Android

Huawei Ascend P2 hands-on review: possibly the world’s fastest phone

Last year Huawei gave us the world’s slimmest and the world’s most powerful smartphones in the form of the Ascend P1 S and Ascend D Quad, and…

Samsung to unveil Galaxy S IV 14 March [updated]

Update: It’s official, this is the invite for the Samsung Unpacked event. It starts at 19:00 EST, which is 02:00pm for everyone in South…

Sony Xperia Z: Has Sony finally got a smartphone right?

With a cutting-edge camera, a super-slim design and the ability to withstand life’s knocks and bumps (and Android Jelly Bean to boot) the Xperia…

Huawei to launch the 4.7-inch Ascend P2 [MWC]

Mobile World Congress 2013 is turning into a hotbed of geeky phone porn and one of the most lustful devices to emerge so far…

Samsung HomeSync is the Apple TV we craved [MWC]

This is perfect: Apple TV can suck on some fear with the introduction of Samsung’s HomeSync, a JellyBean-powered media centre unveiled today, only hours…

Agora 5.0 Dual-core Smartphone hands-on review: cheap as chips

You have to hand it to Kogan. You can criticise this part, or that part, of the company’s self-branded products (and we will in…

HTC One hands-on review: losing letters but leveraging lustre

The HTC One is the firm’s new attempt at a market-leading handset, and with an all-aluminium body, super-high-res 4.7-inch HD screen and futuristic camera…

Street Bump app detects potholes, couldn’t care less about your tyres

Pothole reporting apps are nothing Street Bump is different. Over in Boston USA, they’ve figured out a way to report potholes in their city…

Android 5.0,’Jelly Bean’ may land on dual-boot devices Q2 2012

Are you part of the one percent of users Loving Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS)? Get ready to pick your jaw off the…

New BlackBerry 10 OS looks to be iOS, Android and Windows Phone mashup

Going by new images that recently emerged of the BlackBerry 10 OS, RIM seems to be drawing design inspiration from all three major competing operating systems….

Geek Love — there’s an app for that

Geek love. If the lads from The Big Bang Theory can do it, anyone can. The theory is resoundingly sound: go online, find a…

Five apps which challenge Siri’s domination

With Windows Mobile introducing TellMe, the world is bracing for another voice assistant which can go head to head with Apple’s Siri. What alternatives…

Meanwhile, in Korea… LG Optimus Vu with 5-inch, 4:3 display

With everyone running Android on 16:9 aspect ratio hardware these days, it’s really hard for consumer electronics companies to create devices that grab our…

Chrome for Android: the web weighs in

Chrome, the popular browser from search giant Google, has been officially released for Android 4.0, known as Ice Cream Sandwich. The web weighs in…

ADzero – The bamboo unibody Android smartphone

If you’re like me, you’re tired of your phones sinking. Kieron-Scott Woodhouse’s unique bamboo smartphone designs are something else. In an attempt to break…

Olympic Navigator app — augmented reality and the 2012 London games

Our app of the day (but not quite) is the Olympic Augmented Reality Navigator for iPhone and Android. From developers AR-works comes a nifty…

Best phone of CES 2012: Motorola Droid Razr MAXX

21.5 hours of talk time, 15 hours of native video playback, 10 hours of GPS navigation, and six hours of HD streaming. On an…

ICS released for XOOM Wi-Fi, here’s what’s new

Having once been the world’s first device to receive Google’s tablet tailored OS — Honeycomb –, the Wi-Fi version of the Motorola XOOM now…

Steve Wozniak: 8 Reasons why Android is better than iOS

Speaking to Dan Lyons, Steve Wozniak, the engineering genius who co-founded Apple in 1976, had some good things to say about Android. The Woz…

Rydeen is backing Android to win the in-car infotainment battle

Almost a year ago, we asked “Will Android dominate the new in-car infotainment battleground?”. Walking around the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) last…

App Review: SwiftKey X keyboard for effortless typing

SwiftKey X is a very clever little app that understands your typing style almost better than you do! At 3.5 megs, it’s quite small…

Root PlayBook, get Android Market

Reports last week showed a trio of hackers breaking the BlackBerry PlayBook security and getting root – now they’ve released the tools that allow…

Microsoft app store next Feb – as Android Market hits 10bn

When you’re this far behind, all you can do is be relentlessly up-beat. Which Microsoft was last night in the barn-raiser to build dev…

How VR Meditation Apps Like Realms of Flow and Others Are Redefining Our Connection with Reality

How forex trading is transforming startup investment strategies

How One Energy Project Could Reshape Climate Action

South Africa’s online grocery boom signals digital shift

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Honor Magic V3 launches, four things to know

Honor Magic V3, a Guinness world record attempt

Trump wins – Tesla goes beyond $1 Trillion

Vivo update – a big safety gain

Review: Range Rover Evoque P300e Dynamic HSE