Category: Android

Garmin launches Garmin Fit app for Android and iPhone and ANT+ adapter

Garmin has launched their Garmin Fit app that would let the users track metrics such as speed, pace, distance, time, calories of their activities such as running, cycling and lots more. With the help of Garmin accessories it displays heart rate and cadence. It also maps and automatically uploads workouts to Garmin Connect. They have also launched their ANT+ adapter for iPhone allowing users to use their Garmin ANT+ accessories with their iPhone. Continue reading “Garmin launches Garmin Fit app for Android and iPhone and ANT+ adapter”

Samsung Galaxy Y Hands-On

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We already know that recently Samsung India has launched three new smartphones in 3 different platforms namely, Android, BADA and Windows Phone. We attended the launch event in Delhi and here are the hands-on photos of Samsung Galaxy Y. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Y Hands-On”

Half a milion apps sold on the Android market.

The Android Market surpassed 500,000 applications in the month of September. Although more that 37% of submissions have been taken out over the course time for an assortment of excuses, the Android Market transcended 500,000 issued  applications last month as recorded by a mobile app market intelligence firm research2guidance. This firm also stated that the Apple’s App Store has had more than 600,000 bestselling  submissions till date having 24% of apps have been removed. This is what the firm had to say – “Although Apple regularly cleans up its store from inappropriate or outdated content, its active application share still exceeds that of Android,”  it also stated about Apple – “It is likely that the more rigid application submission requirements prevent developers from publishing multiple trial or low quality applications whereas publishers in the Android Market place a lot of market testing, trials, demo and malware content.” 

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Lava Mobiles launches LAVA S12 Android Phone

Lava mobiles has launched their first Android Smartphone, the LAVA S12 that is powered by Android 2.2 (Froyo). It is a sleek phone which is 13.5mm thick and has matte leather finish with rounded top and bottom edges. The hard keys and edges  have metallic silver finish. It features  600MHz  Qualcomm processor and has 3D home screen UI which is customizable that has unique smart folders and a rich set of animated 3D widgets. Continue reading “Lava Mobiles launches LAVA S12 Android Phone”

Motorola RAZR hands-on

This morning I had the chance to play with Motorola’s newest Android smartphone – the RAZR. The impossibly slim smartphone is the thinnest I have ever held. At 7.1mm thickness, the RAZR best the Galaxy S2 by a full 1.4mm.

The RAZR’s specs are typical of what to expect from a late 2011 smartphone. Beneath the glossy and stylish metal exterior lies a Texas Instrument OMAP 4430 SoC with dual core 1.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A9 processor and PowerVR SGX540 GPU. In essence the RAZR is a DROID Bionic reborned for the international market after a diet and slight speed upgrade. Continue reading “Motorola RAZR hands-on”

Halloween Treat: Gameloft iPhone, iPad and Android games at $0.99

Gameloft offers 6 iPhone, 3 iPad and 2 Android games as a treat for this Halloween. Their previous sale was earlier this month that offered Action games for iPhone and iPad. They have also announced their Halloween Trick or Treat Facebook contest that would let you win a Tablet. Continue reading “Halloween Treat: Gameloft iPhone, iPad and Android games at $0.99”

More than half the smartphones sold in Asia are running Android

The advancement of Android in Asia is strikingly impressive. So when Samsung and Google decided to shift the Galaxy Nexus event to Hong Kong, it probably had to do something with the latest report from ABI analysis that reveals a tremendous 52% of the smartphones in Asia are running Android; as opposed to the 43% of the smartphone merchandize in the US.

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Galaxy Nexus comes to Vodafone,Three, and O2 in the UK

Wondering who will be the lucky carriers, carrying the very first Android Ice Cream Sandwich-powered smartphone? Anticipate no further …  As Samsung and Google revealed the latest Galaxy Nexus they specified that this product will be accessible all across the globe,  and three of the most reputed and dominating(the market)  British operators declared that they will be among the service providers.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 Plus up for pre-order on Amazon

Yes, you read that right. The US version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 Plus is attainable and now available for pre-order on Amazon; pre-orders for Samsung’s 7-inch Galaxy Tab Plus went live inEurope sometime last week. Be that as it may, there is still no statement on a specific release date. The Samsung news just keeps pouring in.

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Acer ICONIA Smart S300 launched in India

Acer has launched ICONIA Smart S300 smartphone in India with tablet features. It has 4.8 inch (1024 x 480 pixels) large display with 21: 9 aspect ratio. It runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) and it is powered by 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. The large and bright display offers Panoramic cinema and gaming experience with 6 axis motion sensing. The phone comes with Dolby sound quality and it has curved design that is easy to hold and carry. It was previous introduced in May as Iconia Smart A300. Continue reading “Acer ICONIA Smart S300 launched in India”

Sprint announces Motorola ADMIRAL with Direct Connect, Coming on October 23 for $99.99

Spirnt has announced the  Motorola ADMIRAL, the first smartphone that boasts Sprint Direct Connect speed. It is powered by a 1.2GHz processor and runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). It feature a 3.1-inch (640 x 480 pixels) touchscreen display and QWERTY keyboard. It has push-to-talk capabilities with Sprint Direct Connect that uses Sprint 3G (EVDO Rev. A) network. Continue reading “Sprint announces Motorola ADMIRAL with Direct Connect, Coming on October 23 for $99.99”

Samsung launches My Music and My Movies app for Galaxy S2 and Galaxy Tab 750

Samsung has launched 2 new entertainment apps, My Music and My Movies for the Samsung Galaxy S2 and the Galaxy Tab 750. The My Music app has a huge collection of music with the album details, artists details, critic’s music reviews and much more for complete music junkies. The My Movies app is powered by BIGFlix and it offers huge collection full length movies of different genres for free. Continue reading “Samsung launches My Music and My Movies app for Galaxy S2 and Galaxy Tab 750”

6 Million Android tablets sold– Andy Rubin

Have you ever wondered how well are the Android tablets selling?

According to the god father of Android, Andy Rubin , who provided a detail about it,  6 million tablets have been sold at AsiaD yesterday. We had previously heard that only 3.4 million Honeycomb tablets have been sold till now, from developer estimates, previously this month.  If these developer estimates were to be precise, that means that a little over half the Android tablets out there,  are Honeycomb.

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Native Screen Capture comes to Android, finally!

Screenshot – an image of a your current phone display that can be saved as a graphics file, a feature many rooted, Sense 3.0 and Galaxy series users take for granted. This feature is fun, not only a tool for sharing (and boasting), but also pivotal for reviewing apps and pointing out errors.

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Google Ice Cream Sandwich Launch Event Video Now Live

If you missed out the Google Galaxy Nexus and Ice Cream Sandwich announcement earlier today , good news for you , Google has uploaded the entire 1 hour event video on Youtube where Google’s Andy Rubin and Samsung Mobile’s JK Shin unveil the Samsung Galaxy Nexus Continue reading “Google Ice Cream Sandwich Launch Event Video Now Live”