The long-rumored Nexus 5 is getting closer and closer to being released. Finally, we’ve got a date for the Nexus 5 release as well as an unofficial leaked picture. The above photo shows what the white Nexus 5 will look like. It looks like what everybody expected it would look like: a Nexus-shaped smartphone with a larger screen, higher resolution, and better camera. The Nexus 5 could be the best Android smartphone ever made and it will certainly offer the purest Android experience…
Europe is full of really old things, like castles and countries with aging populations. Every year, millions of travelers go to Europe to see these old things. One of the best ways to see these old things efficiently and cheaply is to install Android travel apps. Today, we’re highlighting some of the best European travel apps available for Android today: Eurail / InterRail Rail Planner Back in the day, European backpackers had to rely on ‘paper maps’ and ‘talking to people at…
Over the past few months, there have been plenty of stories released about Android’s rising malware levels. Specifically, there is evidence that the number of malware threats and infections is increasing on Android smartphones and tablets. Google, however, is sick of hearing about how infected its prized mobile operating system is and is fighting back against that reputation with cold, hard facts. Google has wanted to do this for a while but did not - until recently - have the measurements…
Samsung was recently caught cheating on smartphone benchmarks. This was first revealed with the Galaxy S4 and it continued to emerge with the Note 3. Samsung was found to have included an application called BenchmarkBooster on each of these smartphones that effectively overclocked CPU performance when it detected a benchmark application was running. Even more interesting is the fact that Samsung isn’t the only Android manufacturer caught cheating on benchmarks. A whole bunch of smartphone…
SoundCloud is one of the most popular music sharing websites out there today. SoundCloud released an Android app a while ago. That app lets users access all the major SoundCloud functions, including searching for music and discovering new music for free. Users can also create music playlists, share those playlists, and control the app using homescreen widgets. One XDA Developers Forum member, however, decided that the official SoundCloud app just wasn’t good enough. That XDA member is…
Android is the world’s most popular mobile operating system. While Android enjoys a small market share advantage in the United States, it’s far more popular overseas, where market share reaches as high as 80% to 90% in some Asian and European countries. For that reason, it comes as a surprise that Google Now - and a number of other Google apps - only support the English language. Fortunately, Android also encourages modding and app development, which is why one XDA Developers Forum…
The recently released Galaxy Note 3 is a fantastic Android smartphone. On paper, it’s one of the most powerful Android smartphones ever made (if not the most powerful Android smartphone ever made). It features a massive full HD screen and a sleek, thin design. Unfortunately, there’s one thing that the Note 3 does not have: a well-manufactured home button. This issue was pointed out by Artem Russakovskii of AndroidPolice.com. His article features a few different pictures of the crooked…
The Tamagotchi was one of the most entertaining gaming devices ever made - at least to kids born in the 1980s and 1990s. The Tamagotchi was your own personal gaming companion contained in a small handheld device that could attach to your keychain. Enclosed in a colorful plastic case, kids loved Tamagotchis. You had to feed it, take care of it, play with it, heal it with medicine, and perform other maintenance tasks. If you didn’t take care of your Tamagotchi, it would die. If you did, it…
Are you actively stalking a celebrity? Do you want to stay up-to-date on the latest news for your fantasy football team’s star quarterback? Google Now can help. Google Now recently added a feature that makes it easy to stay up-to-date on the latest news from your favorite celebrities. To access this feature, simply search for your favorite celebrity and look at the bottom of the ‘knowledge card’ about that celebrity. You’ll see a button that says Get updates about Lady Gaga or…
Remember when Apple revealed the iPhone 5S’s fingerprint sensors and the Android world laughed at that pitiful “innovation”? Well, those same Android users will have to do some creative backpedaling when Android smartphones start to feature fingerprint sensors in 2014. According to several reports, a number of Android smartphones will be receiving fingerprint sensors in 2014.This news comes courtesy of the FIDO Alliance, a group of tech giants including Lenovo, PayPal, and Google,…
