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Android 5.1.1 could be arriving soon to fix that annoying memory leak
4/2/2015 9:08:00 PM
The Android SDK Manager has a welcome new visitor in Android 5.1.1. This could quite possibly be one of the most eagerly awaited Android builds of some time. Unfortunately, the underlying demand for this update has nothing to do with aesthetics or performance. It has to do with a memory leak that has afflicted some Android users since the Android 5.0.1 update.
Google has acknowledged that the leak existed, but also posted that the necessary repairs had been made. Google did not have everything ready to go for Android 5.1, which is why the Android 5.1.1 update is so important to many Android ...
This is the 5.5-inch Quad HD IPS display that the LG G4 will likely use
4/2/2015 8:32:00 PM
LG Display just announced a brand new 5.5-inch Quad HD (1440 x 2560 pixels) IPS panel for smartphones. According to the company, this will be used in a future LG "flagship smartphone to be unveiled at the end of the month." Most probably, this mysterious flagship handset is the LG G4, which is expected to be officially introduced on April 28.
Although the screen size and pixel resolution of the G4 won't change when compared to the display of last year's LG G3, the new IPS panel brings several improvements. LG says that the upcoming display - seen above - offers richer and more accurate ...
Samsung Galaxy S6 edge arriving with scratches, dead pixels and other damage
4/2/2015 8:17:00 PM
Imagine coming home from work and finding the box with your new Samsung Galaxy S6 edge waiting for you by the door. You open the box, boot up the device for the first time, and discover dead pixels and scratches on the screen. That is the experience of someone with the handle rhcpcjg who posted about this on the XDA website. When he had a second phone sent overnight to him from T-Mobile, it arrived in the same condition. Both phones have been returned and this chap has decided to stick with his Apple iPhone 6.
Lest you think that this was an isolated event, other XDA posters reported that ...
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 for Verizon is being updated to Android 5.0 Lollipop
4/2/2015 7:42:00 PM
Verizon Wireless is now updating its Samsung Galaxy Note 4 to Android 5.0 Lollipop! The carrier says that the update is officially rolling out starting today, April 2, so everyone should get it pretty soon.
Unsurprisingly, the update is a very large one, requiring "up to 1.7 GB of reserved memory." It's actually comprised of two separate updates, one of them activating VoLTE, and making Advanced Dialer 1.0 part of the Note 4's dialer. In addition to VoLTE and all the goodness of Lollipop, the update also brings S Health widgets, plus fast motion and slow motion camera modes.
For ...
HTC updates Blinkfeed with Themes, calls it Sense Home
4/2/2015 5:57:00 PM
HTC today updated its Blinkfeed app with several new features, while also giving it a brand new name: Sense Home.
Sense Home now integrates HTC Themes, one of the features that debuted on the One M9, allowing users to create custom themes in order to give their phone a personal touch. Colors, fonts, icons and sounds - all these can be changed. Besides creating their own themes from scratch, users can also browse and download high-quality designs from the app's catalog. Sense Home widget is another novelty: based on your location, the widget automatically shows your most frequently used ...
Google: Android is safe
4/2/2015 5:31:00 PM
Google released today its Android Security State of the Union 2014. The report reveals a few statistics showing how hard Google is working to keep the Android operating system secure. According to the report, Google Play conducts 200 million security scans on devices each day. Overall, more than 1 billion devices are protected by Google Play.
With all of the headlines, it is easy to be nervous about downloading and installing an app on your phone. After all, you could be accidentally poisoning your own handset. But the odds of something like this happening are very slim. Google says that ...
Connected analyst Kuo says Apple will not release a 4-inch iPhone this year
4/2/2015 3:39:00 PM
Late last month, we showed you a picture of what allegedly is the rear plastic case for a new 4-inch iPhone model. According to the speculation, this handset would be called the Apple iPhone 6c and would offer NFC connectivity (most likely to support Apple Pay), TouchID and a Gorilla Glass protected display. But this phone will not see the light of day anytime soon if a well-connected Apple analyst is right.
KGI Securities' Ming-Chi Kuo, who has made some great calls in the past involving Apple, has sent out a note to clients in which he says that the new iPhones to be unveiled later this ...
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