Last week we held the competition of a lifetime, the chance to win not only a prize, but win the respect and envy of all your workmates, and that prize was one of these beautiful android mugs. The competition ended last night, and we are happy to announce the two lucky winners!

So lots of android sites hold competitions now and then, and some even offer you the chance to win android phones and android tablets. That’s all well and good, but here at Droid-Den we know what you’d really like to win, that’s right, you could be the envy of all your work colleagues by having a chance to win one of two official android mugs up for grabs!!

The guys over at Polarbit have been kind enough to send me a pre-release version of their new game, Reckless Racing 2. A new member of the Reckless range of games, and a successor to the hugely popular (and one of my personal favourite games), Reckless Racing 1. The game will be available to the public on February 2nd in the android market.

One of the biggest (and nearly the only issue if it wasn’t for the camera) issues I have with the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is the lack of a microSD card slot. Well, the issue is actually with the maximum space of 16GB, the lack of a slot just means it can’t be expanded. I know from a lot of people that this is something that actually stops them investing in the Galaxy Nexus too.

Here at Droid-Den we get all kinds of android related goodies sent to us for review, and we hope you enjoy reading our thoughts on them as much as we enjoy playing with them! This year we’ll be hosting a lot more giveaways too, including those android phones (oh yes!) and accessories we get the chance to take a look at.

Fructel, an electronics company based in Sweden have recently released a new bluetooth controller to the market for android devices. The new product goes by the name of Gametel and is a bluetooth gamepad specifically designed for android phones and tablets. We managed to get our hands on one early and have been putting it through its paces with a few cool android games. Take the jump for a full lowdown on the Gametel gamepad and our thoughts on how great it is!

We here at Droid-Den hope you had a lovely Christmas period, and wish you all the best for the coming year! As a little treat to start off 2012 we have slashed the price of the official android Droid-Den app to only 50p/99 cents for the new year. Simply head over to the market to grab the deal, but as with all New Years sales, you’d better grab it quick while stocks last

Hopefully many of you out there will have had a great Christmas, and received this fantastic phone from a loved one! Or more likely, treated yourself to something nice…! I’ve gathered some of the best tips for features and functionality you might not have realised existed within the Galaxy Nexus. A lot of these tips are actually Ice Cream Sandwich, rather than the phone, so if you have another phone with Ice Cream Sandwich installed, you should also have a look through too, you might learn something new! This is part one of this post, there are plenty more tips to come!

I’ve had the Samsung Galaxy Nexus for a few weeks now, and if you follow me on twitter, you’ll know I rate this phone extremely highly. In fact out of all the phones I own, I rate it highly enough for it to be my daily driver. Mobile phone covers are something the majority of people use with their phones, especially phones this expensive. I’ve recently got the chance to check out one of the few cases currently available for the Galaxy Nexus, the CaseMate Barely There case. Take the jump for the full review!

Christmas is less than 2 weeks away now, and if you’re anything like me then all that Christmas cheer will soon be ready to burst out! In my household, I’m not the only one with a whole load of Christmas cheer, check out the cute little fella’s enjoying the Christmas holidays after the jump!