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How to use Android smartphones, tablets, and other types of devices. This category includes product reviews, tutorials and general technical articles about this operating system.

Reviewing the Lenovo X3 Vibe - Good vibrations in a surprising package!

After acquiring the Motorola brand from Google, Lenovo has been struggling to maintain its share in the mobile handsets market. Even with the two brands mostly aimed at different markets (Motorola for the US and Latin America and Lenovo for Asia and emerging markets), the Chinese manufacturer has decreased its sales substantially, especially in its home country. Surprisingly, it's not the quality of its products that is at fault, but

Huawei P8 Lite review - the balanced performer

Huawei continues its ascent in the sales charts for mobile devices, having only last year surpassed Microsoft's Lumia division. Undoubtedly, the aggressive pricing of its devices is the main reason for reaching third place in the sales chart, and while even top Huawei devices like the P8 do not yet possess the level of software and aesthetic refinement seen in phones from more established manufacturers, they are slowly and surely

Reviewing OnePlus X - Is it the budget flagship killer?

Two years ago, the OnePlus company launched its first smartphone called OnePlus One, promoted as the "Original flagship killer". The One model was designed to compete in terms of performance, quality and PRICE, with the flagship devices released by the well-known companies in the Android market. In the summer of 2015, the manufacturer launched the successor to the OnePlus One, the new "flagship killer", OnePlus Two. Late in the same

Reviewing ASUS ZenFone Max - The smartphone whose battery just won't die!

Over the last few years, smartphones have evolved with a mind boggling speed. They went all the way from having screens of 3 or 4 inches, single core processors and maximum 512MB of RAM memory, to having screens of 5 inches or more, quad core processors and at least 1GB of RAM. And let's not get started about the capabilities of their cameras and how many megapixels they pack. While

Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 Review - What to expect from a premium mini tablet?

Samsung has constantly strived to find a stellar design for all its products and, since the release of their Samsung Galaxy S6 flagship smartphone in 2014, the company seems to have taken a special interest in the development of more and more appealing premium devices. In this particular category of IT products, the most cutthroat segment is that of high end tablets, as only a few prestigious companies have the

We don't really use many apps on our smartphones. Do you?

Apple iTunes and Google Play each have more than a million and a half apps available for download on our smartphones. Amazon and Windows are working their way towards half a million smartphone apps. You would expect that all our smartphones are jam-packed with apps because, you know, someone must be using them. When we look at average users of smartphones, we find a different reality. Does your app usage

Reviewing the Motorola Nexus 6 - The phablet from Google & Motorola

Google partners regularly with various hardware manufacturers in order to create its line of Nexus devices. From such an alliance came to life the Motorola Nexus 6 - a high-end smartphone with a clean and unaltered Android on it. It's a big smartphone with a large 6 inch display, powerful hardware inside and with lots of interesting promises for the end user. We've had the Nexus 6 in our hands

Security for everyone - Reviewing Bitdefender Mobile Security 2016

If you are an Android user like many of us, you probably already know that the high degree of customizability of the operating system and the huge selection of free apps available also means that using this platform means a higher security risk. Fortunately there is also a high number of security products available for Android: some really good, some not that much. If you want to know more about

ASUS ZenFone Selfie review - How to take a better look at yourself?

Whenever you think of ASUS, the first thing that comes into your mind might not be their line of smartphones. Although the Taiwanese electronics company is mostly known for their notebooks and computer hardware, they manufacture smartphones and tablets as well. We managed to get our hands on one of their latest mid-range smartphones, the ASUS ZenFone Selfie, an Android device created mostly for teens and the selfie-generation. Let's see

Reviewing ASUS ZenFone Go (ZC500TG) - An affordable Android smartphone

In recent months ASUS released plenty of new smartphones, for all price ranges . One of their newest smartphones is ASUS ZenFone Go, that aims to offer mid-range hardware at a price designed for emerging markets. It's a device that looks good and one that promises to deliver decent hardware performance at an affordable price. We saw its specs a while ago and we also knew that it is going
tutorial How to insert and edit tables in Microsoft Word for Android

How to insert and edit tables in Microsoft Word for Android

Although complex calculation tasks, chart creation and financial analysis require a fully featured spreadsheet application like Excel, many text documents require tables to adequately structure and present data. Worry not, Android users: Microsoft Word has table support on your favourite platform! Let's see how can you can use this app to insert and edit tables into your documents: NOTE: Before going any further,

Reviewing a mid-range smartphone - ASUS ZenFone 2 Laser ZE500KL

Most of the well known smartphone manufacturers have already released their new flagship devices for this year. Still, as the majority of sales happen in the mid-range price category, it is important for us to also review smartphones that do not have a high price tag and that appeal to different segments of the global smartphone market. ASUS, the Taiwanese computer giant, continues its constantly increasing involvement in the mobile
tutorial Insert headers, footers & page numbers in Microsoft Word for Android

Insert headers, footers & page numbers in Microsoft Word for Android

There are a couple of tools in Microsoft Word that you can use to make your document easier to comprehend and read, or to provide some additional information about it. Headers and footers are a great place to include data like the document's author and title, while page numbers are an essential part of any long document, letting readers navigate the document more easi
tutorial How To Find And Replace Text In Microsoft Word For Android

How To Find And Replace Text In Microsoft Word For Android

When working with larger amounts of text you can quickly find yourself looking for a part you just can't remember exactly. This is when Microsoft Word's Find feature comes in handy. This feature lets you quickly pinpoint all occurrences of a word or words, and also replace some or all of these with something else, if you need to. Here's how to do this