If you’re one of the lucky few who’s successfully managed to secure a Nexus 4, the first thing you should do is allow yourself a rather smug feeling of satisfaction, due to its maker LG seemingly unable to keep up with the incredible demand. Thankfully, that situation seems to be easing a little. The second …

Buying a Nexus device means you can be sure you’re going to get timely Android updates direct from Google, as the line runs ‘pure’ or ‘stock’ Android. That means you’re at the front of the queue for all the coolest new features and improvements, getting them months before the owners of rival phones. Sometimes though, even being at the cutting …

Google’s latest Nexus phone may be as hard to obtain as the Holy Grailat present, but that hasn’t stopped us from getting our hands on one and testing it to destruction. As a result, we’re perfectly positioned to provide you with a quarter-century of indispensable Google Nexus 4 tips. Below you’ll find 25 handy hints, which will enable you to …

Now that we’ve had some time to fully digest the Galaxy Nexus (as well as get over its rather worrying shortcomings), we can sit back and appreciate just how much of a step forward Android 4.0 aka Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) is over the previous Android version, Gingerbread. Cited by Google as the operating system that will unify the tablet …

After a couple of years of bubbling under the surface, near field communication technology — or NFC as it’s known to its close friends — is set to go big. If you thought NFC was only about buying a latte with your phone in a cafe that offers contactless payment terminals, think again, because it can be used for so …

Like a relentless technological bulldozer, Android continues to steamroll all before it. Google’s mobile operating system has undergone some radical changes during its relatively short lifespan, and the most recent iteration, 4.0 for those of you that like numbers, Ice Cream Sandwich for those who prefer daft codenames, is the most polished yet. The problem is, this latest flavour of …

Now playing: Watch this: How to go back to a stock Android ROM 2:34 Hacking your phone and installing custom ROMs is a riveting pastime, packed with thrills, danger and plenty of skipped heartbeats. It can also give you a user interface that’s slicker, faster and generally more suited to your own tastes. But even the most dedicated hacker sometimes …

Now playing: Watch this: How to use Tasker on Android 4:13 I don’t know about you, but one of the main issues I have with fancy-pants smart phones is the multitude of options and settings I’m forced to wade through to get my handset to behave exactly how I want it to. It seems that every activity I indulge in …

Now playing: Watch this: How to use Social Hub on Galaxy S2 1:35 The demands of being a social butterfly can really wear you down. With so many social networks available, it can be a grind keeping on top of it all. To make things worse, your phone is constantly being bombarded by emails and instant messages via services like …

We’ve already shown how to stream media from your PC to other devices, but DLNA — no, not the chaps that deal with your driver’s licence — is slowly but surely becoming a common feature on mobile phones too. To give its name in full, Digital Living Network Alliance is a protocol that provides a hassle-free way of sharing all …