The Apple vs. Samsung battle, whilst a little tiresome at times, never fails to arouse interest within the technology sphere, and although Tim Cook's Apple is slightly more mellow than the company might have been when headed by Steve Jobs, the Cupertino outfit shows no sign of letting up on its bitter rival, ramping up efforts to block sales of the Korean electronics giant's Galaxy S III smartphone.
VideoLAN, like a lot of companies with popular desktop apps, have yet to make a real impression on mobile devices. Its flagship VLC Media Player is renowned for handling just about any video or audio file thrown at it with relative ease, and is used by hundreds of millions of media-loving computer users worldwide.
Ever wanted to be able to launch widgets and interact with your Android phone just by flicking it in a certain direction? Now you can, though the list of functions is a little smaller than we would perhaps like. Still, you can't have everything in life can you?
Unofficial ROMs for Android 4.1 Jelly Bean are now available for latest high-end smartphones like the HTC One X, Samsung Galaxy S III and now the Galaxy S II, folks. Weâve already talked about the previous two and this post covers the first Jelly Bean ROM for the Galaxy S II. Check it out after the jump!
When Google took the wrapper off Android 4.1, Jelly Bean, the company unleashed a raft of new features, improvements and changes that has left the Android community either clamoring to buy the new Nexus 7 tablet, or to port the new release to their current smartphone. If you're a Galaxy Nexus owner then you're probably in luck, but if not you can still get a little taste of Jelly Bean on your Ice Cream Sandwich phone right now.
The international version of the Galaxy S III was rooted a few weeks ago and now, just days after release, all US variants of the Galaxy S III â for AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile â have been rooted and weâve got root guides for all three smartphones ready right after the jump.
The Nexus 7 hasnât even been released yet, and the developer community has already achieved root on it thanks to the handy work of developer birdman and friends over on RootzWiki. Weâve written down a step-by-step guide on not just how to root your Nexus 7, but also how to unlock its bootloader and flash ClockworkMod Recovery. Check it out after the jump!
The 4.3â One S is HTCâs mid-end offering of their One series of smartphones. It hasnât been as favorably reviewed as its stellar bigger 4.7â brother because of its Pentile display compared to the Super LCD display on the One X. Still, those who looked past the display got in for a very nice experience. The One S offers fast performance, the next-to-latest version of Android and reasonably good battery life.
Although we haven't heard about it as much as we have in recent times, the ongoing patents wars between the world's top technology companies is bubbling away in the background, with Apple and Samsung still managing to find themselves at the front of it all. Continuing with the legal battle we have become familiar with over the last twelve months, Apple have found themselves on the positive end of an initial ruling across the pond.
Google I/O is all wrapped up and done - the main keynotes with major announcements that is - and we have to say, it was a mind-blowing couple of days and the Mountain View company did not fail to impress us in any way.
