If you’re going on a big trip in the near future, then you may have considered buying the Lonely Planet Travel Guides. Each guide costs about $9.99 and gives you offline access to all the information you need about foreign cities. From sights to accommodations to restaurants, the Lonely Planet Travel Guides are a great way to experience a foreign country. But the $9.99 can be a deal breaker for budget-conscious travelers. But fortunately, there’s a free travel guide app now available on…
The Nexus 4 is an incredibly popular smartphone that no one owns. Google and LG messed up their supply chain somewhere along the way and now the phone is infamously difficult to obtain. Don’t believe us? Try buying one from the Google Play Store, where the store regularly tells you to expect your Nexus 4 to ship within 6 to 12 weeks, or even never if it’s a particularly bad day. With demand high and supplies low, where can you buy a Nexus 4? Here are the top three stores where you…
Dual SIM phones are changing the way people travel. If you’re one of those people who constantly travels between countries and uses a different phone in each one, then a dual SIM Android might be the savior you’re looking for. How do dual SIM Androids work? Dual SIM phones aren’t anything new. As you’ve already guessed from the name, dual SIM phones hold two SIM cards. Users can switch between the SIM cards whenever they like simply by pressing a button. It’s like you own two…
Have you ever been watching TV and stopped to think, “Hey, how cool would it be if I could run Android 4.0 on my TV?” If you have, then you’re in luck: Dell recently unveiled a cool new gadget that plugs directly into the HDMI port on your TV. The gadget looks like a USB stick and is no larger than a credit card. Despite its diminutive size, Dell’s HDMI stick includes some powerful technology. After plugging it into (almost) any TV, the HDMI stick will begin to run Android 4.0…
Android is appearing on all sorts of different devices. But a new $55 mini PC might be one of the most affordable and functional Android devices we’ve seen to date. The $55 mini PC debuted at CES 2013. Called the RK3066, the miniscule PC features the following tech specs: -1.6 GHz Cortex A9 CPU -1GB of RAM -4GB built-in Flash -MicroSD slot -WiFi b/g/n and Bluetooth connectivity -Ports for micro-USB, full-size USB, and HDMI available along the sides The RK3066…
CES 2013 took place in early January 2013. And at that event, a number of major tech companies debuted some exciting gadgets. Samsung’s curved AMOLED screens didn’t exactly steal the show, but they did illustrate just how cool technology could be in the near future. What are curved AMOLED screens? Back in the day, we could only create flat LED screens. That’s why your computer monitors and phone screens are flat and rigid. But Samsung wasn’t happy to leave screen technology in a…
100 million is an unfathomable number in the smartphone world. When you sell 100 million units of a single type of device, it means that about 1 out of every 70 people in the world owns it. It’s a ridiculous milestone – especially in a world where consumers have more choices than ever before. In spite of those challenges, Samsung recently announced that its Samsung Galaxy S line had sold 100 million units worldwide. And it did so in just 2 years and 7 months (the first Samsung Galaxy S…
About once a year, Google releases a major update for Android. Last year, Google debuted Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0) and Jelly Bean (4.1/4.2) within a few months of each other. And this year, Google is expected to announce Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie at its annual I/O developers’ conference in May. Android 5.0 features have been kept under lock and key and the Android community knows next to nothing about the OS upgrade so far. But journalists at IBITimes recently wrote an article filled with…
Smartphones and tablets have changed the way we watch TV. If you’re like most people, then you spend the majority of your TV viewing time staring at your phone, browsing your Twitter feed, or reading commentary about the event from people online. It’s always interesting to watch the internet during major events, and the 2013 Oscars can certainly be considered a big event. And a new Oscar 2013 app for Android looks to help people interact with the Oscars in more ways than ever…
Whether you’re an international spy, a cheating spouse, or just a quiet teenager, we all need to protect our phone conversations at some point in our lives. But up until recently, voice and video encryption was a privilege reserved for iOS users. Recently, an app called Silent Circle appeared on the Google Play Store. Silent Circle automatically encrypts all communications sent over your smartphone. It works cross-platform and was created by a former US Navy SEAL. How does Silent Circle…
