Yesterday we reported on leaked of images of Nikon’s new Android-powered camera the S800c. Well Nikon has decided not to postpone an announcement any longer with an official unveiling today of it’s point-and-shoot Coolpix S800c camera. As earlier rumors suggested, the camera boasts a built-in GPS for geo-tagging, a 10X optical zoom lens, a 16-megapixel… Read more
AsiaToday has heard of a phone called the LG Optimus G, a device made to play with the big boys. It’s supposed to compete with the most powerful phones around, like the HTC One X and the Samsung Galaxy S III. It’ll allegedly be rocking a 4.7″ TrueHD IPS display, 2GB of RAM, a quad core processor (probably Snapdragon S4, but unknown), and a 13MP… Read more
Point and shoot cameras have all been the same, relying either on optics or gimmicks to stand out from the crowd. How can you make a camera better when it shoots in great quality? Toss Android onto it, of course! The rumored Nikon S80C will be a traditional point and shoot with a big touchscreen showing off Android Gingerbread. The app selection will… Read more
HTC has finally fixed something I have considered to be the failing point of their One series of phones, though the fix has only rolled out to two phones. After the AT&T One X got an update, the international model is getting the same one. Along with a new but minor version of Android and some camera improvements, the multitasking button is getting a… Read more
In a way, Android is an operating system that can be applied to hundreds of things and one of the huge things is in the camera department. Imagine if a decent camera came out that ran on Google’s Android OS. It seems that Nikon may have that very idea in mind with the latest rumor. A camera that will reportedly be called the Coolpix S800 is said to be… Read more
Smart Stay is a feature of the Galaxy S III that keeps the phones screen on while you’re looking at it, using thew front facing camera to track your eyes. This means that while you’re reading something, your screen will not time out. Once you look away, it will be allowed to time out. So why should this feature stay exclusive to the Galaxy S… Read more
There is an app called PDroid (but if you’re serious about security, you probably know that already) that lets you blacklist and whitelist apps using specific permissions. If you don’t want an app using a specific permission, block it. It’s quite a nice app to keep around, especially when you want to cut apps off from internet access. However, an XDA… Read more
Are you missing the camera feature on your Google Nexus 7? No, your new tablet isn’t defective. Mine didn’t come with a camera app either. The newly released Nexus 7 tablet comes with a 1.2 megapixel front facing camera and no camera on the back. So it really doesn’t surprise me that the device didn’t come with the camera app. Google is… Read more
My personal phone has been an AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II for the longest time, and I’ve become accustomed to its camera. Let’s get this out of the way: The camera on the S II blows almost every other camera phone away. It is fantastic, amazing, and I couldn’t be happier with it. Until about a week ago, of course. I recently received an HTC DROID… Read more
One of Ice Cream Sandwich’s most notable features, Face Unlock, has been continuously scrutinized as being a gimmick. With Jelly Bean, Google aims to change that perception by introducing “Liveness check”, a new feature that requires the user to blink his or her eyes while unlocking their device. Previously, users have been able to trick the system… Read more
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