Showing posts with label Android. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Android. Show all posts
Tuesday, 2 April 2013
Android OS version 2.3 Gingerbread and Ice cream sandwich are most popular nowadays. The major reason in that you get lots of compatible apps for your phone. One of the major benefits of Android is that you can find good number of apps free of cost. Here we are going enlist top 5 Android apps we picked according to their usability and popularity.
Chrome BetaTo enhance your web browsing experience from defaults Android browser you can switch to Google’s Chrome for mobile. Chrome is well known for convenient tabbed web pages, quick bookmarks addition and accessibility. Chrome offers you easy setting options for security and web history. Searching anything with this web browser is especially easy if you mostly use Google’s search engine.
Google DocsYou can create, edit, upload and store documents in Google’s documents. You can easily compose any spreadsheet and attach it to an email or share is it to other Google docs users to edit or comment on your documents. You can collaborate on full file folders with your friends. PowerPoint presentation and PDFs files also support. Up to 5 GB data storage free and if want to store more data you can sign up for Google Drive and get cloud storage at certain yearly cost.
My Data ManagerMy Data Manager app basically keeps you aware about your data plan and your data usage so that you can control data utilisation and over spending. You can set an alarm to notify yourself that you’ve reached to your data plan limit. Interface of this app is very simple and best off all its free.
HotspotTo catch best signals on your Wi-Fi you can use this app. You just need to enter your current location and a list of fastest hotspot would be visible for you to choose from.
Cab4me It is always good to get a cab at the right time. When you are in hurry you can use cab4me to track or book a cab instantly.
Wednesday, 20 March 2013
Android Versions
1.0 (G1)
February 2008
April 2009
September 2009
October 2009
January 2010
May 2010
December 2010
February 2011
May 2011-February 2012
October 2011
July 2012
1.0 (G1)February 2008
- GPS and Bluetooth (but not stereo Bluetooth)
- Multitasking
- Tight integration with Google services like Gmail, Google Maps (with Street View), and Google Calendar
- Apps: Amazon MP3 Store; YouTube
- Android Market (about 35 apps at launch)
- No Microsoft Exchange Server; no camcorder
April 2009
- Universal search box (search had been limited to the Web)
- Revamped Android Market: Browsing categories (Apps, Games, Downloads) and filters (Top Free, Top Paid, Just In)
- Camera: Toggle between camera and video modes; integrated photo gallery and camera with bulk photo deleting
- SDK expands support for gestures, voice-to-text
September 2009
- Virtual onscreen keyboard
- Camcorder mode for recording (and watching) video
- Stereo Bluetooth
- Home screen widgets and folders
- Copy/paste and search within the browser
- Direct upload to YouTube and Picasa
October 2009
- Multiple user accounts
- Exchange support; universal e-mail inbox
- Quick Contact pop-up widget to launch communications with friends in the address book
- Search saved SMS and MMS messages
- Camera improvements include support for flash and digital zoom
- Bluetooth 2.1
- Keyboard improvements: Adaptive dictionary that includes contact names in suggestions
January 2010
- Live wallpaper; five home screens
- Speech-to-text added to any text field; microphone icon for voice dictation in e-mails, texts, and so on
May 2010
- Speedier OS
- USB tethering and hot-spot support
- Android Market update: Batch and automatic updates; installing apps to the SD card
- Adobe Flash 10.1
- File uploading in the browser
- Improved Microsoft Exchange support: Security policies, global address lookup, calendar sync, remote wipe
- Bluetooth support for voice dialing and contact sharing
December 2010
- Redesigned copy/paste
- WebM video compression support
- NFC (near-field communication) support
- Switch to front-facing camera from camera app
- Virtual keyboard shortcuts
February 2011
- 3D graphics support
- Side-by-side browser tabs; private browsing
- Dual-pane modes for address book, e-mail
- Redesigned UI includes program thumbnails
- Video chatting with Google Talk
- Full-screen-mode photo gallery
- Bluetooth tethering
May 2011-February 2012
- Support for peripherals like keyboards and game pads
- Resizable widgets
- "Pay as you go" support for 3G, 4G tablets
- Various bug fixes and enhancements
October 2011
- Support for virtual buttons in addition to touch-sensitive buttons
- Create folders by dragging apps on top of each other
- A new app tray tab for thumbing through widgets
- Calendar app now supports pinch-to-zoom
- Gmail gets offline search, swiping between conversations
- Revamped Gmail user interface
- New Chrome browser syncs with your bookmarks, saves pages offline, supports 16 browser tabs
- More keyboard error correction, inline spell check
- Customizable lock screen, launcher
- Recent applications icon
- Roboto typeface
- New swipe/delete behavior
- Improved voice integration and copy and paste
- Face Unlock security feature
- Data Usage tracking
- Hide unwanted app icons
- Shut down apps that are using background data
- Native camera features include zero shutter lag, continuous focus, zoom while recording, taking a still photo while recording, panorama photos, time lapse settings 1080p recording
- Face detection in the camera
- Integrated photo editor
- New gallery layout, organized by location and person
- Phone app lets you swipe between favorite friends with integrated visual voice mail
- Speed up and slow down voice mails
- Quick message sends canned response text message when you decline a call
- Android Beam, an NFC feature for exchanging information between two phones by tapping them
- Wi-Fi Direct support
July 2012
- Faster, smoother performance with "Project Butter"
- Expandable notifications with greater interaction
- Voice search access by swiping up from bottom of the screen
- Voice actions engine replies to some queries
- Google Now
- Offline dictation
- Default Chrome browser
- Resizable app widgets (for some)
- Android Beam support for transferring larger files, like photo and video
- New filmstrip view of recent shots in the camera app
- Applications update in Google Play with just the changed code
- Sound search widget for music ID
- Higher-resolution contact photos
- Greater accessibility options
- Expanded language support, especially for Arabic and Hebrew
- Interface tweaks
Friday, 15 February 2013
This is how Android becomes 'Android Key Lime Pie' aka Android 5.0. Check out the versions of Android from Cupckae (Android 1.0 ) to JellyBean (Android 4.0) & then the all new Android Key Lime Pie the New Comer.
Android & its Versions
Cupcake
Android 1.5
After the year 2008, Android comes with numerous updates to give us an updated & improved operating system, by eradicating the bugs & errors and adding technologically new features to the prior released versions. The first version is Android's Cupcake.
Donut
Android 1.6
Eclair
Android 2.1
Froyo
Android 2.2
Gingerbread
Android 2.3
Honeycomb
Android 3.1
Ice Cream Sandwich
Android 4.0
To know more about ICS i.e. Android Ice Cream Sandwich : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_version_history#Android_4.0.E2.80.934.0.2_Ice_Cream_Sandwich_.28API_level_14.29
Jelly Bean
Android 4.1
To know more about Android Jelly Bean : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_version_history#Android_4.1_Jelly_Bean_.28API_level_16.29
Key Lime Pie
Android 5.1
Coming Soon.............................
Thursday, 7 February 2013
Every Tech giant is talking about their latest launching products and innovative technologies. Now its time for an American Multinational company, Google to deliver some example of creativity. It is rumored that Google has ready to launch its latest version of Android OS may be called “Key Lime Pie” or “Android 5.0”. It will be the successor of their Android OS Jelly Bean.
Key Lime Pie Release Date…
According to the reports, It is pulling out on the number of websites that KLP is slated for Spring 2013 and will be available in the market in between of March and June. There is also rumors that Google might be launch their next version of OS at Google IO 2013, which will be held in May 15 to May 17, 2013. On January 31, a Google IO showing Android 5.0 looked more likely when screengrabs of a Qualcomm roadmap were leaked.
Android 5.O Supported Phones…
The Nexus did not get support from latest Google’s Android OS i.e. Android 5.0. It is still powered by latest Jelly Bean OS. But is rumored that the Motorola X phone is mounting with Android 5.0 that will break cover at Google IO. According to trusted reviews the phone will have features of virtually bezel free, edge-to-edge, 5-inch display. It is also in news that Google is working on new Nexus smart phone. This would be supported by Android 5.0.
Features of Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie...
Android 5.0 features are yet to revealed. But according to upcoming news and document, everyone has been thinking about what they want to see in Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie. Hopefully the latest mobile OS will comprise of some new things.
- Performance Profiles:
if you have a smart phone it is hard to manage and increase their performance. Switching off the sound, turning off and saving your data, activating airplane mode when it is required and so on, so what Android 5.0 really needs is a simple way of managing performance, and therefore power use, automatically.
The Blocking modes in Samsung’s Jelly Bean update on the Samsung Galaxy S3 and Note 2, but we had to like to see some more expanded features. Something like Gaming Mode for maximal power delivery.
- Better Multiple Device Support:
There are some holes in Google’s multiple device supporting. For example, take the Video app which manages your movie download through Google Play Store. You are start watching movies and you have restriction to resume movie from same time, making it impossible to switch from phone to tablet mid-film.
Google surely will do something to fix those bugs and errors to make their Latest OS more efficient.
- Line Drawing Keyboard options :
Google is backward in this area. HTC and Sony both offer their own takes on the screen touch style of line-drawing text input, which is a fine option to have for getting your words for text messages and emails. Get it into Android 5.0 and give us the choice.
- Multi-Select option in Contact List:
It will be better option for emailing and texting. What if you emailing or texting a handful to your friends? You just drop an email to one, then adding the rest of the individual. There should be a Checkbox system that let users to scroll through whole contact list and create a mail list. Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie would make it easier.
So there are some latest features that Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie must be including to give their special appearance in Smart Phone Market.
Saturday, 19 January 2013
Samsung bring some cheerful moments for all Samsung Galaxy S2 users. The wait will almost over for everyone that they are eagerly awaiting the Android Jelly bean update for their beloved Samsung Galaxy S2. The Smartphone will eventually give a new lease of life once it receives the next version of the Android operating system. We have heard back, Samsung will update their Galaxy S2 with Google’s mobile OS in August but it was not confirmed in last week of 2012.
Now, a Samsung spokesperson has confirmed that Samsung Galaxy S2 is now getting update from Android Jelly Bean 4.1 version operating system. Most probably, it will release in the month of February although only in Singapore at first and rest of the world get later.
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| Samsung Galaxy S2 now with Boosting Jelly Bean 4.1 |
The Samsung Galaxy S2 is the Samsung’s second best selling Android mobile. The Smartphone was one of the must have handsets during 2011 and released at MWC. The Galaxy S II features a 4.3” Super AMOLED+ display, Exynos 4210 Dual-Core CPU clocked at 1.2GHz, Mali-400 Quad-Core GPU with 1GB of RAM and an 8-megapixel rear camera.
According to the source, The Jelly Bean will concise 1GB internal memory space. It will reduce the memory space from 12GB to 11GB. The rest 1GB memory spaces are use for system partition. The new software has already seen running on the handset in video, so there are no concern the devices can handle the new OS.
Unfortunately, the South Korean Tech giant has revealed that the update will only available on Samsung KIES desktop application and it will take around 1 hour to achieve install. The update is quite big and while it may see a release in the coming weeks, there is a chance owners of the handset in the UK will have to wait a few months yet to actually see it.
The Android 4.1, Jelly Bean, is the fast paced and smoothest version of Android. Jelly Bean are known for their user friendly and beauty of Android 4.0 and introduces a new experiences for the Android smart phone users.
Exploring features from Jelly Bean Android 4.1 OS:
- It improved home screen, which provide better look and feel and enhance scrolling features.
- It improved browser performance and support HTML 5 media capture.
- Enhance camera function like pause while recording and more.
- Two new modes that is “Easy mode” and “Block mode”.
- It have preloaded Applications that include Google+, Google Play Book, Play Movie, Help, +Talk and so on.
- Direct Call, Smart Stay and Pop-up Play Features.
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Tuesday, 8 January 2013
The official public released of extended battery kit for Galaxy S3 on 5th January 2013 took place in UK and rest of the world follow the suite. Now the worldwide users of Samsung Galaxy S3 can enjoy with more fun longer battery life of Galaxy S3.
Samsung have completed their promise as they earlier said release of Extended Battery kit for Galaxy S3 with more capacitive power in coming year 2013. Previously, Samsung have 2100mAh power sufficient for all the works of users. However, on the complaint of many consumers that combination of High speed Quad processor and 4G/LTE connectivity laid down the battery life of Galaxy S3.
Samsung Maintenance Team have done a lot of work on these complaints and overcome with strong battery life. It enhances 900-mAh capacity as compared to original 2100-mAh Galaxy S3 phone. Now extended battery kit provide 3000 mAh power to Galaxy S3.
Extended battery kit has given boost to the Galaxy S3. Now this smart phone are more capable for web browsing, internet surfing, talk time and many more without long period of charging.
Samsung are the best selling smart phone of the 2012 and titled with “Smart phone of the Year”. Galaxy S3 contains a big 4.8-inch AMOLED display screen, high-speed Quad processor, NFC support, 4G/LTE connectivity and expendable memory storage.
If we talk about the colour, there are only two colours are available in the UK market as:
- Topaz Blue,
- Marble White.
Its current cost in UK market is around £40, though it will not shipping to customer until February 2013.
Although it will make the phone slightly heavier, the new battery may help any users who find that the original battery is not powerful enough to last a full day on one charge. It is also an alternative to accessories such as the £80 Samsung Galaxy S3 “Mophie Juice pack”, which is a combined extra battery and case.
Monday, 31 December 2012
Microsoft Corporation is planning to release their Office 2013 apps for Android and iOS. It is a very remarkable step by Microsoft Corporation and it is likely to be a New Year gift from Microsoft for all Android and iOS users. However, this statement has given by Microsoft’s Czech Republic Product Manager Petr Bobek.
The Microsoft are always known for its creative and innovative technologies. Once again, they proved it. “The New Office” included both SkyDrive and SharePoint for storing the documents online. You will be able to get Office 365 subscription, which is open new for the consumers. Now some new features of office 2013 apps are here:
The new office 2013 includes a new tab called “Office Account” that maintain your accounts on Sky Drive or switch accounts. You may also to connect Facebook, Twitter and can add services like LinkedIn and Sky Drive. |
| Now, OFFICE 2013 apps on iOS and Android. |
In addition, Microsoft Czech Republic Product Manager also said- “Office will be also available on other operating systems like Windows RT, Window phones, Symbian, Mac OS”.
Around March 2013, A New version of Office Web Apps and Office 365 will also be available. However, Multi-platform with Office 2013 would allow having a universal presence on all mobile devices.
Innovative Features of Office 2013 Apps:
The Microsoft are always known for its creative and innovative technologies. Once again, they proved it. “The New Office” included both SkyDrive and SharePoint for storing the documents online. You will be able to get Office 365 subscription, which is open new for the consumers. Now some new features of office 2013 apps are here:
- Account Login:
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| Manage Your own account. |
- PDF Editing:
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| Easy PDF Editing. |
- Sky Drive Integration:
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| Manage Your Office account anywhere with SkyDrive. |
- Modern look and feel Interface:
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| "Modern" Look of OFFICE 2013 apps. |
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