Back in early July, word had spread that LG was preparing a potential quad-core flagship smartphone. LG was said to be building the phone to the exact specifications laid out by it’s company chairman Koo Bon-Moo. Well an update has arrived on the existence of such a device. LG has generated a Korean teaser site for what will be the new LTE smartphone… Read more
Once again, we are taking a look at two popular 7” Android tablets, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 and the Google Nexus 7 by ASUS. On Monday, we asked the DroidDog followers on facebook, twitter, and Google+ what they would want to see in a comparison video. So, in this part 2 of 2, I have the two tablets go head to head with shut down and startup… Read more
Today we are taking a look at two popular 7” Android tablets, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 and the Google Nexus 7 by ASUS. In this part 1 of 2, I do a tour of the device as well as introduce the operating systems. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 is running Ice Cream Sandwich with a TouchWiz overlay compared to Stock Jelly Bean on the Nexus 7. My… Read more
Timer is one of my favorite new Android utilities. Not only is it functionally solid, but it’s beautifully themed complies with Android’s design guidelines as well. Well done! Say you do laundry every week and know that it takes 45 minutes in the washer and 1 hour in the dryer before it’s done. You can save an individual timer for each of these… Read more
We take a look at Pantech and Verizon’s latest budget smartphone, the Pantech Marauder. Pleasantly surprised, we discovered that the device could truly be something special. Check out the full review… Read more
As announced last week, coming in October to the Chinese market, the Xiaomi Phone 2 or simply the Mi-Two is one of the hottest devices you could possibly imagine. The Mi-Two is equipped with a quad-core Snapdragon S4 chip, the latest Adreno 320 GPU and a fantastic 8-megapixel camera. It will most likely be the first of it’s kind to have such capable… Read more
Today we’re taking our first look at the Smart Case by Waterfield Designs for the Google Nexus 7. Last week, I did a review of a different Nexus 7 with smart functionality. The case would actually wake up and put the Nexus 7 to sleep by opening and closing it. This case however, I have no idea why it’s name is Smart Case, but I have some… Read more
Welcome back to another episode of Featured App Friday and today we’re changing it up a little bit. You now have a video review to help and give you a more realistic look at what the app is like and how it functions. I tried out the latest beta version of Nova Launcher which is based on the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean launcher and loved it. Watch the video… Read more
http://youtu.be/vaGvkWlSuMA Joey Lehto unboxes Verizon’s latest budget handset, the Pantech Marauder. Is it just a regular entry-level smartphone, or something more than that? Check it… Read more
The Google Nexus 7 isn’t 3G capable, so you can only use the 7″ tablet at home or at Starbucks… Right? Wrong. You can pay $20+ to use the carrier WiFi hotspot app that comes on your device. Yeah, you could, but there are some free options you should know about, and for most of you they’re available right out of the Google Play Store. When I… Read more
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