Archives for March 4th, 2014
Xperia Z owners – how happy are you one year on?
The Sony Xperia Z launched a year ago and was probably the most important handset launch for Sony since it started its Android journey. The Xperia Z, along with the Xperia Tablet Z, helped deliver a breakthrough year for Sony Mobile, which the company built upon with the Xperia Z1 and more recently, the new ...
Video: Dancing to Charge Your Phone? In Nokia’s Future You’ll Be Doing Just That
Dancing to charge your phone? That’s exactly what Nokia envisions for the future of device charging, detailed in a humorous video released by the Finnish device manufacturer. While the tech isn’t quite ready to go, it could be the way of the future. If you thought Glassholes were bad, just wait until everyone is dancing awkwardly ...
Video: Microsoft’s Virtual Assistant Cortana in Action on Windows Phone 8.1
Microsoft’s virtual assistant Cortana is looking pretty slick, and could prove to provide Windows Phone users a virtual assistant the likes of Apple’s Siri and Google’s Android based Google Now. A video from UnleashThePhones.com shows Cortana in action on a device running Windows Phone 8.1. It’s the best peek into Cortana we’ve seen so far, with a ...
Sony’s “Socialife News” app opens up to all Android smartphones
Sony has opened up its Socialife News app to all Android smartphones running Android 4.1 Jelly bean and above. The app, which up until now has been exclusive to Xperia smartphones and tablets as well as VAIO PCs, has seen over 13 million downloads. The news aggregator app also allows you to keep track of ...
FreeXperia Team brings CyanogenMod 11 support to Xperia M
The FreeXperia Project has announced that it is now supporting the Xperia M, introducing CyanogenMod 11 (Android 4.4.2) starting from the FXP309 build. The support comes off the back of the huge work undertaken by Ron Gokhale (PecanCM on XDA). We already reported on his unofficial CM11 build at the start of the year, so ...