You can force your Android phone or tablet to search for an update from the Settings menu on your device, but you should note that just because a newer version of Android exists it doesn t mean it will be available for your device - now or ever. In this article we ll guide you step-by-step through how to update your Android phone or tablet. You might also like: When will my phone get Android Nougat? And How to get Android Nougat now How to update Android phone or tablet: Step-by-step guide - How to check whether your Android device is up to date Before you go trying to update…

This item is currently on sale at multiple retailers, meaning you could bag a bargain. Check out our for more savings, and get a deal on the Amazon Fire HD below: The Amazon Fire is a 7-inch tablet that, even though a year old, remains one of Amazon s latest devices. While I wasn t overly impressed by the Fire HD 10 or Fire HD 8, the Amazon Fire is a different matter. And that s because even though it doesn t feel that different to the others its price is incredibly low. It costs just £50 – less than some of us spend on a takeway and a bottle of plonk. That s incredible value…

Tablets have rapidly emerged as one of the most in-demand personal electronics items. By providing the portability of a smartphone along with some of the more robust functionality users expect from a laptop, tablets make great productivity tools. Many business professionals who spend time outside of a traditional office setting find that tablets are the best choice for an on-the-go computing tool. Android, a mobile operating system (OS) from Internet giant Google, has several version iterations and includes many desirable features. Business professionals should get to know the…

Until recently, kid-friendly tablets have been held back by cripplingly slow hardware and half-hearted ecosystems built for children. The original Fuhu Nabi Kids Tablet was no exception. Fuhu has learned something the second time around, and has made great strides with its successor, the Nabi 2 ($199.99 list). Powered by a quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 processor and preloaded with plenty of compelling children s content, the Nabi 2 is fast, responsive, and a joy to use. It bests the other kid-friendly tablets we ve tested, but it s also a great full-featured Android tablet that has…

Asus ZenPad 10 cheap tablet review The ZenPad 10 has a low price, a nice design, a UK keyboard, great sound, microSD support and okay battery life on its side, but it’s also slow and running old, bloated software. It can’t stand up to the best Android tablets, but at just under £200 it may well do the job. Let’s have a closer look at the Asus ZenPad 10 ZD300C. Also see: Best cheap tablets 2016. Asus ZenPad 10 review: Price and UK availability There are two variants of the Asus ZenPad 10. The Z300C is simply the tablet, while the ZD300C reviewed here comes with the AudioDock…

Budget Android tablets are usually a hit or miss proposition and the Dragon Touch Y88X Plus missed on several levels. Read on for the full review of the Dragon Touch Y88X Plus. Dragon Touch Y88X Plus Specifications Google Android 4.4.4 (KitKat) 7” IPS Screen 1024×600 Quad Core 4 x 1.3 Ghz 8 GB storage, 512MB RAM Dual Camera, 2.0MP rear Wireless N (802.11b/g/n), Bluetooth G-sensor What’s In The Box Tablet AC Adapter USB Cable User Manual Design The Dragon Touch Y88X Plus is about as basic as it gets when it comes to design. There’s absolutely nothing thrilling about how this…

Both the Slate 8 and Slate 12 are running KitKat and include a handful of pre-installed HP apps. Though HP is marketing them as business-ready tablets, that s primarily because HP is ready to sell you an entire ecosystem of business accessories if you want them — otherwise, they re fairly standard tablets. The other standout feature of these tablets is that they re bundled with HP s new Duet Pen, which allows you to write on any surface and have that writing automatically appear on your tablet. The two tablets are fairly expensive for the Android world, with the Slate 8 selling…

I ve been salivating at the thought of getting a Nexus 7 for quite some time, as I really just wanted to test out Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. Do you remember when the 3DFX Voodoo Banshee video card came out, and it arrived with Half-Life: Day One? I was one of those people that literally rang every single retailer in my state (this was really pre-Internet) to get my hands on it. When I want something, I want it bad. This is how I felt with the Nexus 7. I didn t want a review sample of the Nexus 7, I wanted my own, so I purchased one last week and I have been having the time of my…

Amazon s new Fire HD 8 looks a lot like last year s Fire HD 8, but there are a few key differences, the biggest of which is the new lower price tag. Much lower, in fact: $90 or £90. (It s not available in Australia so far, but the US price converts to about AU$115.) By comparison, the similarly sized costs $399, £379 or AU$569 and the costs $269, £239 or AU$369. Both now start at 32GB capacities, but you could literally buy three or four Fire HD 8s for the price of once Mini. The previous generation Fire HD 8 started at $150 (£130 or AU$215). That model came with only 8GB of…

Android Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) marks a major change for Android smartphone owners lucky enough to receive the upgrade. As Google has outlined and demoed on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, ICS is a major leap for Android design and navigation, and just short of a major overhaul. The good news for tablet owners is that just about every major dual-core Honeycomb tablet released in 2011 and early 2012 will also receive the update, which was designed to unify Google’s tablet operating system, Honeycomb (3.x), with its smartphone offering, Gingerbread (2.3). At the time of this review…

As a Guy Who Reviews Android Devices™, I ve been faced with a strange sort of conundrum lately: When someone asks me to recommend a 10-in. Android tablet, I haven t had a good answer. Sure, there are plenty of options out there. But it s been quite a while since there s been one that s stood out for being really great . Most of the contenders come with at least one serious caveat, be it chintzy construction, less-than-perfect performance, or software that makes you want to strike yourself with the nearest blunt object. And suffice it to say, those kinds of things take significant…

The Little Monoprice Graphics Tablet that Could They have a reputation for making good stuff, cheap, including graphics tablets. But, on those, I never bit. When reviewing the Yiynova Cintiq alternative, I researched all of Wacom’s competition, learning that those 1st gen Yiynovas used a Waltop digitizer (digitizers being the flat hardware panel that interprets pen movement and translates it onscreen). I decided to buy a Monoprice stylus to see if it would work on a Waltop digitizer. It didn’t. This roused my curiosity. If the Monoprice wasn’t a Waltop based tablet, what was…

Remember the HP Touchpad and the that sent the otherwise middling tablet flying off of shelves? Now nearly two years later, quality tablets are beginning to approach that sweet-spot price for impulse shoppers. The Hisense Sero 7 Pro is, by most standards, a merely average small-screen tablet. Some may lament its now aging Nvidia Tegra 3 processor or modest build, but its $129 (list, 8GB) price cannot be denied. That s less than the already-solid value offered by the Asus MeMO Pad HD 7 , and if you re not willing to shell out $200 for a cutting-edge Google Nexus 7 , the Sero…

Earlier this year, I reviewed an inexpensive Android-based tablet PC (LY-706 Tablet Pad Netbook) for the 2011 Geek Gift Guide. If you read the review, you will see that I was not impressed by that device. Well a representative of the distributor (Focalprice) responsible for importing the device to the United States, suggested I try a more expensive and full-featured tablet PC. Specifications Distributor: Focalprice Product: RAMOS MID W9 Android Tablet Operating System: Google Android OS V2.1 Max RAM Support: 32GB, 8GB tested Graphics: Integrated Graphics Display: LCD at 800…