Android

‘Smart’ review: a brilliant homescreen replacement for your ageing Android

How many older Android phones (and we’re talking about Froyo, Android 2.2 here) have what we would call a “handsome” start screen? Customising Android…

Android 4.4 preview: KitKat to calmly and quietly change the world

Google’s an odd duck. A very rich duck but an odd one at that. For months we deal with leaked screenshots and rumours, only…

The Nexus 5 predictably sold moments after it hit Google Play

The Nexus 5 sold out in seconds and is now out of stock (we’ve checked, and it’s still AWOL) on the Google Play store….

VR headset Oculus Rift headed for Android but not ‘problematic’ iOS

Oculus VR announced yesterday that the virtual reality gaming headset, Oculus Rift, is coming to mobile gaming. According to GamesBeat, soon we’ll be able…

Read all about it: 3 of Android’s best newsreaders

When it comes to news reading apps, there’s more choice in the Play Store than I could ever need. I also have to admit…

Here’s the best shot of the Nexus 5, which could launch 1 November

We’d all love a Nexus 5 at this point. Google’s stock Android phone (which is said to be one of the first devices to…

LG G2 preview: the new screen queen

The LG G2 is an impressive Android phone and one that has a cool, almost novel hardware feature: its power and volume buttons are…

Is Amazon launching in-house Kindle phone today? Sources say ‘yes’

It’s all but confirmed now. At the Amazon event in LA today, the company is expected to launch not only a new Kindle Fire…

Samsung Galaxy Note 2 — a hands-on review

Now Samsung has given in and called the Note 2 a smartphone, we can dub it the most powerful around. With a wonderfully vivid…

Nexus 7 — the realisation of Google’s dreams

Each fingerprint is a mark of love Google’s Nexus 7 worries me. As an iPad and BlackBerry PlayBook owner, I’ve been snobbish towards genuine…

Archos GamePad — a 7-inch tablet, a potential game-changer?

Whine. Here’s another toy hoping to become the “gaming peripheral of the future”. The recently-announced and originally-titled Archos GamePad is a 7-inch touchscreen Android…

The great Samapple fallout — is Android the biggest loser?

I recently wrote an article outlining why Android couldn’t hold its candle against Windows 8 in the tablet space. But it barely scraped the…

Tencent and TCL join forces to bring iCE SCREEN smart TV to life

Every screen nowadays is becoming interactive and Tencent wants a piece of the pie. In a joint effort, Tencent and TCL have developed the…

Custom ROMs for Jelly Bean, are they really necessary?

So I’ve always loved flashing custom ROMs on all of my Android devices, but during the past two weeks I’ve come to a bit…

Nikon Coolpix S800c is world’s chunkiest Android Gingerbread camera

Look deep into the beating black heart of this beast, the Nikon Coolpix S800c, a happy-snapper with Gingerbread as it’s OS: Nikon Coolpix S800c…

Instagram 3.0 is bolder, better, smarter

We all know Instagram, better known as the camera of the internet. For the uninitiated, Instagram is a social media camera app with built-in…

4 inspiring tablets from Africa for Africa

With mobile and internet access increasing dramatically over the past decade, most prominently in Africa and other emerging markets, it is without a doubt…

Kickstarter-funded mPrinter is a pocket-friendly thermal printing dream machine

This is hot. Printing has most definitively fallen out of favour among the geek crowd. Paper, ink, bulky machines, screw that noise. If it’s…

Google Schemer – our new favourite app

Finding things to do in and around your city can be tricky, it can be downright frustrating at times. However, as with most first…

Let the Jelly Bean customisation begin

If you love mobile tech, regardless of which OS you support, you should’ve heard about the new version of Android by now. Android 4.1.1,…

Philips Fidelio, an Android docking station to be proud of

This a little difficult for me to admit, but I’ve always been jealous the docking stations available to anyone with an iDevice. So when…

China welcomes Jelly Bean with the ZTE N880E

This is China’s first Jelly Bean (Android 4.1) phone, the ZTE N880E. It’s a coup. Not only is the ZTE N880E the first Jelly…

Has Windows 8 killed the Android tablet?

In the smartphone market iOS remains the undisputed king of all smartphones because one device rules the roost. We can have a small war…

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