Friday, November 21, 2014

Jolla achieves its crowdfunding goal in less than a day, aims to launch Sailfish tablet next year

Jolla Tablet

Yesterday, the Jolla tablet was officially announced as the company's first tablet. Just like the Jolla Smartphone before it, the tablet runs Sailfish OS. However Jolla took a different approach with the tablet aiming to raise $380,000 in 21 days through crowdfunding. It turns out the company managed to reach its goal in just a couple of hours

Thursday, November 20, 2014

Android 5.0 Lollipop demonstrated on the Samsung Galaxy Note 3

Galaxy Note 3 running Android 5.0 Lollipop

Samsung, like many other manufacturers are hard at work readying Android 5.0 Lollipop for their top shelf devices.Both the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 are expected to be updated to the next version of Android, but the following video and screenshots give us a sneak peak of Lollipop running on the Galaxy Note 3.

Samsung's Tizen 2.3 update demonstrated

TizenWhile Samsung has still to release a Tizen powered smartphone to the global market, the company has a decent lineup of devices (Gear S, Samsung Z) running their in-house mobile OS. 

Now Samsung is working on a new device (Samsung SM-Z130H) which runs Tizen 2.3, and some new screenshots give us a vision of what the latest version of Tizen will look like on one of Samsung's smartphones.

HTC One M8 receives Android 4.4.4 update with HTC EYE Experience in India


The HTC One M8 users in India, are now getting the Android 4.4.4 KitKat software update, which includes the HTC EYE Experience. The update which is being pushed out OTA (over-the-air) is reportedly around 300MB in size and brings the 3.35.720.1 software version.

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Sony offers free movies to Xperia Z3 owners in select regions

SonySony is offering three movies for free to those who own an Xperia Z3, or an . Unfortunately this offer is not available worldwide, but only to customers in the US, UK, France and Spain. 

[Android app] NOOK Audiobook by Barnes and Noble now available on Google Play

NOOK Audiobook for Android by Barnes and NobleBarnes and Noble has just released their NOOK Audiobooks for Android app on the Google Play Store. The app allows users to have books read out loud on their Android phones or tablets. This is perfect for those on a long commute who need to catch on on their reading.

You can download the app directly on your Android device through the Google Play Store or by using the following link:

Google Nexus 9 with LTE coming to T-Mobile in December

Google Nexus 9

T-Mobile started selling the Google Nexus 6 smartphone today, to its customers and is also hoping to offer the Google Nexus 9 tablet very soon. The un-carrier confirmed that the LTE version of the tablet will be available in stores from early December, but didn't give any specific dates.

Google Nexus 6 now available at T-Mobile

Google Nexus 6

After a short delay, the Google Nexus 6 is now available for purchase on T-Mobile. The first Motorola built Nexus runs Android 5.0 Lollipop and offers flagship hardware, with a premium design but comes at a higher price than Nexus devices are known for.

Android One devices to receive Android 5.0 Lollipop next month

Android One

Google launched the Android One initiative as a way to bring affordable smartphones to users in emerging markets. Android One devices run on stock Android and are supposed to get quick updates to the latest version of the platform. While the Nexus series and Google Play Edition may be higher on Google's update priority, it looks the the Android One devices are next in line for Android 5.0 Lollipop.

Meizu MX4 Pro officially announced with QHD display, 20nm Exynos chip, 20.7MP camera, and fingerprint scanner

Meizu MX4 Pro

After months of speculation, the Meizu MX4 Pro was finally made official, as a more powerful variant of the Meizu MX4. The device design is mostly similar to the MX4 but is more powerful, with a slightly larger frame, bigger display and a redesigned home button which houses a fingerprint scanner.