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Stock Android: Pros and Cons
The Nexus 4 comes with stock Android, but now more phones are getting in on the act. Once the exclusive preserve of Nexus-branded devices (and rooters), the stock version of Android is set to appear on the Samsung Galaxy S4, the HTC One and the Sony Xperia Z in the…
Chromebook Pixel Review Roundup: Google Goes Premium
Slowly but surely, Google’s Chrome OS is gaining ground. Chromebooks – cheap, lightweight laptops featuring nothing but the Chrome Web browser – are beginning to sell in significant numbers, and within the last 12 months we’ve seen new models from HP, Lenovo, Acer and Samsung. The Pixel is Google’s attempt…
Google I/O Round-Up
With Google I/O developers now finished we take a look back at Google’s two big announcements: the world’s first ever Nexus 7 tablet and the latest version of Android’s Jelly Bean operating system. Google made its intention to conquer the tablet market when it released a tablet-friendly version of Android…
Samsung and Google team up to launch the Galaxy Nexus
The ever-competitive Smartphone market has just entered new territory with the immediate release of the Galaxy Nexus. The Nexus is the world’s first Smartphone to run Ice Cream Sandwich, the rather amusing name for the Android 4.0 operating platform. With power in mind, Samsung have given the Nexus a 4.65″…
Chrome OS preview
So what is Chrome OS? Not to be confused with Google’s browser of the same name, it’s a Linux-based operating system, which has been designed to work with web applications. It won’t be available to download, but will only be shipped on certain hardware from Google’s manufacturer partners. Since it…
Nexus S: Google and Gingerbread – just in time for Christmas
While mobile phone reviewers are still pleasantly surprised when they encounter a phone that incorporates Android’s 2.2 version, the Google Nexus S is taking things to the next level, offering Android 2.3. ‘Gingerbread’ as it is called, is not the only new thing on the phone – it also boasts…
Zeal Optics GPS Goggles: A James Bond gadget for the slopes
If you’re heading to the slopes this winter, the Zeal Optics GPS Goggles are the latest must-have accessory. Now you can head down the black run and – just like something out of a James Bond movie – in front of your eyes will appear all the data about just…
Logitech Revue – at long last Google TV
Tech journalists were treated to their first glimpse of the first Google TV set top box in San Francisco and New York last night. Google TV is designed to bring the web and television together, and this box – called the Logitech Revue – will simply be connected to your…
Google set-top box: Rumour round-up
It’s been rumoured as far back as 2007 that web giant Google is looking to move into the digital TV market, but solid facts have been painfully slow to materialise. The strongest indication yet that the company are developing a web-enabled set-top box, which could arrive in living rooms sooner…
Hands on with Google’s Buzz (kill)
The idea sounds great: let people connect to those they’ve emailed using their Google account. Let them share Twitter updates, show pages they’ve visited, videos they’ve watched on YouTube and swap more online content than ever before. Yes, it’s a lovely idea, but, in practise, it has proved to be…
Gmail users crying out for a GBoard?
I didn’t realise that Gmail’s usability needed improving. But clearly it does because an American company has launched GBoard: an USB add-on keyboard providing shortcuts for the most used Gmail actions. This 4.88″ x 3.5″ x 0.38″ keyboard offers 19 functions, plugs straight into a USB port, works with Windows and Apple…
Google announces first phone: Nexus One
After a lot of behind-the-scenes work, including the development of a mobile operating system and pulling the strings behind the Motorola Droid, Google has finally come to market with a product that it spear-headed itself – the Nexus One. Despite being released for sale only a few hours ago it’s…