Category: Android
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Ollie – The RC gadget for the smartphone era
Last year we named Sphero as one of our five things to see at the Gadget Show Live. This year’s offering from the Colorado based team is the Ollie. This can shaped bundle of energy is all brawn and not so much brain, that’s not to say that the tech inside this beauty is not […]
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HTC Nexus 9 Tablet Release
Rumours have emerged that the newest member of the Nexus family is due to be introduced in October. The news came after an “anonymous tipster” told MoDaCo’s co-founder Paul O’Brien that they suspect the HTC Nexus 9 will make its debut on 16th October this year. Also See: Nexus Given a New Lease of […]
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OneDrive for iPhone Offers 30GB Space
OneDrive, Microsoft’s answer to Cloud storage services such as Google Drive and iCloud, is offering a tantalising amount of storage space to iphone users as an attempt to sway them from Apple’s clutches. A limited time offer exclusively for iPhone users offers up to 30GB of storage, which seems huge when compared to Dropbox’s 2GB […]
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Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Pre-Orders Open
Samsung is set to release the Galaxy Note 4 smartphone on the 10th of October here in the UK, one upping the US release by more than a week. The device’s pre-orders are now open as well, meaning that the Galaxy Note 4 is now ready to compete with the new iPhone 6. The Galaxy […]
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Google and Dropbox Increasing Security
You might have read our report on the increasing of security by Google on Android L, automatically encrypting user personal information and restricting access to pictures, emails and other personal correspondence without a password. In an additional initiative to prevent hacking by shady individuals as well as the intrusion into user data by government agencies, […]
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Android L To Encrypt Data As Standard
In the face of the revealing of NSA hacking by Edward Snowden, plus other major evidence of spying from large government agencies operating inside the United States, Google has announced that any and all data stored within the Android L operating system, set for release in 2015, will be encrypted to hopefully prevent government spying. […]
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Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Release and Pre Order
Samsung’s newest Note is set to make its retail debut in the UK very soon; October 10th to be exact. The Galaxy Note 4 is the newest in the Note range and Samsung are already taking pre-orders at Samsung’s retail stores as of tomorrow; which conveniently, is also the release date for the iPhone 6. […]
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Budget Android One Phones Going Global
Google’s new Android One range is designed to be deployed across the world, representing a light, easily affordable smartphone with which members of developing communities or countries can get involved in the high tech world of Android at an affordable price. The first wave of these Android One devices, packaged with a light easily […]
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Moto X and Moto 360 Ready for Preorder
If you’re looking for a next generation gadget from Motorola, either the Moto 360 smartwatch or the Moto X smartphone, now’s the time to get your preorder on, as products are flying off shelves at the moment, especially that Moto 360. Come Tuesday you should be able to pick up the Moto X smartphone, as […]
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Sim-Unlocked Moto X Pure Announced
The Motorola Moto X is shaping up to be another great phone from Motorola, and what we’ve recently heard from online news outlets is that an alternate edition of the device is set to hit the market, the Motorola Moto X Pure. The Moto X Pure is set to be a clean version of the […]
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New A Series Samsung SM-A500 to Have Full Metal Body
As specifications for smartphones increase, it seems only right that the chassis and casing materials should increase to match. Following the recent launch of the Galaxy Alpha, Samsung plans to release three new devices in its A series of smartphones; one of which is the SM-A500 model. SamMobile have revealed that the SM-A500 will have […]
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Google Play Store Down for Virgin Media Customers
The Gadget Helpline has been receiving reports of problems downloading apps and content from the Google Play Store for Virgin customers in the UK only. This follows a weekend of YouTube difficulties which still appear to be causing videos not to complete buffering. So far we have established that Virgin broadband subscribers / Play Store […]