Category: Google (Android)
I’ve been using ICS for about a week now on my Nexus S and feel I have enough experience with it to note down my impressions. This isn’t a structured review by any means, just my comments on things I like and dislike. UI/Feel I love the new …
Further to our article about the Nexus S price reduction, I finally got my handset yesterday and immediately set about trying to update it to ICS. To cut a long story short, it’s not as easy as just going through the settings menu and requires a little manual tinkering, The …
In what is fast becoming a strange game show, communications giant BT have become the next contestant to start legal proceedings against Google and the Android OS. Six patents are at the heart of the lawsuit, relating to Google+, eBooks, Docs, GMail and even the Doubleclick and AdWords …
Yes!! The Galaxy Nexus is now available from Vodafone UK. Available online here Free from £41 a month. At that price on a 24 month plan, along with the device for free, you get 1200 minutes, Unlimited Text and 750MB of Internet (after the first 3 months of …
Ok, so there’s a lot of people that can’t wait for the Galaxy Nexus bug to be fixed so here’s a guide on how to flash the update manually… You will need: – A Samsung Galaxy Nexus – An Unlocked bootloader – A Rooted device To root follow …
On a whim yesterday I ordered the Samsung Galaxy Nexus from Phones4u and it arrived first thing this morning much to my surprise! I’ve been using iPhones since the 3G came out so this is a major change for me and I have to admit I’m a little …
If you’re after the hot new Google phone, try checking out the deals on Phones4u. If you don’t mind parting with £59 up-front then you can get the handset for £31 a month on a 24 month contract with Orange (400 minutes, 3000 texts, 750MB data) or Vodafone …
O2 are already getting the new Motorola Razr and now, just to add to the fun, they’ve added the Galaxy Nexus too. The new Google handset is already on the way to Three. No prices as yet, and you can’t pre-register either. Doah. Link – Galaxy Nexus (O2)
The all-new Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich / ICS) version will shortly make it’s debut on the Galaxy Nexus, but what of the rest of us ? According to Andy Rubin it’ll be appearing just “a couple of weeks after” on other handsets. We can guess that the …
We are waiting for the live video just to start but Samsung have given out the information on their new flagship device and it is officially called the Samsung Galaxy Nexus with a very impressive spec list which can be found below.. Android 4.0 ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’ 1.2Ghz …
In just a few hours the Samsung Galaxy Nexus will be unveiled and, as usual, we’ll be bringing you all the latest news. Those curves (dare we say teardrop design?) we saw in the teaser video are back in this leaked NTT Docomo advert on ameblo.jp. It pretty …
Hey, come close. Remember when we all fell over ourselves to get Google Buzz invites? Remember when we all thought it would knock Facebook to one side? Yeah…. that didn’t happen.. In a few weeks we’ll shut down Google Buzz and the Buzz API, and focus instead on …
For reasons that are as yet unknown, Samsung and Google have delayed the launch of their Nexus Prime. The wording of the announcement is as follows.. Samsung and Google decide to postpone the new product announcement at CTIA Fall. We agree that it is just not the right …
Someone has now managed to get their hands onto a Nexus Prime. The video, from mobilissimo.ro (translated) shows the Prime running Android 4.0 – Ice Cream Sandwich. There’s screenshots from the OS too and, despite the video being removed, it’s now found a way back onto YouTube.. Link …
Following the new(ish) iPhone it’s now the turn of Samsung to launch a handset. They’ve added a sneak peek at their new Nexus Prime handset in the video below… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM9RO-GAKjE There’s very little to see so far unless you’re trigger-happy with the pause button, although it’s clear that …
Your next Android handset may well include an Intel chip inside after the company agreed a deal with Google. Atom CPU’s could pave the way to mobile success with future versions of Android working out-of-the-box on Intel chips. The CEO of Intel, Paul Otellini, stated that… The smartphone …
Papers marked as “Confidential” have popped into the limelight today as part of court papers submitted by Google. It seems to reveal that companies who adhere to the Google specs are able to put phones and tablets on sale first. One section reveals how Google attempts to ramp …
HTC have added more patents to a lawsuit against Apple. The patents were purchased from Google last week and actually come via Pal, Motorola and Openwave Systems originally after Google purchased those companies last year. At face value it seems that Google are helping HTC to fight their …
Android partners have jumped into to have their say on Google’s acquisition of Motorola. Samsung, who are currently being beaten around the head by Apple, have stated.. We welcome today’s news, which demonstrates Google’s deep commitment to defending Android, its partners, and the ecosystem. Sony Ericsson, HTC and …
The first images of the Ice Cream Sandwich have leaked onto the web, courtesy of RootzWiki and Android Police. From what little that can be discerned, the sheenshots seem to suggest the next version of Android will be an evolutionary leap from Gingerbread. In keeping with the Tron-esque look …
In recent months we’ve seen patent wars heat up with more and more mobile companies attacking each other over intellectual property. Google have come out fighting with this statement on their blog. Google are proud of Android – they state that it’s “on fire” with more that 550,000 …
Vodafone UK have released the latest update for their branded Nexus one phones. Not quite sure why the long delay as the original unbranded Nexus had Gingerbread many moons ago! Still, it’s good news for the owners of the Vodafone branded nexus. The update should come in over …
So you have a smartphone. Be it Android, Apple or Windows Phone 7. Or some other platform. Now what? Smartphones are becoming more and more popular, as they become cheaper to produce and more popular, and people are following their friends and buying something similar to them. Now, …
In the New Year, I decided to take a nose dive into custom ROMs for my Desire. Oh we had been getting along just great for a while, but I realised I needed more… Wanted more. It needed to be faster, and easier to use and not as …
Since the start, Android has always been on the forefront of becoming the largest open source OS. This was to give manufacturers the chance to skin the platform. But, now it seems to be changing. During the last month, sources have provided us information that all is about …
The Android Behemoth continues to storm across the planet. During their Q1 earnings call Jeff Huber, Senior CP of Commerce at Android, stated that 350,000 devices are being activated every day. Add that up and you get nearly 2.5 million devices being activated every single day. Imagine everyone …
Googlenexus tweeted earlier this morning that android 2.3.3 ‘Gingerbread is rolling out Over the Air for the Nexus S AND finally the Nexus One. Thats right, they are finally sending out Gingerbread to the long lost and forgotten older brother of the S – Hurrah! It’s a bit …
I wanted to give you guys a feel for how things are here in Hall 8 of Mobile World Congress. I know I’ve mentioned this before but I’m hereby rebranding Hall 8 as the “Google Hall”. Every single partner here has an Android sitting on the desk with …
Orange have announced their very own Orange Tablet. It’s a 7″ device and will be arriving in Spain, Romania, Poland and Slovakia. Sadly this device isn’t going to turn up in other countries but, if you are in one of the countries selling it, you get Android 2.1 …
Over in the US this dual-screen Kyocera Echo has caught many unawares. It comes from a company which is perhaps best known for producing printers and should arrive on US network Sprint this Spring. Powered by a 1GHz Snapdragon CPU it runs Android 2.2 but the second display …
Google have released a few more details on Honeycomb and the new features it will bring to the party. The Platform Highlights page elaborates a little more on new UI additions like the new System Bar and Action Bar as well the improved task switcher for multitasking and …
Google have just released their new Cloud Printing solution to beta, which means we can all get it now. It’s not a platform feature, but actually a web app feature, and works from Google’s web apps Gmail and Google Docs. You can use it on any phone that …
Gingerbread - aka Android 2.3 - is arriving. The SDK is already online and the OS will appear first in the Samsung Nexus S which you can now see in action below. It'll have a 4" WVGA (480x800) Super AMOLED capacitive contour display which is "designed...
Google have officially announced the Nexus S - complete with Gingerbread - and it will be available exclusively through Carphone Warehouse with limited stock available "before the end of the month". The device is made by Samsung and comes complete wit...
Now here's something strange - in an interview with The Telegraph today, Google's Eric Schmidt announced Google would not be doing a Nexus Two, because of the success of the Nexus One. Apparently the Nexus One was produced to show everyone else ...
Google are releasing the new Froyo Android 2.2 software for their Nexus One as an over-the-air update today. Highlights include a vast speed increase, Flash in the browser and the ability to turn your handset into a wifi hotspot. It is gre...
Nexus One owners who fancy a bit of ROM-hacking can now get 720p HD recording on their handsets. A very quick example is available in this YouTube vid and you can try it out yourself with these xda bits and the latest Cyanogen ROM. Further improvemen...
Vodafone have just announced that the Google Nexus One will be available in UK stores from Friday. The handset, which is similar to the HTC Desire, will also also be selling in Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and in France through SFR during Ma...
Over at the Vodafone UK website a new handset has just appeared in the "Coming Soon" section. Yup, it's the Google Nexus One. Whilst it might look like the Desire and have similar specs to the Desire, it's not the same phone. For a start there's no HT...
Whilst Orange is picking up the HTC Desire, Vodafone look to be picking up the picking up the Nexus One. Both phones are very similar, although HTC were keen to stress that they're both made on completely seperate production lines during Mobile World ...
