Category: Android
Sony announces Xperia Z4 tablet… but no phone
Sony has today announced the Xperia Z4 tablet, but rather curiously, hasn't said anything about the expected Z4 phone. The tablet itself is, like everything else at MWC, pretty unremarkable - its an Android rectangle, and that's all you really need to know. Though that said, the company is keen to point out the audio…
Archos “Fusion Storage” creates 256GB tablet
Archos has today announced a clever new technology known as "Fusion Storage", which combines the internal capacity of a device with a MicroSD card to effectively create some of the largest mobile storage capacities we've seen so far. Apparently what makes Fusion Storage unique is that it will "automatically migrates data and optimises memory balance…
Hands on with the HTC One M9
Holly from ShinyShiny is currently at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, and got a brief hands on with the HTC One M9 - here's her verdict.
Samsung Galaxy S6 vs HTC One M9 – which is better?
So the two biggest Android phones of 2015 are finally official - and now we know all about them. But which is better? Body For the Galaxy, the S6 marks a fairly major design change. The S6 is now based on a full metal unibody design rather than the plastic we saw used on the…
Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge: All the details
Samsung has FINALLY announced the Galaxy S6 at Mobile World congress in Barcelona. Read on for all of the details. Spec-wise, both the S6 and the Edge have a 5.1" screen running at Quad-HD (4x720p, basically). The S6 has a curved edge on both sides, of course. There's a 16MP camera on the rear, 5MP…
EE and O2 confirmed to be stocking the HTC One M9
Both EE and O2 have confirmed this afternoon that they will be stocking the just announced HTC One M9. The M9 builds upon last year's flagship model from the Chinese phonemaker, boosting the rear camera up to 20MP and added a wide-angle 5MP camera to the front. As you might expect, the Snapdragon 810 is…
This Android app will solve maths equations using your phone’s camera
A new app called PhotoMath has just launched on the Android app store and it could really help with tricky maths homework. The way it works is by using the camera to photograph equations. The app will then figure out what you need to know, and then figure out what x is equal to. Best…
Google spends $25m on .app top-level domain
Apps could soon be easier to find thanks to a new purchase by Google, which has just negotiated with ICANN to buy the entire .app top-level domain. According to Business Insider the company paid $25m - the most paid for a TLD so far. The move could conceivably mean that we start seeing URLs like…
New “Body Swap” app lets Google Cardboard users spend a day in someone else’s shoes
A fun new app has launched on the Google Play store which will take the camera feed from two phones and send them to the display of the other - which when mounted on your head using a Google Cardboard VR headset opens up all sorts of new possibilities. Cardboard is Google's el cheapo answer…
MWC 2015 rumours: HTC One M9, Samsung Galaxy S6 and more
The annual Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is considered by many to be the biggest event in the mobile world - it is, after all, where many of this year's smartphones and tablets will be launched. MWC 2015 is expected to be the usual big affair, and there are plenty of rumours about what might…
