Android

Reliance entered the tablet war with a 7 inch Android pad. It’s powered by an 800 MHz processor coupled with a healthy 512 MB RAM. It also supports voice calling and SMS; runs on Gingerbread or Android 2.3 and has a capacitive multi touch screen. It weighs only about 389 grams. The device has...
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Time and again it has been brought to attention that Google’s Android operating system is not secure enough and the latest announcement comes from a security expert named Riley Hassell. The expert from Privateer Labs has revealed that there are more than dozen apps on Android that are quite dangerous and can leave the...
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Google is buying cell phone maker Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in cash in what is by far the company’s biggest acquisition to date. Google will pay $40.00 per share, a 63 per cent premium to Motorola’s closing price on Friday. The companies say the deal has been approved by the boards of both....
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The much-hyped Galaxy S II, which was launched in India about a month ago, is now widely available in the country and is proving to be as popular as it was predicted. Nevertheless, Samsung seems ever so eager to improve on what has been one of the best smartphones made by the company till...
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It is not a farfetched thought to think that the choices in mobile world today are many. As we are moving towards a more digital world cell phones are without a doubt one of the most essential gadgets and one very commonly found in just about everyone’s pocket from a milkman to CEO of...
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Having used a Samsung Galaxy  for about a month I can tell you that it is not worth buying. But you know what else isn’t worth buying? Low-end Android phones in general. Here are some reasons why you shouldn’t get one. Poor performance To differentiate these devices from their more expensive stablemates, manufacturers often...
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Android has a long lasting list of applications that can be used for this and that and what not. I have been trying various applications for my droid and some of them have been really awesome. Listed below are the 5 such applications that I found amusing as well as productive. IP Webcam I...
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The Distance Calculator is a nice app to have a rough estimate of how fast you are going or how long have you gone. It tracks the speed and distance in 3 modes, walking, cycling and driving. It is a nice app to give a shot. Features: - calculates distance while you are walking,...
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Surveyor is an android application that can help you measure distances with the help of camera and orientation sensors on your phone. It uses data from orientation sensors and the camera image to determine 3D coordinates of the object you selected and then give you the distance from the object to you or another...
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The next Android operating system for smartphones will include some features that were previously exclusive to Android tablets, Google announced Tuesday. Dubbed “Ice Cream Sandwich,” the platform will debut some time in the fourth quarter of 2011, Google officials said during the company’s I/O developer conference. “We want one OS that runs everywhere,” Android...
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