Tag: Android

Cover App for Android – Give your lock screen some smarts

The three devs behind Cover obviously have a penchant for slick design. This is a gorgeous app.

Where on earth is the Windows 8 notification system?

With Android, Google sets the gold standard. Notifications appear along the top bar of the device, be it a tablet or smartphone. By swiping down you can access all the key alerts you missed since last checking. With Windows 8, Microsoft has catching up to do.

Google Launches iPad Mini Fighter – Holiday Tablet Market Heats Up

As Apple has proven with the runaway success that is the iPad Mini, the consumer appetite for a tweener tablet is voracious.

Nexus 5 Camera Fix on the Way (Android 4.4.1)

Google has been focusing on an assortment of fixes for the Nexus 5 camera which will be bundled into an Android 4.4.1 release.

LG and the Nexus 5 Bump

Why LG? Why LG?! Curse you LG. You make a nearly perfect phone (it is very very good) and then you go and decide to get lazy on one small but critical detail.

Google Play Newsstand needs subscription model

I subscribe to Next Issue because it gives me access to a ton of magazines that I can read on my tablet without having to buy each issue individually. Why doesn't Google offer the same?

Google Play Music comes to Apple iPad, iPhone (Huge!)

Now that Google has made Play Music available for iOS my mobile music universe is coming together.

LG gets the Nexus 5 right (mostly)

It takes only a few seconds--milliseconds rather--to realize this is a Ferrari F12... or, better yet, a Lambo Aventador, when it comes to performance. Blazes!

Why a Google 8-inch Nexus Tablet will sell like hotcakes (or Cabbage Patch Kids or Furbys)

So, now at the end of 2013, we find ourselves at the beginning of the great tablet expansion. Expect a major proliferation of tablet sizes, prices, designs.

Google Nexus 5, the biggest non-surprise of 2013

At the Nexus 5 to my list of 2013 drool-worthy tech that includes: the Nexus 7, Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera, Sony PlayStation 4, and Ferrari F12. At least one of those is a total dream.