With the anticipation for Samsung's Galaxy S III reaching fever pitch, the predictable influx of supposed leaks is in full swing. Following on from Samsung's immensely-popular Galaxy S II, the expectation of the device cannot be underestimated. We've sifted through quite a few images purporting to depict the next best Android device - some which do look plausible, while others fail to convince.
Last week, we reported of a strain of malware in the wild that, although described innocently as Rovio Mobile's latest addition to the Angry Birds series, was indeed the Legacy Native (LeNa) malware first seen last fall, and has the potential to remotely gain root access to Android users' devices.
We try our level best to present you with the very best custom launchers here at Redmond Pie, and today, aShell Launcher Homescreen by Mobilityflow and Digital Mind Development certainly doesn't break the mold.
Since it's largely regarded to be an integral part of the smartphone experience as a whole, developers spend much time and effort trying to improve and enhance the social experience.
Having a good backup mechanism is an integral part of maintaining not only a smartphone, but in fact any digital device. Settings and data can easily be lost due to numerous eventualities, and when such situations occur, those bereft of a decent backup system are quickly left exposed - losing some, most, or all of their important, irreplaceable data.
Custom launchers make the modification of Android devices a joy to behold. Having said that, not all are as smooth as they should be, and the unnecessarily bloated ones are considered to be more of a hindrance than a positive implementation.
One of T-Mobile's latest smartphones - the Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G - is also one of the latest Android smartphones to achieve root access. This one device was relatively easy to root, thanks to the unlocked bootloader that it comes with, but still, someone had to package the root method and make it easy for your Average Joe to root their Blaze 4G.
With the sheer number of malware and potential security threats currently posing a risk to the tens of millions of Android users, it makes for those wielding a device running Google's mobile OS to do their level best to protect themselves.
If you want to get the most from your device - no matter what the brand or platform is - the chances are, you're going to need a file explorer of some description.
Out of all the advantages of having an open-source platform, an obvious caveat is the increased threat to security which can arise.
