As much as we all love Android, most of us wouldn’t mind having a few extra hours of battery life. There are hundreds of different battery saving tips for Android, and here’s one more to add to your arsenal: put your keypad dialer on your lockscreen or home screen. The concept behind this battery saving tip is simple: you don’t have to navigate through a few different screens in order to make a simple phone call, nor do you have to spend time browsing through your list of contacts.…
Android viruses are becoming frighteningly common. With over 75% of the world’s smartphone users running Android, criminals have a massive list of people to target. But one Chinese Android botnet looks to be the largest network of infected devices to date. The botnet was discovered by mobile security researchers. It spreads through infected app downloads and allows hackers to remotely access smartphones for “fraudulent purposes” How the botnet spreads Legitimate Android users…
You don’t have to go very far on tech websites these days before you see ‘cloud computing’ this and ‘cloud storage’ that. Half of these people don’t even know what cloud computing means. But no matter how you feel about cloud computing, it’s easy to appreciate Google Music’s support for ‘the cloud’. Google Music has a feature called Google Music Match that scans your entire Android’s music folder and then rebuilds your collection of songs on the cloud. As Apple fans…
Android’s meteoric climb to the top over the last few years has been exciting to watch. Almost every country in the world enjoys a majority Android market share. But there’s one country where Android is still struggling to get past its biggest competitor, and that country is the United States. The iPhone’s special place in American consumers’ hearts was on full display this past week as a market research company released its choices for “Consumer Electronics Buying Intentions in…
When you research Android rooting, you may feel like you’re Neo at the beginning of the Matrix: you can either take the red pill or the blue pill, but there’s no turning back once you make your decision. That analogy is true in some ways, but it can be a bit misleading. Today, we’re going to explain Android rooting to you in the most basic possible way. Explain Android rooting like I’m five years old You know the Pentagon, right? That big five-sided building that is in charge of…
2013 will be another exciting and revolutionary year for technology – just like every year since electricity was invented. Technological advancements are exciting, but they can also make it difficult to commit to a new smartphone. If you plan on buying an Android smartphone in 2013, then you’ll want to spend hours researching the perfect phone. But we’ve made your search process a little easier by highlighting some of the most important Android components to pay attention to over the…
2013 will be another exciting year for the world of Android. With Android firmly on top in market share around the world, one final challenge stands in Android’s way: beating the iPhone in U.S. market share. Fortunately, there are multiple smartphones in the Droid army ready to do battle against iOS. Here are ten promising Android smartphones that will debut in 2013 and attempt to dethrone Apple from its perch atop the U.S. consumer electronics markets: 5) HTC M7 The HTC M7 will be one…
Touchscreens are all the rage these days. You won’t find too many people who will argue against touchscreens being the most important trend of the last few years, and that trend looks to continue in 2013 with a whole new range of smartphones and tablets eager to greet our fingers. But Intel, a company that uses the slogan “Sponsors of Tomorrow” thinks that voice recognition technology will soon dethrone touchscreens from their lofty perch. In an interview with CNET, Intel’s senior…
As you (hopefully) know, Android isn’t the only type of smartphone in the game today. Competitors include Windows Phone, Blackberry, and of course, the iPhone. But will any of these alternative smartphones offer a legitimate challenge to Android smartphones in 2013? To help answer that question, here are our top five most exciting non-Android smartphones to watch in 2013: 3) The BlackBerry 10 lineup, including the X10 and Z10 Remember BlackBerry? It’s okay if you don’t. The former…
Android is already off to a great start in 2013, and CES 2013 showed us a few reasons why Android is such a great operating system. But if rumors and trends are to be believed, 2013 will be an even better year for Android. Here are a few reasons why: 5) Screen size will plateau, but cases will continue to get smaller Today’s Android screens are basically as big as we could ever want them to be. We have massive screens like the Galaxy Note 2 and slightly smaller screens like the one on the…
