The Nexus 4 is the go-to device for many developers. Offering the purest Google experience and literally built for developers, it's the most vanilla Android experience possible. It's lightweight and comes with no bloatware. There's practically nothing to over-encumber  the device straight out of the box. That said, the handset is beginning to age as faster, more efficient chipsets arrive. It just doesn't feel as fast as it once did. Fortunately, there are plenty of ways to spruce up your ol' Nexus by way of various custom mods. Try a new ROM, or theme it to no end. Or, take a custom ...

Whenever we think about computing speed we usually limit ourselves to Gigahertz -- how fast the processor is that's crunching all the data inside our devices. The number of cores and the architecture of the chip obviously have some bearing, but we can't change those without buying a new device that includes the latest and greatest chip inside it. When we want to speed up our current smartphones and tablets, our minds turn to overclocking: running the chip faster than the device manufacturer intended it to run. You can also "over-volt" your processor, which supplies it with more power ...