Category: Android
We kinda thought this might happen when we first saw the Asus Transformer Prime. The Asus device, which “transforms” with a detachable keyboard, is the target of legal action from toy-maker Hasbro. They’re not keen on their Optimus Prime and Transformers merchandise getting confused with the Asus tablet. …
If you had the daily ebuyer mailshot this morning then you may have seen the in-car video camera. We’re not entirely sure why you’d like to film your journey to work, but….. Oh.. I remember now, the actual deal I’m supposed to be telling you about is this …
So we have all seen the QR codes for links to websites or apps. They basically are a two dimensional barcode that can contain a hyperlink or other info. I have scanned them in the past to get a link to a website from a poster, to get …
We’re getting ready to plonk ourselves down in front of the Christmas TV and find something decent to watch. However, if the schedules are right, we’re in for a right load of old toilet. So, step forward HTC who are under-cutting the Android 99p film offer with their …
The Android Google+ team last night posted a neat little seasons greeting video. Here it is. Cue lots of gratuitous footage of Nexus phones and what looks like Xoom tablets.
We came across ClipFlip today. It is an app you install on either your iPhone or on your Android phone. Once registered with ClipFlip and Paypal you basically just film something useful on your phone and upload it to the ClipFlip servers using the app. They then watch …
If you have a Samsung Galaxy device then you qualify to download a good few games. The list of available games is shown in the table below. A few notable ones are Sprinkle which is an amazing physics based fire engine game and Riptide which is a great …
 At the end of June we told how 500,000 Android devices were getting activated every day. It was 200,000 more than the figure released 6 months earlier. Now, another 6 months on, there’s another increase of 200,000. If this rate continues, we should see around a million …
Got yourself a Nokia 800? If you read our review and bought yourself one then you might have a few battery issues. We’ve not been swamped with emails moaning about it, but Nokia have confirmed that there’s a potential problem… On Monday 12 December some of our customers …
The guys over at Orange have kindly lent us an Orange Barcelona to review. The Orange Barcelona is a low priced Android handset in the candy bar format with a hardware keyboard and touch screen. Think Blackberry (or just look at the picture below). The spec highlights are …
At first look this may seem pretty bad. HTC, according to the courts, are using an Apple patent and, if it’s not removed, handsets would have to be removed from sale all across America. Looking deeper into it and you be right in thinking that this is actually …
Fancy spending a few hours playing a classic first-person shooter? Duke 3D is now available for free in the Market, and there’s no adverts either. It’s the ideal distraction from tense family festive meals or when you’re getting dragged around the shops. Just don’t start shouting “Got ya …
 Well, it’s all good news, provided you’re not a Galaxy S owner. The plans for the Android 4.0 roll out have been detailed here. It looks like the Samsung Galaxy S isn’t on the initial batch of devices which are being scheduled for the update.. The ICS-upgradable …
Yesterday Eric Schmidt mentioned something about a tablet being worked on by Google. No exact details were mentioned about who Google would be making it or what it would be called. Yet still the web was awash with Google Nexus tablet articles. All of this speculation got me …
Hold onto your hats people. The same account we linked to yesterday finally announced what they had in store for us. They posted a strange unboxing video game that lets you control a ninja. Hmmm mind blown. Anyway here is the link so you can see what all …
The all new WordPress app has just landed in the Android Market and boy, theres been some work done here. Version 2 of the application features a much cleaner and simpler interface plus you can now resize images on the fly. Other features include…. – Use the Dashboard …
In the Night Google+ updated their Android app. The update fixes a few bugs and also allows you to start a video hangout from within the messenger app on your Android device. Ideal if you are struggling to get your point across using text. This feature will make …
Last year at Mobile World Congress, Sony Ericsson brought the PSP and Android together into a single phone and called it the Xperia Play. This large touch screen phone has a slide out Playstation keyboard control pad to get the best from your games. Due to the high …
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 …
One of the things I like about Android is that you can install a file manager. Something where you can look at all of the files and folders on your phone and on your phones sd card. I like the weekly of scrolling through and deleting the orphan …
Flashing Roms of course. This weekend a lot of activity has been happening in various Nexus S camps around the internet and if you own one you now have a lot of choice of which Rom to flash. First of all Friday night Google announced that they would …
Right, Sky TV. We like them. We’d rather pay less each month, but heck, that’s the way things are. Now, a new version of their Sky+ app is available and adds Series Link. It’s a feature that many have wanted to see for some time, plus there’s a …
The Google Android Google+ account yesterday announced something was going to happen today. The story ends there. Is it news worthy? Is it US only? Will it be US times again like the 10p apps thing last week. Will it just an update for the Galaxy Nexus? Will it …
So, we knew it was coming and now it looks to be here. Google themselves announced the start of the Android 4.0 roll-out onto Nexus S devices via Twitter. The update will be coming out over the next month starting immediately but, if you’re the impatient type, there’s …
Just added to the Three UK coming soon page is the Nokia Lumia 710 which is the ‘other’ Nokia phone running the Windows Mango OS. Not quite as feature packed as the older brother the Lumia 800, the Lumia 710 should be available at a lower price for both contract …
Archos have a few new products that are starting to appear in stock on their website. The have the 35 Home Connect which is designed to be a small beside radio clock type thing and there is also 35 Smart Home Phone which is a 3.5 touch screen …
During the night it looks like Adobe have released an update for Adobe Flash Player to the Market, which adds compatibility for Android 4.0. When the Samsung Galaxy Nexus was released a lot of people were surprised/shocked/angry that Flash did not work on their nice new cutting edge device. This …
Unified Communications. Collaborative working. Engaging, accessible, highly secure and connected. Well, that’s enough buzz-words for one paragraph. If you’ve got a fully licensed Lync Server then here, friends, is the Android version of the app. The app lets you do audio conferencing, instant messaging, viewing colleagues availability and …
Android users have been pretty spoiled recently with cut-price apps available in the Android Market. Now a similar thing is happening for films too. For a limited time you can rent and watch a selection of films including Johnny English, The Polar Express, Matrix Reloaded, Jurassic Park and …
Remember those text message issues on Windows Phone? If we’re honest there’s not a massive chance of your phone getting trashed, but the possibility of your Messaging Hub going AWOL is possible. So why, we may ask, are Microsoft mocking Android malware victims? The marketing stunt is running …
Do you fancy roaming around a large city and randomly shooting people, stealing cars, robbing banks and just generally recreating normal life? Well Grand Theft Auto 3 will be right up your street. Most of you will have heard of the Grand Theft Auto games and now you …
LG have just finished announcing the Prada 3.0 handset to the world here in London and we have a first hands-on look at this new device running on the Android OS.
Today LG and Prada announced the all-new Prada 3.0. It’ll be available in South Korea and Western Europe to begin and you should start seeing it in January 2012. Pricing is to be confirmed locally from networks. Running Gingerbread, the Prada 3.0 has 8GB memory, a 4.3″ screen …
Windows Phone is great (in my opinion). But it lacks any sort of customisation apart from tile colours and either a white or black background. The one thing I really missed in Windows Phone was using custom tiles or tile backgrounds. The Windows Phone Hacker team have created …
Microsoft has released Lync 2010, its unified communications platform for Windows Phone 7 and is now available to download on the Zune Marketplace. Lync is the new collaborative working tool and looks set to roll out on other platforms pretty soon too. Link – Microsoft Lync
You’ve got Skype, right? No? Ohh man, you’re missing out. The new Android refresh includes some tweaks to give you better battery life and better video quality on devices with the NVIDIA Tegra 2 CPU. For the unaware, Skype let’s you make video calls with friends, but now …
We are live at the LG Prada event from 5:30pm this evening in London where we are expecting to see the Prada 3.0 handset running Android. Please visit back to this page at 5:30pm to see live updates
You all remember Androidify? The Google made app to create Android robot based characters to use as avatars or contact pictures. Hopefully now this is ringing a bell. Well anyway the app has had an update which now includes a some winter clothing and accessories. So you can …
The BBC have just updated their iOS iPlayer app to support streaming over 3G. An update to the Android version will soon arrive which will also add this capability, meaning that you can finally watch and listen to BBC content on the move. The BBC have been quick …
Rumours (and video evidence) are popping up all around the internet regarding an issue in the Mango flavour of our beloved Windows Phone 7 handsets. Users could experience a denial-of-service to their text messages. The issue can be triggered by messages received from Facebook chat or Windows Live Messenger and …
