The open source web browser, Chromium, has now been updated with a notification centre for windows. Spotted by, François Beaufort over on Google+ today, and looks like a possible way for Google to bring Android’s new killer feature, Google Now, over to the desktop as well. I love Google Now and many an Android user […]
A new statue put up by Google!!! It’s Android and a new version!!! Not quite, no. With Google I/O coming very soon maybe this is a little hint. What you see above is an Android statue on the Google campus. The Android Community Manager Paul Wilcox, posted a photo of the new chrome sculpture earlier […]
Sony, Sony, Sony. You do like your developer community and they do love you judging by a popular XDA vote too recently. Sony have now been giving back to the community more and more since last year. The official Jelly Bean update for the Xperia T isn’t done and ready yet but, a little sneak […]
Chrome for Android. We all wanted it and we all got it. Where is the continued improvements and experimental features like we see the desktop platform’s bigger brother? Well with the new Chrome Beta Google released we now have that too. Changes that will make their way into the stable version you can now test […]
Android 4.2 is here and it’s been received with mixed feelings. I have it on my Galaxy Nexus and although I love it, I can see and have replicated a lot of bugs. One feature that has been introduced in Android 4.2 is the lockscreen widgets. Now some would call this a bug, simply bugging […]
Rockstar games have announced a nice little treat for you gaming fans today in that they are officially bringing Grand Theft Auto: Vice City to Android and iOS by the end of year. It’s in a celebration of GTA: Vice City’s 10th anniversary which happens this year and withy that we get to experience the […]
Foreword: First we would like to thank LG for letting us review this device and give you all an insight into what you will be getting with the LG-E400 (Optimus L3). You can pick up the Optimus L3 from various retail outlets and online. Right now they are typically between £70-£90. A crowded market in […]
Who makes the best screens? Who has the best clarity and colours? Well the race is always on and it’s always a big debate. Apple have the high resolution retina displays and since it’s a big focus point for manufactures to get a stunning as possible display on their mobile device screens. With Apple reaching […]
We all like Jelly Bean don’t we? Yeah of course we do. Oh, I’m talking about the sweets not the Android version that we all love too you know. The Jelly Bean Co. Have brought out a live wallpaper to celebrate Google’s latest Android version, Jelly Bean. You know they are tasty and lovely. Well […]
Love Android, gaming and OnLive? If you are rooted and running an Android device with 3.1 or above you are in luck. You can play any OnLive game with touchscreen controls emulating a gamepad for easy gaming and it’s all configurable as well. How i hear you ask? Well their is a fantastic little application […]
A fair few have been waiting and the time has come. We have some more of the Nexus Factory Images and they are for several Nexus devices. Jelly Bean factory images available are below listed. The Nexus S Korean and Sprint variants are missing, as is the Verizon branded Galaxy Nexus, but the rest are […]
MadFinger recently come out and were quite vocal in their views on piracy within Android. This resulted in making the originally paid game, Dead Trigger, into a free one. Of course it made the people who purchased the game a little disgruntled – Me included – But fear not as Madfinger have not forgotten about […]
Cloud gaming provider OnLive has announced that they will bringing their service and have it pre plugged into the exciting new project the OUYA Android gaming console. OnLive users will be able to access their games through the OUYA console and have it run seamlessly. This is a big announcement as it was looking to […]
Over at Xperia Blog something has been spotted by them on the Facebook of Sony UK. The UK Product Manager for Sony Mobile, was taking questions from consumers on their Facebook page, some slippery ones later and it seems he has revealed something many of you Sony owners may dislike. No Jelly Bean update. He […]
Their is a new addition to Gameloft’s range of games and it’s coming in with a bang. It’s the Asphalt series bringing us a new edition, Asphalt 7: Heat. A top class and exhilarating racing game that brings top cars and top action. Here is what Gameloft have to say about the game with the […]
We all love the potential of NFC, I do and I know many others as well already using it for contactless payments and various other tasks. As always though their is risks and with Near Field Communication it is very much there in today’s Android Smartphones. A researcher who appeared at the Black Hat security […]
How much do we get tracked and what data really gets collected by carriers? Well we don’t know really do we, but remember the Carrier IQ saga? That brought about attention to how much carriers were interfering and what kind of data collecting was going on. If you don’t know Carrier IQ was a application […]
Since MWC we have seen mumbles of what is happening with the Galaxy Note 10.1, and leaks of design tweaks with changes since, now it seems we have some concrete info and a decent leak which leaves no stone unturned. The Korean blog The Brave Post claims to have got some time with this device […]
This above is a Chinese knockoff/clone/copy device or whatever you want to call them, and you have to admit it looks pretty cool and exciting to the Android fan and enthusiast. As a Sony Ericsson Xperia Play owner and lover of Android gaming, I certainly do. Now this impressed me and I would love for […]
We all like a good deal and a lot of you may of heard, or be using, HotUKDeals to find them bargains. Their still isn’t an Android app officially for HUKD and you have to use a 3rd part choice. Now DealPad was one of them and now the developer has updated this app with […]
Any Minecraft fans beware and get ready. Mojang is getting sued over it’s Android version of the popular game. Markus “Notch” Persson the creator and developer of Minecraft posted the full suit online and you can check that out in full for more detail. Below is a brief summary in what’s happening. The lawsuit has […]
There are mods and themed apps all over the place if you look hard enough of course, but sometimes you just can’t be bothered or a little gem gets spotted by someone else. Well here is one I found that us here at Land of Droid would like to pass on that very gem you […]
The CyanogenMod team have released a nice little new boot animation, and this time folks it features Cid! It was tweeted just now by Steve Kondik himself and stuck on their Google + page as well, and is now uploaded onto YouTube of course. It shows off the new custom boot animation for the new […]
Asus have signed a deal with the start-up we all should know in the Android world that is BlueStacks. This deal will bring BlueStacks Android app player for Windows pre-loaded on Asus’s hardware. Anyone buying an Asus PC/Laptop will get six months of free access to the Android app player, all this and the option […]
The popular and widely used iOS app Instapaper has arrived on Android and available in the Google Play Store. Developers Movelux have decided it’s time for another iOS app to migrate over to the Android platform as so many have before. Any of you that are not in the know about this app we will […]
Yesterday we posted the latest stats and figures showing the progress that Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich has made. Now let’s not forget it did take Gingerbread a while as well to make it to the heights its at now, but will we ever see Ice Cream Sandwich climb to such a market share percentage […]
PicPlz as you may have noticed isn’t to be found in the Google Play Store anymore, this is for a good reason too. PicPlz is shutting down its services for good from July 3rd. Instagram came along, other services stole the show, so what do you do? Shut down and say goodbye. The photo sharing […]
