Articles by Android Dissected from February 2014

For the last couple of years, technology companies have been capable of making things small enough to put it on our face and our wrist but it’s only now thatThe post The Wonderful World Of Weara...

As many of you know I’m a music addict. Almost to the point of needing intervention. Ok, well maybe not quite that much of an addict, but you get theThe post Cambridge Minx Air 100 Bluetooth Spe...

Recently we ran a report aboutGeeksphone’s all new anti-surveillance smartphone, Blackphone. The phone, unveiled at the Mobile World Congress a few days back,ensures complete privacy and control...

I pride myself on being an Androidaficionado, but I prefer to be known for my enthusiasm for all technology rather than just one specificplatform or company. I prefer stock AndroidThe post Q10 By Blac...

Some say todays cars are much better. They say things like how modern cars allow them to hook up their phones wirelessly, unlock the doors without touching anything and startThe post Xiaomi Redmi Afte...

Piracy has always plagued the mobile OS world as we know it. Migrating from the PC world to the mobile world, piracy and cracking applications has become normal, especially onThe post Piracy; My In-De...

Do you ever wonder how it is that developers all over the place seem to have these fantastic wallpapers that seem to just appear out of their back pocket? AreThe post Behang Around For Amazing Wallpap...

With the slew of Twitter third party clients available and the fact that the official Twitter client has undergone some seriously awesome interface and function changes, makes it that muchThe post Twi...

Lets be honest, icon packs are a dime a dozen. There are so many developers that are trying to get their icons known by the people; this is difficult becauseThe post View This Eclipse Without Special ...

There are two types of people in this world. People that know what Snapchat is used for, and those that think it’s used for sending your junk to people. Admittedly,The post Snapchat SavePics Exi...

The Meze 11 classics form part of the classics range, and although it might be the smallest member there, it is no slouch. From the get go, these can keepThe post Meze 11 Headphones; A Revisit In The ...

With a 6-inch IPS display, the 7.2mm Grand Memo II will run ZTEs unique MiFavor 2.3 user interface (UI).The MiFavor UI brings elegant design features to the Google Android 4.4The post MWC 2014: ZTE La...

Spanish company Geeksphone and U.S encryption firm Silent Circle jointly unveiled theBlackphone at the Mobile World Congress on Monday.While the phone uses Android as its base, it’s a special fl...

HTC Desire 816 While HTC Desire 816′s price and availability are still a secret, we do know that it will sport a 5.5-inch HD (720×1280 pixels resolution) display and beThe post MWC 2014: HT...

Today at the Mobile World Congress wireless show in Barcelona, Samsung unveils its latest flagship Android smartphone, the Galaxy S5. You can watch the live video stream here to followThe post WATCH L...

Sony has strengthened its wearable technology offering with the launch of the Sony SmartBand SWR10, a wristband that is capable of alerting users to smartphone notifications and tracking a personsThe ...

The purported leaked images show the Samsung Galaxy S5 in its full glory, and indicate the device will feature a ridged silver-coloured lining around the device. If the leaked imagesThe post MWC 2014:...

Lenovo S860 delivers ultra-long battery life, quad-core computing and a 5.3-inch wide-view HD screen for mobile professionals on the move. Lenovo S850 lets fashion savvy consumers snap and share photo...

Announcing plans to start a “flood” of smartphones, the company famous for its Firefox browser and operating system has partnered with Chinese low-cost chip maker Spreadtrum for cheap smar...

LGs announcement of a new smartwatch product comes hot on the heels of Samsungs earlier unveiling of the second generation of their own smartwatch, now simply known as the GearThe post LG Confirms Sma...

Ahead of the expected launch of the Samsung Galaxy S5 at the Mobile World Congress 2014, Samsung has unveiled the successor to the Galaxy Gear – the Gear 2 andThe post Samsung Unveils Gear 2, Ge...

For Your Eyes Only: Basic Functionality The basic functionality of TimePIN is simple; the application gains device administrative permissions to change your lockscreen PIN to the current time or dateT...

My last article I talked about what direction mobile gaming is heading too, accessories to mobile gaming, and what direction some companies should be heading in when it comes toThe post Gaming On Andr...

Marvell’s TD-LTE Solution When I was at CES this year and attended the Huawei event, I learned a lot in the first twenty minutes about all of the things IThe post Marvell At These Newsworthy Sni...

In the world of Android, there are many customization options, and let’s face it, that’s why we like it so much. Well as Marissa’s piece last week recognized, there areThe post For T...

The Packaging As you can see by the photo above, there’s not much to the package that the Qi wireless charging pad came in. It’s nothing more than a plain,The post Wireless Charging Pad Vi...

Sony India announced the launch of the Sony Xperia Z1 Compact, the mini variant of its 2013 flagship phone the Xperia Z1, in India today. With this launch, Sony joinsThe post Sony Xperia Z1 Compact Bu...

When you first look at these icons, the quality of detail is amazing. Hundreds of icons perfectly balance a simple white forefront with a correctly colored highlight. It is thisThe post [Video Review]...

The excitement is ever present anytime we delve into customization within the scope of Android. The fact that there are so many options within that scope can be a goodThe post To Infinity And Beyond W...

The photo sharing social network Instagram has so many third party apps and tools that I cant even count. Most of them are poorly designed tools that really have noThe post Be A #Square On Instagram A...

If you are not familiar with the two part series, here is the gist. We combined Sameer Singhs usage pattern-based segmentation of smart phones with my own price-based grouping thatThe post HTC Reverte...

Let’s test your Android know how with this question. What is the difference between a Widget or App Launcher and a regular launcher, or what I like to call aThe post InfoTech Guide Dissects Laun...

Have you ever wondered how people seem to just pull APKs out of thin air? You open up Google+ and see that everyones talking about this new version of YouTube.The post Tutorial: How To Extract APK Fil...

Contest UPDATE Well, after many hours (minutes) of counting, and figuring out how to use the randomizer, we’ve come up with two winners, one for each case. The winners haveThe post Seidio Case G...

Earlier this week I looked at my devices in hand. My Nexus 7, and Nexus 5 looked back at me and gave me an idea. Exactly, how powerful are theseThe post Game On! A Look At Android Gaming: Part One fir...

Streaming is the process of listening to your music on your device that is stored elsewhere. And while most of you reading this article are familiar with the concept, thisThe post [Video Review] The S...

Archos Wearable Products Archos had an idea of what they wanted in their wearable products. They werent interested in packing a whole bunch of features in there, just the thingsThe post [CES2014] Wear...

Timeshift Burst is available for download now Maybe. Sadly, it isnt available for a vast majority of devices, and that is a shame. This is a great add-on, and IThe post [Video Review] Sony Bursts The ...

At this point if you are an Android user, you know how ridiculous it is that Facebook has yet to figure out how to create a great mobile app forThe post Mortal Facebook: “Your RAM Is Mine”...

Those of you that have no plans for Valentines Day can get involved in something really rad! Tim Austin aka Drumdestroyer, creator of Tuxedo Icon Pack, has not only createdThe post Feeling Rad About I...

It’s Valentines Day, and instead of going out with your girlfriend or wife, or spending that hard earned money on flowers that will just…die, spend it with ADDITS! Looking backThe post And...

A few weeks ago, around the CES2014 time, I got an email from a company called STM Bags asking me if I was interested in not only meeting up withThe post Laptop Backpack: How The STM Impulse Stacks Up...

As the name suggests, the Micromax Canvas Power A96 claims to offer a longer battery-life than your average budgetphone. The whooping 4000 mAH battery delivers a talk-time of 5.5 hours...

At first glance, Pirate Adventures 2may seem to be a hidden object game. If you are looking for that, you might enjoy this game. Because thats here, but there is...

Looking at data from ADDuplex , one of the largest promotion networks for Windows Phone games and apps, we found that the primary driver of Nokias respectable growth throughout most...

HP today officially announced the launch of its Slate 6 VoiceTab and Slate 7 VoiceTab devices in India. The Slate 6 has been priced at Rs. 22,990, while the Slate...

Viber is one of the most popular mobile communications services worldwide. It has a rapidly growing user base of over 300 million registered users worldwide, growing over 120 percent in...

Over the past few years, the cellphone has evolved at such an incredibly fast rate. From mobile data, to battery life and apps, many of us today are glued to...

The world is moving at lightning speeds where technology is concerned. Are you among the many that feel that you are quite possibly being left behind? New fangled, shiny smartphones...

We’ve all connected our devices to public WiFi. If you haven’t then you should probably see someone about your lying problem. The fact is, public WiFi is everywhere and it’s...

I’ve owned my Moto G for a couple of months now, and it’s currently protected with a case. However, I have been looking for a screen protector to protect that...

With the dizzying amount of icon packs available for your Android device, not only is it hard to pick out the good ones, its harder still to pick out the...

In 2007, it was decided I needed to purchase a home. The road was going to be long and arduous, but I had time and a job that allowed overtime....

Family…cant live with em and cant live without em. Everyone has a couple of family members they cant stand during a family get-together (and if you dont, congratulations you are...

Over time we have seen the portable device market skyrocket. From mobile, to tablets, and even Chromebooks, media consumption it right at our fingertips. Ever since the boom of the...

The first piece of evidence came from GSMArena reporting that a Nokia device with the model number RM-980 came up onBrowsermarks database, followed by nowhereelse.fr publishinga number of purported pi...

Streaming is the process of listening to your music on your device that is stored elsewhere. And while most of you reading this article are familiar with the concept, thisThe post [Video Review] The S...

How many of you wonder about the things that you wear, the cars that you drive, the devices you tote with you on a daily basis? It is human nature...

Right now you are thinking, “Jeff, why is there a video from Whirlpool on the Android Dissected homepage?” Well I’ll tell you why, and its pretty damn awesome. Whirlpool was...

When you buy a phone, do you look at how many gigabytes comes installed? Do you opt in the extra 50$ for 16 more gigabytes, or are you a cloud...

We all know Seidio by now. They have made, and continue to make some excellent phone cases for a range of devices in the Android space. The range of cases...

Android Dissected - Delving Inside The SystemJust after news came that the Moto X was getting updated to 4.4.2 in Canada, according to multiple reports, the OTA is being soaked to the unlocked version...

Android Dissected - Delving Inside The SystemNot long before I started here at ADDITS last fall, I had a rather engaging conversation with our very own Adam Heberton the subject of icon and widget the...

Android Dissected - Delving Inside The SystemThe short stature ones are laying around lackadaisically peering into their visions of light. They are busy tapping, clicking, and scrolling away at someth...

Android Dissected - Delving Inside The SystemHome security has been around for a long time, and was patented in 1853. However, it wasn’t until the 1980′s where homes saw the true advantage...

Android Dissected - Delving Inside The SystemThe quest to have a MicroUSB cable on your person at all times, ensuring that most any Android device can be charged in a pinch, just got easier with theTh...

Android Dissected - Delving Inside The SystemA little while ago on an article I wrote, I talked about the skins of Android, and how it sort of degrades the stock look and fell of how itThe post Gimmic...

Android Dissected - Delving Inside The SystemAlex Miller; Aka arandompackage has been creating beautiful designs for Android for some time now. Many of you will recognize his work by the sheer sight o...

Android Dissected - Delving Inside The SystemArchos may not be popular in the US or North America per se, but they have quite a following in Europe. However, they are looking to expand into North Amer...

Android Dissected - Delving Inside The SystemFor those of you who are like me and love making your home screen look nice, you will have undoubtedly expendedan enormous amount of time in the Play Store...

Android Dissected - Delving Inside The SystemHuman pride is a fickle emotion. Often it won’t allow us to give up an argument that we know we have already lost, and other times it will cause usTh...

Android Dissected - Delving Inside The SystemThere is nothing better than finding a great game that will not only keep the kids busy, but keep an adult from wanting to share their game with said child...

Android Dissected - Delving Inside The SystemWe’ve all been there. How can I have all my content available to me without having to have my desktop or laptop on all the time? Well Toshiba has ann...

Android Dissected - Delving Inside The SystemLast Friday was the Chinese new year, since it is a national holiday I took the opportunity to meet my old acquaintance, Johar in Bandung Electronic Center...

Android Dissected - Delving Inside The SystemIf you are reading this now, 9 times out of 10 you are rocking an Android device. If not, welcome! Today I am going to ask; What exactly would makeThe post...

Android Dissected - Delving Inside The SystemHow many of you watched Superbowl Sunday as the Seattle Seahawks scored the winning touchdown?! While many of you were busy grilling hamburgers and hotdogs...

Android Dissected - Delving Inside The SystemQuick Introduction Although KitKat has been out for quite a while, it still seems to have a bit of a problem setting up Hotmail accounts; a problem which h...

Android Dissected - Delving Inside The SystemWhen I visited Las Vegas in the beginning of January for CES 2014, I got to check out the new line of AVIC headunits from Pioneer. I wrote about themThe po...

Android Dissected - Delving Inside The SystemI briefly touched on the issue of carriers and their stances on the ability of the end user to unlock the bootloader on their devices in my article Parting...

Android Dissected - Delving Inside The SystemWell now you’ve done it. You read all those online blogs and forums and who knows what. They all told you root was awesome. “Welcome to the dar...

Android Dissected - Delving Inside The SystemThis has been a topic that I have been wanting to write for ages, and now you have the opportunity to see my perspective on this issue. Earlier this weekTh...

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Android Dissected - Delving Inside The SystemOk, let me start off by saying; Wow! There have been quite a lot of music streaming services announced as of late. First, Beats Music (Can you say troubled...

Android Dissected - Delving Inside The SystemOk, let me start off by saying; Wow! There have been quite a lot of music streaming services announced as of late. First, Beats Music (Can you say troubled...

Android Dissected - Delving Inside The SystemAs I was walking around CES earlier this month, in the Eureka Park section of the show designated for great start-ups that were trying to get investors for...