The ZTE ZMAX Has A Big Screen, A Huge Battery, And A Small $252 Price Tag,...
People seem to love gigantic screens on their phones - just ask Samsung (or Apple). And of course, plenty of customers want phones that are cheap, or at least cheaper than the flagships. And the one...
View ArticleAndroid 4.4.4 Kernel Source Code For The Spice, Micromax, And Karbonn Android...
Getting the kernel source code for devices is something of a rite of passage for new Android phones. In the United States and other parts of the world with heavy smartphone penetration, the focus is on...
View ArticleAT&T Now Accepting Preorders For The Galaxy Tab S 8.4 And 10.5 - Shipping...
Hot on the heels of Sprint's launch of the Galaxy Tab S 10.5, AT&T announced that it will begin selling both the 8.4- and 10.5-inch LTE variants online and in stores beginning September 26. The...
View ArticleRepublic Wireless Will Sell The Moto E For $99 Starting In October
It looks like Republic Wireless is going for the Motorola hat trick: in addition to last year's flagship Moto X and mid-range Moto G, the American hybrid MVNO is now planning on selling the low-end...
View ArticleMoto Maker For The New Moto X Goes Live In The UK, France, And Germany
Just yesterday we saw Motorola flip the on-switch for Moto Maker for the new Moto X here in the US. Customers can head over to the site right away to design a phone that suits their tastes and purchase...
View ArticlePunit Soni Is Leaving Motorola
Punit Soni, VP of product at Motorola, just announced on his Google+ page that he is departing from the company. It's unclear why he's leaving or where he's going, but it's safe to say that everyone...
View Article[Never Settle] OnePlus Cancels Promised StyleSwap Covers For The One Due To...
OnePlus listed several features as notable when it announced the One in an unnecessarily drawn out fashion earlier this year. One of those items was the selection of StyleSwap covers. The battery in...
View ArticleAmazon Announces The Fire HD Kids Edition With A No Questions Asked Two-Year...
Amazon announced a handful of new Fire tablets tonight, one of which is designed specifically for kids. The company looks to be going after Fuhu's nabi and Samsung's Galaxy Tab 3 Kids with the Fire HD...
View ArticleAmazon's Fire OS 4 Brings New Coat Of Paint, 'Hundreds Of New Features'...
Along with a handful of new tablets, Amazon has officially announced Fire OS 4 (codenamed Sangria), which it says adds hundreds of new features to the "content-forward" operating system. First and...
View ArticleAmazon Announces The New Kindle Fire HDX 8.9, Fire HD 7, And Fire HD 6,...
Today Amazon popped its yearly Kindle Fire update unannounced, showing off no less than four new models of its customized Android tablet family. The Kindle Fire HD Kids is being covered in this post,...
View ArticleChromecast Is Now Available From The Google Play Store In Austria And Hong Kong
The landlocked European country of Austria and the Chinese island megacity of Hong Kong don't have a lot in common, but this morning (or this afternoon, depending on where you are) they can come...
View ArticleVerizon's Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 Is Now Available For $599.99 With Free...
Samsung makes a lot of tablets. So many in fact, that it can be hard to keep track of which are the entry-level and which are the premium ones. Tab Pro? Galaxy Tab? No, it's the Tab S series that you...
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy Note 4 Pre-Orders Begin September 19th, Retail Availability On...
Samsung unveiled to the world the newest phones in the Note series earlier this month at IFA in Berlin, but in typical announcement fashion didn't provide a firm release date. Those details have now...
View ArticleGoogle Appears To Be Testing The Option To Add A Home Button To Android's...
Numerous users have come to us with reports of an option to enable a home button appearing on Chrome's settings page. None of us at Android Police have personally seen this item pop up on our devices,...
View Article[Deal Alert] Refurbished Galaxy Tab S 10.5 Up On eBay For $399.99 ($100 Off)
The longer you wait, the more affordable products become. These aren't necessarily words to live by, but they're generally true. Not too long ago we were happy to share with you a new Galaxy Tab S 10.5...
View ArticleMotorola Confirms The New Moto X Won't Be Available On Sprint
The updated Moto X just went on sale earlier this week with delivery dates toward the end of the month. So far only the GSM devices for AT&T and T-Mobile have popped up, but Verizon has confirmed...
View ArticleChromecast's Backdrop Casting Feature May Finally Be Rolling Out Soon
Among the many things announced at Google I/O was support for casting custom backdrops to the Chromecast. We haven't heard anything about it since then, but now users are beginning to report seeing...
View Article[Update: Newer APK] Google Play Services 6.1 Begins Rollout With Refreshed...
At Google I/O this year, we learned that Google Play Services is generally updated on a six-week cycle. As expected, the mighty puzzle piece behind Google's Android services is getting an update...
View ArticleGoogle Now TV Cards And Their Customization Options Appear To Have Launched...
Google Now is only as good as the cards it tosses up for users to play around with. Since launch, TV cards and the ability to customize them has been a luxury exclusively available to people in the US....
View ArticleWashington Post: Google's L Release To Enable Encryption By Default, Aims To...
At the Google I/O 2014 keynote, Sundar Pichai took to the stage to let us know that the L release of Android is set to make massive improvements in security for the enterprise as well as regular...
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