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Speaktoit Assistant voice-activated Android app
Apple’s iPhone 4S Siri voice assistant – a built-in artificially intelligent assistant that responds to spoken queries and commands – certainly wowed the crowds, but it wasn’t new: Siri Assistant was available as a stand-alone app for iOS devices before Apple bought the company in 2010. Meanwhile, other companies have been producing equivalents for rival…
CnM TouchPad II
Not everyone wants an iPad 2. But if you’re one of those who’d prefer to go for a rival using Google’s Android OS, why pay nearly £600 for the HTC Flyer 7in tablet, when you can pay under £400 for the Samsung Galaxy Tab? Then again, if you’d rather save some further cash, why not…
Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc
Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Arc is a nice addition to the company’s Xperia line, with some top-line features and none of the arguable gimmickry of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play. Top notch, chaps The features crammed into the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc are a high-end set, and right at the forefront is Android 2.3. Still relatively…
Creative ZiiO 10 inch
Creative has hit the Android tablet sector with two designs. One is the7in ZiiO offering; the other – the subject of this review – has a 10 inch screen. The company’s idea, presumably, is to cover off both bases in terms of what users find an attractive size for a tablet. But has Creative done…
LG Optimus 2X
Smartphones get better all the time. There are two aspects to this advance: one is adding ever more adventurous software features to handsets; the other is improving the hardware. Arguably the biggest improvement on the latter front for some time is the introduction of dual-core processors. And first to market with a dual-core processor is…
Android app round-up: Amazon, CamerAlert, Springpad, Market in web browser, British Library Treasures, Jewels
February can be a cold, grim month, so we’ve been looking for some fun from our Android smartphone – as well as finding ways it can keep us happy when we’re not actually using it. We’ve been buying stuff on Amazon, keeping our eye on speed cameras, capturing all kinds of notes, looking at some…