Knowing how much sleep is enough sleep can be a tricky one to gauge. After all, the only certain way to not be feeling tired for prolonged periods of the day, is to sleep until you wake up naturally. While this concept is great - most of us, after all, love a lie-in - unfortunately, in the real world, this simply doesn't work.
One of the disadvantages of using head/ear-phones is that once you put them on, you lose all track of the (sound of) things happening around you. In a crowded, noisy environment this is actually a good thing, but when you’re at home where there is, more often than not, complete silence, it isn’t.
No matter what one might say about Android, the open-source platform is very customizable - allowing users to install a variety of different launchers at will.
While Apple offers a more straightforward unified system of backup and restore of its iOS devices through iTunes, Google has a more modular approach with Android. Your contacts are backed up through Gmail, apps and other purchases through Play Store, list of apps, bookmarks and system settings. Other, more important data such as photos, text messages, homescreen configuration, apps settings etc. have to be backed up through third-party solutions.
HTC's "Sense" is one of the top manufacturer skins on Android and for good reason: while some call it bloated, it is undoubtedly one of the most powerful skins of the bunch. Rooting and flashing different tweaks enhances Sense but no tweak enhances HTC Sense like developers j4n87's (co-developed by richmondo & m0narx) "LeeDroid Tweaks".
Smartphones of today are the ultimate example of the convergence of technology. These devices act as a camera, music player, video player, internet communications device, a phone and, in relation to this post, a powerful torch.
The Android OS is obviously one of the most advanced mobile platforms out there, available across a broad range of devices from various manufacturers with the option of choosing from hundreds of thousands of additional apps from third-party developers. The standard features that ship with Android - especially with the current offering which is Ice Cream Sandwich - are more than enough to entice even the most demanding of users to move across to Android, but when those features are combined with additional applications and widgets; the whole experience becomes even more attractive to consumers.
Have I mentioned how Android is really good with context-sensitive apps? Just a few days ago we covered Timeriffic which allowed users to set custom WiFi/data, ringtone and notification, media/system volume settings based on the time of the day. One area where Timeriffic lacked was in its inability to set profiles based in other contexts.
While the iPhone 4S has, hands down, the best camera on a smartphone today, HTC’s last flagship device - the HTC Sensation - is no slouch. It takes sharp 8MP stills and Full HD 1080p videos.
Part of the joy of owning an Android device is its open source-ness - allowing customization of almost any aspect. As such, a plethora of different launchers, ROMS and features are ported and shared on a daily basis.
