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Windows Phone 8.1 has brought a bunch of new features to Microsoft’s Windows Phone that are getting them a lot of attention across the web. From huge functional changes like the “Action Center” (a notification center similar to iOS and Android) to creative aethstetic changes like the new background image that, instead of being behind your tiles on the home screen, takes over certain tiles’ background and adds a parallax effect as you scroll. Microsoft […]

Nokia finally did it. They made an Android device (three in fact). But, they did manage to change Android quite a bit with their custom UI and even took out most (if not all) of Google’s presence in the device and replaced it with either their own software or a Microsoft equivalent. Because of this, I thought it might be interesting to check out Nokia’s version of Android on the Nokia X that I just

Samsung’s new Galaxy S5 is getting plenty of attention (and sales apparently), but alongside the new device is a new version of Samsung’s custom user interface they put on top of Android called TouchWiz UX. If you are getting a new Samsung Galaxy S5 and coming from any other Android device, then it could be helpful to get familiar with the changes over stock Android that are present in version 3 of TouchWiz UX. Firstly,

In my overly thorough walkthrough of Sense 6.0, the latest version of HTC’s UI skin for Android that launched on the new HTC One M8, I left out one thing; the camera. There was a good reason though. The new HTC One M8’s camera setup is unlike anything we’ve seen on an Android device. In fact, it has some people pretty confused. Instead of just one high-megapixel camera on the back for taking pictures, there

Along with the new flagship phone from HTC, the HTC One (M8), HTC also released a new version of their Android UI called Sense (Version 6.0). As with most manufacturers, HTC puts their own skin on top of Android to try and help differentiate their devices from others in the market. But, unlike the other manufacturers in the space (Samsung has TouchWiz UI and LG has Optimus UI), HTC’s latest version of their UI wasn’t

I’ve had the pleasure to play with Android’s newest iteration Jelly Bean (4.1) for a few days now (thanks to XDA developers, of course) and figured I’d do our normal walkthrough when a new version of Android is released to showcase some of the new features of the OS compared to the last iteration (Android 4.0). In addition to some of the main features announced there’s also a few others that are worth mentioning. So