Android phones, apps and tablets

Just get a massive external battery with a USB port, e.g. Anker Astro3E. Holds about 4 modern-smartphone charges of juice.

I'd just take a big battery- a Veho Pebble Pro can charge an iPhone from empty to full 10 times, for example.

http://www.ebuyer.com/474432-port-battery-notebook-ipad-13200mah-vcc-a010-pro-xt?utm_source=google&utm_medium=products&gclid=CJj8jaCD3LgCFUiQ4Qodg1YAvg

Veho Pebble Pro says it's 13200mAh for about £50, doesn't say what voltage that's at.

Astro3E is 10Ah @ 3.7v and says 37Wh on the back, and it's £30 from Amazon.

Wish all devices had their batteries described in Watt-hours.

This is in-line with my interests at the moment- I need a nice big battery.

Goal here is to keep it charging via Dynamo, then charge devices from the battery, both whilst it is being charged and afterward.

More on this would be good.

You could rig something with a pile of eneloops in a water bottle with a simple charging circuit.
It would involve some very basic soldering but it would be heavy. The benefit is that LSD NiMh batteries are non-volatile and like being charged gently and slowly.
Would be handy for touring...

Ta guys - will check those out.

The SONY Xperia i1 as I've said before, will be my next phone. Here's why:

http://www.knowyourmobile.com/sony/sony-xperia-honami-i1/20875/sony-xperia-honami-i1-destroys-htc-one-and-galaxy-s4-benchmarks

Sorry, that link was broken before.

Link is broken.

http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/31/uk-telecom-o2-launches-4G-august/

Sounds like giffgaff et al. might get 4G at some point

The SONY Xperia i1 as I've said before, will be my next phone. Here's why:

http://www.knowyourmobile.com/sony/sony-xperia-honami-i1/20875/sony-xperia-honami-i1-destroys-htc-one-and-galaxy-s4-benchmarks

working link

Any facebook app replacement recommendations? Just tried Atrium, didn't like it. I want something that's got no ads and won't track my every move... To much to ask for?

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Graphics benchmarks. Meh. Anything else that would sway me to the dark side? I presume it's Sony skinned too?

5" screen? Out.

Also comparing that phone against phones that are already out. What happens if the s5 is announced before the end of the year too?

Can't see that happening. It'll be about May next year for the S5.

"Late 2013"

http://www.stableytimes.com/news/galaxy-s5-release-date-vs-moto-x-phone-competition/

"Unlikely in 2013"
http://www.thatnaijablog.com/2013/07/when-will-samsung-galaxy-s5-launch.html

HTC Butterfly S?

http://androidandme.com/2013/06/news/htc-butterfly-s-unveiled-puts-htc-one-to-shame-with-spec-bump-3200-mah-battery/

3200 mAh battery :) Ah, because it's also massive 5". Tablets >>>

This is in-line with my interests at the moment- I need a nice big battery.

Goal here is to keep it charging via Dynamo, then charge devices from the battery, both whilst it is being charged and afterward.

More on this would be good.

That is what I want to do. But rather than going with one of those expensive battery charger things. I would go for one of the cheap 10000mA ones of ebay for £15. Then do something like this MAKE project.

MAKE - Charge your phone while riding your bike.

I was wondering,
Does any of you know an android GPS logging app (preferably targeted for cyclists) that would use the built-in pressure sensor (barometer) present in the Nexus 4 for measuring the altitude with a good precision (1m instead of >10m with GPS)? I've found an app called ipBike, but it doesn't seem to leverage the barometer on the Nexus 4 (other pressure sensor equipped phones like Galaxy Nexus or Galaxy S3 are listed as compatible though).

Moto x looks rather promising. 4.7" hd screen yet physical dimensions are only 129.3 x 65.3 x 10.4 (mm)
Thats only a little more surface area than iphone 5, and certainly significantly smaller than monster phones like the xperia z etc.

^balls. only available in the US

It's a Motorola. Yuk

(1m instead of >10m with GPS)

You're not going to get it as accurate as 1m. Garmin quote the accuracy of an 800, when properly calibrated, as a range of accuracy of +/- 10ft.

So that's a 20ft range of accuracy, or 6 metres. I'm fairly sure the barometer in a Garmin, being specifically designed for the task and made by a company who have a lot of experience in aviation will be more accurate than the barometer in a phone...

Moto x looks rather promising. 4.7" hd screen yet physical dimensions are only 129.3 x 65.3 x 10.4 (mm)
Thats only a little more surface area than iphone 5, and certainly significantly smaller than monster phones like the xperia z etc.

Looks like its going to be about £500 off contract when it comes to the UK unless Google offer it at a lower price through the play store, which is probably going to kill it with such moderate specs.

Was hoping that motorola had gone a bit further with the interaction stuff, I like the lock screen replacement (interestingly enough apple patented something that would have given a very similar experience a few years ago, but this is the first time anyones implemented anything like it), but the always on voice control and the camera gestures do nothing for me (seriously its going to take a hell of a lot for anyone to get me to talk to any device when someone else isn't on the other end). Also the contextual awareness that was heavily rumoured seems to be a bit of a cop out - nothing more that a user friendly implementation of something like locale.

24 hours of usable battery life though...
It has dedicated low power CPUs for Google Now and all the sensors so the main CPU isn't always being used. Pretty nifty.