Author: Terren

The Asus PadFone is not your average Android handset. Alone, the smartphone is a fairly unassuming 4.3-inch qHD device with a nice ribbed metal backing, akin to the Transformer Prime series, and a 1.5Ghz dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor. It’s not going to win on specs alone — 1GB RAM, 8MP camera, 16/32/64GB internal storage, 21Mbps HSPA+ baseband, 1520mAh battery — but it has a few larger companions at its side.

The first is the docking station — essentially a 10.1-inch empty shell — in whi…

Not much is known about the next major Android OS upgrade to version 5.0. This is rumoured to be called Jellybean, following the tradition of past lettering: Cupcake (1.5), Donut (2.0), Eclair (2.1), Froyo (2.2), Gingerbread (2.3), Honeycomb (3.0) and Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0). Various far fetched rumours have surfaced over the past few weeks stating that an upgrade could come as early as Q2 2012 (which I personally can’t see happening), and that it’ll work on both smartphone and tablets.
Of c…

APK Downloader is a Chrome extension that does exactly what its name advertises — download APKs from the Android Market site. Getting the tool up and running takes quite a bit more work than your average browser add-on, requiring you to edit the Chrome shortcut to disable SSL error warnings, but it's hardly rocket science. This should make sideloading apps much easier and give you a chance to try software yourself, even if a developer seems to think its app wont work with your device. There …

The next time you open up Gmail in Chrome keep an eye out for the prompt above, which uses HTML5 to finally close the

Technology's holy grail is the development of a "perfect" Quantum Computer. Traditional computers recognize information as bits: binary information representing "On" or "Off" states. A quantum computer uses qubits: operating in superposition, a qubit exists in all states simultaneously — not just "On" or "Off," but every possible state in-between. It would theoretically be able to instantly access every piece of information at the same time, meaning that a 250 qubit computer would contain mo…

Our computers are trying to pacify us. When you transfer a file, a progress bar appears to calmly tell you how much time is left. But here's why that soothing assurance of progress is more like a wild…

New technology brings about new ways of interacting with said technology. Smartphones and tablets might be tiny compared to their massive forefathers but that doesn’t mean we can ignore the way we hol…

Siri may be the media darling and, admittedly she's the one with the winning personality. But Motorola wants to remind you that Android has

Today ASUS announced they will rebrand their tablet line using  "Transformer Pad" moving forward, which should simplify things. Additionally they showed off the Infinity Series which seems to be ano…

Another day, another privacy scandal… This time Facebook is in hot water as some news about its possible reading of user SMS messages has serviced. According to the Sunday Times newspaper out of L…

Rumour: Samsung Galaxy III to have a ceramic case, 1.5GHz quad-core processor, 1080p display

Samsung makes the Galaxy Note 10.1 official

Google now activating 850,000 Android devices per day, 450,000 apps in the Android Market

The movie Goon, scheduled for wide release on Friday is generating a lot of buzz about fighting in hockey.

Rumour: Samsung to launch the Galaxy B bezel-less Android in Q3

Just as the official ASUS Twitter account foretold, today is the day WiFi Eee Pad Transformers meet Android 4.0 in the US (3G devices

Asus Transformer TF101 update to Ice Cream Sandwich being pushed out

Learn more about the Galaxy Note at http://guide.sharethegalaxy.com/note. We gave Android™ users j

After crossing the 10 million units moved threshold back in September, Samsung has joyously announced ahead of MWC 2012 that its Galaxy S II

Harris makes the tough tech you'd expect to see census takers (leave it), NFL stadiums and public buses toting around. It's introducing a new