Lollipop on the S5

Last week I got the "Over The Air" update to Android 5.0 on my Samsung Galaxy S5.

A download of 924 MB (rounded down). 3 GB of storage necessary to install.

I had to uninstall Goat Simulator to upgrade the OS, and then spent half an hour disabling apps I had disabled in KitKat before the upgrade. To summarise: the OS upgrade was a pain in the goat horns.

The good thing is that I am enjoying Lollipop on the S5, mostly because I am runnning the Google Launcher and using all Google apps.

Archos 80 G9 With Apple iPad 2

Today I snapped a few shots of the Archos 80 G9 with Picc0110's Apple iPad 2 to give the readers of the Todoleo Tech Blog a better idea of its size next to Apple's current tablet.

Granted the iPad 2 is made of better materials and has an exceptional industrial design. The Archos 80 G9 has much more built in functionality, expandibility, a more open OS and comes in at less than half the price of the entry level iPad 2. I'll be writing more about the Archos 80 G9 soon.

As usual, fell free to leave comments and/or questions below.

Orange Monte Carlo - BAP [Pre Review]

I've had an Orange Monte Carlo for a couple of weeks now. The ZTE made follow up to the Orange San Francisco (ZTE Blade) is a ZTE Skate under its glossy fingerprint magnet finish. My affectionate name for the Orange Monte Carlo is BAP. BAP is an acronym which stands for Big Ass Phone.

The Orange Monte Carlo. BAP.

To give people an idea of what a BAP (Big Ass Phone) the Orange Monte Carlo is, with its 4.3" capacitive display, I took some photos of it with other devices. A full review of the BAP will be on todoleo.com soon. Here are the photos:

Orange Monte Carlo next to HTC Desire.

The Orange Monte Carlo next to a Nokia 1100.

Orange Monte Carlo next to an HTC Wildfire S.

Orange Monte Carlo next to Samsung Galaxy Pro.

Orange Monte Carlo next to a Royal Wedding Phone.

Orange Monte Carlo next to a HP Palm Pre 2.

Orange Monte Carlo next to a Nokia E71.

This post is a follow up to my original thread in MoDaCo Forums. As often happens, the excellent community at MoDaCo Forums is working hard on getting the most out of the Orange Monte Carlo (ZTE Skate) and a method for rooting the device as well as an early custom ROM kitchen are already available. Thanks to Paul and everyone involved in the MoDaCo community!

As usual, feel free to leave comments and/or questions below or on the MoDaCo Forums. I'm already bracing myself for intense criticism of my photography, lighting and @fatoldgingercat fluff in the photos. Just to let you know, I took the pictures, wrote and published this blog post while in and before getting out of bed this morning.

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