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Reuters: Samsung to launch one, “even two,” smartphones with fingerprint...
Swedish company Fingerprint Cards sees multiple mobile players launch smartphones with fingerprint sensors next year, with Samsung believed to make at least one such device, “even two.” Following...
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Asus Padfone Mini coming next week
Asus will debut a smaller, less powerful version of its smartphone/tablet hybrid Padfone next week in Taiwan. The smartphone portion of the device called the Padfone Mini recently appeared on a...
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Gmail, Google Calendar data can now be easily downloaded via Google Takeout
Google on Thursday announced that it will let customers download even more data from their Google accounts, adding support for Gmail emails and Google Calendar appointments to Google Takeout. Whether...
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Android 4.4.1 is now rolling out to the Nexus 5, download link available...
Earlier today we reported that Android 4.4.1 would be rolling out to the Nexus 5 over the next few days. Well, that was a quick wait: the rollout has now officially begun begun! As expected, the...
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HTC offers unlocked One for $0 down with financing
HTC is now offering a financing option for the unlocked HTC One for those who don’t want a carrier-locked and -branded device but can’t afford to pay $ 600 upfront. The new HTC financing plan lets...
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How cheap is too cheap for Android?
The HP 7-inch tablet is just one example of the new wave of sub-$ 100 tablets. Late in November, Intel announced a partnership with HP that would bring a $ 99 Android tablet to Walmart stores, making...
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Deal alert: $450 Sprint Nexus 5 comes with 12 months of unlimited talk, text...
Android fans who are also students looking to buy a new Nexus 5 phone (or a new smartphone for that matter) should check out Sprint’s latest promotion. The mobile operator will throw in a full year of...
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Galaxy S3 Android 4.3 update resumes for international version (GT-I9300)
While Google is already releasing a major update for KitKat, Samsung is still busy bringing the latest version of Jelly Bean to some of its devices. Specifically, Samsung has apparently resumed the...
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Rumor: Samsung preparing to release Galaxy Tab 3 Lite in January 2014
Just yesterday we reported on a rumor that claims Samsung is gearing up to release several new Galaxy devices in Q1 of 2014, two of which are said to be ‘lite’ devices: the Galaxy Note 3 Lite and the...
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KitKat based CyanogenMod 11.0 M1 builds now available for Nexus devices
Just a few days ago the CyanogenMod team released stable builds of CyanogenMod 10.2, the version based on Android 4.3 Jelly Bean. Now the team has turned its attention to CyanogenMod 11, the version...
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Popular flashlight app has been secretly sharing location data with advertisers
How ‘free’ are free apps? As the old adage goes, “There’s no such thing as a free lunch.” The (hopefully obvious) truth is that most developers don’t create free apps out of the kindness of their...
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Google Play update brings in-app purchases indicator, improved social...
Google is rolling out a new version of its Play Store app that brings many social integration features and design tweaks. One interesting new feature is the in-app purchases indicator that warns you...
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Unofficial CM11 KitKat ROM for the Galaxy Nexus hits stable version
Users of the aging Galaxy Nexus can treat themselves with some unofficial KitKat goodness, thanks to a custom ROM developed by XDA contributor PlayfulGod. The ROM is an unofficial build based on CM11,...
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Here are Google’s picks for Best Apps of 2013 and Best Games of 2013
Brace yourselves, best of 2013 lists are coming. Google started early with two Play Store collections bringing together some of the best apps and games of the year. The 14-strong best apps list...
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Motorola CEO talks about Project Ara, wearable devices, and Moto X
Motorola CEO Dennis Woodside sat down with YouTuber Marques Brownlee for an interview touching some interesting topics, from Motorola’s relation to Google, to the company’s plans for wearables, and...
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“Aggressively priced” Nexus TV to launch in the first half of next year,...
A new report says that Google will launch an Android-running Nexus TV set-top box at some point in the first half of 2014, with the device expected to be “aggressively priced.” According to The...
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LG G2, HTC One, Galaxy S3 CyanogenMod 11 (Android 4.4 KitKat) nightlies...
CyanogenMod 11 M1 builds are already available for Nexus devices, but these aren’t the only smartphones and tablets getting an Android 4.4 KitKat-based custom ROM. CM11 nightly builds are also...
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T-Mobile LG Optimus F3Q slider shown in leaked image
It’s not often that we get to see Android smartphones sporting full QWERTY slide-out keyboards these days, but this handset species has not died yet. It looks like T-Mobile and LG may have joined...
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Report shows just how little money Motorola makes off the Moto G
The Moto G brings Motorola an operating profit margin of less than five percent, say analysts interviewed by the Wall Street Journal. Technology research firm TechInsights conducted a teardown of the...
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Download: Nexus 7 (2013) Wi-Fi Android 4.4.1 KitKat update
A new Android 4.4.1 KitKat update is available for a Nexus device to install manually, after the Nexus 5, Nexus 4 and Nexus 7 (2013) LTE got their upgrades the other day. Nexus 7 (2013) owners can now...
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