Stuff for mobile devices
Today’s tech is so sleek that it’s hard to keep from blending in with everyone else but a little retro-style added to your Android-powered smartphone can provide that unique edge you’ve been missing.
![Retro Rotary Dialer for Android Phones – something old gets a new twist [Freeware]](https://www.redferret.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Retro-Rotary-Dialer-for-Android-Phones.jpg)
Everyone needs to keep track of the weather, it’s just a fact of life. If you’re a farmer it’s obvious, if you’re a chef maybe not so (unless you’ve got to dash outside to grab some garlic from the market), but we all love monitoring conditions so we don’t risk encountering something nasty. OK, except for those of you in LA. But the problem is most weather services only give broad sweep forecasts over long periods.
![Nooly Micro Weather – the weather, your exact location, at that moment [Freeware]](https://www.redferret.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/noolymicroweather.jpg)
The Yezz Andy A5 Android smartphone was released earlier this year, and we recently got a chance to go hands-on. If you aren’t familiar with Yezz (as I wasn’t), it’s a smartphone handset supplier that specializes in budget devices, including smartphones and tablets. Their devices work on most GSM networks (including T-Mobile and AT&T in the US), and they all ship unlocked, so all you have to do is pop in a SIM card and you are set to go….
![Yezz Andy A5 – a budget Android smartphone? I’ll stick with my iPhone for now, thanks… [Hands-on]](https://www.redferret.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/yezzandya5cover4.jpg)
The launch this week of the brand new Lenovo Yoga Tablet range marks a new direction for Android tablet computers in general. The new devices, which come in 8 and 10 inch formats, may not offer many surprises in terms of architecture and performance, but they do feature some very cool features, including a ground breaking 18 hours battery life. We spend some valuable standby time putting the larger 10 inch Yoga Tablet 10 through its paces to bring you…
![Lenovo Yoga Tablet 10 – we test the groundbreaking 18 hour tablet and stand impressed [Video Review]](https://www.redferret.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/lenovoyogatablet8-1.jpg)
Your iPhone can do tons of neat tricks, letting you do everything from surfing the Web for the latest funny cat memes to actually making phone calls, but iPhone cases have been limited to simply protecting your phone. How boring is that?
Listening to our fave music on a phone is a delight, and can also be very valuable when we’re out and about doing stuff like jogging or just traveling from place to place. The only problem is it can get real cold when we’re exposed to the winter weather and a flimsy headset is the only protection you have for your ears. But now there’s a new option which is one of those products that make so much sense you…
Oh how times change. It seems like only a few short months ago that the Chinese obsession was with cloning the Apple iPhone as quickly as they could melt plastic and metal, with truckloads of these knock-offs hitting the street every week. Well that was then and this is now. People get older, times change and guess who’s top of the target list now?
Where on earth would we all be without GPS satellite navigation systems eh? Stuck up the jungle without a paddle, that’s fer sure. Or lost in a village without road signs and no friendly police station. But one of the problems with using the leader of the pack, Google Maps, is the fact that it uses data to download the maps as you’re driving. Which can get very expensive if you’re using GPS while abroad and roaming charges kick in.
![OsmAnd Maps & Navigation – free GPS satellite navigation app removes data roaming expense [Freeware]](https://www.redferret.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/osmandmapsandnavigation.jpg)
Everyone seems to party hard at some point, but getting hammered is definitely not a sensible option if you are going to drive. That’s why you should always track your BAC (Blood Alcohol Content) before you get behind the wheel. It’s better to be safe than sorry, and now there’s an even better way of being safe with this little device.
Don’t look now, but there’s a trend happening and it’s called ‘Tablet Phone’ . Yep that’s right, we’ve had phablets, phones and tablets, now we’ve got a new breed of hybrid which combines the best of tablet technology with the flexibility of a 3G smartphone. We’ve just finished testing one of the latest of these hot products and it’s made us sit up and take notice.
![Ceros Motion – Powerful Quad Core 7 Inch Twin SIM Tablet Phone At A Nice Budget Price [Review]](https://www.redferret.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/cerosmotion1.jpg)
Dropbox is one of the more popular consumer oriented cloud storage sites. It allows you to store important files online and synch them across your various devices. One of the many things that you can store on there are music files, and now there is a simple app that allows you to stream those files directly from Dropbox.
Steve Jobs taught us one important thing about the iPhone. No matter what you can think of… “there’s an app for that!” But that doesn’t mean everything is solved by simply installing an app, there are other things an iPhone can do without software. Take for example self-defense… and NO … by this I do not mean using your iPhone as an ultra expensive hand-thrown projectile!
Ever since they added computer diagnostic systems into cars, thinks have got really complicated. Most of the time it’s impossible to tell what the heck is wrong with your car if an engine light flashes on the dash, and as for the little icons that come and go, it’s anyone’s guess if your vehicle is all right or just about to spontaneously explode.
![Carista – check and reset fault codes on your car with your phone [Freeware]](https://www.redferret.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/carista.jpg)
Mega music streaming services like Spotify and Pandora may be all the rage nowadays, but their services are targeted strictly at those with cool smartphones and data plans. However there are still millions of people out there who use plain old regular cell phones, without data or other fancy features, so it’s good to hear about innovative mobile streaming techs which are trying to cater to those living on the other side of the digital divide.
Most people will readily agree that mobile phone calls are still too expensive, especially those made to foreign destinations. It’s easy to believe that every minute of an international phone call currently funds a part of some distant politician’s luxury villa, which is probably only partly untrue.
