Category: Android
Maxthon is one of those alternative browsers that is available on various different platforms allowing you to easily sync your favourites between machines, now you can add your Windows Phone devices to that list as Maxthon have released a Windows Phone 8 version of their browser. Maxthon Cloud …
Everyone loves a bit of individuality. We see it every day all around us, our clothes our accessories and now, even our smartphones are an extension of our personalities. Whether we admit it or not we all like a touch of something that differentiates us from the crowd …
The LG G2 has a tough market to compete in, the high end Android arena has a lot of big players in it currently. We have HTC, Samsung and Google all with devices around about 5″ so the G2 will draw lots of comparisons. I’ve only had the …
Last night, after turning my back for all of three minutes, my son pinched my phone and demanded that I download Angry Birds Go! Sure, I’d heard of Angry Birds (who hasn’t), but what’s this “Go!” business? Well, remember what happened when Mario Bros went from a platformer …
More famed as a Linux Distro, Ubuntu dared to venture into the Android & Apple dominated world of smartphone operating systems. By the looks of the demonstration videos I have seen so far it looks quite a refreshing venture! Yesterday Ubuntu announced the availability of a …
Hey. It’s Friday. We all love Friday don’t we? This morning I’ve been looking at Miniature Preview Camera. It’s basically a tilt-shift thingy that makes the world look all tiny. Take a snap, choose the area to focus on, double-touch to select and alter the focus. You can …
Well, here it is. The Google Nexus 5 You’ve seen it in the official Android Kit Kat reveal video. But here is an official Press Shot direct from Google. It’s now gone from the Google servers, but I think we can all take this as confirmation of the …
SwiftKey are the leaders in the third party Android keyboard game, their app has been around for years and they keep adding cool new features like like Cloud syncing and a pink theme. Today they’ve released a new beta version that is free for anyone to download, it’s …
I think I have finally found a use for my Surface RT tablet, to use as a Facebook machine. Joking aside today marks an important day in the Windows 8 timeline as a real Metro style official Facebook app has been released. The Facebook app currently isn’t available …
Come close to the screen dear reader, because I know your secret. I know that your Android device is chock full of apps and games that you downloaded “just to try” and you’ve never uninstalled them. I know that you’ve got pop-ups all over the place and you’re …
I’m stuck! What do I do?! Help! It’s a common scenario. Tablets are now all over the place and even your Grandparents have one. It’s a support nightmare, and as the family “IT guy”, you’ll be getting calls to fix “the tablet thingy” for years to come. Amazon …
The Kindle Fire HD has already done really well and, although it was initially marketed as an e-reader, you’re bound to find plenty of Angry Birds filling out the devices up and down the country. Now there’s a new version, and you can choose between a 7″ or …
Homescreen launchers! You only have to search the Play Store to be presented with an abundance of them! So many seem to be the same so when one comes along to breathe life into a overly congested category you can be sure it will be a hit! Meet …
Sadly it’s not in our grubby mitts just yet, but those lads at Clove have just raided their stock and filmed this new 1.7GHz quad-core and uploaded it to YouTube. The tablet comes equipped with that 8.3″ 1920×1200 pixel screen, a 5 and 1.3 megapixel camera plus 16GB …
It saddens me to see HTC struggling to post a profit these days, especially when they bring to the table handsets like the HTC One. It goes to show what a mammoth marketing budget like Apple & Samsung have can do for an organisations fortunes. So, if HTC …
After a pretty big gap, LG are back once again (like the Renegade Master) with a tablet. So, either in the black or white corner (depending on your shade preference), weighing in at 338 grams we have the LG G PAD 8.3. It’s powered by a Qualcomm 1.7GHz …
When you’re presented with a QR code there’s various ways of reading it. Lots of code readers are kicking around the various stores but Hipscan is a bit different. You don’t just read QR codes, you can create them too and, by using one central destination that you …
Yesterday we finally saw the official details for the HTC One max. A couple of items have already been pointed out, and the questions we’ve had so far are… – Where’s Beats Audio? Well, simply put. It ain’t there. BoomSound is, so you’re gonna get some rather potent …
Yesterday the HTC One Max was announced, it was another device that had every last feature leaked in the months leading up to yesterday. If you’re eager to buy one the Clove may be able to help as they’re taking pre-orders now. The One Max will be with …
HTC have posted a quick video on their YouTube channel showing us some of the key features of the HTC One Max.
The HTC One Max has been announced today, you may have noticed! In a rather interesting twist it seems that Vodafone have got an exclusive on the upcoming “large oversize phone” from HTC. Vodafone have said the following about pricing etc. The HTC One max is a Vodafone …
With the Windows Phone sales share figure rising (at least, according to Kantar) and more than 175,000 apps now available, things are looking a little better for Windows Phone. Update 3, as it’s now known, has a number of improvements. Not only that, but there’s a developer preview …
What can be said about the Nexus devices that hasn’t already been said? What once stood for a developer orientated device is now a high street brand that you can pick up in your local branch of PC World. Which isn’t a bad thing, it means more people …
Want to see more of the HTC One max? Of course you do. Want to see just computer generated images? No, nobody really wants that do they? Well, now that you’ve got all the details, we’ll give you a large dollop of real, hands-on photos. Want the full …
Well, a little earlier than planned, here’s the all-new HTC One max. It matches a lot of the leaks we’ve seen but now we can go all official with the specs. Put simply, it’s a phablet with a near-6″ screen and powerful quad-core 1.7GHz CPU. There’s a fingerprint …
I’m still a little unsure about curved screen phones, it seems more of a proof of concept rather than something that is actually worthwhile. Last week we saw the Samsung Galaxy Round, it got leaked and then quickly officially announced. Well today it seems to be LG’s turn. …
Thought so… http://youtu.be/2ksOJl0PDDg My first impressions are that the phone looks dreadful, the OS is laggy and the version number says KeyLimePie. Hmmm… So what exactly are we seeing here? It’s almost certainly a prototype handset that was filmed a while ago (hence KeyLimePie not KitKat). Maybe even …
Like the Nexus 7 but wish you had some data when you’re at the bus stop? Well, for a smidge less than 300 quid you can jolly well have that, and you can choose any network as it’s completely unlocked. WiFi can still be used, but it’s good …
A mere 34 months after the launch of Motorola Xoom, Twitter have finally released a tablet friendly version of their Android app. Tragically, in its current guise, it’s exclusively a Samsung tablet app. It’s a state of affairs that highlights everything wrong with Android on tablets, …
According to several rumours, the Nexus 5 will be the first smartphone to market equipped with a MEMS camera. This is not the case, say the manufacturers of the MEMS camera chip DigitalOptics. They say that OPPO have beaten Google to the technology. In a statement today John …
The popular photo sharing app Instagram is about to get an update in the Android world anyway. The update will allow you to straighten up any pictures you have before you post them. Much like iOS users have been doing for a while now. The odd thing is …
The large oversized phone market is an ever increasingly popular one, as people realise how much easier life can be when they’ve got a five and a half inch screen phone in their pocket. We’ve seen two distinct sub genres within the large oversized phone market. We have …
As mentioned in this weeks podcast, 2013 has very much been LG’s year. With the relative success of the Nexus 4, the rumoured Nexus 5 and the release of the much vaunted LG G2 what was a bit part player in the Android ecosystem has become a big …
LifeProof have until now just focused on the Apple market with cases for the iPad, iPad mini, iPhone 4/4S, iPhone 5 and a few iPods but now they have extended their range to include the Samsung Galaxy S3 and S4. The cases are advertised as having 4 proofs: …
The idea behind the Archos Gamepad was and is a great one. Being able to play games on a tablet device using actual hardware gaming controls is one niche that many companies have strived to achieve success. The original Archos Gamepad failed to bring a good enough spec …
Hands up who’s been a victim of identity theft? Come on. Hands up. O…..K…. So, the people at QSAlpha wanted to make a phone designed to handle e-commerce transactions and banking securely. The Quasar IV is designed to protect your digital identity by ensuring that all correspondence is …
The Google Quickoffice app for Android has just had an update. The update now seamlessly switches into the Google Drive app if you open a file from your Drive. Which initially seems to me will limit my formatting options, as Drive doesn’t have as many options. I guess …
As it’s nearing “that” time of year we’re beginning to see additional handsets appearing and launching around the world. NTT DoCoMo have wedged an additional 16 handsets into their range and one of them is this, the shrunk-down Xperia Z1. Named the Xperia Z1f, the 5″ Z1 screen …
I’ll try not to mention it, but it’s “that” time of year soon. New handsets, like the HTC One Max are right around the corner. We’ve already seen specs but now there’s this, a photo of a screen. It’s taken from the Twitter feed of @stagueve and quotes …
Personally I can’t see this one appearing in Europe anytime soon, but the Samsung SM-W2014, equipped with a quad core 2.3Ghz Snapdragon 800, could mark the return of the flip phone. The handset is rumoured to have two 3.67″ Super AMOLED screens at 800 x 480 pixels, a …
