It’s been nearly 4 months since I bought my Acer Iconia A500 tablet and blogged about it here. Not much has changed, I still think it’s great. The only bugbears for me have been the WiFi dropping out in my house. The tablet seems to have the weakest radio of all the other WiFi devices [...]
I bought myself an Acer Iconia A500 Wi-Fi tablet 4 days ago which runs Android Honeycomb 3.0. Here’s the good, bad and the ugly of it so far. As far as I can tell this is a vanilla install of Honeycomb with some pre-installed apps courtesy of Acer – some games, Acer clear.fi client and [...]
Just testing the WordPress app from my Acer Iconia A500 tablet running Android Honeycomb 3.0. I will try and post a review of the tablet with more details later on today hopefully – been brilliant so far, but a few hiccups along the way.
So I’ve been running the Floyo 1.1.9 ROM on my HTC Hero for a week now and haven’t had any major problems, it’s been great. It’s an Android 2.2 (Froyo) ROM based on the CyanogenMod 6 ROM. If you want to download it, visit this thread on XDA Developers. For another guide on getting Froyo [...]
Woohoo, finally your shiny Android powered device can be used as a GPS Navigation aid in Australia. As of this morning (17th November 2010), Google have turned on this feature that was previously enabled for the USA and UK. Now when you are using Google Maps and try to get directions, you get a choice [...]
Lifehacker has compiled a list of Android handsets available for outright purchase from various carriers and the current prices. Click here to check it out. I don’t think buying outright from the carrier is the most cost effective way to go (if you’re buying outright) but you’ll know it comes with Australian warranty at least. [...]
There’s a bunch of hype about the Samsung Galaxy Tab being released soon – see image to the right. With pricing details for Australia announced yesterday it was a bit of a disappointment for me to find out that the outright price was going to be $999! Fwoar… Sure you can sign up with a [...]
I’ve just spent the last three weeks in the United States. To be fair I’m still there – currently posting this using in-flight Internet somewhere between Chicago and San Francisco. When I get the time I will add some posts detailing how my Android phone went in the US – availability of WiFi, purchasing a [...]
I’ve updated the Apps section of my guide to Android for Aussies. This apps list includes quite a few new additions plus scannable barcodes for most of the apps! Hope you enjoy it and find it useful. Go and have a look.
After installing the Kindle for Android app earlier, I’m now into my third eBook. It’s a great app and I like the eBook concept. The first two books I’ve read were Lolly Scramble and A Nest of Occasionals both by Tony Martin. Both hilarious but Lolly Scamble the funnier of the two. I’m now onto [...]