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Philips 8800 TV is UK’s first UHD 4K TV with Android
Philips 8800 TV is UK’s first UHD 4K TV with Android The Philips 8800 UHD 4K is part of the Philips 8000 series, which all offer the Philips Ambilight feature and Android. Within the 2014 8000 series is the top end Ultra HD 4K resolution 8800 series and full HD 8100 and 8200 TVs. These models will be available from Q2 2014 in Europe.The 2014 Philips 8000 models are the first Android based ...[Read More]
LUPO – Kickstarter
LUPO – Kickstarter There have been a couple of Kickstarter projects I have been really interested in and LUPO is another one I love the look of. It’s primarily a lost & found device but it is also much more. Firstly, it helps you find, track and recover lost items, but it also protects those items so you don’t lose them in the first place. You can set an anti-loss (out of ran...[Read More]
HTC One – Poll
HTC One (M8) Most of us marked it in our diaries, most of us waited patiently for the 25th March to arrive. Most of us are now super excited and waiting with our credit cards at the ready?? Today’s news has certainly been all about HTC’s newest flagship device and could it better it’s award winning handset from last year, the original HTC One. Odd naming policy aside, by the cou...[Read More]
It’s Time: Meet Moto 360
It’s Time: Meet Moto 360 A live Hangout with Jim Wicks, lead designer of Moto 360, Motorola‘s new watch powered by Android Wear. During the Hangout, Jim discussed the design and style features that make Moto 360 unlike any watch on the market today. If you missed the live event yesterday, or tried to watch but got frustrated with the ‘technical difficulties.’ We grabbed th...[Read More]
Oppo Find 7 gets official.
Oppo Find 7 gets official. The much rumoured and hyped device form Oppo, finally gets revealed. The Find 7 is the latest flagship from the Chinese company that certainly seems to tick all the boxes of what a true ‘flagship’ should offer. We haven’t got a hands on yet but we’ve pulled together, in one place, what we’ve seen and heard and we’ll share here ...[Read More]
Paranoid Android – Peek Preview
Paranoid Android – Peek Preview How Peek works – Sensors are fully disabled when screen is on. When you turn the screen off, it will start polling both gyroscope and proximity sensor values. If it detects using the gyroscope sensor that device is lying on a table, it disables proximity polling. If it detects with proximity sensor that it is in your pocket, it disables gyroscope pollin...[Read More]
New DroidHorizon apparel available.
New DroidHorizon apparel available After a successful launch on TeeSpring we’re glad to announce that we have made available, once more, our logo printed on a variety of apparel. This time you can choose a few alternatives like Hoodies, Long Sleeve, V- Neck and two choices of T-Shirt. The way this works is like a crowd funding project. We set the number of T-shirts to 11, only when 11 are ...[Read More]
Limited Edition DroidHorizon Tees
We hit the button on our limited edition DroidHorizon tees. The way this works is like a crowd funding project. We set the number of T-shirts to 20, only when 20 are ordered will they ship. We tried to keep the cost as low as possible but not the cheapest quality of material. We sure would like a re-share and would love for a few of our regular followers to grab a T-shirt and show their support....[Read More]
Apps World San Francisco 2014 (Sponsored Article)
Four big Android viewpoints to look forward to at Apps World North America With Apps World North America just over two weeks away on February 5-6, there’s plenty of content to look forward to for anyone in the apps ecosystem, from developers, to OEMs and industry professionals alike. For every 10 smartphones shipped globally, eight will be running Android – it’s no surprise therefore the Droid Wor...[Read More]
Droid World returns to San Francisco
Droid World are always a must-see draw and at Apps World North America this February, Droid World, which is free to attend, is set to be as big an attraction as ever. There will be a number of top speakers confirmed already, including representatives from Expedia, Target, The Weather Channel, Google, Orange, and SwiftKey. Day one will see Tony Donohoe, Senior Director of Mobile Engi...[Read More]
Gapps Early
Gapps Early is a site for finding those pesky Google applications that get rolled out in stages and you’re left behind waiting on an older version. The guys at Mountain View seem to favour these staged roll outs so if anything funky happens it can be potentially pulled quicker. (Well that’s the common sense approach) What usually happens is the masses hear about a new updated app and h...[Read More]
XDA Developer Beaups Teases S-OFF For HTC One, but for Verizon
XDA Developer Beaups Teases S-OFF For HTC One, but for Verizon I will admit that I got way too exited about this, but on further reading I can see I have to keep calm. It appears that an XDA developer that goes by the name Beaups has released an image showing that he has managed the impossible, gaining S-OFF on the HTC One. The reason to not get too exited is that its only for the Verizon version,...[Read More]