James Finnigan — The HTC One seems well-loved by everyone, but we think the world might be a better place if (a) it was rocking the latest build of Android, and (b) Sense 5 would come to other phones, as HTC promised. It seems that HTC might be preparing to deliver on both of these requests, as a...

Darren Kemp — There are plenty of Android launchers in the Play Store but one of the most popular is Apex Launcher. For those of you that haven’t used Apex before, it takes the “stock” Android launcher experience (as found in the Android Open Source Project, or on Nexus devices) and adds a range of customisation options for...

Chris Rowland — It’s clear to us how much you like the HTC One — 60% of the readers who voted in our recent poll told us that it’s their pick for flagship phone of 2013. We couldn’t let this result go without something to show we understand what our readers want and like, and so we spoke...

Phil Tann — SamMobile have released some expected release dates for some upcoming Samsung phones that have caused a bit of a stir. Recently rumoured and subsequently confirmed, the Galaxy Mega phones, a “Galaxy S4 Mini” and the Galaxy S4 Activ (a ruggedised version of the Galaxy S 4) have each had their own share of headlines already...

Phil Tann — Music streaming service Spotify has updated its Android app, bringing a host of changes, updates and bug fixes. For those of you with friends that insist on using $trang3 usernames, this will no longer crash the app When you return to the app, Spotify will return you to where you were previously (ie the song...

Phil Tann — Viber, one of the many cross platform messaging solutions, just got better. The latest update brings an overdue Holo update to the Android app as well as some bug and security fixes. In late April we reported that Viber suffered a major security flaw, and, in what seemed to be a near immediate response, there...

Phil Tann — There aren’t too many hurdles left to big business adopting Android tablets as productivity tools. They integrate with secure email solutions (Exchange and Good are two examples), they run most of the same apps as iOS tablets do, but there’s always been one hurdle — there’s the perception that they don’t integrate too well with...

James Finnigan — According to Engadget and Phandroid, Google Glass units will soon receive a firmware update that is said to fix a number of bugs and optimisations, as well as two fairly significant changes. Firstly, Glass will only allow applications to upload data in the background when the headset is connected to both a power source and...

Phil Tann — With a budget phone sporting a camera capable of beautiful shots, Sony could be onto something good here. The Xperia L is Sony Mobile’s latest in a long list of Xperia devices to hit the market, the most recent and notable; the Xperia Z. While there is a good amount of information about the device...

Daniel Tyson — The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) yesterday announced the results of the auction for the 700 MHz and 2.5 GHz spectrum bands in Australia. The auction began in May 2012, and ended up seeing Telstra and Optus vying for the coveted 700 MHz band as well as the 2.5 GHz which also went to...

James Finnigan — Google’s Glass concept was pretty neat, but I think we all were waiting to see what would happen once developers got their hands on the device. This morning, we posted that a developer had gotten Glass to expose itself to him, detailing all its sensory secrets, and now Android Police have gotten native Android applications...

Phil Tann — Since the release of the Pebble smart watch and their open API model, devs have been working very hard to make the Pebble watch as useful to as many people as possible. Now with some further tweaks and development the SDK will soon allow apps to communicate back to the linked mobile device and utilize...

Daniel Tyson — If the Samsung Galaxy Camera was not exactly your cup of tea, then Samsung are reportedly working on another option, the Samsung Galaxy Zoom. The new device will reportedly be a camera phone with an emphasis on the camera functions. Packing a 16MP sensor for the camera, the display on the Zoom will be a...