I’m a big fan of music discovery services but, unfortunately, the most popular ones like Pandora, Spotify, last.FM don’t work outside a handful of supported countries where streaming music from big music labels is allowed. Outside these countries, you have services like GrooveShark which, really, is the poor man’s Spotify. There is, however, one not-so-famous service that not only works outside the USA and Europe but also offers excellent music discovery features for free.
A new app, made for Samsung by developer Media Mushroom, aims to make switching from an iPhone to a Galaxy S III Android phone as painless an exercise as possible.
Popular social magazine app Flipboard, which saw great success on the iPad and iPhone, has now released for Android after being a timed exclusive on Samsung’s Galaxy S III. The app has also been updated with new features which we’ve discussed right after the break.
Infographics provide a great way for comparisons between tech devices and events to be presented, and for those a little bamboozled by endless lines of text, it keeps things clear interesting. We feature many here at Redmond Pie, and although it would likely take a substantial level of Photoshop knowledge to create your very own, but one very nifty app for Android is devoid of all that complication.
In almost the same breath as confirming it would no longer pursue any further tablet ventures - not that consumers were remotely aware the company had made any in the first place - the South Korean electronics giant LG has announced its interest in taking on Apple's lauded (yet temperamental) Siri Voice recognition services with its own offering.
Fruit Ninja has grown to become one of the most popular games on both Android and iOS, and although most would not necessarily have foreseen it, the title has made a fruit-hating, sword-toting ninja of many millions of consumers.
With Apple's 2012 Worldwide Developers Conference all done and dusted for this year, the residents of San Francisco could be forgiven for thinking they could get back to a little bit of normality without a plethora of developers and programmers buzzing around. Unfortunately for them, they may need to wait a little longer as iOS and Mac OS X developers have left, the Google I/O conference is about to descend on the Moscone Center in seven days time.
As you may or may not be aware, I picked up an HTC One X last week. I wanted an Android phone to compliment my iPhone 4S. Not to replace it, but to offer something different to the iOS life I have lived almost exclusively for the last few years. Basically, I fancied a change without giving up the iPhone that I have grown to love, but also grown a little tired of. Variety is the spice of life, after all!
Although Samsung's Galaxy S III smartphone set new benchmarks in terms of hardware and sheer power, the software features packed into the device also caught the attention of Android users far and wide. Yes, there was S Voice - the Korean company's answer to iOS's Siri - but some of the most significant usability enhancements were a little more subtle.
Revealed in late 2011, Siri the personal assistant has become one of iOS’ most recognized features at least on the latest iOS devices. It was updated recently at WWDC 2012, bringing new features such as being able to take queries regarding sports and movies, Facebook integration and support for the new iPad.
