Multi-touch is a highly sought-after feature on our touch-based devices at this point in time. Additionally, it seems the larger the screen, the higher the demand, as users look to take advantage of the increased display real estate with as many gestures as possible.
I remember the golden days of mobile phone devices when functionality was limited to making telephone calls and sending/receiving text messages. The first mobile device I ever owned didn't even have the ability to send multimedia messages, although it could handle an array of amazing polyphonic ringtones which at the time was cutting edge stuff.
Whether you love or loathe Google's mobile operating platform, one of the great positives of Android is that, since it's open-source, literally everything can be customized and tweaked to the nth degree.
Smartphones today are considered as the ultimate examples of ever-converging technology. These devices play our music, take high-resolution photos, record full HD video, play HD video games, double as a bright flashlight, surf the web and, of course, act as a phone. It was only a matter of time before these smartphones became a full-fledged remote control for other devices such as a desktop computer. Gmote - the app we’re discussed in this post - does precisely that. It received a major upgrade recently and we’ve covered its main features after the break!
Of all the popular titles to have forged a significant following on mobile devices over the last couple of years, Angry Birds is far and away the leader.
When influential companies announce upcoming new products and changes to services, most users become eager to jump ship and adopt the presumably improved iteration.
Sure, these pocket computers we call “smartphones” act as our camera, music player, internet communications device, portable gaming console (of sorts) and, of course, a phone but don’t you wish they had longer battery life? This is especially the case with Android smartphones which come with huge, battery-hogging displays and 4G LTE radios.
I’ve strongly opined that Android devices do not need a security app to stay away from malware, but since controversy sells, vendors keep on developing bloated security apps and people keep on buying them.
In a timely announcement on the eve of Apple's big media event, Google has really wrung the changes to its online content-selling infrastructure - know hitherto as the Android Market.
Android has its fair share of Twitter apps but, as of yet, no single app follows Google’s guidelines on an Ice Cream Sandwich-ready user-interface. If you’re the type who likes Ice Cream Sandwich’s “Holo UI” and are an avid mobile Twitter user, you should definitely check out Boid for Android - a Twitter app designed for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Check it out after the jump!
