Articles Tagged Android
Android 4.2 and Better Customization
One of the best and worst things about the Android platform is its support for diverse options for user interface (UI) and customization. There’s no real one-way to do things with an OS as open-source as Android and the end result is that the user gets a huge range of options when it comes to personalising their device in both appearance and functionality.
Three New Motorola Smartphones
Motorola has announced three new smartphones for the US: The Motorola Droid RAZR HD, the Droid RAZR Maxx HD and the RAZR M 4G LTE. While we’d like to see a more compact naming scheme, all three phones are looking pretty good right now, even if they don’t come running Jelly Bean out of the box.
The Samsung Galaxy Camera
Samsung often gets a bit of a bad rap for being unoriginal, so much so that they recently lost over a billion dollars to Apple in their legal battle regarding copyright infringement. This time, though, it seems that Samsung has beaten everyone to the punch with its new Samsung Galaxy Camera.
Samsung Galaxy S3 Review (Global)
The Samsung Galaxy S3 (aka S III) should need no introduction. It’s the latest record-breaking Android flagship device from the world’s #2 smartphone manufacturer. Bringing more than just upgraded specs to the table, the Galaxy S3 is the fastest-selling Android smartphone to date with an estimated 19 million units to have shipped by the end of Q3 of 2012.
HTC One S Review (Global)
The HTC One S is the second smartphone down the new HTC One line of phones comprise of the One X, One S and One V in descending order of hardware specs. The One S is a sleek device aimed at providing a solid, modern Android experience without charging premium rates or relying on OS updates. We grabbed a hold of one to see just how successfully HTC managed to deliver this reliable yet affordable experience to its users with our HTC One S review.
ICS Now on 10% of Android Devices
It’s been around seven months since Android Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) hit shelves but still only one in ten active Android devices have received the update. Admittedly, that’s a bit better than we’ve seen with some previous iterations of Android, but considering that ICS was supposed to be the one Android update to unify them all the numbers are hardly staggering.
Google Nexus Tablet: The Nexus 7
Despite the fact that ‘the Nexus 7’ sounds a bit like some kind of sci-fi meets wild-west action flick, the new Nexus tablet unveiled by Google at its 2012 I/O conference looks all kinds of promising. From the outset we’ll justify that statement with the Nexus’ price tag of just $199 for the 8GB model and $249 for the 16GB. This is not a ‘premium’ tablet; it’s a low-end contender that sports specs which could give the higher end of the market a run for its money.
Google I/O: Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
Google has detailed the changes and improvements coming to the Android OS with the next update: 4.1 Jelly Bean. Jelly Bean is set to bring some key improvements to the ecosystem with a definite focus on eliminating the lag time and often jerky touch-response often found on Android devices. Of course other changes will be coming as well such as camera improvements, keyboard and voice tweaks, NFC data transfer, Notifications, Search and Google Now.
Samsung Galaxy Note Review
We know this one’s a little late, but we thought that while we eagerly await Samsung’s Galaxy S III to show up on our doorstep and with the Galaxy Note 2 supposedly around the corner we should at least finally do a Samsung Galaxy Note review. The phone/tablet, or “phablet”, hybrid has sparked polarizing opinions amongst smartphone users regarding both its size and the viability of its capacitive stylus.
Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Preview
The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 is the direct successor to the original and remarkably successful Galaxy Note. The Galaxy Note almost single-handedly created the niche, yet thriving “phablet” industry, with its originally questionable size that sits somewhere between what one might consider a smartphone and a tablet. Knocked by many at first, and still to this day by a few less, the Galaxy Note managed to find its place in an ever increasing, yet oftentimes evolutionarily one-directional industry.
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