Android Phones Magic

Do you know Android literally means a mechanical man!? And if we talk about Android, its magic is there in all over the world now. Even famous companies are encouraging their employees to use Android based phones. In very recent news, Facebook want their employees to switch to Android.

Android phones are the recent fad and craze that has taken over the mobile phone buyers. These phones are better known as smart phones using android technology with innumerable features and applications. Android mobiles are now the most commonly preferred mobile devices using cutting edge and advanced technology. It has proved to be a sought after phone segment world over with its attractive application downloading facility. Android itself is primarily an operating system based on Linux. This system was first developed by Google employee Andy Rubin and its growing popularity has only lead to increased membership number.

Android phones are built with an integrated advanced technology which provides the required platform for various applications. Several programs can also be combined through such android platform. Many-a-times, mobile development companies use android as a platform to combine programs or promote them. These phones are the most coveted and much in demand phones of the current generation. These kinds of phones are known for their multi-tasking, user-friendliness and multi-functionality. They are mainly run by the customized graphics in the 2D and 3D library designed with the use of OpenGL ES 1.0.

What else you want in your phone? Android phones are built with an integrated advanced technology which provides the required platform for various applications. Several programs can also be combined through such android platform. Many-a-times, mobile development companies use android as a platform to combine programs or promote them. Android mobiles are designed to make tasks easier and enable it with proper security means for the sake of safety.

Green Computing Environment

Green computing is the practice of using computers and related technology in an environmentally responsible and friendly manner.
There are many technologies which help in green computing, they are:

Cloud Computing
Cloud computing involves replacing regular servers with the virtual ones. The different areas where cloud computing finds application include data storage, networking, operating systems, software applications. As per studies conducted by the WSP Environment & Energy, it is possible to save as much as 90% of the energy spent in a company of 100 employees. So, it worth using Cloud Computing.

Turning Your Computers Off
The practice of switching off computers at night helps in saving a considerable amount of energy.

Improving Algorithmic Efficiency
Green computing measures can be used for improving the algorithmic efficiency of computers. An efficient algorithm makes minimum use of resources. Therefore, the productivity increases manifold. A simple computing activity like searching for information on a search engine can have an adverse impact on the environment owing to the energy consumed and CO2 emitted in the process.

Recycling
Through this practice, we can save precious energy, time and money spent in manufacturing these electronic items. Resources used and money spent in manufacturing an electronic item from scratch are far greater than those needed for recycling it.

Architectural Changes
A strategy needs to be devised for the development of sustainable technology.

iOS 6 Unplugged

iOS 6 has been released now with some make over in interface and accessibility features.
Preview the features:

• There's no YouTube and no Google Maps
• Apple's written its own navigation and mapping app with considerable help from TomTom;
• Siri's been improved and finally works properly in the UK; the phone app's been tweaked, Safari and Mail updated and FaceTime brought to 3G.
• It's much more social than before, with shared Photo Streams and Facebook baked into the OS like the word Blackpool in a stick of rock, and there are a host of other improvements to make your iOS device that little bit friendlier.
• iOS 6 works on all iPhones from the 3GS onwards, the iPad 2 and new iPad, and the fourth and fifth generation iPod touches.
• However, the older the kit the less of iOS 6 you actually get.
• Some of the big features - Siri, turn-by-turn navigation, panoramic photos and FaceTime over 3G - aren't available for the iPhone 3GS or iPhone 4.
• The 3GS doesn't even get the offline reading list feature, and Siri's not available for the iPad 2.

Android Tablet App Quality Guidelines

It’s not easy now to upload your Android Applications for tablets at Google Play. Now there is certain checklist to follow before going to upload applications. Browse following checklist and make sure you are going on right path or not:

• Test for Core App Quality - It suggests about visual design, functionality, performance etc
• Optimize your layouts for larger screens - It talks about app's layouts, metrics and grids etc.
• Take advantage of extra screen area available on tablets - It is all about Tablet's screen size and multi panel layouts.
• Use icons and other assets are designed for tablet screens
• Adjust font sizes and touch targets for tablet screens
• Adjust sizes of home screen widgets for tablet screens
• Offer the Apps's full feature set to tablet users
• Don't require hardware features that might not be available on tablets
• Declare support for tablet screen configurations
• Follow best practices for publishing in Google Play
• Setting Up a Test Environment for Tablets

Beautiful Android Application Interfaces and Icons

It’s time to Bookmark few Android Applications in Play Google website. These applications are beautifully developed with their interfaces and icons. There is n number of applications which comes in this category. Few have been listed below:

Songbird
Songbird is still in Beta, but is already shaping up to be a veritable foe to all the other commercial applications out there. The feature set is robust, the interface unique and usable, and the community support is growing by the day. Watch out for this one in the days to come.

SketchBook Mobile
SketchBook Mobile is a miniature, touch-friendly version of the immensely popular Sketchbook Pro application from Autodesk and does a pretty neat job of bringing the sketchbook feel to your Android phone.

SoundCloud
Android comes with a built-in sound recorder application, but like with most stock applications, it is quite barebones. Enter SoundCloud, a full-featured sound recording, editing and sharing application which makes it a breeze to record a sound around you and save it in the cloud. It also comes with some rudimentary editing features and built-in social integration.

Picplz
picplz tries to re-create the magic of instagram (an iOS photo sharing phenomenon) on the Android platform. The idea is to click images, apply interesting effects and share them with the world. The picplz application is minimalistic, and acts as a simple client to share snaps on their more full-featured web application.

LiveShare
In case you don’t know, the stock gallery application on most Android phones is powered by Cooliris. Liveshare, an official Cooliris app, takes the next step by providing an gorgeous interface for not only viewing your photos and videos, but also providing an easy and seamless way to share them with family and friends.

Finger The Real Olympic Hero

I came across a nice game application while searching for Olympic and related applications. Finger Olympic, this is the name of the iPhone game application.

Finger Olympic is a Track and Field sports game for IPhone & IPod touch where you can be an Olympic player in many skill levels. You will play as "DIGIT", the leading character that challenges 4 funny finger opponents Thumby, Pinky, Yubi and Toe, they are the "finger" athletes who compete for the Gold medal in the most demanding Olympic games for your fingers. Run as fast as you can by tapping rapidly on your device's screen but be wise in your strategy making use of your energy.

Experience:
•    Finger Olympic lets you share your best marks with your friends on Twitter & Facebook
•    Also Game Center Support to compete with "fingers" athletes from around the world.
•    Experience the thrill of competition your fingers can bring
So go for Gold Medals and make your finger the real hero of Olympic.

Siri's Cousin Nina For iOS & Android

Like Apple's virtual assistant Siri, Nina is going to be launched later this year. It is the similar technology to third-party iOS and Android apps. Nina will let any iOS or Android developers add voice capabilities into their app by simply using Nuance's Software Development Kit (SDK) who is also behind Siri's power.

According to Mashable, Nina takes natural-language understanding and it provides a way for a developer to add that into an app. This information has been given by Robert Weideman, executive vice president of Nuance's enterprise division.

Nina brings Siri's voice recognition and natural language comprehension capabilities to any app, while adding an extra layer of security. Unlike Siri, that understands and obeys anyone's voice commands, Nina can be configured to restrict itself to only commands issued by a specific user. This extra level of biometric security will be especially appreciated by developers of financial applications, and other apps that need to limit access to a specific user.

Best Touch Phones

iPhone
Apple's iPhone has outstanding touch screens. It featured a touch screen interface with no additional keyboard attached, so all typing was done directly on the screen. The iPhone was groundbreaking in the mobile phone industry. It popularized the idea of apps on your mobile phone. Apps are programs you install and run on your phone to perform a variety of tasks, ranging from counting calories to keeping track of grocery lists. Apple also created a new market for third party app developers through its public API program. Once a developer is accepted into the program, he can write apps for iPhones and sell those apps through Apple's App Store.
 
Droid
Motorola introduced the Droid phone which comes with Google's mobile interface and platform, voice-to-text and voice search features, Gmail, Google Maps, satellite navigation and a sliding keyboard so you can type on either the keyboard or the touch screen. Like the iPhone, the Droid has thousands of apps available you can download and install. You can connect to other email accounts like Yahoo or your corporate account and sync contacts from email and social networking accounts to your phone's contact list.


Focus
The Samsung Focus is one of the Windows Phone 7 phones. It's the new platform from Microsoft designed to compete with iPhone and Droid. The Windows Phone 7 platform includes many of the Microsoft products, such as Internet Explorer, Outlook email, the Bing search engine, Zune music libraries and Xbox LIVE gaming. You can open, create and edit Microsoft Office documents, like Word, Excel and others in the Microsoft Office suite. It has a 4-inch screen display, a camera and connects to social media accounts. You can download and watch TV shows and search for a variety of apps and games to install.

List of Blackberry Products

* Early pager models: 850, 857, 950, 957
* Monochrome Java-based series: 5000, 6000
* First color series: 7200, 7500, 7700
* First SureType phone series: 7100
* Modern BlackBerry series (2006–2008): 8000–8830 including: BlackBerry 8800, BlackBerry Pearl, BlackBerry Pearl Flip and BlackBerry Curve 8300
* Latest BlackBerry models (2008–2009): 8900+ GPS Wi-Fi series: BlackBerry Bold (9000), BlackBerry Curve 8900, BlackBerry Tour (9630), BlackBerry Storm (9500/9530), BlackBerry Curve 8520/8530
* BlackBerry Storm 2 (9520/9550) (2009): BlackBerry Storm2
* BlackBerry Bold series (2009): BlackBerry Bold 9700
* BlackBerry Bold series (2010): BlackBerry Bold 9650
* BlackBerry Bold series (2010): BlackBerry Bold 9780
* BlackBerry Bold series (2011): BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930
* BlackBerry Pearl series (2010): BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9100/9105
* BlackBerry Torch series (2010): BlackBerry Torch 9800
* BlackBerry Torch series (2011): BlackBerry Torch 9810
* BlackBerry Torch series (2011): BlackBerry Torch 9850/9860
* BlackBerry Curve series (2010): BlackBerry 9300
* BlackBerry Style 9670 (2010):

A “World Phone” with iPhone 5

Apple came again with a Bang. Source says - They are expected to release iPhone 5 as a "World Phone" - both GSM and CDMA compatible. It is conjectured that the phone will have a SIM-less design with 3-4 antennas. Another rumor suggested that the iPhone 5 will feature a SIM card slot for other countries except the U.S. This will allow users to insert any SIM card in iPhone when traveling abroad. With Apple “World Phone” Travelling abroad is no more a pain. With a dual-mode iPhone 5, users will be able to roam between both networks effortlessly.

It’s great news for the consumers who generally carry CDMA specially people from the

country the U.S., India, Japan, Argentina and Brazil.

The 5th-generation iPhone is expected to be globally released in Q3 2011, inline with the release of iOS 5, the next generation of Apple’s operating system. Hope it will again give a new direction to mobile market with a market setter like Apple.