Android
Top Ten Android Apps
You may want to ponder twice before downloading any Android app to get the best of all. So here’s a list of Top ten Android app which will help you recreate.
1.Pulse
Pulse offers you a more accessible way to fetch Google Reader RSS feeds, urging you to double-deal with Reader. Pulse demonstrates these feeds in an organized pattern, displaying the feeds in rows composing various thumbnail stories. It fascinates that reader allowing him to enjoy reading.
2.Minecraft Pocket Edition
Minecraft is now available for Android. It invites retro game users to build their own world of wonders, on a handheld, and prosper in it using somewhat irksome controls.
3.Spotify
Spotify is the best Android app for music fix. Just subscribe it in your Android phone and enjoy the music streaming through web. It has a fantastic addition of New Tab, allowing you to run it in background while using facebook or playing games.
4.Music Beta
This marvelous app for Android is yet available in US only but if you succeed to become a member of this unique club, you will be able to stream your uploaded melodies directly to your handset, create your playlist and enjoy.
5.Train Times UK
It is the official app for providing UK’s train times but is not approved by National Rail Enquiries. Though both apps bear the same information, Train Times UK is preferable over its rival.
Most Popular Android Shooting Games
There is large number of android shooting games that can be searched while surfing but finding those which are the addictive ones is bit difficult. To satisfy the craze of android shooting games lover the collection of such games readily available is of great worth. Many Android games are quite joyful and addictive. Here is the list of top ten top rated shooting android games to ease the users.
1. Quake
Quake has been now on a Droid. It ran really well. Its developer is Thunderbird2k. It looks better. It supports touch screen. With the frame rate of 30 fps it can jumped to even 50 in smaller parts of a map.
2. Heavy Gunner
It is 3D an action packed game. Controlled by single person accelerometer, can be played with dual stick. With dual, you can blast your enemies from each side & control the aim of your weapons independently. It helps learning controls.
3. Duck Hunt
The Bluefoot Solutions developed Droid Duck Hunt for Android. The classic version of this game has disappointing controls and lacks number of levels. To shoot simply, press on the display screen. The drawback is it moves too slowly also the tree on the right hand side of the screen is too thick so if a duck flies behind the tree it is difficult to see and/or shoot it.
4. Big Range Hunting
For the lovers of hunting, it is like real life experience of world travel to hunt. Follow & fire your target in their natural environment. Each species selected for hunting reacts differently so adapt your hunting strategy earlier.
5. iCommando Android Game
It is a first-person sniper shooting game. The game missions is to abolish all enemies before time runs out and complete the goal by killing the opposition’s leader to go to the next level.
6. Sniper Shot
Using deadly sniper rifle, look at the outer world over the telescopic sight.
Why Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is a Failure
Samsung has just added a new tablet to its lineup for Galaxy Tab Series. Its new edition is called Galaxy Tab 10.1. In my humble opinion, it is a total failure. A disaster for the company and disappointment to fans all over the world.
The design is good, sleek and stylish. But in an attempt to compete with iPad, It made loads of compromises on functionality and usability. It is not a phone and its not a computer as well, so what is it good for? Browsing the internet! Yeah, you can do that on it.
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 has Flash enabled browser. That’s great. But the good news stops here… For everything else, you need an adapter. I hate lists but here is my list of things I hate and love about new tablet.
Things I Love about Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
- Its Andriod 3.0 HoneyComb
- It has WiFi Built-in
- It has Flash Support so web browsing is great
- It is light-weight
- It is slim
- It is cheap
- It multi-touch
Things I hate about Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
- It has short battery Life
- Back Camera is 3.0 Mega Pixel and front is 2.0
- No GPS
- No Mobile Network
- No 3G Network , No Edge Connectivity
- No USB Port
- No SD Card Slot
- No HDMI Output
- Non Standard Charger Cable 30pin
- No Stylus
- No TV out Cable
So verdict is out, I have 11 reasons to hate and only 7 to love the new Galaxy Tab 10.1. I will not have it even if someone pass it as a gift to me.
10 Things Google has to Change in Android 3.0
There is good news for all the Android fans, “Android 3.0 has been released in the market” and it is the most beautiful device ever. This incredible operating system has been released for the Motorola Xoom tablet. This is a marvelous system that has given life to the Android smart phones first and now it is going to make larger touch screens like Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 lavish.
Android 3.0 is expected to be a big hit for tablet PCs of different manufacturers like Acer, HTC, Dell, LG, MSI, Asus and Toshiba. The much enhanced operating system of Google has boasted the number of upgrades.
Android 3.0 Release Date
The release date for the marvelous system named Android 3.0 is not finalized yet and is a bit unclear. The manufacturers of Motorola Xoom have already released it in the United States of America but others are waiting for Google to ensure that they can put their devices for sale in the market.
According to some of the most authentic sources the release of Android 3.0 is expected in just few weeks. People are looking forward to the huge supply of Android 3.0 tablets in the PC market at the time of its release. It is assured that the final launch is going to happen in next few weeks.
Tseng is a senior marketing manager at Google. It is reported that in the year 2008, he didn’t mentioned tablet PCs, but he did revealed a bit about an operating system that is expected to work on different computing devices. He also declared that he was a proud owner of Android prototype phone.
Android 3.0 is an Open Source
Android 3.0 is considered as a project by Google that is open source. It is observed that Google has not managed to make an extraordinary income so far from the operating system and they have planned to generate revenue through their traditional way of ads that show up while you are searching something.
The developers of this operating system have got full access to the base code. They have also gained an access to the search-able documentation.
Flexible Base Code
The only drawback of Android in the past was that its code was really flexible that made easier for it to run on various different kinds of devices. However, the interface of Android is specially designed for smart phones. The Android 3.0 is very incredible in looks as it has been observed that it has made a much better use of the tablets’ screen size.
You can understand it better with the example of Gmail. It runs best on the smart phones in the vertical orientation as it is easy that way to scan through the emails. You can run a preview pane on the right side of your tablet and your messages on the left with the help of Android 3.0 if you are an email client.
The screen size of the tablet is often accommodated with the Android 3.0, but sometimes there are some apps that still run in the smart phone mode. Android 3.0 is supposed to be much sleeker for the tablet PCs in comparison with the iOS 4.3 that is currently running on the iPad 2. The preview of the open apps is shown by the pop-ups that resemble with the thumbnail views. On the other hand the settings are also more advanced along with the status overlays.
Top 3 Security Apps For Android
Android is open-source software for mobile devices. It consists of an operating system backed by Google, and many hardware and software developers like Samsung, Motorola, Intel, etc. In 2008, Android operating system for smartphones was released.
Security Is Essential For Android Smartphone Users
For consumers who use Android Smartphone, security is very important. It is very dangerous to have your personal information or other secret data in the hands of other people. Thus protection of such smartphones is very essential.
Following we suggest the three best security applications for your Android Smartphone. Not only will these applications protect your personal information and other data but also will track your Android Smartphone when you lose it. These softwares are: Protector, WaveSecure and Lookout.
Protector – Give Password To Protect Your Android
Protector is somewhat different from the other two applications. It usually requires you to give a password to protect your existing data on your Android Smartphone. This software can protect current data of different applications on your phone, for instance, notepad, gmail, photos, SMS inbox, chat, setting, calendar, email, and many other applications.
Best Free Android Widgets
If you are Android user then you must have knowledge about what you can do with your Android. There is a great number of free applications and widgets that are available for Android phones. You can make most of these widgets and can turn your Android into a complete pocket PC for you. Following are some free widgets for Android.
1. Power Widget
This widget works wonders, as it allows you to move from one application to other in quick time. It allows you to toggle among wifi, GPS, Bluetooth, screen brightness and sync.
2. Scoreboard Application Widget
This is wonderful and useful widgets if you are a sport geek and want to have sport news in your palm. It is an official application that is released by Google. Via this application widget you get the latest news and scores of your favorite team during the game. You can also scroll through different teams to view the dates and history of their previous and upcoming match dates and history.
3. Facebook Widget
Who doesn’t use Facebook? Off course everyone upon the earth is a Facebook user and if you have Android then this widget is perfect for your Android phone. Via this widget you can change your pictures, set updates and reply to messages in quick time. This application works efficiently, so you can rely on it for Facebooking.
4. Android Agenda Widget
This widget is available in two views i.e. medium and large. It is a useful and efficient way to get access to your expected appointments. It also allows you to extract data from multiple calendars instead of only the native Android Calendar application.
5. Fox News Widget
Everybody wants to keep a close eye on what is going on around the world, so this widget is perfect for getting latest news updates. It has an auto-refresh button that minimizes your work.
Top 5 Best Shooter Games for Android
Android phones use Google based technology. Google also introduce multiple applications on daily basis. In fact, one of the famous features of Android phones is its shooter games that are very popular amongst the Android users. Here are some details of 5 top shooter games for Android:
1. Antibody Lite
This is an action packed game. The main tale revolves around a youthful scientist. He makes an endeavor to battle against a bug to save the globe. The rationale of this game is the governing group to eradicate the virus. You can choose vigorous cells to manage over anxiously or assault the contaminated cells. The colors of vigorous cells are green and Blue. Gray are neutral cells and red color cells are for metamorphosis. The game players tick on the healthy cells and reproduce other cells. After that, the life span of other cells will be reduced.
2. Toon Warz
This is another famous 3 dimensional (3D) action game with EPS (Encapsulated Post Script) characteristics. It consists of the tasks of single player and concurrent multiplayer death games. It also has perceptive gearshift, dazzling illustrations and extreme conflict. This game may be considered as the first game that can be played with different operating systems. Hence the clients of various mobile phones systems can play the game along with each other with the help of Wi-Fi.
3. iCommando
This is very interesting game where a rebel group takes over the control of U.S Air Force consignment plane C-130. The plane carries military utensils. The rebel group lands the plane in Nigeria and has a plan of selling the equipment to local terrorist group with the name NAMD. The top of the line skilled military shooter is part of Special Forces of U.S.
Samsung Galaxy TAB P1000
There have been a lot of articles on the Samsung Galaxy Tab but now is the time to look at the actual product. The Samsung Galaxy Tab P1000 is by far best Android tablet to date. When it comes to comparing it with the iPad the main difference is the screen size. The iPad having 9.7 inches and Samsung having 7 inches, which make the iPad something you put in your laptop bag and take out only when really needed.
Before we move on, let’s take a look at the specifications of Samsung Galaxy TAB P1000:
Specs
- Display: TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors 7 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel
- OS: Google Android v2.2 froyo
- CPU: ARM Cortex A8 processor, one GHz processor
- GPU: PowerVR SGX540
- RAM: 512MB
- Storage: 16GB or 32GB of flash storage, plus a microSD card slot for expansion
- Connectivity: 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Bluetoth 3.0, A-GPS
- GSM Network: 2.5G (GSM/ GPRS/ EDGE) : 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz; 3G (HSUPA 5.76Mbps, HSDPA 7.2Mbps) : 900 / 1900 / 2100 MHz
- Camera: 1.3MP front-facing camera, 3.15 MP, 2048×1536 pixels, autofocus, LED flash on back, 720p HD video recording and with a feature
- Video support: DivX, Xvid, MPEG4, H.263, H.264, WMV
- Sensors: Accelerometer, Geo-magnetic sensor, Gyroscope, light sensor
- Battery: Up to 28 h (2G) / Up to 25 h 30 min (3G)
- Dimensions: 7.5″ 4.7″ 0.5″
- Weight: 380 g
- Optional Accessories: Keyboard, stylus, TV-out cable, car dock, covers
Customizations made by Samsung
We have always seen Samsung come out with new stuff and with its own special customizations. Same is the case here, they have done a lot of customization on the Galaxy TAB Android tablet. It is using the Android OS and feels like an Android too, but it doesn’t look like it in anyway. The same Touch Wiz custom user interface can also be found on this Samsung product. Samsung has redesigned a lot of apps and have even replaced some too. While there’s still support for Google Android Marketplace, but you can also use the Samsung App store and download some cool stuff from there and all these applications are specially designed for the Galaxy TAB. A notable mention must as well be made about the special folders, Readers Hub, Media Hub, Music Hub and Social Hub, you can order things according to these four areas of interest as their names suggest, this is a very different feature from any Tablet out in the market.
Best Twitter Apps for Android
If you are the user of Android and want to install twitter in your Android then you have come to the right place. There is a heap of twitter applications for Android. All of them are offering different types of options and facilities for Twitter users. Following are four best Twitter applications for Android phone.
Davanum Srinivas’ Unofficial Twitter Client for Android
You can enjoy twitter with full freedom via this application that is specially designed for Android 2.2 phone. You can check updates of your twitter account and set your new status message. It offers a user friendly interface which allows you to get easy access to your Twitter account and keep your self engrossed with your Twitter friends. This application is ideal for minimalists and advanced users will demand more features.
1. TwitterDroid
This is a wonderful Android application for Twitter users. This application helps users to set their Twitter account preferences and keep them saved in their Android phones. Twitter users can login on to their Twitter accounts via this application and enjoy chatting with their friends and setting new status messages. This application also shows the expanded twitter updates from the timeline of your friends and it allows you to post a tweet from your timeline. There will be a waiting spinning that appears on the screen when you send and extract tweets. You can refresh your tweets. Apart from these features, it catches the connection errors and displays alert.
2. Trak for Android
Trak is an advanced Android application for twitter. It is much better than its counterpart applications. It is a type of a location based technology that is merged with Twitter. This application uses GPS in order to broadcast the location of its Android user along with the tweets they do.
Essential Android Games
3D games are becoming very popular and essential on Google’s Android Operating Systems in mobile phones. Here is the list of latest games for your Android Phones:
1. Armored Strike (Free/$3.99)
This is very simple game for your android phone. Simply, you have play against your opponent till you eliminate him. It gives you a wide range of weapons to play.
2. Cestos (Free)
It a strategic game in which you have to make 5 moves at a time and acquire best result to beat your opponent. This game also supports multiplayer and social options.
3. UniWar ($4.99)
This is an online multiplayer strategy game in which you have to fight over 50 different maps and get the best result to lead the battlefield.
4. Robo Defense (Free/$2.99)
It is a defense game for your mobile phone. It provides you the facility to upgrade it for new gaming options. It have very addictive user interface and allows you beautiful graphics. You can easily use your strategy power to enhance your defense for your army.
5. Bonsai Blast (Free)
In this game, a path is followed by the colored beads and they are going to an end point, you just have to stop them from reaching there by linking at least three beads of same colors.
