The Samsung Galaxy S III made quite a splash yesterday when finally revealed to the world. The phone won’t be available for shipping till the end of this month but it is already drawing comparisons with various competitors out there. The HTC One Series phones and Nokia Lumia as well as older devices such as [...]
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Samsung has finally unveiled its newest flagship device, the highly anticipated Samsung Galaxy S III. The first device that has generated hype to equal that preceded by the iPhone, the Samsung Galaxy S III has been rumored about for months now and we finally get to see what it looks like! Check it out for [...]
Facebook has made it a routine to introduce annoying new features every now and then. Based on the face that the Facebook user count is approaching 1 billion, it is least bothered by the fact that a certain feature is not generally liked by the public. We have seen that in the past with the [...]
The very best mobile apps of 2012 were celebrated last night in an event hosted by Dermot O’Leary and sponsored by Carphone Warehouse – Europe’s largest independent mobile phone retailer. The ‘Appy Awards’ marked successful and popular apps in twelve different categories.
Fragmentation within Android remains a big problem for Google. Where Apple’s software updates are comparatively uniform, only a miserably percentage of around 1% Android devices are currently on the latest and supposedly greatest Ice Cream Sandwich. This percentage is bound to increase though, as official ROMs begin to arrive in increasing numbers. Another one is [...]
Fierce opposition by a broad alliance of companies and civil liberties groups, backed by innumerable internet activists, led to the demise of the detested SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIP (Protect IP) act earlier this year. And now, a worrying, similar rendition of these earlier bills has come into the limelight- H.R. 3523 or [...]
The wait is over for non-carrier Samsung Galaxy S II devices. Unlocked devices can now finally download and install Ice Cream Sandwich on their handsets. Phones tied to carriers were first in line for the software update, frustrating users who owned devices that were otherwise.
After the release of Android 1.0 Beta in November of 2007, the Android operating system has seen numerous updates. Each update, generally, brought bug patches and improvements with it. The last update, more commonly known as Ice Cream Sandwich, v4.0.4 was released in March this year. So far this version has received mostly positive feedback [...]
Samsung has started sending out invitations for an event slated to be on May 3rd. The event invitation simply states May 3rd as the date when you can ‘come and meet the next Galaxy’.
I use HTC Sensation and I love my smartphone. With root access and custom ROMs, I get a thrilling experience of owning an Android running device. The only thing I don’t like about my HTC Sensation is the battery time? It sucks, to say the least. I have to charge it almost twice a day [...]
Boeing, an aerospace and defense corporation, is surprisingly developing a mobile device. Apparently the company didn’t have enough on its hands what with burgeoning commercial airline production and satellites etc, so it decided to foray into developing a secure Android device as well.
Whether you prefer Android OS, iOS or some other platform the truth of the matter remains that Android is hardly a cohesive, unified experience. This is not a bad thing, of course. Android is slightly chaotic, with a multitude of apps available for everything you could possibly want. Unfortunately though, not all of these apps [...]
Most people use their smartphone cameras as their primary point-and-shoot cameras these days. Since people tend to have their phones on them constantly, and with smartphone cameras improving drastically over the years there is no reason not to. Different attachable lenses for phones beef up the camera even further and the whole thing remains less [...]
If you have ever wanted to change your call screen for any reason, you can now do so. An XDA senior member lowveld has created an app that not only allows you to personalize your call screen but also offers an array of other features. Ultimate Call Screen HD follows a ‘freemium’ model, and hence [...]
Last week, Google finally pushed the Android 4.0.4 update to its flagship Galaxy Nexus device. It seems that users are already facing problems after the OTA update. This often happens after an update, users are happy they finally have the newest version of whatever OS they’re running and it has brought along bug fixes and [...]
FriendCaster is undoubtedly one of the best alternatives to the official Facebook app available out there. The app has been downloaded over an astonishing three million times already, which goes to show that it’s a far better option than the other third-party Facebook apps out there. The app has now been updated to version 5.0, [...]
