Gadget News and Reviews

Android Trojan steals personal data through phone movement

Android Trojan steals personal data through phone movement

Apr 25, 2012

Not even smartphones are safe from prying eyes who want to steal valuable information about you. Details like complete name, address, email accounts and passwords, as well as credit card information are vulnerable to theft with their use. Trojans infiltrate these devices through installation of malicious apps and malware, stealing data thereon. In computers,...

Asus may be the first to get Android 5.0 Jelly Bean, not sure where Google is headed with it

Asus may be the first to get Android 5.0 Jelly Bean, not sure where Google is headed with it

Mar 8, 2012

Asus is getting a bit greedy with the two latest Android firmwares. Not only they are rumored to be making a 7-inch Nexus tablet running Ice Cream Sandwich, but they might be the first to have Android 5.0 Jelly Bean too. In an interview with TechRadar, Asus Corporate Vice President Benson Lin said their company is “very close to Google” and adds once...

Android Ice Cream Sandwich – more delicious than Honeycomb and Gingerbread combined

Android Ice Cream Sandwich – more delicious than Honeycomb and Gingerbread combined

Oct 27, 2011

Android sure has grown a lot in the past two years, and especially this year. While version 2.2 Froyo brought a lot of improvements on the inside, 2.3 Gingerbread really shines on the outside – it’s sleek, beautiful and works flawlessly on most smartphones (even those with a seemingly weak processor, although manufacturer customizations and skins really...

5 reasons why you should get an Android smartphone instead of an iPhone

5 reasons why you should get an Android smartphone instead of an iPhone

Oct 26, 2011

The smartphone market is quite crowded nowadays, but even though there are several dozen models on sale worldwide, they’re all pretty similar and even the low end handsets can do most of the things that you’ll ever need in an everyday setting. The real choice comes down to the operating system, which can often make or break a device. Apple’s iPhone is the...

How is Android 2.3 Gingerbread better than its predecessors and why you should upgrade ASAP

How is Android 2.3 Gingerbread better than its predecessors and why you should upgrade ASAP

Oct 17, 2011

The much awaited Android Gingerbread has been officially out for a while now, to the joy of hundreds of thousands of avid fans and developers worldwide. The new OS has a lot of great new features and improvements, but of course, it’s nowhere near the all-OS killing level that many have predicted – that fame will go to Ice Cream Sandwich. It has a decent...

Can’t run your favorite apps on Honeycomb – try switching the interface to Gingerbread

Can’t run your favorite apps on Honeycomb – try switching the interface to Gingerbread

Jun 23, 2011

Android version 3.0, code named Honeycomb, has been around for a while now, and it has brought a lot of improvements with it, mostly in the user interface area, which is now better than anything on the market – it’s got both the simplicity of the old touch interface and added beauty and complexity for those who want it. Compared to Honeycomb, the iPad’s...