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I’m talking about a perfectly fitting glove or a well worn shoe. It’s the phone that you will always come back to. But maybe it doesn’t yet exist for you? We now have 2013′s flagships from Samsung, HTC, Sony and LG. Google and Motorola also released their own top of the line offerings in the...
Recently it’s been reported that hackers had gained both ADB and root access on Google Glass. In response to this, Google employees Dan Morrill and Stephen Lau have both had “their say” about this on Google+. Morrill, quite correctly states in this G+ post: This is not rooting. Nothing is rooted. There is no root...
Anyone know of a phone that has a 720p display, run by a Adreno 320 GPU, housing a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro, sporting 2GB of RAM and running pure vanilla Android? I do. And it’s not the Nexus 4 … at least, not as we know it. I’m talking about the Motorola XT912A, codenamed “Ghost”....
Announced at CES back in January the Asus Cube is the first Google TV product from the Taiwanese manufacturer and it incorporates a few interesting design paradigms when it comes to both the unit itself and the software interface. In the US the device has launched and is selling online for $139.99 + delivery from...
When it comes to Google Glass, there’s really not many surprises left. Early in April, Google released the specs for Google Glass although they left out a few key details. Now thanks to Developer +Jay Lee those cards have largely been revealed via the Selfscreens website: * It’s running Android 4.0.4 – Ice Cream Sandwich...
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Google has just released the Kernel source for one of their most highly anticipated products to date – Glass. The kernel source which is available as a 65.7MB ‘tarball’ a file which combines a number of files into a single source. The announcement added by DannyB on Google Code advises that the source is being...
We’re all keen to see what’s going to come out of Google I/O next month, and while Key Lime Pie (or Android 5) is something that many of us can’t wait to see, it just looks that little bit more unlikely. One of Ausdroid’s good friends across the pond, Artem from Android Police, has done...
We all like to see the insides of a new piece of technology for many reasons — to see what’s under the hood, to see how easy it is to repair or replace broken components, or simply because we like to watch someone else tear apart an expensive piece of technology that we wouldn’t be...
  With all the different smartwatches being brandied about the smart cookies at T3 have cooked up a Google Nexus smartwatch concept that looked extremely enticing to me.  While this is concept only it’s certainly worth sharing with everyone here. I am surprised they didn’t put curved glass on this concept considering LG saying that...
In the Google Vs Apple war, the tides turned nearly 12 months ago to be clearly in Google’s favour. As time goes, a number of factors are swaying figures towards the Google side of things. Android market share has continued to grow through the massive demand for Android mobile devices, now amassing an astounding 1.3...
If you’ve ever broken the USB port on your phone, or had USB/MTP driver issues, you’ll most likely have come across Airdroid. The app allows you connect to your phone wirelessly via your PC, Mac, Chromebook, etc and perform a variety of useful tasks. You’ve always been able to easily transfer files between the two...
Glass Explorer, hacker and caffeine-lover – Liam McLoughlin has tweeted some very exciting details for people who are eagerly awaiting the retail release of Google Glass. Apparently, Android DeBug(ADB) mode, is very easy to achieve. Anyone who’s played with rooting and modding any Android device – which Glass has been confirmed to be – knows...
Following the relatively quiet launch and mediocre success of the Xperia Z, according the Xperia Blog; Sony are planning to release a new slightly less high-end phone codenamed Dogo, model number C550X that will be released publicly as the ‘Xperia ZR’. As with the Xperia Z, the ZR will be water resistant with an IP55/IP58...