YouTube for Android has been updated to version 4.1.23 that brings new UI for Android Froyo and Gingerbread devices. The home page now shows recommended video on top. You can now add video to YouTube TV queue from the app and pick more channels from the YouTube picks. The new UI and Preloading features were released for Android 4.0 devices in June. Continue reading “YouTube for Android updated with New UI for Android 2.2 and 2.3 devices and more new features”
MediaTek, the company behind those ultra cheap single and dual core system on chips launched recently, is prepping for another round of competition. Yes, they are now in the quad-core game, well, at least they will be, when they start making those sweet quad-core chips starting Q4 2012, according to reports from China Times.
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With the ever burgeoning Android smartphone marketshare, it is inevitable that the Play Store will have some insane amounts of downloads too. Continuing with that upward trend of app count as well as app downloads, the Google Play Store has hit 25 billion downloads of about 675,000 apps and games. To celebrate this achievement, they have started to offer some discounts for the next five days.
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Foursquare for Android has been updated (v 2012.09.25) that brings new features including a new filter in the friends tab that only shows nearby friend checkins, social history for venue page that shows friend’s likes or dislikes and number of visits. The Foursquare app for Android got a major update in June with new UI and features. Continue reading “Foursquare for Android updated with nearby friend checkins, Social history for venues and more”
There was mighty uproar yesterday about a dirty USSD hack that enabled links with a simple USSD code wipe the entire phone back to factory reset. It was widely reported to have affected all the major Samsung devices that were running the company’s custom skin called TouchWiz. But the good news is, the exploit has been immediately patched by Samsung, with an OTA update for its recently released, and massively successful Galaxy S3. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S III TouchWiz remote wipe hack patched with OTA update”
Barnes and Nobles was recently in the lime light for making a partnership deal with Microsoft with respect to the “Nook” category of devices the book giant produces. We were wary of what the outcome might be, but in an obvious move, they are trying to battle their competitors again, with the announcement of the new Nooks, name the Nook HD and the Nook HD+. Clearly, these new Nooks are the answers to the latest Kindle Fires from Amazon, their arch rivals in the e-reader world. Continue reading “Barnes and Noble takes on the Amazon Kindle Fire with Nook HD and Nook HD+”
Samsung is gearing up to launch the upgraded version of the immensely popular Galaxy Note – Galaxy Note 2 in India later this week. Samsung had opened pre-bookings for the device and consumers could reserve a Galaxy Note 2 by paying Rs.5000 as an advance.In an email to customers who had pre-booked the phone on the company’s eStore , it is mentioned that the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 will be launched on the 27th on the eStore.The Note 2 has some interesting specs including a 5.5 inch display and a 3100 mAh battery and a Quad-core CPU.
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Samsung has announced the list of devices that would receive the Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) update according reports from The Verge and Techcrunch. Samsung started rolling out the Jelly Bean update for the Galaxy SIII yesterday starting from Poland. Samsung Denmark confirmed the Jelly Bean updates for S2 earlier this month, now we have the complete list of the devices that would get the update. Continue reading “Samsung confirms Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update for range of Galaxy Smartphones and Tablets”
Antara Apps, a Netherland-based company has launched WiShare, a new app for Android smartphones that makes WiFi sharing easy . The WiShare app creates a network connection that lets you share WiFi connection with phone contacts directly from your phone. You can add your friends allowing them to share Wi-Fi connections and create a Co-op throughout their respective cities and travel destinations. Continue reading “WiShare app for Android makes WiFi sharing easy”
Today we were at the Idea Cellular’s Press Conference for the AURUS smartphone launch. We also checked out the Idea 3G TV app on the entry-level Android Smartphone. The service is provided free for 3 months along with AURUS and other Idea smartphones. It would let you watch more than 100+ Live TV channels. Continue reading “IDEA TV app demoed on AURUS 3G Android Smartphone”
Today we were at the Idea Cellular’s Press Conference for their new 3G Android smartphone called AURUS. It is an entry-level Dual SIM smartphone with Dual Standby that runs on Android Gingerbread 2.3.6. The device is manufactured by Alcatel. Aurus priced at Rs. 7190 (inclusive of all taxes) with 3G benefits of Rs. 2340. Continue reading “Idea AURUS Dual SIM 3G Android Smartphone Unboxing”
Samsung has started rolling out Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) update for the Galaxy S3, earlier than expected. Samsung announced earlier this month that the Android Jelly Bean update would be available for the Galaxy S3 in October and for the Galaxy S2 in November. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S3 Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update starts rolling out”
Google has finally added India to the list of countries where developers can sell paid applications through Google Play Store. This would let the individual App developers and the developments companies in India to sell their paid apps and in-app products on Google Play. Google Play already shows amount for paid apps in INR. Google added some countries including Czech Republic, Israel, Poland, and Mexico to the list back in April. Continue reading “Android Developers in India can now sell Paid Apps on Google Play”
Facebook for Android has been updated to version 1.9.10 that brings new messaging features including option to quickly see who is online to chat, manage favorite friends, see active friends and more new features. The previous v1.9.8 update brought easier event creation and new media upload flow. The Facebook Messenger app for Android has also been updated with similar features. Facebook is also rolling out new auto photo upload feature for the Android app gradually that would upload your photos privately and share them later. Continue reading “Facebook for Android v1.9.10 update brings new Messaging features”
ZTE Blade III that was leaked last month is now official. It packs in a 4-inch (800×480 pixels) 262K TFT Capacitive Touch Screen display and is powered by a 1GHz single-core Qualcomm MSM 7227 A processor. It runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It has a 5 Megapixel auto focus camera at the back and has Dual Microphones. Continue reading “ZTE Blade III with 4-inch display, Android 4.0 officially announced”
