Google upgrades Android KitKat to 4.4.3

Android 4.3.3 KitKat Google have just released Android 4.4.3 KitKat for the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) as well as stock ROM images for selected models of the Nexus family. Probably the last two Nexus 7 models, the Nexus 10, and the Nexus 4 and 5 are all supported. If you are a Nexus user and know how to flash the firmware, you can do it by yourself. Or you can wait for an OTA update from your carrier. So, is Android 4.4.3 KitKat a major update with a lot of changes? Definitely no, it looks like it's a maintenance release full of minor bug fixes, with a renewed Dialer and People Apps. Android 4.4.3 also brings a new Dialer...

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Apple Officialy Reveals iOS 8: Available for free this fall

iOS 8 New Features As expected, Apple today showed off a preview of its next-gen mobile operating system, iOS 8. This new version of iOS, which will come to iPhones and iPads in the fall, includes many new features. iOS 8 now brings Interactive Notifications, it gives users the ability to respond any notification without launching the app it comes from, just by pulling down on the alert. On the lock screen, swiping notifications will show a dialog box with Accept/Decline buttons. And it's not limited to messages, you'll be able to like/comment on Facebook messages or handle your calendar events. The multi-tasking app screen which...

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Motorola Moto E: An Entry Level Smartphone With Great Performance

Who said that good can not be cheap? Although the Moto E is an entry level smartphone, it has better specs than many of the mid-range smartphones that we had a couple of years ago. This is the company’s latest effort to capture the hearts of the budget-conscious smartphone customers... and they surely will. And it's because the Moto E is simply beautiful, powerful, and cheap. Motorola is clearly trying to make affordable smartphones with good quality and being attractive to users who do not even have a smartphone. This is the first handset launched by Motorola since being bought by Lenovo. The Moto E design allows a good hand grip,...

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HTC One Mini 2: Not so 'mini' in price

HTC One Mini 2 The One mini 2 could be the HTC equivalent to Apple's iPhone 5C: A phone for those who want the Big Brother experience but at a lower price. The HTC One Mini 2 is one of the most luxurious compact phones in the market, thanks to its beautiful metal body and its decent screen, its KitKat OS with Sense 6 is very pleasant to use and its camera takes impressive shots. The HTC One Mini 2 takes the same nice aluminium design and Android KitKat OS of the One, but shrinks it down to a more manageable 4.5 inches. HTC has also shrunk down the specs, it has a 1.2GHz rather than 2.3GHz processor inside the phone, a 13-megapixel (not...

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