Sky Go Finally Finds Its Way to Jelly Bean
The long-awaited Sky Go app is now, finally, available to all Android devices running Jelly Bean — including the LG Nexus 4, Samsung Galaxy S III, Sony Xperia S, and a whole host of other phones and...
View ArticleSamsung Confirms “Jelly Bean” Update for Old Galaxy S II
There’s some great news out today for those who plan to nurse Samsung’s excellent Galaxy S II through another year of use, thanks to Samsung posting details about an imminent update to Android 4.1 for...
View ArticleTurns Out That £70 Acer Tablet Is Actually Going to be Pricier Than Expected
A few weeks ago, reports trickled down from the mount that Acer was prepping a $100 (UK price wasn’t mentioned, but $100 is around £60 – £70) 7-inch tablet with specs that were juuuussssssst decent...
View ArticleSony Xperia Z and ZL Hands On: Two Phones Worth Getting Excited About
Last year Sony kept finding itself behind the curve with Android phones. The new Xperia Z and ZL are the company’s attempt to break that trend. These two phones basically check off every box a...
View ArticleGot a Samsung Galaxy S III on Orange? Jelly Bean’s Finally Here For You
Well, that didn’t take long now did it? We’ve no idea why Orange took its sweet-arse time with it, but Jelly Bean is finally available for your Samsung Galaxy S III. Better late than never, I guess....
View ArticleSamsung’s Jelly Bean Update Hitting European Galaxy S II Phones
Those of you who defiantly stuck with a Galaxy S II amid amazing pressure to upgrade are about to have your moment in the sun, thanks to Samsung pushing out its Android 4.1 update in Europe. It hit...
View ArticleHow Google Makes Android Understand You
It’s the future, and that being the case, you’re going to want to talk to your smartphone and have it make heads or tails of what you’re saying. Getting that to work can be a pretty tough job however,...
View ArticleSony Xperia Tablet Z Hands On: Thin, Light, and Very Promising (Update: UK...
We’ve known about Sony’s Xperia Tablet Z for the last month, with Sony promising incredible lightness, thinness, speed, and beauty. Guess what? It delivers. The Xperia Tablet Z is a 10.1-inch tablet...
View ArticleHow Android’s Multitasking Experience Could Be Even Better
Lately I’ve been thinking about the multitasking experience on Android, and I feel like there’s still a lot to improve on. I love how the thumbnails come up, but in 4.2.2 they made it so that the...
View ArticleHTC One Google Edition Brings Stock Android to the Best Android Phone
On Stage at the D11 conference, Sundar Pichai confirmed rumours that an HTC One Google Edition running vanilla Android will be available in the US on June 26th for $600 (so probably about £500 over...
View ArticleTime to Update: CyanogenMod 10.1 Is Now Golden
For those in the custom ROM scene, this is fairly big news. Having hit release candidate a couple of weeks back, Jelly Bean-packing CyanogenMod — one of our favourite of all Android ROMS — has finally...
View ArticleAndroid 4.3′s Arrival Imminent as Images Leak and Samsung Prepares Google...
Images have emerged showing a version of Google’s next mobile OS update running on the Google Edition Samsung Galaxy S4, with one lucky user’s phone now updated to feature the 4.3 Jelly Bean code....
View ArticleAndroid 4.3 Notifications System Exposed, Possibly Opened up to Other Apps
A quite technical disassembly job on a leaked build of Android 4.3 has found some interesting changes inside Google’s Notifications feature, which appear to suggest that third-party apps may soon be...
View ArticleThe HTC One Finally Gets Its Worth-the-Wait Android 4.2.2 Upgrade
After promising for ages, then delaying it and killing it off on other phones like the One S, HTC’s finally come through with an Android 4.2.2 update for the much-loved HTC One. What a cracking point...
View ArticleGot an HTC One? Your Juicy Android 4.2.2 Update Should Be Here
After teasing us all with the roll out of its long-promised, and decidedly great Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean update last week, HTC’s just announced that it’s finally hit HTC Ones in the UK. So check for...
View ArticleHave You Got Your Android 4.3 Update Yet?
Google’s latest Android 4.3 code is supposed to be arriving via over-the-air updates to owners of current generation Nexus devices right now, bringing a handful of new features and plenty of...
View ArticleJust Look at How Much Worse Android Fragmentation Got Last Year
Android fragmentation has been a point of contention for many, many years. And the latest report from OpenSignal, the world’s largest database of crowdsourced coverage information, suggests that it’s...
View ArticleStream Everything To Your Chromecast With This Clever Workaround
People are greedy. We just are. What we want is all the content. All the content streaming to our Chromecasts. And as the dog days of summer have slowly ticked by Vimeo, Redbox Instant and Hulu have...
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy S3 Android 4.3 Update Put on Hold After Masses of Bug Complaints
Users updating their Samsung Galaxy S3s to Samsung’s latest Android 4.3 release have been plastering the internet with complaints about the poor quality of the release, so much so that Samsung’s been...
View ArticleSony’s Jelly Bean Update Starts Hitting Xperia Z1 and Xperia Z Ultra
Two of Sony’s biggest and best black rectangles are about to get a little more exciting to own, thanks to the maker saying it’s ready to start pushing its take on Google’s Android 4.3 code to the...
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