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Tablets these days are designed to be just like smartphones, but bigger. Maybe they need to be different. Maybe- they need to become invisible tablets.
Back in the 1990s, companies wanted their own website. Now, every company wants their own branded smartphones.
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LG just released a smartphone with top of the line specifications, a phablet form factor, and a top-mounted “ticker” display called the “Second Screen”. Now, we all know LG isn’t the first device with a secondary display: this concept has been around since the heyday of the flip phone, where said phones had a little LCD screen on the back. With so many different approaches taken by various OEMs towards creating secondary display experiences, how does LG’s way of doing things fare?
Ticker displays have been [...]
A year ago we saw Samsung debut a device with an auxiliary curved display. The Galaxy Note Edge, along with the S6 edge that followed it intrigued many technology enthusiasts and regular people alike. Devices with curved displays on the side in a sea of rectangular cookie cutter devices are definitely refreshing, but I can’t help but feel like Samsung isn’t using these displays to their fullest potential. The Note Edge brought a few Edge Display features, but the S6 Edge Display experience was quite watered down in comparison.
Of course, sheer feature count has been one [...]
A BlackBerry with stock Android on it just wouldn't FEEL like a BlackBerry. So, here's how an Android UX should look like on a BlackBerry. Agree?
So, let me channelize my inner Seinfeld as I ask the question, “What’s the deal with designer made smartphones?” I mean, over the years we’ve seen fashion labels and automobile companies work with phone manufacturers to come up with some branded devices. And let’s face it, more often than not they end up being quite tacky and ridiculous. They would like us to believe that they’re some kind of exclusive, limited edition works of craftsmanship, but the results are almost always a tacky mash up of uncomfortable and gaudy hardware bits and baubles coupled with mediocre half baked [...]
When I got my current daily driver, the Xperia Z3 Compact – it was one of the very limited options there were, if you were looking for a phone with flagship level specifications in a smaller form factor. If you’re looking for a device in the same category today, almost a year later, your options will still be very limited. In a mobile technology space that’s becoming increasingly competitive, it’s surprising how so many OEMs have a formulaic way of managing their smartphone portfolios. As a result of this approach, almost all of the flagship level devices that [...]
What do you use to keep all your devices' batteries topped up and running? Let us know of your preferred battery life solution in the poll and comments
A look at what Google could have in mind for a 3D camera on a Nexus phone.
With the Snapdragon 810 debacle, Qualcomm’s dominance in the mobile processor space is being called into question- and new contenders for the king of Smartphone SOCs are springing up. Who will be the new king?
I was once an Android ROM "flash-aholic", and I'm not anymore. Read this to find out why, and drop us a comment with your experience.
Over the years, the ways in which we interact with our mobile devices have changed drastically. In the beginning there were keypads, buttons and dials. Then came the first generation of touch devices with their now-primitive touch interfaces that were basically miniaturized renditions of desktop UIs, like Windows Mobile. This was the heyday of the phone stylus. The stylus provided a more direct and precise way of interacting with the devices, and as the Galaxy Note line of phablets shows us, can still be put to good use.
Fast forward to today, and the smart devices we use are [...]
With Android M official, we are taking a look at what Google has changed over Lollipop in terms of usability. Read the details to find out more!
Ever since the world has been using touchscreen based smart devices, the world has also been caring about smart device displays. Being the primary mode of interacting with your smartphone or tablets, it’s one of the factors that goes into choosing what devices we would like to buy, or think of buying, or argue about. When we talk about smartphone displays these days however, we tend to focus on one thing in particular- the resolution.
Indeed, display resolution on a smart device we have to use or put up with on a minute by minute basis of our daily lives is quite important, and [...]
Android Lollipop is well begun, but clearly half done. Check out and see why we think Google needs to improve with its latest operating system.
With decidedly flagship level devices being launched for highly competitive prices, do "mid-range smartphones" still have any wind left in thier sails?
