Android 4.3 was a relatively minor update in the history of Android. However, since most popular smartphones are stuck using Android 4.1, upgrading to Android 4.3 is certainly an improvement. While the rest of the world waits, HTC recently announced that their flagship smartphone, the HTC One, would be the first to get the Android 4.3 update. That update will be arriving before the end of October for all HTC One devices across all networks. In fact, if you own an HTC One on Sprint, you…
Nexus 5 rumors are swirling. That’s surprising, considering the Nexus 5 should be released before the end of this month. Despite that impending release date, we still don’t know anything official about the Nexus 5. One Click Root published an overview of the Nexus 5 specs last week, but recent rumors suggest that the Nexus 5 camera will have one more trick up its sleeve. Those rumors come courtesy of Italian Android website AndroidWorld.it, which states that the Nexus 5 will be the…
There are lots of good free games available on the Google Play Store. Unfortunately, a lot of those games come with a catch: they deliver a nonstop series of annoying advertisements to your notifications bar. Some of these advertisements appear in-game, which is annoying enough. But a select few apps also deliver advertisements when you’re not playing the game. These ads appear in your notification bar and trick users into thinking they’re real notifications. In fact, some ads even make…
Apple blew the world away with its recently-revealed golden iPhone 5S. Just kidding. Call it what you want to call it, but the golden iPhone 5S is outselling all other iPhone 5S colors. Over the past few weeks, Apple has sold over 9 million iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C units. Those sales figures have caused other smartphone manufacturers to take note. Yes, it’s just a color change, and no, it’s not real gold. But for whatever reason, people sure like to buy the iPhone 5S in…
The Nexus 5 will be one of Google’s largest phone releases of all time. While the Nexus 4 is an excellent phone, it faltered due to its lack of LTE support and limited availability at launch (and after launch). Google will aim to solve those problems with the release of the Nexus 5. The team at Androidworld.it recently revealed the Nexus 5 specs after digging deep inside a Nexus 5 log. Based on these specs, the Nexus 5 will be a very fine phone indeed: -5 inch 1080p display with 442ppi…
There are so many useful apps for Android that aren’t available on PC. Most users have resigned themselves to the fact that some apps just will never be available on PC. However, that’s simply not true. Thanks to a cool new software program, you can easily run your favorite Android apps on your laptop or PC. This allows you to play Android games on systems with better processing power and it helps you enjoy mobile-exclusive apps like Shazam or Instagram on your computer. This method…
When Apple first introduced Siri in 2011 with the iPhone 4S, the world was understandably impressed. Siri was advertised as your very own robotic assistant app. Although the early versions of Siri had limited capabilities and were mostly used as party tricks (“hey, watch me have a conversation with my iPhone”), today’s Siri is something special. Today, iOS 7’s Siri is better than ever before. It also has a very legitimate competitor in Android 4.3’s Google Now, also known as…
The idea of sending money over a smartphone makes me uncomfortable. Fortunately, mobile payment technology has improved by leaps and bounds over the last few years. Google’s own Google Wallet is one of the best mobile payment apps available today. In spite of that fact, Google Wallet does not yet have widespread adoption, with tech blogs like CNet even suggesting in early 2012 that Google Wallet was going to be a catastrophic failure. It didn’t help that AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile…
Begun the cloud wars have! Microsoft, Apple, and Google all offer excellent cloud storage options. But competition is fierce, and each company uses different tactics to try to win over customers. Well, Google may have just pulled off one of the most devastating cloud storage maneuvers in the industry. Google recently announced that it was releasing its document editing software, QuickOffice, for free. The software previously cost $20. Now, it will be available for both Android and iOS users…
Android 4.4 KitKat is the next big Android update. Expect it to be a bit bigger than the non-event that was Android 4.3, but not as big as major releases like Jelly Bean (4.1) and Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0). From the early screens that have leaked so far, we can see that Android 4.4 KitKat seems to be taking inspiration from the flattened design of iOS7. Here are some sample images: Those images come courtesy of a Google news blog called 9 to 5 Google. 9 to 5 Google was also responsible…
