Category: Android
The Digest: Microsoft Band second impressions… and 4 other things people are talking about today
[nextpage title="Next"] Microsoft Band second impressions | WinSuperSite "Even after less than a day of use, it's pretty clear that Microsoft Band is big, bulky, uncomfortable and complex enough to dissuade many from using it. Which is too bad, because there is real magic here." [/nextpage] [nextpage title="Next"] Building a better Paris in Assassin's Creed…
Google Now can search within apps… now!
Google's latest update to its Android Google Now app has just made things ever clever: It can trigger searches within apps. In a post on the Android Developers Blog, the example is given of voice searching "Ok Google, search pizza on Eat24" or "Ok Google, search for hotels in Maui on TripAdvisor.". Then rather than…
Samsung announces metal Galaxy A5 and Galaxy A3
Samsung has implicitly responded to criticism of its plastic-heavy designs today by announcing the Galaxy A5 and A3, which sport full metal unibody designs. It is the outside of these phones that is getting all of the focus. Here's how Samsung describes it: "The Galaxy A5 and A3 are Samsung’s slimmest smartphones to date, featuring…
The Top 5 Samsung Galaxy Note 4 accessories
[nextpage title="Next"] Samsung's Galaxy Note 4 is arguably the best Android phablet money can buy... but what if you want more? How can you enhance your Note 4 experience? Here's our pick of the top five accessories for the device. [/nextpage] [nextpage title="Next"] Sennheiser Momentum In-Ear Headphones First off, you're going to want a decent…
Google Fit finally launches on Android
Android-toting fitness fanatics have a new toy to play with this morning, as Google Fit, the company's competitor for Apple's Health app, has appeared on the Google Play store. We've known it was coming since it was unveiled in June at Google's I/O conference, and essentially does the same job as Apple's Health: The idea…
Is Sony planning a 12″ tablet?
The notoriously unreliable Taiwan Digitimes is reporting that Sony could be planning a 12" tablet. Hmm. According to the short report: "Sony Mobile Communications will launch a 12-inch tablet in the first quarter of 2015. Several other vendors are also developing large-size tablets for launch in the first or second quarters, according to Taiwan-based supply…
Amazon Instant Video now available for all Android phones… but there’s a catch
Amazon has finally launched its Netflix-style Instant Video service for all Android handsets... but if you want to install it on your phone, it isn't going to be entirely straightforward. So Amazon has a wide range of products: There's Instant Video on the one hand - but there's also stuff like Amazon's own Kindle Fire…
LG makes its own mobile chips
LG has announced that it is getting into the mobile chips business: Rather than just making phones and buying the innards from elsewhere, the South Korean firm has come up with its first mobile application processor. Here's how the company describes the new processor: "NUCLUN (pronounced NOO-klun) was designed using ARM® big.LITTLE™ technology for efficient…
Nobody wants an Amazon FirePhone – Amazon takes a big financial hit
Poor Amazon - it put so much effort into the Fire Phone, but it seems that not many people actually want one. The company has just announced it is taking a $170m hit "primarily related to Fire phone inventory valuation and supplier commitment costs." The news comes courtesy of Recode, which has been digging through…
Microsoft launches three Android apps (!)
How about this for some unexpected news? Despite having Windows Phone to attend to, Microsoft has dipped its toe into Android waters by launching three new Android apps - including one which will give your phone a new lock screen. The apps come out of "Microsoft Garage", which seems to be a "skunk works" type…
