Ben Sage

It has been a long time coming but the successor to the flop that was the Wii U is finally here! I've got my hands on one with the neon red and blue Joycons and this an overview of the system hardware. TABLET The Switch itself, the tablet, is small in size but has a nice solid feel to it. On the top you have sleep and volume buttons, headphone jack and the cartridge slot. Personally I would rather the headphone jack was on the bottom for handheld mode but in terms of tabletop mode it makes a lot of sense to be on the top edge of the device. The kickstand on the rear is extremely flimsy and doesn't feel the sturdy when holding the table but it does its job just fine on flat and stable surfaces. The screen itself is one of the best 720p screens I have seen in terms of colour range and brightness. JOYCONS The Joycons that slide on and off the side of the Switch are made out of a grippy plastic and the red and blue colours are bright and vibrant and give the device quit...

A year ago I bought the Google Pixel C and the optional keyboard accessory, this post will run through my experience with Google’s convertible Android tablet/laptop. I first bought this tablet in order to make sure I have the best Android tablet on the market and there is no doubt it fits that certain criteria with the full aluminium build and snappy software. At the time I was also looking at getting a Chromebook not long after purchasing the Pixel C to be my main productivity device for College. I soon realised I had that the device I needed I had already bought. When I first got the Pixel C it was running stock Marshmallow which had barely any multitasking features which made it a tricky device to properly do work on but once the Nougat betas started rolling out I quickly jumped into the Android Beta Program. I did this in order to get the most out this device and ensure that with split-screen capabilities it could properly be the productivity device I was hoping before. ...

Launch Actions Launch actions are the biggest addition to Android 7.1.1 in my opionion. The ability to get to where you want to in an app without having to find it within the app itself is really quite useful. To use this feature you just long press on an app icon and it will bring up a range of shortcuts. You can still move icons in the same way by long pressing and dragging. For now it seems like only Google apps have these shortcuts but I'm sure that developers will soon start adding support. However, since the first beta Twitter has added Launch actions to their app. Twitter Launch Actions Gender Equality Emoji There is a host of new emoji in this Nougat update. One the main additions is job based emoji now have both male and female representation. There are also loads of now job emoji such as rock star and teacher. GIF Keyboard There is now an option to send a GIF straight from your keyboard in Android 7.1.1 in supported apps such as Allo, Hangouts a...