Bertel King, Jr.
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About Bertel King, Jr.
Bertel is a Linux user who likes budget smartphones more than flagships, uses a custom ROM, and gets his apps from F-Droid. When he isn't writing short stories for Android Police, you might find him penning the fictional kind. Otherwise, look for him reading pixels that were converted to ink and paper.
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You don't have to spend much money to develop a massive library of Android games. Just keep your eyes on the lookout for the latest Humble Mobile Bundle. These offerings let you walk out with a handful of titles for a price of your choosing. A new one tends to pop up every two weeks.
Android One devices have already come to Turkey and Egypt, but now they're making their way deeper into the Middle East. The Infinix Hot 2 is now available in the United Arab Emirates exclusively from Souq.com.
One way to get accustomed to a service is to try it out. Then, after you've gotten used to things, keep using it for a year. Maybe then you will be better able to determine if you value the product enough to start paying.
Did you visit Google Fit's website back when the service first launched? It was a bare bones affair. The screen was mostly gray, and you were presented with the same information you saw inside the app, only tucked away on the left side of the screen. There really wasn't much reason to pay it any attention, so we didn't.
Hey, you don't have to explain to me why you want a VPN account. In an age where people are increasingly concerned about what companies do with their data, being compromised by hackers, and government surveillance, I'm not going to give you a hard time for wanting your privacy. Huh? You just want to torrent some stuff? Oh, well, whatever, sure, yeah, you can do that too.
If you're a Sprint customer and you've added Sprint Open World coverage, the carrier won't charge you any extra to place calls to certain parts of the world. You also get unlimited talk, text, and 1GB of data when you travel to any of the "Included" locales. "Additional" ones cost 20 cents a minute.
There's a certain stage of your life where owning a car is cool, but that feeling eventually wears off. Then it's not having a car that's impressive, it's what you can do with it. Viber's SmartStart app lets anyone who equips their vehicle with the appropriate hardware start, lock, and track their ride using their Android device.
Your phone shipped with a wall charger capable of pumping juice back into one device at a time, but there's a decent chance you have a couple more than one lying around. Want to charge several with one plug? You can.Over on Amazon you can find the Tronsmart 42W 3-port wall charger. That's three times the devices. And the plug comes with Qualcomm certified Quick Charge 2.0 support in one of those ports. Non-Quick Charge devices draw power at up to 5V/2.4A using the other two. The plug in the back folds for easy storage, and a microUSB cable that supports the faster charging speed comes included.The wall charger usually goes for $20, but if you enter the coupon code JANQXRAX at checkout, you can bring the price down to $12.
The days of receiving somewhat flimsy feeling flagship handsets from Samsung, at least for now, appear to be over—but that just means this is a good time to grab the past devices for cheap. The Galaxy S5 is available right this moment on eBay for 0. Think of the S5 as the epitome of plastic phone hardware from Samsung.
It's official. Amazon is ready to sell you a tablet for just $50. Not only that, it will let you order six of them together for $250. The Internet retailer is making the task of filling a home with tablets as affordable as bringing home a Wii U.We first caught wind of this device earlier this month, and it appears to pack better hardware than the junk Android tablets we're accustomed to from no-name brands. That said, the specs still come in on the low-end side of things. The front offers a 7-inch 1024 by 600 display. On the inside there's a 1.3GHz processor, 1GB of RAM, and 8GB of storage (along with a microSD card slot). Less than stellar cameras sit on the front and back.
Todoist gave its Android app a complete material makeover early this summer, providing users with the most changes they've seen in years. But it seems the company left one thing off the list at the time, and today it's rectifying that. The to-do list and note syncing service has come out with a new brand identity, one that does away with its old TD logo.
Here in the States, we largely take Street View for granted. Sure, Google hasn't sent cameras down our large web of rural roads, but it has covered the bulk of our cities and large towns.
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You want a portable Bluetooth speaker. Sorry, that was meant to be a question. You want a portable Bluetooth speaker? Then listen up.Omaker's 10W Bluetooth 4.0 speaker is currently available on Amazon for off if you use the coupon code OMAKER75.
A week has passed since Humble Bundle debuted its most recent Android bundle. With the passage of time come two additional games: Jones on Fire and Muertitos a Matching Puzzle.
Each instant messaging platform of sorts offers its own appeal. Snapchat's appears to be the ability to share moments of spontaneity that won't linger around for the rest of your life. Pictures and clips disappear after they're viewed. Unless, that is, you Replay them. This is a feature that has been around for a couple of years now, but users have been limited to one per day.
Primer by Google (formerly listed in the Play Store as Primer: Marketing for Startups) is a simple little Android app that helps small business owners get their company off the ground and in the public eye. Users view a number of brief, bite-sized lessons and walk away with a general understanding of what they need to do. That's the idea, anyway.
Spotify Running has been available for quite some time now, first on iOS, but also for Android users who signed up for beta updates. These folks got to try things out back in June. Now Spotify has officially announced the feature's availability for regular premium subscribers with Android devices.
You can't gift people apps, books, or albums from the Play Store―but with Google Play gift cards, you can effectively do the same thing. But first, there's the little technicality of where you live. Depending on which country you call home, those little plastic rectangles aren't yet available.
You don't have to fire up Motorola Connect to change the color. A faster way is to simply swipe down on the Moto 360 while it's charging.