You may remember seeing Joe Levi’s video about using Bluestacks software to run Android apps on a normal Windows 7 PCs and that was very cool, but I thought it would be fun to see how the same software works on a Windows 8 tablet… especially since we can expect a number of new Windows 8 tablets to be released later this year. Take a look at the video below to see how it works. …
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Hands On With The HTC One S from T-Mobile
We got to take a quick look at the new T-Mobile HTC One S tonight at a fun T-Mobile launch event. The One S comes to T-Mobile on April 25 for $199 on contract with a $50 rebate. It features HTC Sense 4.0, which is a lot more lightweight than previous versions of Sense, as well as the Ice Cream Sandwich version of Android. The One S also features Beats audio technology and a great …
Continue readingVerizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus Review
While you may have already seen our extensive review of the GSM version of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, we’ve also got one that uses Verizon’s high-speed LTE 4G network. There aren’t a huge amount of differences, but we thought it would be good to give you a different perspective on Google’s latest flagship device and also their latest Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system. The Nexus-brand devices are what Google decides exactly what goes …
Continue readingDoes Google Music Work for You?
There’s been a pretty good sale going on in the Google Android Market’s new Music section that offers a number of songs for free as well as deep discounts on many other songs. I thought that sounded pretty good, decided to take advantage of it and try out Google Music. So I clicked the free song of the day and Android returned an error; “Error retrieving information from server.” I figured okay maybe my reception …
Continue readingGalaxy Nexus Browser & Video Editor (Video)
One very nice new feature in Ice Cream Sandwich is the Movie Studio video editor. It’s similar to other mobile device video editors like the one that comes with the Nokia N8 and Apple’s iMovie which you can buy for the iPhone on the App Store. You’ve got all the basic functions like combining different video clips, adding titles, transitions, and a few simple effects. Android’s Movie Studio works quite well, but often times you’ll …
Continue readingVerizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus Software Tour (Video)
Since we’ve already shown you most of what’s new in the Ice Cream Sandwich version of Android that ships with the GSM version of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, this video is going to show you a couple things that Verizon has added and then we’ll go through some of the things that I personally really like, as well as a few things that might be confusing or frustrating for some people. I really like the …
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