Full HD, we hardly knew ye. Today’s flagship smartphones are moving from full HD to QHD – also known as quad HD. Most people in the smartphone world thought that QHD wouldn’t really become popular until 2015, but several major smartphones have bucked the trend and implemented QHD screens in 2014. Those phones so far include the LG G3 and the upcoming Note 4. What is QHD and why do you need it? Why is it possibly a bad thing? Today, we’re explaining why the QHD revolution has…
One of the coolest CyanogenMod features is its Gesture lockscreen functionality. That feature lets you customize your lock screen and unlock your phone using gestures. It’s not a lifechanging feature, but it’s a feature that many users appreciate. Basically, you scribble a gesture on your lock screen and your phone unlocks in seconds. Some users choose to put a picture on their lockscreen and then draw a pattern on that picture. Others put a picture of themselves or a loved one and…
Google Now has lots of cool features and most users never scratch the surface of its capabilities. The other day Google Now told me where I parked my car. I didn’t even ask it to remember where I parked my car, nor was I looking for my car, but somehow it knew to keep track of my car while I was out and about. You can now use Google Now to stay updated on World Cup 2014. The World Cup runs from June 12 to July 13 and is the biggest sporting event of the year (sorry, Winter…
When the LG G3 was announced, people knew it was an awesome smartphone. It’s the world’s first major smartphone with a quad HD screen. It also features a cutting edge Snapdragon 801 processor, 13MP camera, 2GB or 3GB of RAM, and an Adreno 330 GPU. Yes, those specs are awesome. But Android users were worried that those tech specs would hurt the LG G3’s battery life. What’s the point of a quad HD screen if it can only stay on for 4 hours? Fortunately, the LG G3 has blown recent…
This summer will be filled with soccer. The FIFA World Cup is taking place in Brazil over the next four weeks. Whether you love soccer or you “just don’t care about it”, the World Cup is going to be impossible to avoid. The action kicks off on Thursday, June 12 and lasts for a month until July 13. 64 matches in total will be played over that time. During the last World Cup, mobile streaming was limited. Now, with 4 years of technological advancements at our back, this World Cup…
Custom ROMs are one of the best advantages of rooting Android. With a custom ROM, you can enjoy a wide range of benefits – and yes, a few downsides. Why would you install a custom ROM? Should you install a custom ROM? Here are a few important things to remember about Android custom ROMs. What is a ROM? A custom ROM is a file package which contains the core version of Android and additional customized code. If you use a Samsung or HTC device, you’re already using a custom ROM:…
In the tech industry, “innovation” means taking what your competitors are doing and making it better. However, in the latest iOS8 update, Apple took that message a little differently: let’s take what Android is doing and add those features directly to iOS without really improving or changing them in any way. Don’t believe me? Check out the visual evidence below. 5) “Hey Siri” Apple clearly liked Android’s always-on listening capabilities. On Android, you can say “OK…
The resolution wars are officially on. Today, full HD resolution (1920x1080p) is the standard on all new smartphones and tablets. Over the next year, we’re going to see smartphones with quad HD displays (2560x1440). We’ve already seen the LG G3 with its beautiful quad HD display and the Note 4 will also feature the same resolution – according to early rumors and reports. One thing we haven’t seen on Android, however, is 4K resolution. That changed this past week when Qualcomm…
Game of Thrones fans need no introduction to Hodor, the lovable, “slow-witted” stable boy incapable of saying anything but his name. Over and over again. Most people were content to leave Hodor in the Game of Thrones universe. But one mobile developer was not content. Instead, that mobile developer decided to create a Hodor keyboard and it may be the most useless app in the history of Android. Here’s what this app does: -Every word you type gets translated into the word…
iOS8 was recently announced and, although this is an Android blog, we still have to talk about Android’s biggest competitor. iOS8 isn’t the biggest iOS update ever, nor is it the smallest. It adds a number of new features that will appeal to niche groups of iPhone users. More importantly, iOS8 puts pressure on Google. Google needs to knock Android 4.5 (or Android 5.0) out of the park while addressing some key Android problems: like its malware distribution and fragmentation. Here…
