When it comes down to Android, we have two huge manufacturers duking it out to create the Android king of 2013. HTC brought out their flagship phone for 2013, the HTC One, to lots of applause. But Samsung came back swinging with their offering of the Galaxy S4. I’ve had the chance for the past couple of weeks to spend some quality time with the HTC One… Read more
Looking through a leaked firmware for the Samsung Galaxy S III, it was noticed that Samsung may have forgotten to take out a few elements. Found in SecSettings.apk\res\drawable-hdpi, there were a bunch of files related to fingerprints and the registering of said fingerprints. Could Samsung be testing a device with a fingerprint reader on it? These… Read more
Things in the mobile world just might get interesting. A device by the name of GT-P5200 has shown up on a benchmarking site called GFXBench, and it looks to be the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1. The Tab 2 10.1 had a model number of GT-P5100, so it would make sense. In shocking news, Samsung may be moving away from the ARM architecture with this one, instead… Read more
Google announced the Samsung Galaxy S 4 with stock Android at Google I/O, and it looks amazing. It’s top of the line hardware with stock Android. What more could you want? Don’t say a cheaper price tag. But if you were excited for it, this might be a slight damper on your mood. Google has decided that this device will launch only in the United States…. Read more
The 3G tablet market is still quite unpopular. Only 12% of tablets are connected, while the rest are WiFi. And we understand why cellular tablets are unpopular; they don’t have many uses, and tethering is far more useful. A hotspot will allow you to refrain from buying new hardware, like a 3G tablet and 3G cards for your computer. However, people still… Read more
When Google announced the Samsung Galaxy S 4 with stock Android, it was quite exciting. We would finally see a Nexus device with top of the line hardware and little to no compromises. And best of all, the first Nexus device with a good camera on it. We’re sure a lot of people want this device, but what about other devices becoming Nexusified? Could this… Read more
When LG announced that they would hold an event in New York City, we were quite excited. We theorized that it would be for the LG Optimus G Pro making its appearance in the US. A few days later, LG announced that the event would indeed be for the OG Pro (party poopers, ruining surprises). They did indeed announce the device, exclusive to AT&T but… Read more
Opera’s finally ready to unveil their Webkit-powered browser for Android to the world as it exits its beta today. We first caught wind of the browser during a brief preview in February at Mobile World Congress. The beta launched in March and exits into the Play Store with a few new features and a promise of something better. Opera surprised many when it… Read more
AT&T does again what they do best: block video chatting apps. Like with FaceTime before it, AT&T had recently given its position on the new Google Hangouts: Video calling will not be supported on mobile data at this time. Obviously, people did not take kindly to this. If we’re paying for data, and we can use other apps like Skype to video chat, why not… Read more
Consumer Reports has put out some interesting info: The Samsung Galaxy S 4 is now their top rated smartphone. This device has dethroned the LG Optimus G from its throne in their rankings. Consumer Reports praises the Galaxy S 4 for its camera, multitasking abilities, and cool but gimmicky features. And while there is a huge war between those who love… Read more
We weren’t expecting Key Lime Pie at Google I/O. It was pretty clear that it wasn’t coming for whatever reason. We don’t know whether it was to give manufacturers time to update their devices to 4.2, or they’re working on something big and need more time, but we expected this to happen. However, it seems that we missed a few references to Key Lime Pie… Read more
Both the HTC One and the Samsung Galaxy S 4 launched at approximately the same time, but the gap in their software was pretty big. The Galaxy S 4 launched with the newest version of Android available, 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. Previously relegated to Nexus devices, Samsung adopted it for their newest flagship. However, the HTC One launched with 4.1.2, a much… Read more
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