The House of Da Vinci at a Chromebook

Lately, I was playing a bit of The House of Da Vinci at my Chromebook. Yes, playing at a Chromebook is something real now.

Samsung Chromebook Pro

At CES in January 2017, some interesting Chromebooks were presented. Especially the models by ASUS (the ASUS Chromebook Flip 2) and Samsung (the Samsung Chromebook Plus and it's big brother the Pro) been of interest to me.

OnePlus 3T Review

I was interested in the OnePlus 1 when it got released, but it was available only with an invitation system back then.
When the OnePlus 2 was released ... the same thing, it's been just a bit easier to get an invitation. Further on I just had a new smartphone by that time.
The OnePlus 3 was available without restrictions finally and with the OnePlus 3T I finally got my hands on one of them.

Wire - messaging at a new level

Wire is a new messaging service with a bit different approach in terms of usage, interaction and style.

My top 5 watch faces for Android Wear

Android Wear watches are available now since a while and I was using mine for a few month day by day as well. I want to show you my current favorite watch faces.

Motorola Moto360 review

About two weeks ago I got my Motorola Moto360, finally.

To get hands on one of this has been a pain here in Germany, really. When I finally got mine it's already been available in the US since about two months and even now they are not easy available everywhere.

Lollipop @ Shield

Android 5.0 (Lollipop) just got released a few days ago. In fact my Nexus 5 got the update just two days ago BUT yesterday, that's ONE DAY after my Nexus 5, my Nvidia Shield already got the Lollipop-update.

BeyondPod - Update

About a year ago I was presenting one of my absolutely favorite apps to you: App introduction: BeyondPod.
Time went by but this app remains. It is still one of my favorite apps that I use at a daily base. As it got a major layout rework I wanted to show it off again.

Inbox by Gmail

About a week ago Google released it's new idea of handling emails, called Inbox by Gmail.

Review: PowerUp 3.0

About every child is playing with paper planes at some point and most of them also share the dream to control it in some way or let it fly even longer by an engine. This childhood dream has become true ...

Nvidia Shield gaming and more

Gaming on a smartphone or tablet has been nice already but the Nvidia Shield lifts this experience to a completely new level.

Review: Nvidia Shield

Nvidia just released the new Shield. Other than last years model it's not a handheld gaming console, instead it's a tablet and additionally a controller without a build in display.

Sony QX100 - firmware update v3.0

Sony just released the firmware update 3.0 for it's lens camera QX100.

Qi charger EasyCHEE T200

With heavy usage smartphones often don't last a full day so what to do about that?
Well, charging seems to be the only real answer to this problem especially as most smartphones don't have exchangeable batteries anymore :-( . But to plug and unplug a micro USB cable to the smartphone over and over again, every time you leave or come back to your workplace seemed a bit unpleasant to me.
The solution, at least for me, was a Qi charger.

App introduction: Google Camera

Google Camera basically is the default camera app for all Nexus or Google Play edition devices. Since a few weeks the app is now available on the Play Store for free so everyone can use it in addition to his/her default camera app or instead of.

Google Camera at Google Play.

App introduction: Timely

Timely is a very beautiful clock and alarm app.

Timely at Google Play.

Just as my last vacation endet last week, Timely got back in focus again as I had to set up the alarm time to get up in the morning.

App introduction: Muzei

Muzei is not really a stand alone app, it is a wallpaper that has been created by the same developer as the DashClock Widget, which I like a lot as well, see my review here.

Muzei at Google Play.

App introduction: DashClock Widget

DashClock Widget is one of the most famous widgets out there and most of you might already know it. But as it is such a great widget I want to show it anyway and point out why it is the widget sitting on my main home screen since several month now.

DashClock Widget in Google Play.

Sony QX100 review (firmware update 2.0)

Sony released a firmware update for it's lens-cameras, the QX10 and the QX100.

Sony QX100

For my initial thoughts on this camera (the QX100 in my case) check out my original review about it.
Following I will just concentrate on the changes by this firmware update.

Game introduction: Threes!

Threes! is a game based on moving and combining numbers. It has been around on iOS already and is available for Android now as well. At the moment it costs around 1,43 €.

Threes! in Google Play