The Mini Pro was one of the successful phones from the Xperia lineup of smartphones by Sony. One of the big features the phone offered back when it was released was a QWERTY keypad for those of us who still preferred to text using the actual physical buttons rather than tapping the screen. In […]
LeTv, a name that may not ring a bell in your mind, is a company that sells budget-friendly – and quite premium-looking – Android phones. Their recent launch – the 1S – is an Android smartphone with high-end specs without the high-end price tag. If you happen to have purchased this phone,
Kodi, formerly known as XBMC, is a free and open source media center for playing videos, music, podcasts, photos, games, etc. on any number of devices. Beyond just playing back your own media over your wifi network though, it allows you to also grab content from third-party plugins to watch
Chances are, based on most of the people I’ve spoken to, you don’t know about one of my favorite features that iOS 8 added to the iPhone: the ability to add custom keyboards. Adding a custom keyboard to the iPhone can mean a huge change in the way you type
There’s nothing like a full-blown keyboard for typing. Even though touchscreens have gotten better, more responsive, typing with two thumbs will always be beaten by typing with all ten fingers. Interestingly enough, some app developers agree (so does Apple) and there are ways to use your real keyboard and text
Since most iPhone users don’t stray from iOS they usually upgrade from an iPhone to a newer iPhone. When they do this, things like photos, app data, and a ton of other things are synced and then transferred directly to the new phone. Combine this with the fact that most
If you don’t want to shell out thousands of dollars for an Android phone, the Samsungs Galaxy Star PRO might be a good alternative. Successor to the original Samsung Galaxy Star, the Star PRO offers enhanced features and a little larger screen. The phone runs on Android 4.1 which may seem
Once the bootloader on the Motorola Moto X Play gets unlocked, it’ll keep showing the bootloader unlocked warning message whenever you reboot the device. In some cases, it’ll even show you the message when the fact is that the bootloader is already re-locked. If you’re in such a situation and
YU’s Yuphoria phone belongs to the group of budget smartphones that provide really great features without damaging your wallet. The birth of the phone was inspired by the company’s first successful phone – the YU Yureka. This phone from YU runs Android 5.0 Lollipop and has all of the hardware
HTC’s Incredible S was released quite a while ago. Back then it came with then-latest version of Android called Froyo running on-board and while it’s been several years since the phone was announced, it’s still owned by many people around the world. The phone eventually got various software updates namely Gingerbread and
Verizon has that habit of not allowing their phones to be customized by the end users. For whatever reason, they keep the bootloader locked on their phones and don’t allow them to be unlocked. This prevents you from gaining root access or flashing a custom ROM on the phone. Things aren’t the same
Getting access to the ultra-fast Internet technology called LTE has now become much more affordable than ever, all thanks to Motorola for coming up with the Moto G (2nd Gen) with LTE capabilities. The phone allows you to surf the Internet as fast as what the current technology for cellular
Motorola launched the MotoActv – an Android powered watch – keeping health conscious people in mind. The device does this job pretty well by providing you with your fitness analytics using various technologies built into it. Not only does the watch have fitness apps, but it also runs Android 2.3.4 and so it has everything that particular version of Android
Somewhere between the One M8 and the One M7 lies the HTC’s latest smartphone called the One A9. The device became very popular in a short period of time and developers produce a root method and a custom recovery shortly thereafter. If you happen to have this device, you are welcome to follow
As I mentioned in video on how to create custom vibrations on your iPhone, which you can click below to check out, collectively I think we are all getting a bit adverse to our phones making noise. But what if you noise is really the problem and you just want
