The iDroid Podcast

Nexus 7 Tablet - It's selling very well, but will it last? It's high spec, cheap, so will it continue to sell well? Galaxy S3 Custom ROMs. Duncan's been trying them, find out which is his current one, and hear how overwhelming it is having a very popular device! Nothing happening in the Apple world except iPad Mini - Is it coming and will the Nexus Tablet manage to defeat it? Apps/games - Swiftkey - Essential for Android users! 5/5. Let's Create:Pottery (iOS/Android) - Create pottery. Simple. Fun. 4/5. Amazing Alex (iOS/Android) - Rovio returns with a tweaked version of a 2yr old game. Good, but not as game-changing as Angry Birds 3.5/5 Download Episode 23 I apologise for the larger file size this episode, I didn't edit on my own pc, so forgot to set  it to 96kbps, but on the upside, you'll hear all the background noise clearer! :s

Duncan has a Galaxy S3 Finally! We discuss this great phone and what it feels like defecting from iOS to Android. Microsoft unveils 'Surface' tablets, any good? Will Windows 8 phone save or kill Windows phone? Will the nexus tablet be the much sought after 'iPad Killer' We review - Songify (and use it for a unique intro! iOS/Android), BeyondPod (Android), Sims Freeplay (bloody every platform!), Strikefleet Omega (Android/?) and Babel Rising 3D (Android/?). Here's Duncan's Galaxy S3 Box, I would've been in the pic, but I was drooling too much Download Episode 22

Google jellybean, 5 Nexus devices alert! Is there going to be 3 phones and 2 tablets out by Christmas? We give our opinions. SGS3 - Duncan is leaving iPhone to get one! Could this become the most popular phone of all time with, reportedly, already 9 Million pre-orders?! We talk about some of the specs and what we can't wait to try out! Nokia Lumia 710 - Mark gives his hands on review of the phone and Windows Phone OS! Dual booting - What is it? Mark tells us what he's been doing with CM9 and MIUI. App reviews - NASS- Back to Action - Ankylosing Spondylitis App, Flipboard for Android! Games - New Star Soccer (Multi) 4.5/5, Lego Harry Potter Years 5-7 (iOS) 3.5/5 Not drunk this time! So either phew, or sorry? Download Episode 21

Project glass - WOW! SGSIII buzz! THE NEXT GALAXY. This Thursday! Our thoughts & rumours. Samsung & Nokia - Samsung has officially overtaken Nokia. Why? The idroidpodcast explores fragmentation and multiple OS support from our favourite manufacturers. Camera/photography apps- instagram comes to Android. What else is out there? Cloud storage - iCloud, dropbox, box, Google drive. Pros & cons. What implications does the cloud have to privacy? Are we safe? Games- Crow, Rebuild, Deer Hunter Reloaded, Angry Birds Space, Ceramic Destroyer. How do these games score out of five?!  Tweet us! @gnasher1001 @whiteleyvon @franluk @idroidpodcast  Oh jeez, we shouldn't drink so much before an episode....   Download Episode 20  This is Kegdroid, a project by an Android engineer that automates beer dispensing with your phone/tablet....we REALLY don't need this (but REALLY want it!)

iPad (3), our thoughts on the retina-display model just released. Is it a nail in Android's tablet coffin? Or are you just waiting for the right Tegra 3 tablet to come out? We also discuss news on jailbreaking iOS 5.1 and the 4G in the iPad and battery drain. Samsung Galaxy S3 - Now the iPad is out, the rumours are all about this, quad core? 1900x1200 resolution? Tegra, or not? In May, we shall find out, but we guess as to what it will have inside and out! App reviews - World of Goo (multi) 4/5 Build with Goo! Mass Effect Infiltrator (iOS) 3/5 Pretty, but ultimately unsatisfying shooter, especially for non-Mass Effect players! Friendcaster 3/5 Tweetcaster but for Facebook, great, if you use Facebook! We discuss twitter apps and listen to hear how many apps Mark has for it! Download Episode 19

We broadcast from a pub for this episode....So enjoy the background noise...sorry ;) You even hear a member of staff ask if we were eating. We were not. MWC 2012 - Our pick of the best devices revealed at the Mobile World Congress - Samsung Beam, Nokia Pureview 808, Asus Padfone, Quad Core goodness from various manufacturers! We discuss the rumoured Google Glasses - Would you wear 'phone glasses'? Will they be out in 2012? App reviews - Fairway Solitaire (iOS), Lume (iOS), Draw Something (Free) (Multi) and Worms is broken on Android :( Mark explains why. Download Episode 18

*Tech updates- ICS/CM9 for Acer Iconia A500 and original Galaxy tab. A general discussion on how CM9 is progressing. Are you running a custom ICS? *Apple rumours- iPad 2S? Ipad3? March release? Iphone5 in July? Retina display? *Google plus search your world & privacy changes, Google+ integration *Apps & games- Space miner (iOS) - new take on the classic asteroids. Ghost Trick (iOS) - Originally on NDS, this supernatural puzzler is addictive. Currents vs Flipboard - Who is top in the Web-2-Magazine style apps? Evi - Siri alternative on iOS. Tablet apps! Marks picks on ICS tab apps that all make use of the larger screen - Tweetcaster, News360, Tweetcomb and other cool tablet apps, including Tablet specific markets! Where is Lukasz?!?! Download Episode 17

Welcome to 2012! With a new year comes a new member of the podcast, so please welcome Lukasz! * Lukasz tells us about his HTC Sensation and why that particular phone, including iTunes is crap, price, popularity, good build - Mark and Duncan agree it's a fantastic phone and the best entry to the smartphone world for Lukasz! *We give our best of 2011 - Duncan thinks tablets were the big thing and that we lost a visionary in Steve Jobs, and Mark remembers ICS being launched. * We pick our best apps and games of the year, Duncan chooses Flipboard which made a late push over Taptu, and Cause of Death for his game he most played. Mark chooses Tapatalk as XDA forums is his second home and Dropword as his game and Lukasz picks ESPN Goals as his app of the year! *We talk about international prices of tech and mobile plans - Do we have it good in the UK? *Mark reviews the latest ICS rom on his SGSII - CyanogenMod9 and KP8, although unfinished/unstable he loves it! * Untethered Jailbreak for A4 devices is out and JB Dream Team has been formed to finish/create one for the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 * Mark has used the Face Unlock on ICS and apparently it's shy when he's not alone * Samsung screws over Galaxy S and (original) Tab users with ICS, not even getting the proposed 'Value Pack', Mark has a (valid) rant! The ULTRA cute intro (where Duncan says 'padcast' for some unknown reason :S) is Mark's 18 month old son - Awwwwww.... Lukasz with his shiny Sensation, Duncan kissing his iPhone and Mark with his Samsung devices! Download Episode 16

Christmas Episode! *Google Currents and Flipboard *Christmas offers - Get them in your app store while they're on! *Christmas live wallpapers and apps *Amazon to buy RIM? *ICS Updates delayed Download Episode 15

We're back after a 2 week hiatus! *Mark brings his views of the Alpha of a Galaxy Tab Ice Cream Sandwich rom *10 BILLION Android apps brings 10 days of 10p apps, they're top apps, grab them quick! *Rumours - The old iPad mini rumour and Apple 'iTV' *OnLive is on Android tablets - And it is AMAZING! Wired Xbox360 controller works on Duncan's Iconia A500! *Disgusting App Store con - Avoid Top Best Adult Entertainment apps at all costs! *Reviews of Infinity Blade 2 (iOS), Swift Key (Android). No PeeGirl this week - We have Bath Girl instead! (Will our ladies never learn the mic can pick a lot up :D) Screenshot from Infinity Blade 2 (Yes, it really looks that awesome!) Download Episode 14

Just a quick episode today as we're stuck doing real life stuff. It's a preview of news and Mark's alpha of Ice-Cream Sandwich that'll be coming in the next proper episode! Recorded on Skype, so hopefully sounds good this time:) And get introduced to Pee Girl! Download Episode 13

*Personal tech update - Not much, but we still chat for 17 minutes about it! *Welcome to all our new Facebook 'likers' *GPS - Guide, apps and games - 4Square (Multi), Own This World (iOS, soon to Android apparently!), GPS Mission (Multi), Waze (Multi) *Siri - Duncan has used it and it's great! Then this discussion disintegrates into iPhones as cars...beer does that to a discussion! *App reviews - Paper Camera (Multi), Dungeon Defenders (Multi) *Donate to Mark's ginger moustache at http://t.co/iRDAgGsN - it must be a good cause, his 'tache is ginger! Download Episode 12

In this (not very) scary episode : Nokia Lumia announced - Mid-range Windows Phone goodness, or pointless nail in Nokia's coffin? (Yay, I got a Halloween thing in there!) Sony have bought out all of Sony Ericcsson RIM have an outage of their systems (again) and delayed Playbook update, is this the beginning of the end? App reviews - Photosync (Android), Wall of Sound (iOS) Games - Tin Tin (iOS, available on Android), Modern Combat 3 (iOS, soon on Android), Giana Sisters (iOS, also on Android). OnLive - Cloud gaming, it's the future (and droolingly awesome!)!! If you are traumatised by the scary noises we make, sorry, but they are pretty pathetic, so you shouldn't be :) Download Episode 11

*Ice-Cream Sandwich Announcement - Hear all the major features and our opinions. *Samsung Galaxy Nexus - Really, is it worth it, or just an ICS debutant? *Galaxy devices being banned in more places! *Duncan drools over Scribblenauts for iPhone Download Episode 10b Another Skype episode, so to apologise if the quality is poor, here's kittens with the latest-ish smartphone. Awwwwww....

This week we have a shorter episode as we will have a longer one after the Ice-cream Sandwich/Galaxy Nexus Prime announcement! We sit in a cafe talking about our news - Mark has a Galaxy S2!!! And Duncan's less interesting news is he has iOS 5! We talk about Siri and eat breakfast! The cafe we sat in! We lost about 5 minutes of recording at the end, so tune in next time for more in-depth chat about voice recognition and iOS5! Download Episode 10a

In episode 9 of the idroid podcast we pay our respects to Steve Jobs, the man who changed the world of mobile technology. We also discuss Tuesday’s iOS 5 event and what this means for consumers. And with Ice Cream Sandwich coming alone next week with the nexus prime, what can we expect from Google’s next OS? A revolution? This is our 1st Skype recorded episode. And with Duncan on a working holiday and Whiteley left to do the editing and uploading, we may have a bit of a situation on our hands! Let’s hope the episode is listenable! Download episode 9

*Duncan has Honeycomb 3.2! *Android Market - Updates and what is wrong/right with it?! *Google+ - Open to the public, so get adding everyone to Circles! *Everyday & Photo365 apps and Mark's desire to chronicle his poo. *Cigarette Quitting - If us two losers can do it....and apps that help! Download Episode 8

*Tech update - Mark is ACTUALLY selling his car for a phone, but not before he has had a bad day.... *What do we see or hope for in the future of our mobile world? Star Trek/Wars territory! Current 'new' tech we want more available! *Comex leaving for Apple - Good thing!(?) *Games reviews - Anomaly (iOS), Grand Prix Story (Multi), Mini Golfoid (Android) and Hector 2 (iOS) Download Episode 7

*Personal tech news - Mark's been modding, wants his Galaxy back in case of 'divorce' *Steve Jobs leaving Apple *Google buying Motorola Mobility *WebOS - Did you get a £450 HP Touchpad tablet for £89? *iPhone 5/Nexus Prime - We know very little, but still excited! Plus hear what happens when things go wrong while recording and when we mess about :) Download Episode 6

*Personal tech news - Honeycomb 3.1, Mark still has a crappy phone! *Things in the news this week : Tourettes update, Beats by Dre and htc. *How to solve your phone going slow! Some tips for smartphone users! *Games : Tiny Tower on iOS and Emulators on Android - Legal or not? *Riots and technology/phones/social media *Barcode readers/price finders Our first fan photo! If you want to be the background pic of the podcast, upload your photo to our Facebook page with your device showing our iTunes page, website or facebook page or email the photo to show at idroidpodcast.co.uk Download Episode 5