Android
The worst nightmare and the most profound fear for any a software developer is finding bugs in production. The kind of fear Hungama Tech’s developers might be facing right now. Releasing a mobile app into the Android market to me is releasing code to production. Hungama has decided to release not one but two Android […] Read more
Imagine loading up an app on your smartphone, enter your destination and sleep comfortably on your next bus journey only to wake up to an alert on your phone that you have arrived at your destination. This is possible with a great software update for Google Maps on Android. This is possible for select cities […] Read more
How many times has it happened that you left your phone in vibrate only to miss an all important call? With SemiSilent that will never happen. SemiSilent is an awesome Android app which will let the phone ring on selective incoming calls. The SemiSilent white list as it is called is a neat little list […] Read more
Right To Information Act (RTI) of India has released an Android app. I only have one word : WOW. RTIIndia.org, the website has garnered 2.25 lakh members in 4 years and RTI wants to reach out to more members with its Android app. Going the Android way is the best way to reach consumers because […] Read more
Google + Android app is one of the most simplistic mobile app I have come across. Much of its simplicity comes from the Social Network itself. There are only 5 icons once you launch the app – Stream, Huddle, Photos, Profile and Circles. Despite being a mobile app, there is still a lot of whitespace […] Read more
Samsung Galaxy Pop is a Android CDMA phone running Froyo and costs Rs. 9849. When it comes to smartphones, CDMA users don’t have much of a choice and if it comes to Android, the choices are even limited. Motorola Glam is the only other Android CDMA phone I know of. With Samsung Galaxy Pop CDMA, […] Read more
Spice Mi410, Android powered smartphone from Spice Group is Spice’s first attempt to enter the big league. Spice Mi410 costs Rs. 13999 at Saholic. It is powered by 1GHz processor, has a 4.1 inch screen, 5 megapixel camera and a front-facing VGA camera. WiFi, Bluetooth and A-GPS are on board too. The cost of a […] Read more
What would we be doing if it wasn’t for the leaks and Google Translate? Samsung might be releasing Samsung Galaxy Z, a Galaxy series phone which has slightly lesser specifications than Samsung Galaxy S2. Galaxy Z is definitely no ersatz for Galaxy S2. At best, Galaxy Z will be catering to a price conscious segment. […] Read more
I got Rs. 20000, what phone can I buy? 20K is a great budget for a smartphone. In fact, it is the best budget. 20K is such a figure that you won’t have way too many options which makes your choice very difficult and it doesn’t have too few options which makes you settle for […] Read more
Mindhelix, which brought us the Tuk Tuk meter has now brought another useful app aimed for women’s security. The app is called Sentinel and is available for Android, Symbian(Java) and Blackberry. Sentinel sends text messages to 3 numbers and an emergency email to 1 recipient with just one click during emergency situations. Sentinel has to […] Read more
Microsoft’s love for Android has just grown five fold. Microsoft is hoping, make that praying, deep inside their offices that Android would be a massive hit and may god bless HTC and Motorola. Microsoft has ‘convinced’ two more Android phone manufacturers to sign royalty sharing agreements. Velocity Micro and General Dynamics (sells under Itronix brand). […] Read more
If you are a hacker at heart and don’t have plans for this weekend, then we might just have the weekend project for you. Install Android on your PC – make that a spare PC. Good folks at android-x86 has ported the Froyo build for X86 architecture and got most of the things to work. […] Read more
Google now activates 500,000 Android devices every day. Android guy, Andy Rubin revealed this information in his fifth ever tweet. Google was activating 300,000 devices every day only on 9 Dec 2010, which was revealed by one of Rubin’s tweet. Right now the growth rate is 4.4% week on week. Android’s growth off late can […] Read more
Apparatus a puzzle based Android game is going free on Amazon app store. The game usually costs $1.50. With Apparatus you can both build your own puzzles or play with the existing games. There’s a sandbox feature which will let you build your own puzzle. Apparatus is made by Bithack. Just send the ball to […] Read more
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