Instagram for Android at SXSW, disregards original platform

By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: March 13, 2012
Filed under: Android Apps, Apps

Instagram for Android has been on the cards for a while now and it’s certainly one of the most requested apps, which is currently only available on iPhone. Yesterday we’ve heard from SXSW 2012 about the release of this app on Android, and Instagram’s Kevin Systrom has hinted at a…

ASUS in favor with Google for quad-core Nexus Tablet

By: Alan Ng | Posted: March 6, 2012
Filed under: Computers, Portable Computers & Tablets

Towards the end of last year, we asked you for your thoughts on whether Samsung should build Google’s upcoming ‘Nexus’ tablet, or if Google should just build it themselves. Now, a surprise rumor is floating around this week suggesting that ASUS may actually emerge as the front runner in the…

VLC Player for Android beta available, not all handsets work

By: Alan Ng | Posted: March 2, 2012
Filed under: Android Apps, Apps

We have some good news for media lovers on Android now, as an unofficial app for the popular VLC player is now available to download in beta format. It’s not an official release, but it does work if you are willing to try it out. The all-in-one media player is…

Concerns for Android 5.0 Jelly Bean release in 2012

By: Alan Ng | Posted: February 29, 2012
Filed under: Cell Phone Information, Cell Phones

Phone makers are still having a hard time getting Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich on their devices it seems, but this week at MWC 2012 it appears that we have had something of ‘Jelly Bean’ overload in reference to Android 5.0, likely to be the name of Google’s next major…

Google lays down the gauntlet to the iPad and Windows 8

By: Gary Johnson | Posted: February 28, 2012
Filed under: Computers, Portable Computers & Tablets

Since first Apple introduced the iPad a variety of other manufactures have released products to try and steal some of the company’s market share. Until now many rival tablet PCs have failed and have either been discontinued altogether, or seen prices dropped. Now Google lays down the gauntlet to the…

Chrome for Android: No flash support, blame divided

By: Alan Ng | Posted: February 9, 2012
Filed under: Cell Phone Information, Cell Phones

Google Chrome remains one of the most popular web browsers in comparison to Firefox, IE and Safari, and you can imagine the delight amongst Android owners when they found out earlier this week that a mobile version of Chrome was now available to download. However, there is one obvious omission…

Chrome for Android beta live, features and compatibility info

By: Jamie Pert | Posted: February 7, 2012
Filed under: Android Apps, Apps

Back in 2008 many were sceptical about Google’s decision to launch a web browser to take on the likes of Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari and Opera, however now it is many people’s browser of choice and may soon overtake Firefox in terms of market share –…

Sprint Galaxy Nexus closer as Google page opens

By: Gary Johnson | Posted: January 29, 2012
Filed under: Cell Phones, Handsets

Earlier this month an ad for the CES event in Las Vegas emerged that seemed to indicate the Samsung Galaxy Nexus was inbound to the Sprint network, and then a few days later a sign up page for the device appeared on the carrier’s website. Now it seems the Sprint…