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LG unveils DoublePlay dual-screen Android smartphone  

Monday 17 October at 11:20am

LG unveils DoublePlay dual-screen Android smartphone

by The Gadget Show

The LG DoublePlay stands out from the vast majority of modern smartphones by virtue of offering two displays. It also has a large, split QWERTY keyboard, making it a great handset for creating emails…

Rockstar bringing Grand Theft Auto 3 to iPhone & Android  

Friday 14 October at 5:47am

Rockstar bringing Grand Theft Auto 3 to iPhone & Android

by The Gadget Show

October 22nd is the (gulp) tenth anniversary of Grand Theft Auto III and Rockstar Games is ‘celebrating’ the momentous date by, er, letting us buy things. There are several commemorative collectibles…

Top 5 Ice Cream Sandwich features we want to see  

Friday 14 October at 5:42am

Top 5 Ice Cream Sandwich features we want to see

by The Gadget Show

Next week Google is set to launch Android 4.0 aka Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS). This new operating system version is intended to unify the phone (2.3 Gingerbread) and tablet (3.0 Honeycomb) versions into…

Samsung shows off Stratosphere Android slider  

Thursday 13 October at 11:54am

Samsung shows off Stratosphere Android slider

by The Gadget Show

Samsung has released a video tour for the Samsung Stratosphere – a new Android handset with a sliding QWERTY keyboard and support for 4G LTE networks. ...

Nexus Prime launch event rescheduled for October 19th  

Wednesday 12 October at 12:39pm

Nexus Prime launch event rescheduled for October 19th

by The Gadget Show

Samsung and Google have decided to continue with their launch event for the Nexus Prime, pushing the launch date back a week until the 19th of October. ...

Viewsonic launches slimline ViewPad 10e tablet  

Wednesday 12 October at 8:03am

Viewsonic launches slimline ViewPad 10e tablet

by The Gadget Show

Thanks to the easy availability of the Android OS and an almost desperate desire to compete with the Apple iPad, there is now no shortage of Android tablets. From high end tablets like the Motorola…

Android Ice Cream Sandwich coming 11th of October  

Friday 07 October at 8:56am

Android Ice Cream Sandwich coming 11th of October

by The Gadget Show

A YouTube account seems to have confirmed that the next version of Google’s Android operating system – Ice Cream Sandwich – will be launching on October the 11th, alongside the new Nexus Prime. One…

Rumour: 10-inch Amazon Kindle Fire to launch by year end?  

Friday 30 September at 1:10pm

Rumour: 10-inch Amazon Kindle Fire to launch by year end?

by The Gadget Show

This week saw the launch of the hot new Amazon Kindle Fire, the online retailer’s long-awaited 7-inch Android tablet. But those in the know are saying it’s the larger 10-inch model that will be the…

Samsung outs Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 bicycle!  

Friday 30 September at 11:35am

Samsung outs Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 bicycle!

by The Gadget Show

Fancy a tablet accessory with a difference? Samsung has just the thing – it’s a Galaxy Tab 10.1-branded custom-made bicycle with a special bracket along the top bar to accommodate your Android slate…

Cut the Rope gets 25 new levels in Toy Box Update!  

Friday 30 September at 2:01am

Cut the Rope gets 25 new levels in Toy Box Update!

by The Gadget Show

Cut the Rope is one of our favourite Android games, and there’s now another update to keep you playing for longer. Called the Toy Box Update, Cut the Rope’s ever-present hero, Om Nom, now has an extra…

Minecraft coming to a smartphone near you!  

Wednesday 28 September at 12:19pm

Minecraft coming to a smartphone near you!

by The Gadget Show

We’ve seen some fantastic apps and games on Android over the past couple of years, and Minecraft is the latest to land on the Android market. It’s set to launch on Thursday, and promises similar…

Archos G9 Android tablet available for pre-order  

Friday 16 September at 1:16pm

Archos G9 Android tablet available for pre-order

by The Gadget Show

The Archos G9 is an Android-based tablet, offering a decent spec sheet and styling that doesn’t look like just another Apple iPad clone. The G9 was first announced back in June, but it’s set to be…