by Ian Lim on May 24, 2012 · 0 comments
Ever been looking through your photos, looked at one and thought ” That’s a great shot, where the hell did I take that?”. Ever wanted a record of exactly where you went on your holiday and in exactly which place your took a photo? Well geotagging your photos is what you need to do. Basically [...]
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This post brought to you by POWOW Messenger. All opinions are 100% mine. Do you enjoy texting your friends with your smartphone more than you do talking to them face to face? If you also happen to be an Android user, there’s a free app from Handmark called POWOW Messenger for Android that provides an impressive [...]
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by Ian Lim on May 19, 2012 · 1 comment
in Android related, Geek Toys, News
Android on a stick anyone? The FXI Cotton Candy garnered a lot of attention and is slowly starting to filter its way into the wild, but the Chinese market has just released a similar Android based thumb stick. Not quite as highly specced and slightly larger, the MK802 runs a 1.5GHz A10 CPU, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of [...]
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by Julie on April 23, 2012 · 0 comments
Asus announced the new Transformer TF300T tablet and B&H Photo now has them in stock. Priced at $399.00, this Android tablet offers the latest and greatest OS version (4.0 Ice Cream) along with a 1.2GHz Tegra 3 Quad-Core CPU, 10.1 1280 x 800 Resolution display, Micro HDMI Port & MicroSD Card Reader and 1GB internal memory [...]
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by Bryan Sherman on April 17, 2012 · 0 comments
We posted news about the upsoming Sony SmartWatch back in January, but now it is actually shipping and we have more details. This $149.99 device connects to your Android smartphone and displays various pieces of information. You can order the SmartWatch at the Sony site. The specs include: 1.3″ OLED display 128 x 128 pixels 65k [...]
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by Julie on March 13, 2012 · 1 comment
in Android related, News
Today in London Sony announced the Xperia sola smartphone which is powered by Android version 2.3. That may cause your eyes to glaze over in boredom, but keep reading because they’ve added some “magic” to what might otherwise be just another Android smartphone. The sola’s key features include: NFC enabled and Xperia SmartTags in the box to enable [...]
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by Morgan Bornstein on March 3, 2012 · 3 comments
in Android related, Fitness, Sports, iPhone, iPad, iPod related, News
Yeah, yeah, we know we need at least thirty minutes of exercise a day, but come on, it’s just so boring. You know what would make it better? That’s right–Zombies! Zombies, Run! is an app for the iPhone/iPad/Android that casts you as a survivor in the zombie apocalypse. You become Runner 5, and it’s your [...]
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If I were to ask a group of our readers to name an Android smartphone with a built in keyboard, I would expect the majority of them to say a Motorola Droid. This wouldn’t be a surprise given the fact that the original Motorola Droid remains a popular phone to this day over 2yrs after it was first released. [...]
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by Ian Lim on February 28, 2012 · 2 comments
in Android related, News
We first reported a prototype of the FXI Cotton Candy in November 2011, and a new updated version is now available for pre-order for $199 with limited availability in March 2012. As a quick reminder, the Cotton Candy is a self contained USB memory stick sized computer device that allows users to connect to personal [...]
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by Julie on February 14, 2012 · 3 comments
in Android related, News
Each day Amazon offers a paid Android application for free through their Appstore. Normally you would visit the Appstore through the dedicated Amazon Appstore app. But even if you don’t have an Android smartphone or tablet (yet), you can still take advantage of Amazon’s Free App of the Day. You don’t need to visit Amazon’s [...]
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by Ian Lim on February 7, 2012 · 1 comment
in Android related, Audio, Video, TV Gear, iPhone, iPad, iPod related, News
Want to watch Television on your iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad or Android tablet ? Perhaps the Hauppauge Broadway is the solution for you. The Broadway connects between your TV source and home Wi-Fi network, converts the TV signal to be displayed on your mobile device, and sends the signal to your device via Wifi or [...]
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by Julie on January 31, 2012 · 46 comments
in Android related, eBook Readers and Gear, Featured Items, Reviews, Tablet Computers and Gear
Amazon introduced their first Kindle device back in 2007 when the dedicated eBook reader population was made up almost exclusively by Sony’s Reader line of products. The eReader population has grown to include more brands than I can count and in the last 5 years, we’ve seen the technology in this category evolve from e-Ink devices to [...]
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by Jackie Cheng on January 24, 2012 · 10 comments
Sony has extended their Walkman product line with the Z Series Mobile Media Player. This Android 2.3 powered Mobile Media Player has a 4.3” touch screen, runs on a dual core mobile processor, has built-in WiFi / Bluetooth, micro HDMI port, and has Sony’s S-Master MX audio technology to deliver a crisp audio experience. It [...]
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by Janet Cloninger on January 19, 2012 · 3 comments
There aren’t a lot of speaker docks designed specifically for Android smartphones because of the sheer number of different styles. However, if you have an Android phone with microUSB and 3.5mm audio connectors, you can amplify your music with the speaker and control playback and volume with the included remote and the free SONR app. [...]
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by Julie on January 13, 2012 · 15 comments
Android fans have been eagerly waiting for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus because it is the first device on the market powered by Android 4.0. Otherwise known as Ice Cream Sandwich, this new version of Android merges the tablet (Honeycomb) and smartphone (Gingerbread) versions of Google’s popular OS into one version that will be used across both [...]
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by Ian Lim on January 6, 2012 · 5 comments
Disclaimer 1: Rooting can have a difference connotation down here in Australia and I’m not sure if it means the same thing in other countries. This article has nothing to do with the Aussie colloquial term I literally fell into being an Android fanboi. After a raft of Sharp data organisers, Palm devices and then Windows [...]
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by Julie on December 24, 2011 · 6 comments
The JXD S7100 is a 7 inch Android 2.2 device with built in gaming controllers. Install Mame or another gaming emulator and this would make a great little gaming device. It’s available from isharegifts.com for $139.99. There’s a video on their site showing it in action and it does support English and other languages.
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by Julie on December 20, 2011 · 7 comments
Should Amazon be worried that ARCHOS has just announced a 7 inch Android 3.2 (Honeycomb) tablet for $199? If I were faced with a buying decision between the Kindle Fire and this new ARCHOS 70b Internet Tablet, I would pick the ARCHOS due to the specs alone. The processor is faster than the Fire’s at 1.2Ghz, [...]
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by Julie on December 12, 2011 · 7 comments
When it comes to Android powered smartphones, it seems like there is a new phone released every month or so. At this point, there isn’t a lot that can be added to a smartphone to make it different than every other smartphone on the market. There are only so many cores you can add to the processor to make it [...]
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by Craig Froehle on December 5, 2011 · 8 comments
When Motorola burst onto the Android scene with the original Droid (a.k.a. Milestone), the company quickly ramped up to one of the more noteworthy smartphone makers. Then, over the course of a couple of years, their reputation dropped as their phones became less and less innovative, and less and less competitive against the likes of [...]
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