Hands on: Android 4.4 KitKat running on Nexus 4

"Tech Pills: Discuss!", Ep. 2

CyanogenMod Inc.: Oppo N1 coolness and commercialization downsides.
Steam OS: nothing special itself, will bring a lot of proprietary software to linux.
Paranoid Android: New KitKat based version will be completely rewritten, improvements ahead?

"Tech Pills: Discuss!": A new web series featuring me, talking about stuff

Hello everyone! I'm back with some cool stuff! Sorry for the long absence, but in the last months I didn't have the possibility to make videos, or blogging things... But now I am back!
I have just started a series called "Tech Pills: Discuss!" where I talk about technology news and comment them, giving you my personal opinions.
Here you are the first episode, enjoy, and remember to check back next Sunday for the episode 2!

[FIRST OWN APP] KLP Analog Clock Widget

Here you are, my first really mine android app (not a mod from another app).

Android 5.0, the "K release", probably called Key Lime Pie, will surely have some interesting UI changes.
Many designers imagined how the new interface will be.
This beautiful yet simple and minimal widget is just what I'd like the new analog clock widget to be. I didn't ideate this beautiful design, but i re-created it and packaged it into a simple app, for you to freely use it.
The widget supports the new lockscreen widgets feature of Android 4.2

Switched to Nexus 4

It's done, I've sold the S3 and bought a new LG Nexus 4!

I'm really happy already of this switch, and I'm going to make a series of vlogs about my progressive switch to my new awesome Google Phone.

Stay tuned!

Hands on: Ubuntu Touch on Galaxy S3 GT-I9300

I finally made it: a full nandroid backup and I flashed Ubuntu Touch on my i9300 and recorded a video to show you how it's working.
First of all this ROM is not ment to be used as every day ROM, since... almost nothing works... I mean, the Wi-Fi works, you can use the browser, but the telephony part (phone, messages, 3g connection...) aren't working, moreover the OS itself is not complete yet, it is just a preview.
But it was nice to see something that just FEELS different... Now enjoy the video! :D

Ubuntu Touch ROM XDA thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2315397

New Google camera with improved photosphere

It had already leaked on a Nexus 4, a strange new version of the camera featuring new controls. Now it is out, the new camera is featured in the new Google edition devices (Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One) running pure Google Android 4.2.2.

This new camera version seems to make kind of better photos, and photoshpere has been improved: now it works really smoothly on my Samsung Galaxy S3 running CyanogenMod 10.1.
Click the image below to see the two photospheres I made:



To enable the new camera, you must be running Android 4.2.2, and flash this .zip with a modified recovery like ClockworkMod Recovery, here you are the .zip file:

If you want to install the new Sun Beam live wallpaper (the one you have seen in the video) put the following .apk into /system/app/ and change its permissions to -rw-r--r-- :