Category: Android
Samsung dishing out free S6 handsets to dedicated fans in South Korea
As part of a special promotion, Samsung will apparently be giving its most loyal fans a free Galaxy S6, if they're able to show up with all of the previous phones. According to Chosun, customers will need present SK Telecom with everything from the original Samsung Galaxy S to last year's S5. That's 13 phones…
Google moves Photos in with Drive
The slow death of Google+ continues today as the company has announced that it will now be integrating its photo uploading facilities with Google Drive. The Google Drive Blog reveals the changes - which will now see photos sensibly listed alongside other types of files, rather than ghettoised over on Google+, where nobody looks. The…
The HTC One M9 is available in UK NOW – watch our video review
Today's the day! HTC's new flagship handset, the HTC One M9 is now officially available in Britain. Carphone Warehouse won the race to see who could press release it the fastest - announcing that the phone is available in its stores for £37.50/month when paying nothing upfront. Whilst similar (some would say too similar) to…
LG G4 announcement coming at the end of April
LG looks set to announce the LG G4 - an update to its critically acclaimed LG G3 at the end of next month. According to Trusted Reviews the South Korean company is planning six simultaneous events around the world, scheduled on April 28th or 29th (depending on timezones) - in London, New York, Paris, Seoul,…
Will Windows Phone soon run Android apps?
Today's rumour du jour is that Microsoft could be planning to add support for Android apps on Windows Phone - in a bid to boost the number of apps available. According to Neowin Microsoft might be investigating possible emulation technologies in a bid to shortcut its platform's chicken-and-egg problem, of not having enough apps to…
HTC One M9+ Announcement set for 8th April
The rumours suggesting HTC isn't done with the HTC One M9 have been seemingly confirmed today as an invitation has gone out to journalists in Beijing for an event the company is holding on April 8th. According to Android Central, the "More than One" event will be showing off what we expect to be called…
How safe is my Android phone from hackers? Answer: not very says report
Worrying news as it has emerged that there's a hole in some Android phones that could enable hackers and the like to execute malicious code. The potential exploit was discovered by Palo Alto Networks, which does enterprise security for big businesses. Apparently the way it works is that it exploits a flaw in Android’s “PackageInstaller”…
Nexus Player, the first Android TV device, launching in the UK on Thursday
The battle for the living room looks set to heat up on Thursday as Google's very own Nexus Player will be launching here in Britain. According to IBT, the Android TV device will be available from Amazon for £79.99. The device is significant as Android TV is Google's latest attempt at establishing a connected TV…
Samsung Galaxy S6 available to pre-order on O2, EE and Vodafone from today
The big three phone networks have announced that you can pre-order Samsung's new flagship device from today. Here's all of the details. Here's Vodafone's offer: "Customers who pre-order either device on a Vodafone Red L, XL, or XXL price plan will receive a free Samsung Wireless Charging Pad and phone case – and customers who…
Now you can control a Tesla car with an Android Wear watch
Check out the above video from developers ELEK Software, which has developed an Android Wear app for controlling the elite electric car. Apparently it took only four weeks to get from a prototype to the demo video above. What the app enables you to do is see how much range your car has left, as…
