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Author Archives: John McKenzie

John is the Editor-in-Chief at Land of Droid and considers himself a connoisseur of all chocolate deep fried (such as the Mars Bar) and Irn Bru. Based just outside of Glasgow in Scotland he is married with 3 young daughters and has always carried a passion for writing technology news since his early days writing as a reviewer and news writer on tracyandmatt.co.uk. You can get in touch with John by emailing john@landofdroid.com

My Little OPPO Rant

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You know I like OPPO, I like the way they seem to just listen but sometimes I think they just get ahead of themselves by doing whatever people want: Take this image posted on their Facebook page as an example. It leads to a discussion forum where fans of the device suggest to the company that they should do a ... Read More »

Former HTC Execs Launch Their Own Company

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Now the, make of this what you wish but I for one find it very interesting and question how many of the other HTC former staff members will be heading to a new company founded by former HTC Executives Michael Coombes and James Atkins (Atkins was formerly UK head of marketing and Coombes UK head of sales) who left the company earlier ... Read More »

The HTC One, Zoe and I

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Over the past few weeks I’ve found myself becoming a bit of a Zoe Highlight Video compulsive. Every time I take a photo with my HTC One I make sure that I have Zoe selected and that I take more than one of them so that I can create a highlight video like the one below. Having a young family ... Read More »

Case Mate Carbon Fiber Case Review for the Samsung Galaxy S4

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  With the Samsung Galaxy S4 being one of the most attractive and expensive handsets on the market it’s important that we ensure it is protected whilst making sure the looks of the handset aren’t affected. Finding a case for your phone that offers protection and looks great at the same time is almost an impossibility these days. They are ... Read More »

Samsung Galaxy Note III in Production?

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I am a huge fan of the Galaxy Note range, 5 inch was never considered too big for my taste when it came to phones however with that said, I believe that 6 inch is far too big to be a phone and that Samsung might as well call their upcoming device a tablet. If a rumoured internal document shown ... Read More »

Ingress Updated to Version 1.28.1

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Earlier today Chris posted about upcoming changes to Ingress and thanks to Darren McConachie we can now inform you all that the update is live in the Google Play Store. So what’s new then? Well pretty much what Chris had advised was there… Version 1.28.1 + Vectoring to nearest Portal(s) when none found in Scanner map view. + Support for ... Read More »

Is This The HTC One Max?

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I swore that when I re-launched Land of Droid that I wouldn’t post rumours unless I felt there was concrete evidence behind the leaks however with this post I’m already breaking all of my own rules and posting a leak that might actually turn out to be nothing more than a professional looking device diagram. According to MobiLeaks, this is ... Read More »

Droid Life – A Timeline Of Android

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It’s not often I find a site that I want to spend hours reading but one such site that came to my attention via Android Spin is Droid Life. Now I’m sure you will all be muttering things like, “this is an old site, we visit it all the time for news” or “droid life is hardly an Android time ... Read More »

Samsung Galaxy Nexus Passes Through For Bluetooth Certification

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Before you check the date or think that you have stepped back in time I’m pleased to inform you that you are in the year 2013 and the date (depending where you are in the world) is June 10th. As strange as this seems, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus has passed through the Bluetooth SIG (Special Interests Group) which provides certification ... Read More »