The Nexus 5 received so much pre-announcement speculation and attention that its success was pretty much guaranteed before it even hit the shelves. The Google initiated and LG-manufactured device has managed to pretty much cement itself as the hottest smartphone on the market at the minute, and immediately after its launch, people started to see shortages in stock. If you're waiting for delivery of your unit, or just couldn't get your hands on one then why not get your hands on the official Nexus 5 wallpapers from Android 4.4 KitKat right now?
The frantic holiday shopping season typically kicks into overdrive during November and usually involves consumers picking up the latest and greatest tech to be offered by some of the world's largest household names. This year's focus will undoubtedly be front and center on the gaming industry, with Sony and Microsoft both pushing out new consoles during November, both of which will benefit from exceptional titles like Battlefield 4. But which platform will render the game better?
Apple's thinner, lighter and faster iPad Air is officially available for sale to the general public today. Queues in various flagship stores around the United States and Europe had people queuing outside for more than 24-hours in an effort to guarantee they are amongst the first to get their hands on Apple's best performing iPad to date. To some it may seem like nothing more than an evolutionary update to the iPad line, but to others it most definitely still contains that Cupertino magic that is derived from being designed in California by Apple.
The Nexus 5 is well and truly here, and keeping up with the tradition which we follow here at Redmond Pie where we pit the latest flagship devices against their immediate competitors that are already on the market, in this case, it’s the Google Nexus 5 versus the mighty Apple iPhone 5s. Check out the complete features list compared head-to-head in a detailed table right here.
Halloween is not a day that we would associate with receiving technology based gifts but it seems that Google is making an exception on this occasion. The Nexus 5 has been officially announced by the Mountain View giant, designed and manufactured in conjunction with LG. Not content with dishing out some exceptional new hardware, Google has also announced that Android 4.4 KitKat will be made available for a whole host of existing devices in the coming weeks.
It's definitely been a long time coming. We've been hearing rumors about the existence of the device for quite some time. We've been seeing leaked images doing the rounds on the Internet for almost as long. Thankfully, we no longer have to speculate on the existence of the device and its technical specifications as the LG-manufactured Nexus 5 has now been officially announced by Google.
Android 4.4 KitKat is, according to the general consensus, almost ready for prime time, and as such, we're hearing new snippets of information at regular intervals. Today, it has emerged that version 4.4 of Google's mobile software will not only bring support for the lower-end of the mobile market, but also offer compatibility to wearable gadgets, such as the search company's purported smartwatch effort.
Today is Halloween, and to most Americans, that means parties, costumes, pumpkins - the works. But for many of us geeks, it's the eve of the release of the iPad Air, and with the larger of the two new Apple tablets now ready for release, Apple fans far and wide are preparing themselves to queue overnight once again. But the iPad mini with Retina display, which Apple also announced at a special event last week, remains pretty elusive as far as a release date goes, and with yield issues apparent for some time now, it's unknown when the smaller slate will actually make its debut. Now, however, we might finally have our answer.
Smartphone manufacturers do pretty much all that they can to give users a great experience when using their hardware. That experience usually extends to all aspects of the system and invariably involves making the experience as true to real-life as possible. System actions like receiving incoming phone calls contain a ringer, sending an email is usually followed by some kind of sent tone and using a camera generally has a default shutter style noise attached to it. That's all well and good, but what happens if you want to preserve the system sounds but deactivate that sometimes annoying and disruptive shutter tone? Well, if you're an Android user then Camera Mute could potentially be right up your street.
Google Glass has almost become old news at this point, and will possibly remain that way until the device either gets a major redesign or becomes available to the public. Google did offer a minor redesign of the Glass hardware very recently, dubbed as Google Glass v2, but it managed to fall considerably short of where we had all hoped it would go. Prescription lenses are all well and good Google, but if you still look like you're walking around with a tube of candy stuck to your ear, the game's up.
