Category: Android
New app will track how much of your life you’re wasting on your phone
Do you ever worry that you're spending too much time on Facebook? Hey, I ASKED YOU SOMETHING! You'd have heard me if you were paying attention. I said, do you ever worry that you're spending too much time on Facebook? How many social occasions have you missed because your nose was in your phone? How…
Google’s Project Ara is looking impressive
Check out the above video, which is Google's latest publicity for its "Project Ara". The premise behind Ara is a phone with removable components. Essentially, you can pick and mix your own components, snapping cameras, processors, screens and other components on to the core 'skeleton'. It sounds pretty space age, and this latest demo looks…
Is this confirmation that the Samsung Galaxy S6 will have a QuadHD screen?
New evidence suggests that Samsung's next flagship handset will come complete with a QuadHD - or 2K - screen. This is a Note 4, not a Galaxy S6. This would mean the screen runs at 1440x2560 resolution - which is the step between 1080p HD and 4K (which is 4x1080p). Not…
Nexus 9 available from O2 today
O2 has announced that Google's newest tablet, the Nexus 9, is available in its stores from today. The Nexus 9 sports an 8.9" screen, and perhaps most attractively runs a completely clean version of Android as Google envisages it - with no bloatware added by the manufacturers. O2 says that the tablet is available on…
Why would Samsung want to buy Blackberry for $7.5bn?
There's a rumour doing the rounds today about how Samsung has apparently approached Blackberry about buying the firm for around $7.5bn. Since the rumour emerged, and the Blackberry stock price shot up, Blackberry has since denied that talks have taken place. Though that said - it does raise what would certainly be an interesting development…
Xiaomi Mi Note is a high spec phablet for just £244
Remember Xiaomi? Despite not being hugely well known in Britain and the west, the company is one of the largest phone manufacturers in the world. The Chinese firm has today announced a new high-end up for - and appears to be gunning directly for the iPhone 6 Plus. The Mi Note sports a full 1080p…
Android Lollipop FINALLY arrives on the Galaxy S5 in the UK
Today is a big day for UK Galaxy S5 owners - it appears that you'll finally be able to upgrade to Android Lollipop. The news comes via SamMobile, which reports that Samsung has finally started rolling out the update for UK S5s. Interestingly, the firmware being pushed out is the 5.0 release - codename "LRX21T"…
Google pulls support for the old Android browser – could this force people to upgrade?
Google has announced that is ending official support for WebView, which is perhaps better known as the original Android web browser. You know the one - it was used on Android phones before Chrome came along, and even then co-existed for a while. According to The Register, the announcement will apply to anyone still running…
Samsung officially announces Galaxy A7 phablet
Better late than never! We were expecting it at CES last week, but Samsung waited until last night to officially announce the Galaxy A7 on its blog. The A7 is a 5.5" phablet in the mould of the smaller A3 and A5 - the "A" line being Samsung's attempt at creating attractive metal-coated handsets, with…
Kodak’s first smartphone fails to excite
Over at CES ailing photography brand Kodak has announced its first foray into the smartphone world. You would be forgiven for thinking that Kodak, given its heritage, might make something of the camera functionality. Could it put a new twist on what we've seen before? When rivals Polaroid came out with its own phone a…
