Category: Android
One in three of us have lost our smartphone photos, reckons Kodak Alaris
More than a third (35%) of Britons have lost photos from their smartphone, according to a study released today by imaging company, Kodak Alaris. People in the UK store an average of 651 photos on their mobile phones meaning that a potential 11.8 billion photos are lost in the ether. Yet they fail to take…
Yota Phone 2 is world’s first dual screen smartphone and e-reader
Mobile phone company Yota has developed what it's claiming is the world's first dual-screen always-on smartphone. Combining the features of a premium Android smartphone with the benefits of an Electronic Paper Display so you don't have to carry two devices around with you, the Yota Phone 2 has, at the time of writing, attracted over $176,000…
Chrome for Android to support notifications from websites
Google has announced details on what we can expect in version 42 (!) of its Chrome web browser for Android. Announced in a blog post, the biggest new addition appears to be notifications from websites using an emerging notification standard. What this means is that you could soon be receiving notifications from, say, eBay, without…
Android Wear gets native wifi support, gesture controls and more
Google has announced a big software update for Android Wear adding a bunch of new features. In what we're sure isn't a coincidence, this news comes just days from the launch of the Apple Watch. According to TechCrunch, Wear is getting native wifi support, so that your watch can connect directly, rather than via bluetooth…
iPhone vs Android debate ends in actual stabbing
We all know that arguing over which is the best smartphone can get a little heated - but who would have expected it to get actually violent? "But Android is more customisable!" According to KTUL, two men from Tulsa, Oklahoma were found covered in blood, stumbling around a parking lot. Apparently…
Sony Xperia Z4 announced to a shrug of the shoulders
Sony has announced a new flagship phone - the much expected Sony Xperia Z4. Sony, unlike its competitors, operates on a twice-yearly product product refresh cycle, meaning the Z3 is only about 6 months old, and as a result the Z4 is pretty much the very definition of an incremental upgrade. Look away - nothing…
Google launches handwriting input app
Now there's a new way to enter text on your Android device: Handwriting. Google has just launched an official handwriting app, and it apparently works in 82 languages both online and offline, and will automatically transcribe your scrawl and turn it into text. Apparently it will even figure out emojis if you draw them. You…
Now searching “find my phone” will, umm, find your phone.
A nice new bit of clever integration from Google. If you've got an Android phone and can't find it, now instead of having to navigate to the Android device manager you can simply Google for "find my phone" and a map will pop up and attempt to locate your handset. Brilliant! According to the Google+…
Huawei announces the Huawei P8 and Huawei P8 Max
Chinese phone maker Huawei has today announced two new flagship smartphones - the P8, an update to last year's P7, and the P8 Max, a phablet too. Both devices sport a metal unibody design (so no removable battery), 3GB of RAM and a Kirin930x935 64bits Octa-core chipset (with a processor architecture that scales with need),…
Is the Sony Xperia Z4 being announced next week?
In the last week we've seen the release of the HTC One M9 and the Samsung Galaxy S6. In a couple of weeks the LG G4 will be getting its unveiling and now we're hearing that Sony is about to announce something new too. According to UberGizmo, Sony has told Japanese press that it will…
