by Gary Sims, 21 hours ago

At long last Sony’s Xperia Tablet Z is available world wide. According to an official statement released by the huge Japanese electronics company the device is now available for purchase through Sony’s retail stores and via third parties. The Tablet Z is generally seen…

by Gary Sims, 1 day ago

Some people mistakenly think that all Android phones that come out of China are white-label devices with no support and no hope of future upgrades. That is true of some phones, but not all. China has several popular international…

by Gary Sims, 5 days ago

During the Google I/O 2013 Keynote presentation Hugo Barra announced that Google is working on a new integrated development environment (IDE) for Android app development called Android Studio. Based on the open source version of the already popular IntelliJ,…

by Gary Sims, 6 days ago

A new version of Google Play is starting to role out across the Internet. It tweaks some minor aspects of the store’s layout and design. The biggest change is a new design for the Apps, Games, Book…

by Gary Sims, 1 week ago

There is some good news for all those HTC One owners who are keen to try out CyanogenMod 10.1, official nightly builds are now available for the GSM version and the Sprint variant. Codenamed M7 –…

by Gary Sims, 1 week ago

There has been lots of speculation about the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S4 mini which is rumored to be released in the next few weeks. According to a new report from Samsung and Korea Investment & Securities the S4…

by Gary Sims, 1 week ago

Latest figures show that Android was the operating system of choice for over 182 million smart devices that were shipped during the first three months of this year. According to a new report by research…

by Gary Sims, 1 week ago

The electronics and entertainment giant Sony Corporation has made its first profit in five years and according to its fiscal report the company saw its sales increase by 4.7%, primarily due to the benefits of folding Sony Mobile,…

by Gary Sims, 1 week ago

NQ mobile, a mobile security company, has released a report which claims that 2012 saw a 163% increase in mobile malware and that over 65,000 new pieces of malware were discovered during the year. This…

by Gary Sims, 2 weeks ago

Without a doubt the Galaxy S4 is one of the major Android smartphone launches of 2013 and so far it looks like Samsung is going to sell millions of these devices. However the Galaxy S4…

by Gary Sims, 2 weeks ago

Barnes and Noble’s range of Android devices have always been respected for their quality, specification and pricing but there was always one little problem that stopped potential buyers (like myself) from buying one – a lack of Google Play support. But no more!…

by Gary Sims, 2 weeks ago

The two South Korean heavyweights LG and Samsung both have large screen phones on the market. LG, who is playing catchup, has the 5.5 inch, full HD LG Optimus G Pro while Samsung offers the…

by Gary Sims, 2 weeks ago

It didn’t take long, it never does, but Google Glass has been rooted. It seems that the process was started by Liam McLoughlin (@Hexxeh) who claimed that root access should be easy as Google Glass supports…

by Gary Sims, 3 weeks ago

A couple of weeks ago Eric Schmidt said that Facebook Home was “a tremendous endorsement of the (Android) platform” and this week Matias Durate, Google’s director of Android Operating System User Experience, has said that “the…

by Gary Sims, 3 weeks ago

While preparing to launch the U.S. version of the Optimus G Pro at its special event in New York, LG has been working on yet another variation of the Optimus G called the Optimus GK.  The smartphone, which is to…