Whether you got an Android for Christmas or purchased one as a gift for yourself, thousands of new Android users activate their devices every day. If your Android experience is just beginning, here are some useful tips and tricks that will help you get the most out of your hot new device. Sign in with your existing Google account Most people have a Google account. In their efforts to take over the internet, Google has linked everything from YouTube to Picasa accounts with a single Google…
Alternative Android keyboards are a dime a dozen. And new keyboards are being released every day. But sometimes, a new Android keyboard will offer a few surprises and tweaks that make it a step above the average keyboard. The Kii Keyboard is one such keyboard. Here’s our review. What is the Kii Keyboard? Kii Keyboard is an alternative keyboard app for Android that gives users an extensive array of customization options and features. Unlike other keyboard arrangements, it doesn’t…
Android is the world’s most popular mobile operating system. However, in the United States, Apple remains closely tied with Android in both market share and cultural influence. But we think that will change. Android sales have been rising sharply over the past few years, and unless Apple includes a killer feature on the iPhone 6 (instead of just making it thinner), then Android should overtake Apple once again in the near future. But Android manufacturers and Google will need to keep…
Online poker is serious business. But Android users never really had a lot of options for good online poker apps – particularly when it came to gambling real money. That recently changed, as PartyPoker finally got around to releasing an Android app. Although the new PartyPoker Mobile App is still in beta, it has all of the features you know and love from the desktop version, including: -Play for real cash in Texas Hold’em games -FastForward Poker -A quick seat lobby that matches…
This is one of the most bizarre news stories coming out of the Android community this week. The Interesting Engineering page on Google+ posted a picture of a smartphone airbag concept. The idea is best described through the picture posted above. Basically, your Android smartphone (or iPhone, like the one in the picture) would be able to monitor sudden changes in trajectory or motion that would suggest the phone was being thrown or dropped onto the ground. When the phone registered these…
AndroidAuthority is one of the most influential websites in the Android community. And the website recently chose its top Android smartphone of the year for 2012. In results that should surprise nobody, the Samsung Galaxy S3 came out on top. The specific name of the AndroidAuthority award is “the most important Android smartphone of the year.” That doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the best, but it does mean a smartphone has achieved a unique blend of popularity, performance, style, and…
Many Android smartphones come pre-installed with Flipboard, a popular news aggregator app that pulls stories from major new and sports agencies as well as your Facebook and Twitter pages. You flip through pages, see what you need to see, and that’s it. But for whatever reason, Flipboard never had a dedicated tablet version. After fans began clamoring for the app on popular Android tablets like the Note 10.1, Nexus 10, or Galaxy Tab, the development team behind Flipboard finally took…
If you’re one of those people who gets excited about incremental updates to the Gmail app (don’t be shy), then you probably noticed that Gmail 4.2 came with a cool swipe-to-delete feature that allows you to swipe to the left or right to banish an email to your trash bin. But if you downloaded the Gmail 4.2 app, you may have noticed that you don’t have access to this feature by default. You have to enable it yourself. Here’s a step-by-step guide to enabling swipe-to-delete in Gmail…
Android 4.2 has already been installed on a wide number of devices around the world. But most users don’t know how to use all of the cool new features in Android 4.2. If you want to get the most out of your Android 4.2 upgrade, then make sure you’ve taken a peek at all of the following features: 5) Developer Options Wait a minute. I’m not an Android developer, you’re thinking. I have no right to access developer options in my Android device, right? Wrong! Android 4.2 opens up the…
Nobody likes watching their smartphone slowly die when they’re out late at night. And it’s easy to hate your tablet when it dies halfway through a ten-hour airplane ride. So how can you make sure these situations never happen to you? Well, one of the best ways is to look at the battery life rankings of various Android tablets and smartphones. As reported by TechCrunch, some Androids have incredibly powerful battery lives, while others fall disappointingly short. How do you know which one…
