT) on Wednesday 9th January I like many backers can’t wait [...]
Nexus chaos
So today is the day [apparently] that those of us that were lucky enough to order a Nexus 4 will receive their shiny new bundles of shiny from the TNT delivery man. There have been sporadic reports of people getting [...]
LG Nexus 4 system dump available for download
We all knew it wouldn’t take long, so here it is a full system dump of the Nexus 4. It’s only a matter of time now before we start to see modded versions of the software working on non Nexus devices, we [...]
Android 4.2 camera app leaks
So yesterday we had the Android 4.2 Swype like keyboard leak and today we have the Camera leaking with landscape and portrait panorama and the awesome looking sphere camera. If you haven’t checked out the videos by the Verge [...]
How much storage do you need?
With the impending launch of the Google Nexus devices, specifically the Nexus 4 there are a lot of complaints about the lack of storage/expandable storage on the next line of the Nexus devices. First: Google Nexus devices do not and [...]
Ubuntu Nexus 7 Installer App Released to Devs
If you have a Nexus 7 you’ll be able to try out Ubuntu on your device now. I tried yesterday and, unlike the OMG Ubuntu posting states, it’s not quite polished as yet. However, as far as you would know [...]
Pebble watch update
For those of you with an interest in the Pebble ‘e-ink’ watch crowd sourced via Kickstarter project an update was sent out this morning, although there were no shipping dates confirmed it looks like Eirc and his team have been [...]
Confirmed – Sony Nexus a hoax
We all had an inkling from the dodgy Sony label on the back of it, but we’ve just had confirmed. The Sony Nexus that ‘leaked’ on Monday was indeed a fake. There’s a quite interesting read on how the ‘faker’ [...]
Three pushing Jelly Bean update to Galaxy S3 – updated with reader screenshot
UK mobile operator Three has started pushing a Jelly Bean update to the S3 If you own a Samsung Galaxy S3 you may be receiving a software update notification of a 286mb update! This is the Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean [...]
Android binaries update JRO03R
Google Developers updated their binaries for the Nexus line last night with noteworthy changes mentioned by JBQ to be: “for grouper (i.e. Nexus 7), the new binaries support GPS, and include a high-precision touchscreen firmware.” What does this mean for [...]
Horn, the love has gone
I’m not a real mobile gamer, not really a console gamer anymore but after seeing the trailers for Horn I was immediately transported back to playing the Legend of Zelda on my Nintendo Wii and was quite keen to give [...]
Pebble shipping in October?
People are receiving their Kickstarter funded Pebble watch order confirmations today and as an added bonus you can change your mind, I myself ordered two black Pebble’s and received the confirmation email this morning asking me to confirm my shipping address and [...]
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Horn by Zynga for Android [first impressions] **updated**
The eagerly awaited Legend of Zelda meets Infinity Blade release from Phosphor games was finally released on Thursday for those of you that are unfamiliar with the game Horn was one of the games used to showcase the nVidia Tegra [...]
My Phone History – by Scott Spence
Motorola c520 [~1999] My first phone, bought for me by my parents when I was 19 23 it had the latest features like being able to send SMS and a selection of ringtones. An antenna and rubber keys were its [...]
![[GUIDE] Hacking the Nexus 7 – Rooting and Flashing Roms](http://dash.coolsmartphone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/EjRjt-120x90.png)
[GUIDE] Hacking the Nexus 7 – Rooting and Flashing Roms
ROOTING There are a lot of all in one tools around that you can use to root your device but I find it more helpful if you do it manually, this also helps you get a better understanding of what [...]
