Archive for February, 2010

10 Great Applications for Android

February 14th, 2010 Admin No Comments »

Gone are the days of the Apple ruling the Smartphone application market, with its App Store. Google ensures it’s foothold in the competitive market with its own Android Market, churning out one great application after the other. With a massive range from useful utilities, addons, games, entertainment and serious business niches, the Android application range is absolutely outstanding. What makes these apps so great? One word: Simplicity. Let’s have a look at some of the most widely used Android applications out there.

1.    Ringdroid – Make Your Own Ringtones

RingDroid

RingDroid

One amazing, intuitive and an addictive application designed exclusively for the Android platform, Ringdroid is a ringtone composing application, which allows you to mix and match your own tunes within seconds. An extremely simple, non-intimidating interface along with a great set of features, the Ringdroid is a must have for all Android users.

2.    Google Listen – Create Personalized Podcasts

Google Listen - Android Apps

Google Listen - Android Apps

If you’re an avid podcast audiophile, then you know how much it pricks to be on the move without the latest updates from your sources. Google Listen allows you to carry your podcasts on the move, letting you listen to the latest and hottest updates out there. The application also allows the user to save the episodes to the phone itself, allowing you to listen to them at leisure when you get time. A must have application for the podcast fanatic.

3.    WaveSecure – Anti-Theft Application

WaveSecuer - Android App

WaveSecuer - Android App

If you’re prone to losing your phones, WaveSecure helps you to retrieve it easily and helps to keep your data intact and secure from malignant attacks. With features like Remote Lock-Down, this clenches up all the info within the phone, WaveSecure maybe the ultimate solution to retrieving and securing data on lost phones.

4.    3DCoche – Dude, HERE’s my Car!

3dcoche - Android App

3dcoche - Android App

Lost your car in a huge parking lot? Can’t remember where you parked your car last? No need to go “Dude, Where’s My Car?” 3DCoche will help you find your car, faster than you can say its name. Using the application is ridiculously easy. Once you park your car, fire up the application and save your current location. The application makes use of Google Maps and Augmented reality, to remember and find your car. Interesting eh?

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The Motorola Droid - could it be a comeback phone for Motorola?

February 9th, 2010 Admin No Comments »

When looking back on Motorola’s success (or shall we say, the lack thereof), it is plain to see that they needed to make something happen. Yes, they broke precious ground by giving us the RAZR, but since then, they have very little to show for their work. They have delivered a few thoughtful pieces of technology over the past couple of years, but to be honest, it looked to some like Motorola was taking a back seat to companies that it used to contend quite ferociously with.

But, as you probably did as well, I sat up on the edge of my seat to see the first commercial featuring the Droid. It was just a teaser, but my technological appetite was already craving it. In the commercials, you see a device that goes beyond normal smart phones. And, as you can also see, Motorola has teamed up with some very worthy allies in Verizon and Google. Verizon is one of the most liked phone networks in the world, and Google’s Android platform is breaking new ground every day, making Windows mobile fight for every last breath to stay alive. But, even when compared to the Blackberry and the iPhone, two of the leading smart-phones on the market, the Droid is intriguing enough to turn heads.

But, the big question remains - does the Droid have what it takes to beat out the competition, skyrocketing Motorola back to the top after years in the shadow? Only time will tell, but one thing is for sure - when three companies of this size and with this kind of talent team up together, you know that something big is about to happen and that is exactly what the Droid is - it is big! It might be a small device, but I guarantee that if you do not already own one, you drool over them every time you see one - is that enough to put Motorola back on top? I guess only time will tell for sure….

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Mobile Broadband you can Trust

February 7th, 2010 Admin No Comments »

Does it ever seem that you cannot find a Mobile Broadband provider that you can actually trust? Just recently, it was said that findings suggested that poor 3G coverage by Nexus One was a cause for many complaints. There are those who are saying that T-Mobile, one of the biggest mobile phone companies, has the smallest 3G footprint, in the entire four U.S. Nationals! If these companies can draw headlines like this, then what are you going to do about your mobile broadband? Do you trust one of these Goliaths, or do you go with the little guy?

Well, it may not be as bad as you think. You need to find someone you can trust, though, to give you the real information on who is providing good mobile broadband coverage and who is not. Information is power, and since we are living in the new information age, why not start by getting the best broadband service that you can get? It is senseless to waste money on dead spots.  After all, would you buy a car if it would only run “in select areas”? That is completely absurd. For how much you pay for most mobile broadband, they should be able to give you the coverage you need.  I could understand dead spots if you were paying next to nothing for mobile broadband - but this is rarely, if ever, the case.

But when it comes to mobile broadband, you are not left to your own devices. There are Websites out there that can help you choose the mobile broadband that is best for you, and they are the Websites that should get your attention.

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Making your Own Android Apps

February 4th, 2010 Admin No Comments »

Making your own apps for a mobile phone is a very appealing concept. Of course, not all platforms allow this type of thing, which is why when Google released the Android operating system and platform, third party app creators threw happy fits of hysteria! Google Android certainly does deliver all of the goodies that one would expect on a platform that allows the creation of apps but I believe that Google has even taken it a step further by allowing users access to key Google libraries, such as Google maps.

If you do not fully understand the power behind what Google has given us as mobile phone users and app creators, then let me just expand upon this point for a moment. By giving us access to programs like Google maps, Android can allow us to create amazing apps that are geographically accurate and up to date! Gone are the days where addresses and places were exactly that - addresses and so called places. With Google maps, you can bring up a location right on the map, click on them, and gather all kinds of information for them. It is also through maps like this that you are able to scan items and find them in stores and then find the location of the stores right on Google maps in your phone!

The possibilities here are endless, which is why Android needs to be praised for giving us such flexibility to be creative. It is all a part of open-sourcing, and it is still open ground! Who knows how far it will go, and how much better it will get. There are so many good ideas right now floating around, that is it hard for everyone to follow them all. But just wait, in time, open source programs like Android won’t be so rare, and we will wonder why someone had not thought of it before and it will all be thanks to a little program we call Google Android.

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Google ups the ante with the latest Android handsets

February 3rd, 2010 Admin No Comments »

We all know that Google is fighting hard for handset OS supremacy. So far Apple has held its own in the smartphone world with the iPhone and iPhone 3GS models, but this year the smartphone arena is set to get a whole lot fiercer with a number of manufacturers jumping on the Android Bandwagon. The highly anticipated Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 is expected to show Android 2.1 in all its glory. You will be able to find Sony Ericsson X10 deals later this year in the UK.

And let’s not forget about Motorola. The American giant has risen from its noughties slumber to suggest that it can compete on the world’s smartphone stage, introducing the latest of its creations the Motorola Backflip. Motorola Backflip deals will also be available Q2 in the UK. The Backflip really does build on the strengths of the Droid and takes social media to another level.

Then there is the original partner for the Google Android project, HTC. The latest announcement regarding an Android phone in the Nexus one has received mixed reviews, mainly surrounding the cancellation cost in the states. Let’s just hope that when we can get hold of the Google Nexus one on contract in the UK that we don’t have to pay the ridiculous cancellation charges that an otherwise good phone has been associated with in the US.

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