Jide Technology, a very little known device maker back in CES 2015 had launched a 2-in-1 Android tablet called Remix, which looked similar to the surface book. This device came with a custom version of Android called the Remix OS. This OS came with many features. The OS allowed users to use Android apps in […] Read more
BHIM ( Bharat Interface for Money ) is a Mobile Application developed by NPCL, based on Unified Payment Interface. It was launched by Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India. Named after Bhim Rao Ambedkar and is was made to make payment facility directly through banks this step was taken as part of 2016 Indian […] Read more
What sets Android different from other mobile operating system is its vast customization. You can basically customize everything in your Android – from your home screen, icon packs to keyboard and you can even install a custom ROM if you are into rooting your device. Rooting allows the Android user full control and customization of […] Read more
On a fine Boxing day, you have decided to hang your boots. I am not talking about Ricky Ponting but your adorable iPhone. You finally said, alright Steve, enough pampering. I want out. I want out of the super slick, non-fragmented, i-don’t-know-what-goes-inside and i-cant-use-without-a-bloated-itunes-install of the iPhone user experience. Steve says, not so fast cowboy. […] Read more
There are currently 4 dominating OS in the mobile world iOS Android Windows Phone 8 Blackberry OS10 While there are many more OSes in the horizon like Tizen, Firefox OS, Ubuntu etc. the current crop is itself fighting for the users with all their might. There are many criteria that will come into play for […] Read more
In the past few years we have see a rise in the smartphone category . we have also seen many new smartphone Operating systems come up and fail as well. Ubuntu is the latest one to join the bandwagon in 2013! Palm OS, Bada are among the few to lose the race. Mobile OSes like […] Read more
There was a time when the mobile in your pocket with a Bluetooth and VGA camera was in the ‘in’ thing. Options were limited, but so was our usage. The texting and calling would suffice the communication between people, as far as mobiles were concerned. Skipping Symbian and other operating systems, which were completely based […] Read more
The Android-powered phones we are seeing with touch screens and AMOLED displays are more of a luxury if you have seen the first Android phone. This infant Android phone is a clunky little phone which looked more like a Blackberry phone than current generation phones or the first HTC Android phone. When Google launched its […] Read more
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Android is a hot OS right now. How long will it remains so? That is still up for discussion but Android developers and Android development will continue to remain hot. Thanks to dedicated app stores like Amazon App store. While Android as we know might not last for very long, but Android would live on […] Read more
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Android market has crossed 10 billion downloads and is now clocking 1 billion app downloads per month. Android 10 billion app journey is neatly documented in the infographic released by Google. Now it has gone further and gave us a little more insight into where these 10 billion downloads came from. And the 10 billionth […] Read more
What happens if Android and iPhone stopped talking about their half a million activations and started making love? SwissInfo wants to tell us all that Love is the killer app. Watch The Phony War : Not sure what the outcome would be but from the video, Android ended on top. Oops. Via CultofAndroid Read more
Baidu’s mobile operating system is no longer a rumor. It’s is real, available and imminent. Baidu Yi, is Baidu’s mobile operating system, which is built by forking Android. From the looks of it, Baidu Yi is Android well done, with its seamless cloud integration and other useful apps. Baidu Yi has Integrated voice search, Maps, […] Read more
The dust has settled and the time has come for the reality to kick in. Whatever threats we have seen with Android have now been quelled, but new threats are emerging. Running a business is like playing chess. You move a piece to support another piece, only to find that you have weakened the position […] Read more
If Android plays the volumes, iPhone plays the revenues. iPhone a single phone model has raked in a lot of moolah for Apple. Now Apple has so much cash that it has surpassed the US treasury in liquidity. As for Android, it’s not making as much money for anyone but it sure is selling like […] Read more
Android, Google’s open operating system, which is now powering more than 130 million devices across the world is much more than a buzz word now. Be it a tablet, phone, watch or a robot, it is hard to find a device which isn’t powered by Android. How and why did Android become so ubiquitous? It […] Read more
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