Google Keyboard is Google's new keyboard replacement app that's very similar to Swype or SwiftKey. It's live in the Google Play store now, and it'll make your phone, regardless of manufacturer, a little bit more like a Nexus. Read More >>
After the wholly unsurprising, but still-good-to-hear news yesterday that HTC is producing a stock Android, 'Nexus' version of the HTC One for Google, HTC also let slip that it's looking at giving early adopters (read people who have already bought Ones) a taste of stock Android too. Read More >>
After firing out the white Nexus 4 into the ether, it seems LG's not gotten the nod from Google for the fabled Nexus 5, which begs the question: Who's making Google's next iconic phone? Read More >>
Google I/O, the company's mammoth annual developer hoopla, goes down this week. Here's what you can expect to hear from Google during Wednesday's three-hour keynote extravaganza. Read More >>
Featured comment by electroweb:
"My money is on 4.3 not 5.0 too. Basically because Android is as close to fully mature as an OS can get. There's very little in the way of big new feat..." More »
A couple of the largest phone shops in the UK have stopped stocking Google and LG's sweet Nexus 4, with both Carphone Warehouse and Phones 4U no longer listing it. This has led people who like to think about things to think it means a Nexus 5 launch at next week's Google I/O event is practically guaranteed. Read More >>
Featured comment by RayLWithCheese:
"Be surprised if it was a new phone unless its the rumour 4S (ha!) update, given its only been out for roughly 6 months.
6 months is a long time th..." More »
Google and LG might be about to repeat the Nexus 4 trick again this year, with rumours from Korea suggesting the pair will launch some sort of "Nexus 5" at some point -- and they're discussing working together on other forms of hardware, too. Read More >>
Featured comment by Boopop:
"I tried to buy one for about 20 mins on release day but didn't get anywhere.
A month or so I got a GS3 for £250 instead. Better deal I think. Now ..." More »
The spec of your phone's camera looks like being the next tech battleground now everything half decent is running on a monstrous quad-core chipset, with Google joining HTC in banging on about how amazing its next Nexus phone camera's going to be. Read More >>
Make no mistakes about it, your lockscreen is good at keeping honest people honest, but a truly dedicated thief is bound to find his way around it. One of the wilder ways to do so has recently been demonstrated by researchers who cracked through a Galaxy Nexus's security by throwing it in a freezer. Read More >>
Featured comment by spudhed:
"indeed it is, in some cases its a bit more difficult for those without access to some of the more heavyweight tools but if were talking forensic stuff..." More »
During Google's earnings call, Google executives made it clear that the acquisition of Motorola comes with quite a bit of baggage. More specifically, Google has inherited "12 to 18 months of product pipeline," said Google CFO Patrick Pichette. Yikes. Read More >>
Here's a curious one. Ifrumours are to be believed, LG's actually stopped producing Nexus 4s, and has turned manufacturing efforts to its incoming next-generation phones instead. Does Google have another Nexus right around the corner? Or has LG simply had enough of flogging hardware for next to nothing? Read More >>
Featured comment by Jon D:
"Thats quite possible since I don't think they're subsidising the prices for the carriers - I was under the impression they were only doing that for th..." More »
Like most in the Android world, I've been steadily increasing my comfort zone on how big a screen I want. Back in the day, I was obsessed with getting my phone as small as possible, like Zoolander. Then I got my first smartphone in the Windows Mobile 6 days, and ever since then every device I get has a bigger screen than the last, and I end up being happy about it. Read More >>
Featured comment by markcgrant:
"I may intrigued by what you will do next? But sadly I'd be cold, coldness is not a social convention. And by responding would I not be conforming to y..." More »
Images taken with an unannounced Asus tablet calling itself the ME172V have popped up on image sharing site Picasa, with the low-res 1280 x 720 photos fitting nicely with the 1-Megapixel front-facing camera expected in the new budget tablet. Read More >>
Featured comment by T:
"Everytime I go past Desize Z, it calls me like the ring in LOTR! I hate typing on touchscreens too (exception was Nokia 5800, sounds crazy right?) Luc..." More »
A new, lower-spec Asus tablet has been spotted, offering the same 7" form factor as the company's Nexus 7, only skimping on the internal power so the maker can sell for an even lower price. Read More >>
Featured comment by warriorscot:
"The power in the nexus 7 was one of the reasons I got it. If it doesn't have enough power to run the occasional game then Its not fit for purpose for ..." More »
Google is looking to copy its popular Nexus hardware line and use a similar system to bring a bit of spice to the rather sad world of the Chromebook, with the search giant said to be planning the launch of a Google-branded Chrome OS notebook. Read More >>