Photo taking apps are a dime a dozen in the App Store, but if you look a little deeper, you can make some really cool projects as long as you use some creativity. Instead of simply giving your photos a retro look like many of the popular camera apps, there are a number of options …

It’s pretty hard to get excited about budget ‘droids. Value for money is all too often a euphemism for ‘sluggish, small and shonky‘. But, every so often, a cheap-as-chips Android phone comes along that knocks our socks off. This year we’ve been singing the praises of an exceptionally good value blower made by Chinese mobile maker Huawei: the Ascend G300. …

Technology retailer Kogan and Quickflix have joined forces to add the popular video-streaming service to the Kogan Agora smart TV HDMI dongle and includes a six-week trial. The Agora dongle now has Quickflix functionality. (Credit: Kogan) The dongle — which is has been available for a number of weeks now — plugs in to an HDMI, and uses the Android …

The newest version of PayPal for Android is out, and it sports a refreshed interface, complete with the “Holo” styling typical of apps designed for Android 4.0 and above. All of the main navigation is at the top, with the familiar dotted menu button sitting on the top-right of the Action Bar. With all of PayPal’s core features now split …

Samsung is working to modify its products to ensure they don’t get caught up in an injunction, a new report claims. The Korea Times reported yesterday, citing sources, that it spoke with Samsung officials who said that the company is in talks with U.S. carriers, including Verizon Wireless, to determine the best way to modify designs across its Galaxy line. …

ZTE today used the IFA consumer electronics show to announce its first smartphone to employ Intel’s Atom Z2460 “Medfield” mobile processor. Called the Grand X IN, the handset runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and features a single-core 1.6GHz processor, a 4.3-inch qHD display, and 8-megapixel camera. Like most higher-end Android phones, the ZTE comes with 1GB RAM, 16GB internal …

Amazon’s bespoke version of the Android app store is now available here in the UK, giving you a free app every day that normally you’d have to pay for. Today it’s the ad-free version of Angry Birds, and tomorrow you’ll get perennial corpse-chomping favourite Plants vs Zombies for absolutely nothing. The Amazon Appstore is a free app you download to …

In addition to its Lenovo IdeaTab S2110, Lenovo unveiled two more Android 4.0 tablets today during IFA 2012 in Berlin, Germany. The first is the Wi-Fi-only Lenovo IdeaTab A2109, which has a 9-inch LED touch screen with a 1,280×800-pixel resolution and 16:10 aspect ratio. It’s powered by a Nvidia Tegra 3 1.2GHz quad-core processor, and includes 8GB of internal storage …

Optus will soon offer a Top Up option for customers who are concerned that they will exceed their monthly plan allowance, in addition to introducing a new alerts system. (Credit: Optus) To be available in “the near future”, the Optus Top Ups will apply to both calls and messaging, and data usage. AU$5 and AU$10 Top Ups will add either …

Lenovo left a lot of room to improve its IdeaTab S2109, and so far the tablet’s successor, announced today at IFA 2012, is a step up. In a nutshell, the 10.1-inch Lenovo IdeaTab S2110 Android tablet promises a larger screen, a better processor, and a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera. That camera comes with autofocus and LED flash; fingers crossed it captures …