Sometimes a life comes to an end too early, way before its time is up. This is what occurred to Matt's poor ol' Samsung Galaxy Nexus last night. We can now confirm (to anyone that was asking) that in a fight between a Galaxy Nexus and tiles with the aid of gravity: tiles will always win. Matt's looking to (hopefully) get Continue reading...

Widely recognised as one of the better anti-theft apps on the Android Market currently, Cerberus are celebrating 100,000 paying customers by giving away licences to those who sign up before the 29th of Feb. The app installs to your phone and once granted superuser permissions it has the access it needs for you to be able to do everything Continue reading...

Hello folks! Hope you're enjoying the start of the new working week. We're after some input from you, because after all, you're the reason we do what we do. We're wanting to change the way we write our reviews so that they'll be much shorter and quicker to put together (increased turn around so you can Continue reading...

Today Motorola updated its "Motorola Android Software Upgrade News" page with new information about which phones and Tablets will get Ice Cream Sandwich. I've saved you the effort of going through the page by separating out the Australian devices. So from the below table we can see that the RAZR (Optus), Atrix (Telstra) and the Xoom (WiFi & 3G) will Continue reading...

Last we heard we had confirmation from HTC that the HTC Sensation, Sensation XE, Sensation XL & HTC EVO 3D were getting Ice Cream Sandwich, we then found out at launch that the HTC Velocity 4G would be getting the upgrade as well. Overnight HTC has updated their Facebook page with a statement on when the update will arrive Continue reading...

In the current age of smartphones and constant connectivity, it's been a bone of contention for many online gamers for some time as to why the largest online digital distribution provider, Steam, are yet to release a mobile app. Well now they have! I've only had access to this for a few hours but it appears that through the steam forums, Continue reading...

Following my post for First time Android Users last week, I received a surprising number of emails thanking me for the information and giving people the confidence to investigate their phone and it's capabilities further. Included in about half of these was requests to expand further on some of the easy to use, Continue reading...

Samsung are no strangers to poking their tongue out at Apple and their users by making fun of them, so their new video in the US is a little bit funny. It also has a few 'hidden' messages in it as well: take note that he hands the iPhone user a charger and the guy sitting holding on the fence Continue reading...

Something fun to amuse you this weekend, the Android Twitter account tweeted 'Notice a little something different on http://android.com today?' So I headed over to take a look, seems they`ve created a game, click on the little Android icon in the lower left and you can then engage a snowman in a snowball fight. Nothing ground breaking just seems to be Continue reading...

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays readers! Enjoy spending time with family, friends and various consumer electronics. If you're going to knock a few back, please don't get behind the wheel of a car -- we don't want any bad endings to what is a great day no matter your background. If you received an Android-related Christmas present, we'd love to Continue reading...

Overnight the Android Twitter feed tweeted a Happy Holidays message from the Android team. The video which takes place at the Googleplex shows Googlers using Android tablets and phones and utilising some of the features from Ice Cream Sandwich such as Beam and the Panorama camera function. I`m also thinking I need to find where to get my hands on Continue reading...

Daily bargain site Catch of the day have a daily deal that may interest a number of you. The Motorola Defy for $269.00 I can hear some of you already: "that's not a very good phone, it's no even on Froyo out of the box", well compared to what's out there now it is a bit lacking, yes! You can Continue reading...

The Android Google+ page hinted at a surprise for Monday(US time obviously) and they have not disappointed. For the last 2two launches of Nexus phones we`ve been treated to progressively more awesome official unboxing videos of the Nexus phones and Google has definitely upped the ante on this one. You`ll have to head over to the Youtube page Continue reading...