KitKat adoption more than doubled over the past month as handset makers continue to rollout Android 4.4 updates to their existing devices. By April 1, the platform was installed on 5.3% of Android smartphones and tablets — more than double the 2.5% share it claimed a month ago.
Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S5 has “the best performing smartphone display” ever tested by the experts at DisplayMate Technologies.
The company today published its latest report which compares the new flagship against its predecessor, the Galaxy S4, and Samsung’s high-end phablet the Galaxy Note 3 — and it beats them both in every way possible.
HTC has today published its kernel source code for the new HTC One M8 Google Play Edition ahead of the handset’s release next month. It comes in two parts weighing in at just under 132MB combined, and it gives developers the chance to optimize their apps and build their own modifications.
HTC has confirmed that the new HTC One M8 has a hidden “High Performance Mode” that’s activated automatically when it runs a benchmark test. The company says it’s a feature for those with a thirst for power, and it has explained how users can enable it manually if they wish to do so.
HTC recently brought a bunch of Sense 6 apps to Google Play in an effort to make them easier to update individually as and when they needed it. These apps are currently only available to customers with a new HTC One M8 — at least officially — but as you may have anticipated, they’re now available to other Android-powered devices unofficially.
