Recent content by virnuls

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    Did anyone switch to Nexus 5 from the Galaxy S3?

    I have an S3 work phone and my own Nexus 5. It was the S3 that made me think that I should swap from my old iPhone 3GS to Android, but the Nexus 5 is better than the S3 in every respect. It's much faster, it feels lighter and smaller (even though the size is virtually identical), I like the...
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    Transferring contacts from iPhone 4s to Nexus 5

    There are obviously several ways to do it - I synced my iPhone with Outlook on my PC using iTunes, and then I exported my Contracts and Calendar and uploaded them into Google. I also discovered that you don't need a GMail account - you can have contacts without the mail.
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    Can't Access Synology NAS Over 3G Connection

    For years, I've been using an iPhone 3GS to access photos, etc., on my Synology NAS - it worked quite happily when I was out, both over wifi and 3G. I've recently swapped the iPhone for a Nexus 5, and now I find that I'm not able to access the NAS over 3G (I'm on O2 in the UK), but I can access...
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    What was your previous phone? Do you like the Nexus 5 more or less? Why?

    Re: What was your previous phone? Do you like the N5 more or less? Why? I came to the Nexus 5 from a 5-year old iPhone 3GS, so the improvement was quite dramatic - Android beats iOS into a cocked hat. A fairer comparison is probably with my work phone, a Galaxy S3. I thought that Nexus 5...