Since it's largely regarded to be an integral part of the smartphone experience as a whole, developers spend much time and effort trying to improve and enhance the social experience.
We feature many Android-based modding tutorials here at Redmond Pie, helping you get your custom ROMs, launchers and other bits and pieces installed onto your device as smoothly and efficiently as possible.
Custom launchers make the modification of Android devices a joy to behold. Having said that, not all are as smooth as they should be, and the unnecessarily bloated ones are considered to be more of a hindrance than a positive implementation.
The world's most popular social network made the news this week after acquiring one of the world's most popular app - Instagram. Its own app, however, tends to get a lot of coverage for the wrong reasons, and no matter how many revisions of the official Facebook app are released, they seldom arrive without their share of snags.
If you want to get the most from your device - no matter what the brand or platform is - the chances are, you're going to need a file explorer of some description.
One of the mutually annoying traits of both Android and iOS is the fact that one has to leave an app in order to change basic settings.
Gesture based implementation is not only extremely useful for adding additional functions in areas otherwise bereft, but it also adds a wonderful touch of finesse to proceedings.
With the number of basic Alarm apps throughout the App Store and Google Play Store now well over a billion strong, the devs looking to improve the management of our sleeping habits are being forced to work a little harder and bring something different to the table.
There are plenty of apps out there for all devices, and not all of them are of any real use to people. Yes, games are entertaining and there are plenty of apps that have that cool factor, but how many have us coming back to them each and every day because they enhance our lives somehow? How many are must-have apps that we need in order to function?
As those of you reliant on your smartphones on a daily basis will surely vouch, battery life is probably the most important commodity. Although devices can offer a grand pallet of tasty features, without the power keeping the turbines ticking over, they're essentially useless.
