A cartoon Nexus 6 appears in Google’s new Android ads. Screenshot: Cult of Android
Google’s upcoming Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 devices have made a seemingly accidental appearance in a number of awesome new Android ads. The three clips, which are all less than 30 seconds long, were published on the Android website on Monday night before being quickly removed.
The Sisley is an iPhone 6 knockoff. Photo: Weibo
In an effort to make the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus as thin and as light as possible, Apple made some sacrifices. Battery life — particularly on the smaller iPhone 6 — isn’t as good as it could have been, and the rear-facing iSight camera on both devices sticks right out. Could the Cupertino company have done a better job?
Lenovo seems to think so. Leaked pictures of its upcoming Sisley handset show a device that looks almost identical to the iPhone 6 — without the protruding camera and with slightly less unsightly antenna bands.
Will Android L be named ‘Licorice’? Image: Google
We’ve been pondering Android L’s real name for as long as I can remember. Google decided it didn’t want to put us out of our misery when it announced the update at Google I/O back in June, so we’re still guessing. Some reports have suggested it could be called Lollipop, while others say it will be named Lion after another chocolate bar made by Nestle.
Now a Google+ post from a sculptor you’ve probably never heard of suggests Android L will be named Licorice instead.
Are you missing some of your files? Image: Dropbox.
A Dropbox bug has left a number of users with missing files that may never be recovered. The issue, which affected those who enabled the Selective Sync feature, is now fixed — but Dropbox has conceded that it may not be able to rescue everything that has been lost.
A Nexus 9 mockup by Android Police.
After sources familiar with Google’s plans promised that its new Nexus 6 smartphone would go on sale this month, a new report claims that its bigger brother, the Nexus 9, will be available to pre-order the day Google announces it.
