When you first got your shiny new Android handset you were probably blown away by how fast it was. But over time you may well have noticed that your phone is starting to run slow. Don’t worry – it doesn’t mean that there’s anything wrong with your smartphone, and there’s a lot you and do to help. Here are some top tips you can use to help speed up your Android phone and get things running quickly again.
What’s worse than a dead phone? One that takes too long to charge! This has certainly happened to most of us before: you’re rushing out of the door and you happen to see there’s just 5% left of battery! Here are some tips on how you can get your Android phone to charge faster!
The more we do on our phones, the more lost we are without them – but dropping, mislaying or losing your phone needn’t be the end of the world. There are several ways to find a lost Android phone, and if the worst happens it’s possible to lock it and / or wipe it too.
Are you wanting to give away or sell your old smartphone or tablet that you no longer use? Did you just get a new Galaxy Note 4 or Nexus 6 and suddenly don’t need your old HTC One? Do you know what you have to do beforehand so as not to pass on your details to someone else? Today we’ll explain how to clean up your device as if it was brand new before it changes hands! We’ll also suggest some places to offload that baby if you do decide to sell an old Android phone.
This new firmware update is available now and brings a large number of new and improved features to the popular Fuji X-T1 compact system camera, but there are two variants of this camera and this could make things confusing – so here’s how it works:
Every camera manufacturer has its own brand of image stabilisation system. Most use mechanisms inside the lens, where gyroscopic sensors detect any camera movement and drive motors that shift an internal lens element to correct it. The trouble is, according to Sony, that these only counteract certain types of movement, namely pitch and yaw.
This is where you inadvertently twist the camera sideways or in an up-down direction as you take the picture. The movements may be so tiny you don’t notice, but they can be enough to blur the fine detail in your pictures. This is typical of shots taken with telephoto lenses – actually, it affects all lenses, but telephotos magnify the blur and make it more obvious.
But these aren’t the only movements that can cause blur. High-magnification images, particularly macro shots, are often spoiled by lateral and vertical movements, or x/y shifts, during the exposure. Sony’s image stabiliser can correct these too.
The fifth axis of correction is ‘roll’, which is an unintended circular movement that’s most obvious in video footage but can affect still images too, especially with slower handheld exposures at night, for example. You’ll see it when a horizon that should have been straight is actually slightly skewed.
A full frame DSLR is the dream camera for most photography enthusiasts. You get double the sensor size of a regular APS-C DSLR and this gives super-smooth tonality, low noise and great depth of field effects.
You can get all the latest camera reviews and news on the Techradar Camera Channel home page, but you might have missed the Nikon D610 review and the Canon 6D review because the Nikon was launched a year ago and the Canon is two years old. This means both are well into their product life cycle, but this is often the best time to buy expensive technology – as the prices prove, because both cameras are now 30% cheaper than when they were launched.
Whether for a birthday, hunting for an original gift, or when your friends or family gets a new Android smartphone or tablet for the Christmas holidays, a cool idea is to give the gift of an Android app. This could also be something cool to give your kids, after you’ve bought them their first Android phone.
If you got a shiny new smartphone or tablet (perhaps you treated yourself or received it as a gift), you probably want to start playing with it immediately. But first of all it must be set up, and not everyone knows how with Android. In this beginners article, we’ll explain step-by-step how to set up your new smartphone. You’ll see: it’s easy!
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