Android phones, apps and tablets

Hmm well they want it for netflix and hopefully showing chrome on there soon.

35.99 on Amazon. Does it come with a USB for power including a plug?

Tesco have ran out of Motorola Moto Gs, which seems to be the best budget Android phone out there. Is it worth waiting a bit to see if it ever goes back in stock at that price (£100) or should I get it somewhere else now at £129?

They come in fairly frequently, Lolo. I'd wait if you can. I saw them come in, go out, and come back in the next day before Xmas.

Get a telly that you can play Netflix (amongst other) without an external device.

Not as easy as youd wish. Long story but all our TVs are integrated into the walls.

35.99 on Amazon. Does it come with a USB for power including a plug?
Yes to cable but no to supply. Most new tellys or av receivers have at least one 500mah usb out.

Mine came with a US power supply which I suspect is standard. I ran it fine plugged into a tv usb port and then just using an old plug-in 500mA USB power supply I had lying around.

Tesco have ran out of Motorola Moto Gs, which seems to be the best budget Android phone out there. Is it worth waiting a bit to see if it ever goes back in stock at that price (£100) or should I get it somewhere else now at £129?

US price of Moto G is dropping from $180 to $100 at Best Buy and Verizon next week so UK prices could plummet too

Stonehedge, the wired option is pretty decent, I bought one for my gf and we spent all NYD watching Netflix on her TV (finally!) The only downside is having to get up to choose the next episode when watching Netflix.

MHL is cheaper than Slimport so it depends on your phone.

So as part of the permissions for the new Facebook app on android it wants permission to read my text messages, modify my calendar and send emails without permission, access my contacts, see who I've phoned and who's phoned me, turn my wifi on and off, see what other apps I'm running with most of those being new on this update.

Time to uninstall it.

How did you find this out and is there any way of checking if it's the same for the iphone?

Cheers.

You tick a box when you install the app agreeing that it can search your soul. No doubt the same for an iPhone though there is another thread for that #fanboy)

On Android you get a prompt notifying you of the permissions before you install it like this. Don't know about iphone
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"needs" :-/

I think apple decide on what it's allowed to do for you, although I think it has to ask you for a couple of things, like location tracking and stuff before it uses them for the first time.

In Android go into settings-apps, tap on an app icon and scroll down it will show you the permissions it has

Does anyone have an invite code for the Aviate launcher? http://bit.ly/19POWIp

They come in fairly frequently, Lolo. I'd wait if you can. I saw them come in, go out, and come back in the next day before Xmas.

US price of Moto G is dropping from $180 to $100 at Best Buy and Verizon next week so UK prices could plummet too

Good to know. I'll wait for a bit.

Got my Now TV box. Side loaded Plex. Works a charm. £10 well spent! Thanks, Sky!

If anyone uses Airdroid and has a Samsung chromebook they're currently giving a year's free premium Airdroid membership as some kind of promotion. I just logged on using the Chromebook and it gave me the premium membership automatically. Worth $45 it seems.

Best Android handset for iPhone convert? Looking at the Nexus.

Got my Now TV box. Side loaded Plex. Works a charm. £10 well spent! Thanks, Sky!

Plex isn't working very well for me, keeps dropping out... Grrr...

Is the battery life of the nexus 5 as bad as reviews say it is?

US price of Moto G is dropping from $180 to $100 at Best Buy and Verizon next week so UK prices could plummet too

Might tie up nicely with the alleged moto x launch in blighty next week.
Also the new, smaller, sony looks like it could be nice but pricey

^^ I don't find it any more infuriating than an iphone 4.

The 'recent' button (the 3rd button) quickly gets you shuffling applications but if you don't swipe those items them away (closing them) you can end up with things like Chrome just sitting there chewing your battery. Once you know this it's alright. I think it's the price you pay for a faster than average phone, with an average battery.

Battery usage when talking seems fine.

Is the battery life of the nexus 5 as bad as reviews say it is?

Mine lasts about a day and a half, so I'm fine even if I forget to charge it at night as I can usually top up at work or a friend's.

It depends mostly on how long and frequently the screen is on, and only partially on how many background services are using data (network, CPU, etc).

Like wot the boss said. I get well over a day of normal usage if im savvy about what I have going on in the background.

For what its worth "My Horse" pony simulator is a battery killer.

I got my Chromecast yesterday. Its the monkey's opposable digits.