Ste Boyd

Chief Editor of DroidHorizon. I own a few different devices at the minute and enjoy writing reviews and sharing what I think is cool. You can often find me playing Playstation 4 or sprawled across the couch with headphones on (maybe with a nice beer or gin & tonic in-hand)

New Category being added…

  Tips & Advice   For the guys and gals that have maybe just bought a Nexus7 for their partner’s Christmas present. Maybe they have been using an Android device for a while and unsure why the battery doesn’t last a full day. Possibly somebody is confused with all those terms and buzz words like Jelly Bean 4.2.1. That sort of thing. Also our very good friends over on Andro...[Read More]

Tidy up time.

Hey guys.   Been quiet on the site recently, new baby in the family, Black Ops being released and other stuff. Plenty of content and sharing on our Google Plus Page though. So for the sake of catching up and keeping things tidy from previous posts and prize giveaways… Two winners have been chosen to receive HTC OneX cases from our good friends over at GadgetWear.co.uk. They have or will...[Read More]

New Poll…. Did Google make a mess of the new Nexus releases?

Lots of not so happy people in my social streams today. Yeah, seems people sat up all night bashing F5 to get their orders in for the new and highly anticipated Nexus4 and Nexus10. Bit of a bummer only some actually got orders placed, most faced Google Play assplosion and other crazy stuff happening. With only an hour window (if the rumours are true) you had to be a little lucky. Anyhow…R...[Read More]

Tiny Troopers

Played on Google Nexus 7 running stock 4.1.2 Graphics Pretty decent but not groundbreaking in any sense. Looks clear,colours look sharp and no jagged edges makes this title easy enough on the eye but no wow factor in the graphics department. Absolutely no problems with rendering or dropped frames, that I can see. I think 😉   Performance Tiny Troopers plays very well on my Nexus7. Haven’...[Read More]

Out of curiosity….

  How much digital storage do we need on a phone? Before we go anywhere here. A certain friend/ site member and all round nice guy, might have something to comment on this but I reckon a vast majority of Android and smartphone users don’t need 96GB of combined storage on their device. Yes I know these top games take up a lot of space, yes I’m aware people want their music library ...[Read More]

Win a HTC OneX case from Gadgetwear.co.uk

  Our good friends over at Gadgetwear.co.uk have offered up a few HTC One X cases which we reviewed as prizes for  liking their FaceBook page. HERE Gadgetwear is a local business, in the UK, which sell cases, covers and accessories for all types of phones and tablets. Not just Android. We’ll let this giveaway run for a few weeks and they’ll pick a few winners from their recent fol...[Read More]

New Poll.. Which Nexus device are you most excited about?

Take a look at our previous post about all the Nexus devices here. Which phone, tablet, both or all are you excited about the most?   As always, poll added to the top left on the homepage. Multiple choices are allowed.    

Google Plus Hangout Event.

  For a bit of fun we have set up a Hangout event on Google Plus to chat and interact about the new Android devices that Google release on Mondays big event. Will we see multiple Nexus branded phones? Probably not. Will we finally see the Nexus 4 from LG? Almost certainly. Also the Nexus 10 from Samsung and the 32GB Nexus 7 from Asus.   If you haven’t already circled us. You can so...[Read More]

Luneoids – Space Survival

Pilot your ship through evil Luneoids to survive and help save the galaxy! An unknown galaxy faces a new threat – the Luneoids, and its your job to help save its people… Pilot your ship through ever increasing numbers of Luneoids in order to survive and help save the galaxy! Collect gold to purchase new ships and upgrades to help battle your way to victory. What will your high-score be...[Read More]

DroidHorizon supports Movember!!

That’s right ladies and gentlemen I’ll be growing a mustache this November to raise awareness for men’s health. I’d very much appreciate donations or maybe for some of my friends in social networks to join me. I can only take donations from UK residents but DroidHorizon has joined forces with our good friends at AndroidSPIN for US followers to contribute too. (Link is highl...[Read More]

Design our new avatar, win a prize.

    Our very good friends over at gadgetwear.co.uk have offered a prize of a £20 evoucher to spend on their site to the best entrant, picked by the DroidHorizon team, who designs our next avatar. The competition will run for a month and we’ll reshare this article a few times between now and then. This is open to everyone to enter but you’ll have to be a follower on our prefer...[Read More]

Asus Padfone 2

  The second-generation phone/tablet hybrid by Asus has been announced from events around the globe. We gathered the specs from various Android/ Tech sites and have shared them below.   PADFONE 2 STATION SPECS Networks WCDMA 900/2100MHz EDGE/GPRS/GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz LTE 800/1800/2600MHz HSPA+ (DL: 21Mbit/s, 42Mbit/s (optional) / UL: 5.76Mbit/s) LTE (DL: 100Mbit/s / UL: 50Mbit/s) Ope...[Read More]