Many manufacturers are having trouble making money with Android. A lot of that is due to the heavy competition that forces margins to be wafer thin. But Sony seems to taking the opposite approach with its just announced Xperia Z5 line. Those who blasted Sony for being unfocused, selling the…
Android Pay is coming within weeks according to teaser
Android Pay, the mobile payment system available to Android users, is just weeks away from launching according to a teaser found by opening the Google Wallet app from the Google Play Store. The teaser says that in the next few weeks, Google Wallet will be re-branded as Android Pay and…
Google’s new Street View app now available for iOS and Android users; contribute your own photo spheres
Google’s Street View can send you on a virtual trip to just about anywhere. Want to take a “walk” down Times Square, or see what it feels like to window shop down Rodeo Drive? Street View can do this. And not only can you experience the 360 degree images, with…
Spotlight: Glextor is an Android app drawer replacement for max organization
Bored of Android’s default application drawer already? Fret not, there’s a handy application manager by the name of Glextor for you to try out. It’s an app that enables the organization of all the applications you have installed. Glextor has an app organizer with an auto-grouping feature. Based on Google…
Affordable 4.5″ Acer Liquid Z330/M330 twins unveiled: one with Windows 10, the other with Android
Acer is on a roll at IFA with six new smartphones, and among them the Acer Liquid Z330 and Liquid M330 are two extremely affordable devices that are very similar in terms of specs, but differ in their operating systems: one runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop (Z330), while the other…
NextBit Robin is a new Android smartphone that wants to solve the problem of running out of storage space
Remember the “friggin’ awesome” smartphone that NextBit promised to unveil on September 1? Well, today is the day when we can see the handset and find out more about it. Called NextBit Robin, the new device is presented as “the only cloud-first smartphone”, as it offers 32 GB of internal…
Spotlight: Fontster is an open-source font installer for Android
Feel like changing the system font on your Android device? Fontster is an app for such business. It allows you to easily change (system-wide) the fonts on your Android device, all within a friendly Material UI. The trade-off is that Fonster requires a rooted device, but rooting is the gateway…
Real pics of Samsung’s clamshell Android with 16 MP camera emerge, flippin’ awesome
Let’s face it, flip phones were awesome. From the unfolding to take a call, and have the lower half next to your lips, while the upper part reaches your ear – you know, like a real phone – to the reassuring click when you close it that tangibly marks the…
How to use Google’s Handwriting Input keyboard on your Android phone or tablet
If, for whatever reason, you want to use handwriting instead of a standard keyboard on your Android device, you don’t necessarily have to own a handset or tablet with a stylus pen (like Samsung’s Galaxy Notes). All you need to do is to download a handwriting app. The easiest to…
F.lux alternatives for Android: here are some apps that aim to reduce eye strain and help you sleep
We guess that most of you have experienced the horror of having your retinas burned by your phones’ displays while in bed during the night. Apart from suddenly revoking your desire for sleep, smartphone displays also tend to disrupt your inner circadian rhythms if you use them for a long…