tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51929275610367169502024-03-12T19:46:48.726-07:00Latest Android Powered Phones & Tablets Reviews, Smartphones Apps, Features, NewsHow to move from iPhone to Android, If you're a smartphones lover, no doubt you like to check out our latest Smartphones Apps, Android Tablets Updates, Samrt Phone Reviews, 3G News, Apple iPhone 6, Samsung Galaxy S4, Sony Xperia ZL, Nuclear SX, Nokia, guide to moving from iOS to Android.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5192927561036716950.post-53377340799716325402013-04-17T00:09:00.001-07:002013-04-17T00:09:10.481-07:00How Do People Shop for Mobile Phones?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PBQpv-j7dAY/UW5KXpoK2fI/AAAAAAAADPQ/KqRqYVkhl6s/s1600/mobile.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="123" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PBQpv-j7dAY/UW5KXpoK2fI/AAAAAAAADPQ/KqRqYVkhl6s/s320/mobile.png" width="320" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 32px;">Demand for mobile phones shows no signs of slowing down. Google teamed with Compete to gauge the impact of digital on mobile shoppers, and discovered that online has fundamentally changed the purchase path. With wireless related searches up 82%, and four times as many shoppers using online video to research, brands need to raise awareness and inform shoppers’ decisions online.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 32px;">Source: <a href="http://www.google.com/think/research-studies/how-do-people-shop-for-mobile-phones-research.html">google</a></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5192927561036716950.post-23824809853804729972013-04-11T23:42:00.001-07:002013-04-11T23:42:16.733-07:00What I learned about mobile in China<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5NVPSwU_tnk/UWessPDBPpI/AAAAAAAADOc/MEerTRrxx0Q/s1600/chinese_iphone.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5NVPSwU_tnk/UWessPDBPpI/AAAAAAAADOc/MEerTRrxx0Q/s320/chinese_iphone.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">In China I met several entrepreneurs and others at the Bluetooth World conference there. China has a very different mobile culture, so thought I'd share what I learned here:</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">1. Facebook and Twitter and many other sites don't work. Neither do their mobile apps. Yes, you can use a VPN or a proxy server, but most sites are very slow compared to when I use those sites in the US. (The government blocks those sites. Most of the entrepreneurs I talked with said the government does that to protect local businesses and their own pocketbooks).</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">2. Almost every high-end user had an iPhone. Others had Android. I never saw Windows Phone or Blackberry's being used. Android is coming on strong, everyone admits.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">3. Every iPhone was jailbroken. Why? Because using the Apple App Store is painful at best and totally unusable at worst. Why? The speed of downloading apps from Apple is horrid. So, everyone makes their phone have a Chinese app store so they can download apps fast. That means Apple will see lower revenue per device than it does in the states, where it can sell movies, music, and apps directly.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">4. Every service has a Chinese copy. In the shot I took below there is a YouTube copy. Actually several copies. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">5. The Chinese hate the firewall too, but they say it just means you gotta be "entrepreneurial" to get around it. Either by using Chinese copies of services you like, or by using VPNs.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">6. There isn't LTE in Shanghai yet. That I thought was totally shocking, given how modern and wealthy the city is. My phones, back in San Francisco, are dramatically faster on videos and things like Waze. Everyone says that LTE finally got approval from the government and should be showing up by the end of the year.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">7. There is a strong mobile culture. It felt a lot like San Francisco, with lots of apps for local food, transit, etc. Plus, the people i met with knew exactly how the local apps compared with things like Yelp or OpenTable.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">8. Many apps have "offline" features. Baidu maps, for instance, aren't as accurate as Google's maps, but they work offline, which matters because of lack of LTE and also pricing plans that charge you per megabyte downloaded.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">9. There are lots of low-cost Android phones and systems coming out. Think about how Facebook's new Home App takes over app launching and you are close to how these new Chinese phones take over your notifications and app screens. They also strip out all Google stuff and add in their own apps and search. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">10. Everyone knows how to get their phones customized. You can pay people to root your phones for a few dollars and load you up with the apps you want. This lets people who buy very low-end phones get similar experiences you'll get on more expensive phones.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">For those of you who have visited China, or who live there (Google+ was the only social network I could use directly -- the others I used through Flipboard just fine) what other things have you noticed about how Chinese use mobile phones vs. how people in US and Europe use them?</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5192927561036716950.post-24578742877157789182013-04-05T22:48:00.000-07:002013-04-05T22:48:11.926-07:00Google Drive Now Comes With More Options for Android Apps Storage and Sync<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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One of the advantages of Apple’s storage in the cloud service iCloud
is that it allows the developers to user their available storage as a
secure environment for synchronizing and backing up data and settings.
Google’s Drive was inferior until now, as the options provided to the
Android app developers were limited, but the Mountain View-based company
<a class="ext-link" href="http://googleappsdeveloper.blogspot.ro/2013/04/more-ways-for-apps-to-write-to-drive.html" rel="external nofollow">announced</a> the inclusion of new options that make Drive a more powerful service.<br />
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Until now, the Android app developers had two options. The first one
was BackupManager, which allowed them to save a small amount of data and
settings, but it didn’t come with sync between terminals, nor access on
demand. The second option was the Google Drive storage itself, but it
only allow the users to simply store data, which were easy to delete,
just like any other personal file stored in the cloud.<br />
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Google has announced tat the Google Drive API options are now richer
allowing the users to create special folders that will not be accessible
directly. Therefore Google Drive will allow the devs to use generous
and secure storage that can now be employed for backup and sync.<br />
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Source: .<a href="http://www.android.gs/google-drive-now-comes-with-more-options-for-android-apps-storage-and-sync/">android.gs</a><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5192927561036716950.post-2991608440626461532013-04-02T03:58:00.000-07:002013-04-02T03:58:07.666-07:00Facebook Android-powered Smartphone To Run Facebook Home UI<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It seems that Facebook will announce its own smartphone this week, one that will allegedly run a new Android UI, which will be named Facebook Home.</div>
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The name of the users interface comes from two different sources, according to which Facebook Home is going to be the appellation of the new Android UI. According to <a class="ext-link seoquake-nofollow" href="http://9to5google.com/2013/03/31/facebooks-forked-android-os-actually-called-facebook-home/" rel="external nofollow" style="color: #148bc7;">9to5 Google</a>, Facebook has already sent invitations to the press members for its media event, invitations which read “Come See Our New Home on Android”. At first glance, one might think that the company will unveil a new Facebook application experience for Android OS, but it seems that Facebook Home is the actual name of the product.</div>
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Facebook Home is suggested by Twitter tipster <a class="ext-link seoquake-nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/evleaks/status/318349853543522304" rel="external nofollow" style="color: #148bc7;">@evleaks</a>, as well. He says that the current version of the Facebook app for Android OS has to be updated in order to support Facebook Home. The company will hold a media event, which will take place on April 4. We will be right here to cover it for you.</div>
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Source: <a href="http://www.android.gs/facebook-android-phone/" style="background-color: transparent;">android.gs</a></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5192927561036716950.post-87812204653633172452013-03-25T22:11:00.001-07:002013-03-25T22:12:45.692-07:00Facebook Update for Android App<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Facebook is out with another update for its Android app exactly one day after it released an update for its iOS app. This new app lets users change their profile picture using the app. Additionally, users can even choose and control what News Feeds they want to receive notifications for and what information they want displayed.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">Users can hide stuff they don’t want to appear, and can even report spam on a post in News Feed. Users can also initiate a group message easily and without going through several steps. The app itself lets users check in on what their friends are up to via their activities. Its possible to share updates, photos and videos instantly with people you pick from your friend list. Notifications about every time a friend likes or comments on a post will appear on the app. Chatting and texting is also possible directly and the messages go and are received without any lags.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">iOS got a new version the version 5.6 with which users can update their cover photos directly. Being able to change the cover photo is a feature that is happily welcomed in the Facebook world. The Facebook iOS app works with the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad, running iOS 5.0 or higher. You wont miss what your friends are up to, on Facebook and even if your business trip has you off shoring somewhere too far to know what is going on during the weekend life back home, you can stay updated with this app on the go. If you want to instantaneously share an update, video or pictures you can do so with this app. You can even receive notifications each time someone comments or likes a post.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">Facebook knows the importance of having to update their app constantly and even though the features on Facebook have not had many changes, people want to have access to those all the time through their very portable devices. January saw two updates, one where pictures load up faster this again is dependent on how quick your system is. The second change was in the form of giving users more control over their account.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">The app lets users even send voice messages, which is uber cool since you can simply speak into your phone and have a fun message carried along to your friend in an instant. This brings out the messenger aspect of Facebook. The Messenger app for Android and iOS both work seamlessly. Through the Messenger, you can send a voice message by clicking the record voice option, and then by long pressing the red button during the record. Releasing the record button will have your message recorded and ready to go out. At present the Messenger lets you record only a minute long message. This seems sufficient as written messages don’t usually take up more than a minute of reading. Longer messages could hamper the whole Messenger appeal and will also result in unwanted lags. Facebook however is focusing on promoting and improving the Messenger app.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">Source: - </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://www.91mobiles.com/blog/24677/Facebook+Update+for+Android+App.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">91mobiles</a></span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5192927561036716950.post-66543911094384641452013-03-24T22:58:00.000-07:002013-03-24T22:58:06.359-07:00Magic 2014 coming soon to Android<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Look, we all know that you have a really bitchin' black/blue Magic:
The Gathering deck tucked somewhere in the closet from high school, so
it's okay if you're a little excited that the famous trading card game
is finding its way to Android devices later this year. We got some time
to play it at PAX East 2013, and it proved to be as reliable a game as
its predecessor.<br />
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Magic 2014 will have a lot of the same elements that iOS and PC
gamers have been enjoying in Duels of the Planeswalkers for a little
while now. An interesting shift with this edition is that many of the
cards in Magic 2014 are going to be hitting the digital landscape before
the world of print (as it should). We'll also see ten new decks,
fifteen one-shot encounters, and ten new puzzle challenges. The Magic
guys were also being coy about another game mode that they weren't
showing off just yet.<br />
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For those unfamiliar, Magic: The Gathering has opposing players
destroy one another with summoned monsters, ancient artifacts, and good
old-fashioned fireballs by tapping mystical resources across several
planes (with cards, not for real (though for real would also be cool)).
In Magic 2014 for Android, players can buy new decks through in-app
purchases or unlock them through regular gameplay alongside new cards
for their existing decks. There's a story-rich campaign mode included in
Magic 2014, as well as online multiplayer.<br />
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Duels of the Planeswalkers still doesn't provide absolute deck
customization, opting instead for tweaks to pre-built decks in order to
keep things simple for new players. I'd rather a more freestyle option
for those of us that like to get our hands dirty.<br />
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Keep an eye out for Magic 2014: Duels of the Planeswalkers, in Google Play this summer. Hit up <a href="http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Digital/DuelsOfThePlaneswalkers.aspx">Magic's site</a> for more info. </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5192927561036716950.post-31019757962276123672013-03-06T03:56:00.000-08:002013-03-06T03:56:23.124-08:00Apple’s new iPad out in April, iPhone 5S in Augus<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The iPhone 5S and iPad rumour mill is getting stronger. <a class="seoquake-nofollow" href="http://www.imore.com/iphone-5s-planned-august-next-ipads-may-debut-april" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border: 0px; color: rgb(3, 101, 198) !important; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: line-through !important; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">iMore</a> has reported that the Apple will launch new versions of the iPad, the iPad mini in April while the iPhone 5S will be released later in August.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The report states that <em style="border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">sources familiar with the plans have told iMore that the iPhone 5S does indeed have the same basic design as the iPhone 5, with a more advanced processor and an improved camera.</em> The report on iMore adds, <em style="border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Retina for the iPad mini, however, still doesn’t sound imminent. </em>The iPad fifth generation is likely to come with bumped up specifications.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So does this mean Apple is finally giving us a 12 or a 13 megapixel camera, like the Nexus 4, Xperia Z and LG Optimus G? Let’s hope so.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5192927561036716950.post-74190982517980132082013-03-06T03:43:00.000-08:002013-03-06T03:44:47.193-08:00IDC: More Than 50% of the Phones Sold in 2013 Will Be Smartphones<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There’s no doubt now: in 2013 we will be officially entering the smartphone era, as the latest studies show that the smartphone sales will overtake the mobile phone sales for the first time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">According to a study by IDC (International Data Corporation), the main promoters of the explosive growth of the smartphone segment are the emergent markets like Brazil, China, or India where the quick spreading of the 4G networks and the decrease in internet data packages price have made the smartphones quite popular devices.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">According to the estimations, the producers that are activating the the smartphone business will ship about 918.6 million smartphones by the the end of the year, representing 50.1% of the total volume.</span></div>
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If the idea of a networked security camera that you can remotely view and receive alerts from appeals to you (but the $$$ of a commercial model does not), read on as we show you how to turn older generation Android phones into sophisticated security cameras.</div>
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Why Would I Want to Do This?</h3>
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Well, we hate to presume, but we imagine you opened this tutorial because you have something you want to keep on eye on. Whether that’s your backdoor to watch for delivered packages, your new ferret cage to see if Mr. Winks actually uses the super-deluxe hammock lounge on the top floor, or your kids in the backyard while you’re in the house tidying up, is your business.</div>
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We’re just here to help you do it cheaply with old hardware you likely have laying around already (or can acquire easily off eBay). The Android phone we used for the tutorial, an HTC Hero, can be picked up off eBay for $20-25—a fraction of the cost of Wi-Fi security cameras, and the phone will offer a radically more customizable user experience.</div>
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What Do I Need?</h3>
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For this tutorial you’ll need the following things:</div>
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<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;">One Android Phone with Camera.</li>
<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;">One charging cable.</li>
<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;">One copy of <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pas.webcam" style="color: #114491;">IP Webcam</a> (Free) (for continuous streaming).</li>
<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;">One copy of <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dooblou.SECuRETSpyCam" style="color: #114491;">SECuRET SpyCam</a> ($4.50) (for motion-activated capture and alerts).</li>
<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;">Access to a Wi-Fi network local to the Android phone.</li>
<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;">(Optional) Remote access to the Wi-Fi network to monitor continuous video feed away from home/work.</li>
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Why two different camera applications? During our testing we had trouble finding an application that could both stream continuous video in an effective and easy to access manner <em>and</em> issue motion-detection alerts effectively. Rather than have you set up a camera system that’s just kind of mediocre at both tasks, we’re highlighting a two prong approach where you can select the best app for your needs and desired level of monitoring.</div>
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If you want to get a notice whenever someone, say, drops a package off on your porch or opens your back gate, follow along with the first portion of our tutorial that details setting up SECuRET SpyCam.</div>
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If you want to generate a continuous live stream, like you would if you wanted to be able to continually check in on the results of an experiment or children playing in the backyard, follow along with the second portion of our tutorial detailing how to set up IP Webcam.</div>
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In addition, there are a few things worth noting before we proceed. First, this tutorial is focused entirely on the software side of things. Because each physical phone and location of installation will be unique, it’s an exercise for the reader to find their own mounting solution for their Android phone-turned-security camera. In our testing we used a suction-cup mount intended to mount the phone to a car windshield as it worked well to mount the camera to windows and smooth surfaces.</div>
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Second, if you want to access your camera from outside the network we recommend doing so in a secure fashion. Configuring a VPN is outside of the scope of today’s tutorial but we have plenty of great tutorials on How-To Geek including <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/135036/how-to-connect-to-a-vpn-on-android/" style="color: #114491;">How to Connect to a VPN on Android</a>and <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=14&ved=0CEgQFjADOAo&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.howtogeek.com%2F51772%2Fhow-to-setup-a-vpn-server-using-a-dd-wrt-router%2F&ei=d2AuUaGjKYKVygHk4oDQAw&usg=AFQjCNGqwwSBai_8r49APZ_gqQAYk42wQQ&bvm=bv.42965579,d.aWc" style="color: #114491;">How to Setup a VPN Server Using a DD-WRT Router</a> to get you started.</div>
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Finally, if you are reusing one of your old phones we would strongly recommend performing a factory reset on the device and then updating it to the most current version of Android available. Stability is important when deploying a device such as a security camera, so removing any extra applications, freeing up as much memory as possible, and running the most recent stable Android release for your device are all important considerations. Refer to the documentation for your specific phone to reset it and update Android.</div>
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Configuring SECuRET SpyCam</h3>
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In all our tests of Android motion-detection software, SECuRET SpyCam came out ahead in every category. Its motion detection algorithms were the most consistent, it features tons of individual settings you can refine to help it work with the widest number of devices, it also features email and Twitter based notification as well as automated Dropbox-uploading, as well as the ability to capture not only photos but video segments too.</div>
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First, grab a copy of SECuRET SpyCam in the Play Store and install it to your device—if you’re wary of purchasing an app without test driving it first <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dooblou.SECuRETSpyCamBETA&feature=also_installed" style="color: #114491;">there is a demo copy available here</a>.</div>
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After you have installed the application, launch it to begin the configuration process:</div>
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In the upper right hand corner of the display, next to the help icon, is the settings menu icon. Click on the settings menu. In our testing we found that leaving the majority of the default settings alone was ideal; however there are several settings that need configuration right out of the gate.</div>
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The first important decision is to decide whether you want the security camera to capture still photos or video segments when triggered. Navigate to <strong>General –> Motion Capture Mode –></strong> and select either Photo or Video. Although we tested both functions, for the purposes of this tutorial we’re configuring the camera for photo capture. <img alt="" border="" class="lazyLoad" height="201" src="http://cdn.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/2013-02-27_112327.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: -2px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="2013-02-27_112327" width="320" /></div>
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While still in the <strong>General</strong> menu, select <strong>Photo Settings</strong> to configure photo and notification settings.</div>
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Here you can opt for a color or black and white photo, what resolution you want the photos to be taken in (lower resolution if you’re just monitoring the UPS guy coming and going, higher resolution if you hope to capture a license plate or other identifying information), as well as whether or not your want the camera to capture multiple exposures of each triggered moment (you can set the burst capture mode up to 5 photos per trigger).</div>
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Finally under the <strong>Actions</strong> section you can turn on Email and Twitter notification. While there may be some application for live Tweeting your security camera images, we’re more interested in configuring the email service.</div>
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Select <strong>Email, </strong>then check <strong>Auto Email Captures</strong>, and then plug in the credentials for a Gmail account. Finally, plug in a delivery address for the alerts. You can customize the email’s Subject/Message lines, but we found no particular need to do so.</div>
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The next step is to configure Dropbox syncing. By default all captures are stored on the local device (and emailed to you if have email alerts enabled). We want to go a step further and sync the captures to Dropbox so we have a convenient backup and, should the device itself get taken, we still have the photos. Navigate to <strong>General –> Dropbox</strong> to plug in your Dropbox login information and settings.</div>
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First, check <strong>Auto Sync Captures</strong>, then click <strong>Log In</strong> to authenticate SECuRET SpyCam with your Dropbox account. The final setting is to select whether you want the Dropbox syncing to occur over Wi-Fi only or via Wi-Fi and your cellular data plan.</div>
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Now that we’ve configured the basics, it’s time to test the camera out. We strongly recommend not messing around with the default settings until you’ve actually tried out your system—in almost every instance the default settings worked fine for us and required no further tinkering.</div>
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Exit back to the main menu and select <strong>Built-in Camera</strong> and press <strong>Start</strong>.</div>
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Once you press start you’ll see a screen like the one above—the smaller screen in the upper left hand corner is there to display the motion detection algorithm in action.</div>
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Since it’s a rather dreary, snowy, and gray day outside, we’re going to use something a little more colorful for our test subjects this afternoon: some African Cichlids. Not only are the Yellow Lab test subjects brightly colored but they’re extremely curious fish and we know it won’t take long for them to investigate the camera attached to the side of their tank. To start the actual detection mode tap the screen and then press the play button that appears in the lower menu bar.</div>
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It only takes a minute or two of waiting before one of the fish swims over to investigate:</div>
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The image is captured, stored to the device, and then an email alert is issued along with the file syncing to our Dropbox account. The email alerts are simple but they get the job done:</div>
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That’s all there is to it; once you’ve done the hard work of configuring the app and positioning your camera, there’s nothing left to do but check in on it periodically to make sure it hasn’t fallen off the window or been unplugged.</div>
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Configuring IP Webcam</h3>
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While SECuRET SpyCam was our favorite pick for motion-based capture, it has one glaring oversight which prevented it from being a one-stop-shop for our Android security camera needs: it doesn’t include a simple streaming function. If you want a security camera you can continuously monitor (not just see when it issues you an alert) you’ll need to install a streaming application for that purpose. Fortunately there is a well established, free, and robust solution in IP Webcam.</div>
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IP Webcam is a perfect tool for turning your Android device into a streaming security camera. You can monitor the video feed (and take photos from the camera) using any modern web browser, use free cam viewers like <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rcreations.ipcamviewerBasic" style="color: #114491;">IP Cam Viewer</a> to monitor the camera from other Android devices, connect it into Skype, and even stream it right into media players like VLC.</div>
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Before we start actively monitoring the feed, however, let’s do some basic configuration (IP Webcam is even easier to setup than SECuRet SpyCam). First, <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pas.webcam" style="color: #114491;">install the application from the Play Store</a>. Once the application is installed, launch it, and you’ll be dumped right into the configuration panel—seen above.</div>
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Much like we left the defaults alone in the previous section of the tutorial, we’re going to do the same here—once you have tested the camera you can begin tweaking settings to meet your needs if necessary. Of the few settings we are going to tweak, the first is to scroll down and check <strong>Stream on device boot</strong>, we want our security camera to turn back on in the event that the Android device crashes and restarts.</div>
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The second setting worth looking into right away is the <strong>login/password</strong> setting. Since we’re the only ones with access to our Wi-Fi network, we opted to make setting up and deploying our device easier by skipping this step.</div>
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Once you’ve tweaked these basic settings it’s time to position your device and start up the server. Scroll to the bottom of the configuration panel and click <strong>Start server</strong>.</div>
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You’ll see a screen like the one above—minus the fish of course, unless you’re also setting up your phone to monitor an aquarium.</div>
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At this point you need the IP address and port number of the server. It’s printed on the bottom of the screen (you can also click <strong>How do I connect?</strong> in the upper left hand corner. Navigating to the address provided yields a simple HTML page like so:</div>
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There you’ll find feed links and/or instructions for connecting IP Webcam to a wide variety of viewing sources including streaming it to media players, watching it directly in your browser via the Java plugin, and linking it to Android-based camera viewing apps. The fastest way to start monitoring the feed is to use the built-in Java view like so:</div>
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It’s not particularly elegant but it displays the video with very little lag. The solution we preferred was to open the video stream in popular video application VLC by running VLC, navigating to Media –> Open Network Stream, and plugging in the playlist link:<a href="http://x.x.x.x:8080/playlist.m3u" style="color: #114491;" title="http://192.168.1.145:8080/playlist.m3u">http://x.x.x.x:8080/playlist.m3u</a>, where x.x.x.x is the camera’s address on the local network:</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5192927561036716950.post-2102530867018444792013-02-25T20:47:00.003-08:002013-02-25T20:47:54.699-08:00BlackBerry launches first Z10 device in India at Rs 43,490<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #3c3d3d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">BlackBerry today launched its much-awaited smartphone Z10, powered by its latest operating system 'BlackBerry 10', in India at a price of Rs 43,490, taking rivals Apple and Samsung head on in the world's second largest telecom market.
The Canadian smartphone maker has launched its latest model in India nearly a month after the global launch of new operating system 'BlackBerry 10' and two devices Z10 and Q10 on this platform on January 30.
"Without a doubt the BlackBerry Z10 is among the most important and much-awaited BlackBerry launches in the history of the Indian smartphone industry," BlackBerry Managing Director (India) Sunil Dutt said in a statement. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #3c3d3d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">With BlackBerry 10, the company has "re-designed, re-engineered and re-invented" BlackBerry to create a new and unique mobile computing experience, he added.
"Although, the device is priced high, this positioning by BlackBerry was on expected lines. The operating systems looks good and has some excellent features," Gartner Principal Research Analyst Anshul Gupta said.
The new device is powered by a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, and has 2GB RAM.</span><br />
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It has 8 megapixel rear camera with LED flash, a 2MP HD camera in front and its connectivity options include Wi-Fi, 2G, 3G, 4G, Bluetooth 4.0, microUSB 2.0 and NFC.
The device supports content in eight Indian languages - Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Devanagiri (Hindi), Gurmukhi (Punjabi), Gujarati, and Bengali as well as support for third-party solutions for Indian language input.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5192927561036716950.post-55265057883818077742013-02-15T01:24:00.000-08:002013-02-15T01:24:36.218-08:00Are you ready for BlackBerry 10?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #3c3d3d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">It’s a Brand New Year. Are You Ready for BlackBerry 10 and BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10? </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #3c3d3d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">It can be easy to mistaken BlackBerry 10 as simply another new smartphone that will get some space on the shelves. But for those of us who work in the industry, and particularly at Research In Motion, we see it quite differently. BlackBerry 10 is a whole new platform that has unparalleled multitasking capabilities, gesture-based interactions, and is rich with features that can serve your personal and work lives 24/7. Every feature, every gesture, and every detail is designed to keep you moving.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5192927561036716950.post-6541517147167072013-02-14T22:17:00.003-08:002013-02-14T22:21:11.495-08:00Could This Be the iPhone 5S?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #3c3d3d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">Photos of what may be Apple's next iPhone surfaced online Monday. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #3c3d3d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">Posted by a Chinese technology site, the images allegedly show the iPhone 5S already going into production. Nearly identical to the iPhone 5, the handset shown in the photos has an updated vibration motor (some have complained the iPhone 5's is too noisy). Beyond that minor difference, however, it looks identical to the model currently on the market. Apple launched the iPhone 5 last September. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #3c3d3d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"> <i><b>The Chinese site also suggested that an iPhone 6 was on the way, soon. It said the 6 will sport a larger display, increasing from 4.8 inches to 5 inches.</b></i></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5192927561036716950.post-86513255251416343132013-02-14T04:22:00.002-08:002013-02-14T04:22:52.949-08:00Rumor: Apple's 4.8-inch iPhone 6 won't launch till June 2014 due to screen yield issues<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #3c3d3d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">Apple plans to introduce an iPhone with a 4.8-inch display and additional processing cores to help stem market share losses to rivals like Samsung but has been unable to accelerate the launch of the product into the 2013 calendar year due to challenges in producing enough of the larger displays, one investment research firm said Wednesday.
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #3c3d3d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">In a report issued to clients on Wednesday, Jefferies analyst Peter Misek said Apple's product roadmap had called for a 4.8-inch iPhone to launch sometime during the 2014 calendar year but added that the company recently made an unsuccessful attempt to bump up its launch into the back half of 2013 amid increased competition and lost market share to rival Samsung. </span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5192927561036716950.post-34564658177655531612013-02-14T03:28:00.000-08:002013-02-14T03:28:27.649-08:00Sony Xperia ZL Release Date Is April, It’s Cheaper Than The Xperia Z<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #3c3d3d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">Announced together at CES 2013 in January, Sony Xperia Z and Xperia ZL were to of the most popular smartphones that showed up at the Las Vegas-based event, being the first smartphones of the Japanese phone maker powered by a quad-core processor. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #3c3d3d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">We already know that Sony Xperia Z release date for the European market was set for the second half of March, but, for the time being, the price of the Xperia Z smartphone is still unknown. Anyway, we’ve seen the Xperia Z listed for pre-order at a price of €650. </span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5192927561036716950.post-29760756825515366082013-02-12T22:43:00.001-08:002013-02-12T22:43:28.566-08:00Bring On The iPhone 6! First Look From The Apple Fantasy Prototype League<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #3c3d3d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">Now that the first signs of an actual iPhone 6 model testing iOS 7 emanating from the IP footprint of Apple‘s Cupertino campus have been identified in app usage logs, it’s time to open the next season of the product design equivalent of Fantasy Football. Contestants pick features from existing Apple products as well as from their overheated imaginations in the attempt to beat the iPhone maker at its own game. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #3c3d3d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">As I wrote last season, there is an interesting, dream-like symbiosis that happens around these prototypes. A kind of parallel alternate reality, aching to be true.
The first player to field an entry is Italian designer Federico Ciccarese of Ciccarese Design. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #3c3d3d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">He takes his inspiration from the current Nano line, but the real innovation is his suggestion of a merging of iOS and Mac OS X in the next version of Apple’s mobile software. Conceptually, that is almost certainly where things are headed, but my guess is that it will more likely be OS X that morphs into iOS instead of the other way around as shown here.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5192927561036716950.post-59833802155584754942013-02-12T22:38:00.000-08:002013-02-12T22:38:20.813-08:00iPhone 6 Reportedly Coming with 5-inch Display, Large Screens Aren’t “Oversized, Awkward, and Hard To Use” Anymore?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #3c3d3d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">Apple and the Apple fanboys have always mocked the competition’s products for having “ridiculously” big displays. For five years in a row Apple claimed that 3.5 inches is the ideal size for a smartphone display, then it launched the iPhone 5 with a 4-inch display. Magically, the 3.5 inch was no longer the ideal size for displays, because the 4-inch display was “designed the right way: it’s bigger, but it’s the same width as iPhone 4S.” Really? </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #3c3d3d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">You’ve all seen the new iPhone 5, which is basically a taller 4S with an improved processor and aluminium casing. Really, John Ivy? I wonder what you do with so much spare time. But we are not here to mock the iPhone 5 and its silly improvements introduced as major and revolutionary features. We are here to talk about Apple’s plans in the smartphone segment and how they are starting to realize they have fallen behind their Android rivals.
n December Jefferies analyst Peter Misek wrote that Apple is testing several iPhone 6 prototypes with 4.8-inch displays and quad-core processors. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #3c3d3d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">These specs remind me of a Galaxy S3, but that’s a whole different story. At that time we though that that can’t be possible for Apple, a company that constantly said that their smartphones can be handled with just one hand.
But CNet informed on Thursday, quoting post by a Sina Tech user called Old Yao, saying that Apple is reportedly planning a 5-inch iPhone 6.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #3c3d3d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">The iPhone 6 spotted at a supplier is wider and longer than the iPhone 5. This sounds to me like Apple will “go large for large’s sake, you end up with a phone that feels oversize, awkward, and hard to use.” This quote is from Apple’s official website that ridicules the Android smartphones with big displays, saying that iPhone 5′s 4-inch Retina Display that “it’s just right.”
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5192927561036716950.post-19485048408584333162013-02-12T22:29:00.000-08:002013-02-12T22:29:04.811-08:00Samsung Galaxy S4 Might Come with Quad-core Processor, Shows Benchmark Log<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #3c3d3d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">If you ask people on the street which phone they expect the most, many of them will give a straight answer, the Samsung Galaxy S4. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #3c3d3d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">The more people are interested in a device, the more related rumors appear. The company hasn’t announced the Galaxy S4 officially, but we know that it will launch the so-called “next big thing” pretty soon. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #3c3d3d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"> Now, the latest news is provided by the database of GLBenchmark. The benchmark displays a smartphone called Samsung SHV-E300S, which seems that has been put to a few tests. We’re not quite sure, but rumor has it that the Samsung E300S is, in fact, the Korean version of the Galaxy S4 (aka GT-I9500 or SGH-I337).
In case it proves to actually be the Samsung Galaxy S4, the listing of GLBenchmark offers good news, bu also bad news.
et’s start with the bad news. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #3c3d3d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">It seems that the Galaxy S4 is not going to sport the new Exynos 5 Octa processor (which includes eight cores), which is not such a big surprise in my opinion. The users who want this great CPU, will have to wait until the next Galaxy Note is launched because the phablet will surely come with the 8-core monster.
Moving further, you should not be worried about the fact that the Galaxy S4 won’t sport a processor with eight cores because according to the benchmark results, Samsung will, one again, have the fastest smartphone on the planet (again, if in fact the results for the S4 are legit). </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #3c3d3d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">Despite the fact that there are only two tests taken by the Galaxy S4, the showed results are quite awesome. In terms of offscreen and onscreen 3D performance, the S4 scored 41.3 fps and 39.4 fps, respectively. If the numbers are true, than the Galaxy S3 and the Galaxy Note 2 will seem as two “Davids” standing next to “Goliath”. Moreover, not even the HTC Butterfly (a device known for its high performances), can match the Samsung Galaxy S4, with a score of 29.7 fps and 28.1 fps.
But there is a good reason why the results of the Galaxy S4 are so good, and up to breaking any existing performance record. It seems that the smartphone is powered by a 1.9 quad-core 1.9 GHz Snapdragon S4 Pro processor. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #3c3d3d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">Also, the GPU appears to be an Adreno 320, although it’s pretty hard to believe that Samsung will ditch its Exynos chip. The amount of RAM will probably be 2GB, or even more.
Even though the side of the display is not mentioned (could be a 5-incher, according to some reports), the pixel resolution will reach the sky with 1,920 x 1080. Yeah, you heard me, the new Samsung Galaxy S4 will feature a Full HD Display. As for the operating system my money is on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, of course. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #3c3d3d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">It looks like this specific version that will be launched in South Korea will feature LTE connectivity and will be available at SK Telecom Korea.
I must say that if the news is true, then the Samsung Galaxy S4 will blast all of its competition, and will become the nr 1 smartphone in the world, again. I wonder, what Apple will implement on its next iPhone 5S (or iPhone 6)? They will probably add another row of icons.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5192927561036716950.post-46626284317609272562013-02-12T22:20:00.000-08:002013-02-12T22:20:15.856-08:00PlayStation 4 to Come with Support for Android Mobile Terminals?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #3c3d3d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">Sony has scheduled the PlayStation 4 release date for February 20th, while reports are indicating that it will be priced around $400. Most of the sources are pointing out that now the powerful hardware platform will be PS4′s main selling point, but the way you will be able to play. The statement of a Sony official makes us believe that PlayStation 4 might come with support or integration for Android terminals. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #3c3d3d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">A Sony official said for Nokkei that the Japan based company is focusing on transforming the Playstation 4 gaming console into an entertainment center like a “nerve center,” deeply interconnected with both mobile devices and social networks. Since Google’s Android is the most popular mobile platform, the PS4 might receive integration with the Android terminals.
Reports are indicating that PlayStation 4 will come with an octo-core processor clocked at 1.6 GHz, helped by a Radeon graphics processing unit with 18 cores, each with 64 cores. PS4 will also come with 4 GB of internal storage and the gaming console will come with Ultra HD capabilities.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #3c3d3d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">Compared with the rumored technical specifications of the upcoming Xbox console, PS4′s GPU will have 18 cores while Microsoft’s console will be powered by a 12-core unit. It seems though that the next-gen Xbox console will come with 8 GB of internal storage compared to PlayStation 4′s 4 GB of storage. The reports are indicating that Xbox will come with a personal assistant, similar to Apple’s Siri.
Playsation 4 might hit the market at a price of $400 on the North American market, according to sources quoted by Techradar. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #3c3d3d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">The previous generation PlayStation, launched 6 years ago, had a starting price of $500, the price climbing to $600 for the premium model.
The new consoles will be launched on an already-crowded but growing market. NDP Group research firm talks about 275 million consoles for the US market in December 2011, while the Europeans own 173 million gaming consoles, according to the figures provided by IDG.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5192927561036716950.post-21326474260112608732013-02-12T21:59:00.002-08:002013-02-12T21:59:24.144-08:00Beware! Fake Android app<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Computer and internet security agencies in the country have detected a notorious 'Android' application which illegally enters smartphones and compromises their security by sending SMSes to unknown contacts.</div>
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"It has been observed that an Android malware capable of infecting the connected (from smartphone) personal computers is available in the Android markets. The malware turned out to be a good reputation app (application) disguised in the name of "Superclean/DroidCleaner" and is capable of infecting the USB connected personal computer," the agency said in its advisory to Android technology based smartphone users in the country.</div>
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Once successfully installed, the agency said, "the malware calls home to remote domains and downloads executable files(svchosts.exe, folder.ico, Autorun.inf) on the root of the secure digital (SD) card which are capable of spying onto user personal computer.</div>
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"The app in general seeks the permissions to access and change the Wi-fi state, SMS manipulations, reading the contact details, uploading the SD card contents and contacting remote servers as seen from the AndroidManifest file," the advisory cautioned.</div>
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The security sleuths have asked smartphone users to take note if their phone starts sending out SMSes to unknown people or starts calling unidentified numbers not present in the directory of the phone owner.</div>
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"The app is enabled by the main launcher and subsequently restarts the running apps in the smartphone," it said.</div>
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<b>Source:</b> - ibnlive</div>
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