Category: Android
Cameras are a part of our lives these days. Be it taking photos of your lunch and posting it to Instagram, taking photos of your ugly children and posting them to Facebook or even taking photos for a living. I take a lot of photos every day, normally …
I listen to a lot of tech based podcasts, and a participant in a recent podcast mentioned something so profoundly obvious that I hadn’t even considered it. While discussing the new wave of supersize smartphones coming along, further blurring the line between phone and tablet, he mentioned that …
About two “Gadget Show Live” events ago I was approached by a man carrying a iPad with a HD film playing on it. Nothing new there I thought, but as I was walking away, he showed me a small portable hard drive which he had in his pocket. …
Nokia announced earlier today that they were rolling out a new extension to their existing Mix Radio service. It’s called Music+ and, for the relatively low price of €3.99 a month it enables unlimited skips and downloads on your Lumia device. The price is the equivalent of £3.40 …
As mentioned in my initial impressions, the lovely people over at Clove.co.uk have leant us a Samsung Ativ S for a little while. Today whilst walking my dog I thought that I would take some snaps. It was early in the morning just as the light was beginning to …
Ok, I’m quite a Siri fan. Sure there are times when Google Now thrashes the pants off it, but it’s fairly capable for a lot of situations. I flip from Android to iOS quite a bit, and recently have found myself considering switching back to an Android device …
HTC have come up with a novel answer to those people with small phones who laugh at us large phone owners who say that we look like we have tablets on our ears: The HTC Mini. Let me set the scene: I’m a very proud Samsung Galaxy Note …
Samsung have today announced a new addition to their highly successful Galaxy range of handsets, the Samsung Galaxy Xcover 2. The Xcover is an Android handset designed for those that have a love for outdoor living and need something a little more durable than the standard device. …
Not long to go now until the big unveiling of Blackberry 10 and the official launch of the new Blackberry range of handsets. We’ve had a hands on video and now, while you anxiously wait for lift off, another image of the new Blackberry Z10 has leaked out …
Polarbit are the developers behind the popular Reckless Racing series of driving games and they’re back with what looks like another cracking driving game. Here are some shots from the game. Here is the trailer for the game. This driving game certainly looks a bit more violent than …
Have a look around you. Go on.. can you see someone with a Samsung phone? Is it a Galaxy device? Yeah. It’s the success of the Galaxy smartphones that have helped to boost the profits of Samsung by a massive 76% in the last three months of 2012. …
Now and again you come across something so cool on YouTube you just have to share it. Today is one of those days. @mr_bridger from Twitter has been busy with his Nexus 7 and his car dashboard. He has basically removed the old panel, got a new one …
Sure, things aren’t fantastic. Windows Phone handsets haven’t caught the imagination in quite the same way as Android and iOS devices, but there’s something to celebrate at least. Stats from Kantar Worldpanel show that Windows Phone market share has hit 5.9% here in Britain. Whilst that may not seem massive …
We’re expecting Samsung to reveal an 8″ version of the Galaxy Note this year at MWC (last year, you may remember, it was all about the 10.1″ model) and now there’s some apparent photos of the device over on dday.it. The snaps seem to have been taken accidentally-on-pupose …
Lots of people are waiting for the super-thin Xperia Z tablet and many have asked whether it’ll be arriving here in the UK. Sony say that the Xperia Z tablet is the thinnest tablet computer of its kind, measuring 6.9mm thich with a 10.1″ screen. The Sony tablet …
LifeKraze have extended their application offering to Android today, along with a substantial update to their pre-existing iOS app. But, before we go any further – what is LifeKraze, you may ask? LifeKraze is a social network designed so that you can share your accomplishments (like going for …
We all loved the original Temple Run right? Well I for one quite liked the running towards your inevitable death theme they had going on. Temple Run 2 is more of the same action and those pesky iOS users have been able to play it for a few …
We finally managed to land a Samsung Galaxy S III Mini in the palm of our hands. Thanks to the guys at Mobicity for the opportunity. Good points Good size Good battery life Good screen Bad Points 5 MegaPixel Camera OS can be laggy The Galaxy S III …
Huawei are quickly becoming a major force in the mobile world and their latest budget offering, the Ascend G330, has a lot of pressure on it to continue the impressive trend of affordable handsets that punch above their weight. The Ascend G330 is the replacement for the Ascend …
Based on the answers of 3,400 developers across Europe, North America and Asia, the “Developer Economics” report offers some insights into what developers are after and what’s proving successful. Android and iOS are still the big hitters, with 72% of respondents developing for Android (up 4% from the …
Picture the scene, you’re out and about and want to watch your favourite Sky TV show. No problem! Just use the Sky Go app. However, if you’re on a fairly restrictive mobile data plan it’s going to burn through your data faster than my cat rips wallpaper. We …
Download the Windows Phone SDK if you want to develop for Windows Phone. Simple. An update has been released today which adds support for Windows Phone 7.8. Download the SDK, then add this update to get it. Once you’ve got it you’ll realise that there’s no additional API’s, …
Microsoft yesterday announced their new Surface with Windows 8 Pro. For some the price jump over the original and over equivalent spec’d devices is too much to handle (expect a chat about this on the podcast). The Surface with Windows 8 Pro starts at $899 for the 64GB …
We’ve covered the Galaxy Note 8 and Galaxy X Cover 2 but now there’s more evidence emerging of their existence. TechnoBuffalo have leaked slides which firm up the specs and confirm that the Note 8 will be available in March while the Galaxy X Cover 2 will be …
Worried about losing your phone and not having those precious texts, photos or documents? We’ve been given a nudge about a refreshed backup app for Android. It’s free and includes the ability to only backup when your phone is plugged in. G Cloud Backup saves your contacts, call …
Yes, I know. Whenever the headline reads “less than £200” you know it’s going to be 1p less. But hey, it’s a good price for a great handset. The P1 has a definite “Galaxy SII” feel about it but we were suitably impressed in out Ascend P1 review. …
Just a few short days ago Nokia added the instructions on how to print your very own Lumia 820 case. All you needed was a very expensive 3D printer and the “3D printing Development Kit” that was posted here. Now the people at MakerBot have taken the files …
You like the Xperia Z, but somehow.. you want a little more. Well, if you’re prepared to switch to O2, you can get the new Sony handset from February. O2 have an exclusive here too – the only way to get a purple one in your pocket is …
This is actually bigger news than you’d think. The new browser, Opera Ice, was showed to PocketLint. You see, Opera Ice has go a new Interface and a new Rendering Engine. New to Opera, anyway. It’s a WebKit browser. Opera has always been based on the Presto (or an …
The S3 Mini is already available but a new NFC (tap to pay) version is on the way in just a few days. Powered by Android 4.1, the phone will remain identical to the non-NFC version, which includes a 4″ 800 x 480 Super AMOLED screen, dual-core 1GHz …
The HTC M7 is one of those devices that stir up people’s imagination. By that I mean hoaxers imaginations, as usual with the build up to a new flagship device being released we get to see lots of “leaked” photos and renders of the latest and greatest. Android …
Since Sony announced their latest flagship phone the Xperia Z rumours have been floating around about a similarly named tablet. Sony Japan have now officially announced the Xperia Z tablet and to tell you the truth I am quite interested. Spec wise it is no slouch offering a …
The Galaxy Note 2 by Samsung uses one of their in house processors, the Exynos 4412. Recently, someone found a security flaw with the Exynos that allowed a third party to control your phone and put it into a non-stop boot loop. After this, no recovery is possible. …
I never thought that I wouldn’t be using the stock Google dialer. But, I am now using the Simple Dialer Widget instead. Simple Dialer Widget (or SDW since I hate typing the whole name!) is a very straight forward widget and is surprisingly convenient. It has the dialer …
Watching TV on the go has got a whole lot easier over the last few months. Many of you will have tried BBC iPlayer, ITV Player and Sky Go to name just a few. The latter though will be getting an extra boost thanks to a new service …
Microsoft want to hear from you. They’re looking for feedback and suggestions on Windows Phone. Their new “Feature Suggestion Box” page lets you vote for a feature suggestion or submit your own. Microsoft tell us that they’ve … Created this site as a tool to help Microsoft understand …
The notification bar is one of the key strengths of Android. It is the main place where we keep track of what is going on in the foreground and it is also where we are notified of, you guessed it, notifications. We are able to put information in …
These days official accessories always tend to crop up during the product launch or shortly after. When I say crop up I mean they appear in some promo material and then NEVER appear in the public domain. Take the fabled wireless charging pad for the Samsung Galaxy SIII …
Wireless charging could be front and centre on the Samsung Galaxy S4, reports suggest, as details about the next Galaxy S-branded kit continue to circulate ahead of its expected launch later this year. According to Korean site D Daily, S4 owners will be able to charge their handset’s …
LG’s head of mobile, Cathy Robin, has today spoken to the French business publication Challenges in an attempt to shift blame for the issues with the Nexus 4 ordering onto search giant Google. In the interview, she stated that “Google had forecasts calculated according to their previous sales …
