Vine is an interesting take on video social networks, allowing you to upload only 6 seconds of video at a time with random cuts. Being an iOS exclusive, it has exploded in popularity recently. This obviously left Android folks wondering when then app would get to us, because unlike Instagram, this is actually a unique and cool app. In a recent… Read more
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=74_1nB_Z1Hw#! If there is one thing to be said about Sony, it’s that they are dedicated to the developer community. Though they lock bootloaders, they provide a good unlock tool, source code, and work with other companies to get as much source code out there as possible. Once, they even added the… Read more
When you ask an average consumer about tablets, what kind of response do you usually get? I’m willing to bet that they first mention the iPad. Or possibly they don’t even know what you’re talking about until you bring up the iPad. Now I hope you’ll agree that this is a serious problem. Because the iPad is just one tablet in a sea full of many others…. Read more
Can you believe that Pocket has been around for a whole year? Well they’re celebrating their one year anniversary with an update to all their apps, including the Android version. Yes, for their anniversary, we get a present. The update for Android is quite big, and includes a few cool new features you socialites will like. The biggest new feature is… Read more
Head of Windows Mobile Terry Myerson did an interview at D: Dive Into Mobile and was asked to comment on the current state of Android and his thoughts on Facebook Home. The first thing he says about Android? “It’s a mess.” Of course, in a sense, he’s right. OEMs just aren’t making much money aside from Samsung, but that’s looking to change soon. Then he… Read more
Today the highly popular custom ROM development team CyanogenMod released stable M-series snapshot builds for CM10.1 for what I’ve counted as 30 devices so far. I’ve seen reports for fewer devices so my guess is that this list has been growing and may continue to grow. I have a list below with the 30 devices that have the new M3 build released… Read more
Ask almost any mobile tech savvy person about NFC and they can give you a pretty good answer. It’s short for Near Field Communication and allows devices to interact with each other by being in very close proximity. It can be used to transfer files or simply trigger things. The possibilities are incredibly vast with NFC and it makes me wonder, why isn’t… Read more
After a long wait, with both the international and Sprint models already updated, the AT&T LG Optimus G is finally being updated to Jelly Bean. The update will add the standard Jelly Bean features, like the beloved Google Now and expandable notifications, and on top of that, LG improved their UI in small ways. Unfortunately, the Q apps that are included… Read more
The HTC First was just announced by HTC’s own Peter Chou, with AT&T’s Ralph de la Vega coming up to talk about it. While specs weren’t really brought up, we know that it will have Facebook Home pre-installed and it will be optimized for the social experience. It’ll also come in four different colors, so your phone can look as pretty as… Read more
About a year and a half ago (or somewhere near that), Google made the executive decision to give Android a design revamp. The launch of the Galaxy Nexus came about and with it came something much more important: Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and a sleek new design theme known as Holo. A far cry from previous versions of Android, Ice Cream Sandwich… Read more
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