I have used the OnePlus One for slightly over a week. Here are my impressions. It is Big It is slightly longer than a pen, but it sticks out everywhere. See picture below. Depending on my shirt pocket, it sticks…
What is Material Design
Material Design is the look and feel of the next Android version, L . Or whatever Google wants to call it. The new look and feel is suppose to be flatter and makes more uses of cards (PalmOS?) . To…
OnePlus One phone
OnePlus One, the invite that almost everyone is looking for. After waiting for almost 3 months, I have received mine directly. Just when I was having doubts about getting support and casing. I could have got this even earlier by registering…
Android users
On my daily commute on the train or bus, as I peek over the shoulders of fellow commuters, I noticed the phablet is the device of choice. To read or watch those never ending Korean/Taiwanese soap dramas. To crush those…
A comparison of Android builds
I was scratching my head over the differences of Paranoid Android versus Cyanogenmod build or ROM. They both appear nearly the same. Everything are nearly identical with AOSP layout. This unlike, say MIUI which has heavy skinning over the most…
Paranoid Android
I have been using CyanogenMod’s Android build since the first time I first rooted my Galaxy S2 in Jul 2012. There were flavours of CM that I have tried. South Korea’s MCM before he disappeared, Infected_ and Markox89. After looking the state…
Yahoo’s Aviate has gone live
Aviate has slipped from Beta to Live on 23 Jun 14. No more invites required for new users! At the same time, it rolled out a slew of new changes. There is now a third panel for summary changes. The…
Android build stability
My prior experience with Android build stability in the past versions stock CyanogenMod had never been good. Time and experience has shown that the kernel is lacking ‘long legs’ or endurance. After 3 days of operation, the network radio will…
Android up time
I think I have it with Android up time. Or to be more precise, Cyanogenmod on my S2 phone. With every new CM version, new feature are rolled out CM11 and theme manager etc. Android latest version, KitKat comes…
A very interesting boot animation
This a boot animation from LG G watch. At the point of writing it is starting a small craze as it more eye catching than CyanogenMod’s spinning circle. Couple with the mysterious styling of the word Android, gives rise to…