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eyeSight – A Gestures-based Interface for Android

August 17th, 2010 Admin No Comments »

If there was one new interesting technical gadget out, it would have to be the entire set of Android apps. Yes, the entire set. Just like iPhone apps, there are some Android apps that are a bit questionable, or that it’s clear that they need a bit more work and polish before they’re really ready for prime time. However, there’s a neat program that deserves a bit of a mention. It’s the eyeSight, an Android app that brings hand-waving and other gestures to the Android.

Indeed, eyeSight is not a native Android application, but something that had the libraries ported over to the Android platform. It’s just another example of how flexible Android really is — developers are really getting into moving things over to Android and then working on making them even better than they were on other platforms.

But that’s enough Android praise — you probably want to know what the eyeSight actually can do for you, right?

Right. The eyeSight system allows for the creation of Android apps that can change tracks, selectively choose which calls to answer and which ones to ignore, and show all your text messages with a simple wave of the hand.

Google has been rumored to be interested in the technology, but it looks like nothing has been announced on that front about doing anything with the technology as far as making it an official part of the standard development package.

Why report on something that’s still in its infant stages? Well, a lot of great technologies started out in this form. The eyeSight platform has a lot of potential to really change the way you interact with your phone. For example, the ability to simply use your hands and gesture at your phone will remove a lot of the accidental damage problems that plague cell phones in general. A quick example can be found in the moments where our hands are busy doing other things, like taking something out the oven or working with sticky flour. Instead of trying to wait for the perfect moment where your hands aren’t busy, you can simply gesture quickly and go back to taking care of the other things in your life.

Anything that takes away from the distractions of life without adding to them is definitely a good thing. Will developers get the message and develop something other than a fart detecting app? Only time will tell.

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O2 – The History of the Brand

July 8th, 2010 Admin No Comments »

O2 is one of the most successful brands in the history of branding. In fact since 2006 it belongs to Telefónica Europe plc though originally it  was formed from BT Wireless and Genie Internet both of which were spin-offs of British Telecommunications, of BT.

BT Wireless was in fact a conglomeration of telecoms companies from all over the world. These included amongst others BT Cellnet, Digifone of Ireland, Viag Interkom pf Germany, Telfort of the Netherlands, and ?eský Telecom of the Czech Republic.

To state that Telefonica is a large organisation would be an understatement. The company employs 250,000 professionals, operates in twenty five countries, has revenues of nearly €57 billion. As well as the O2 and Telefonica brands it also has Movistar and Terra as separate brand identities.

The O2 brand was conceived as O2 being the chemical symbol for oxygen, and indication that it was something that was fundamentally essential for life. The braqnd was perceived to offer promise, prized values and inspiration. (more…)

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Android Applications – Redefining the Mobile Gaming World One App at a Time

June 15th, 2010 Admin No Comments »

Well, the future is here and nothing supports that fact more than the Google Android mobile phone.  With the evolution of the cell phone, we see handheld devices becoming nothing more than tiny computers with the ability to do anything from take pictures to playing games on the Internet.  Game development has become a huge factor in the life of an Android phone.

The Android software development kit (SDK) makes it easy for game developers to enhance the gaming features on an Android phone.  Since this is such an easy program to work with we see game applications blossom at an unbelievable rate.

With the support of Google and the help of Android SDK, you can personalize your mobile device however you see fit.  This innovative software comes to us from the fine people at Google and Open Handset also leaving the Android as an open source program.  One of the main reasons the Android platform is so capable of developing innovative applications is due to the Java support that exists with the Android. (more…)

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Hulu Restricts Mobiles – Android Says NOT!

May 25th, 2010 Admin No Comments »

Nifty Fix to Allow Hulu Content, Right onto your Android Phone!

Hulu has been the most demanding and most content filled online video provider for a very long time in the United States. Other than not being available outside the US, the video giant does not support any mobile devices accessing the website. But the Android platform did not stop there. It found a way to dupe the video giant into allowing the content to be streamed through. Hulu, the popular online video service provider, has not yet been customized in order to provide content onto Android based platforms. But now that Android supports Flash 10.1, people have been trying their best to level with the video provider and get video on their phones.
Even though Hulu has not made a customized website for the Android devices, there’s a new nifty trick that’s been floating around on the internet to make that thing work! All that’s required to be done is that the Android phone should be able to make the Hulu website believe that it’s an indeed a desktop computer and NOT a mobile device. How to do so? Well, read on!

Hulu - Android

Hulu - Android

According to a popular Android dedicated website, Absolutely Android, the trick is pretty simple. All you have to do is get the Android application to run in such a way that the Hulu website gets tricked into thinking that the Android phone that is trying to access the website is actually a desktop computer instead of a mobile device. Here’re the following steps in order to get the Hulu website working on the phone.

1.    Make sure the Adobe Flash 10.l is installed on your Android phone
2.    Fire up the web browser on your Android phone and in the address bar, go ahead and type: “about:debug” and click on Go.
3.    A new page would open and go to the Settings section. Scroll down the page and look for the “UAString”. Select it and then change the settings to “Desktop” and click on save and close the page.
4.    Go ahead and browse to the Hulu website and there you are, Hulu in all it’s glory, working on your Android phone!

Hulu On Android

Hulu On Android

This exciting trick has been tested on the Google Nexus One phone and has worked absolutely fine. Even though the website works on the Android phone, it’s quite restricted, since the desktop version of the Hulu website doesn’t quite go well on the Android screen. Also, it’s quite obvious that Hulu will soon enough get rid of this trick and disallow the users from accessing the site in that way. So, till then, use it as much as you can!!

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Adobe Flash Player for Android Platform

May 24th, 2010 Admin No Comments »

Android users can finally give out shrieks of joy. Not because the Android phone is great, but because it just got BETTER. Adobe Flash has finally arrived on the Android platform. Here’s a snub to the iPhone right in its face. Adobe has finally released Adobe Flash Player 10.1 for the Android platform and things have never looked better before.

Android Phone

Android Phone

The release of the Flash player for the Android platform can be the result of the tensions escalating between Adobe and Apple. Since Apple has straight away declined the usage of the Flash in its devices and gadgets, due to the claim of it being high resource hog and not secure enough. The release of the Adobe Flash Player for Android coincides with the Google’s release of the Android’s 2.2 (FroYo) at the Google I/O Conference in San Francisco.

The Flash Player version 10.1 was completely overhauled and redesigned from scratch for the Android platform specifically. The player was designed such that it would support various mobile device inputs and at the same time optimize performance and overall battery throughput. Just to prove Apple’s allegations of Flash not being able to support multi-touch gestures and the fancy stuff that Apple likes to implement in it’s devices, Adobe seems to have gone the extra mile to make sure that the Flash player for the Android platform supports Multi-touch, various gestures, Smart Zooming, Accelerometer Inputs, and much more that basically differentiates the smart phone from the desktops.

Android with Flash

Android with Flash

Adobe Flash 10.1 seems to be quite serious regarding its performance. It has incorporated hardware acceleration with H.264 video decoding, Sleep Mode (which slows down the Flash Player, incase the Android phone goes into Screensaver Mode) and also an Advanced Memory Management system, which decreases RAM usage by an astounding 50%! Adobe claims that the player works with all the major chip and mobile platform players, which includes Intel, Qualcomm, Nvidia, ARM and AMD).

There is a single flaw in the player at the moment. The player is supported on the Android OS 2.2 and above only. Which makes the older model Android phones won’t be supporting the Flash player anytime soon. Adobe Flash player’s performance cannot be quite understated as yet, simply because the release of the Flash Player 10.1 for the Android platform has created a major significance over the last few months only because of the basic reason of Apple’s ban of the Flash Player over the iPhone and the iPad devices. Apple wanted to bar any kind of relationship with Adobe. Many say that Apple may be working on an alternative to Adobe’s Flash Player, which would be its own proprietary software, forcing all the users to use their development kits to build applications for the iPhone or iTouch or even the iPad.

Due to the Apple’s decision to stay away from Flash, it has created huge rifts over the developers, whether they should completely leave Flash in place of HTML5. Only time will tell what comes out at the end.

Here’s a video showing the Working of the Adobe Flash Player for the Android Platform:

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Job Opportunities Created by Googles Android

May 19th, 2010 Admin No Comments »

Mobile technology is advancing at a rate so rapid that the demand for such products and services is growing exponentially. Especially with the release of the phenomenal Apple iPhone, the market for new and improved features and applications is more competitive than ever before. The iPhone, along with other smart phones, is not only revolutionizing the way people communicate, but it also created a significant transformation in the way we do business, seek entertainment, fulfill daily tasks, and use the Internet. All these things and more have never been more accessible and convenient before the release of Google’s Android; and all kinds of new jobs are emerging in order to accommodate this incredible new development.

Google’s Android is a mobile platform that is fast becoming Apple’s biggest competitor. In fact, the Android’s popularity is growing so fast that a whole new industry of application developers is forming. First off, freelancers far and wide are already capitalizing greatly on the needs of small businesses. Mobile web applications are fast becoming one of the most useful tools for all kinds of business owners, creating a whole new list of needs that freelancing programmers and developers can serve at a much more affordable rate than hiring a full time programmer.

Modern technology phone hardware developers also benefit greatly by the release of the Android because a very powerful phone is required in order to operate the highly advanced software. There are already many new handsets featuring Android and more are being developed and improved every day. As Google’s Android itself matures and improves, new and better hardware will be required to support it. In addition to this, mobile phone manufacturers will need to continuously upgrade their products to be compatible with Android’s applications.

The market for Android technology is not restricted to the mobile industry. For example, a new market of tablet devices much like Apple’s new iPad has emerged due to Android’s extremely adaptable operating system. The main intention behind the tablet’s technology is to improve the way people access information in a variety of situations, which requires a whole new industry of developers and programmers.

As you can see, the job market created by Google’s Android is vast and highly promising. The peaking mobile market combined with the deliberate versatility of the Android platform, the opportunities available for all kinds of professionals involved in mobile communications is endless.

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How Google Android is Revolutionizing Mobile Technology

May 6th, 2010 Admin No Comments »

Android Inc. first developed the Android mobile platform now known as Google Android. It is based on the Linux Kernel operating system and enables web application developers to use their own Java codes to configure, customize, and fully control the mobile operating system.

The Google Android platform went through several phases before finally coming out with the Android OS-Donut, which included debuggers, libraries, tutorials, voice search, and applications, to name only a few features. It is the now the most advanced mobile platform on the market for many reasons, one being that it combines all of the latest mobile devices such as cell phones, portable televisions, digital cameras, handheld PCs, and GPS systems into one state of the art smart phone.

The main reason for the extreme success and versatility of the Android OS is because the program allows third party developers to create customized applications and widgets, which is not only beneficial for developers but for smart phone manufacturers as well. Several different manufacturers have been able to configure the Android OS to work with their products, including LG, HTC, Motorola, and Dell, with more and more different companies developing new, compatible smart phones every day.

Phones that run Google Android operate much like a computer desktop by allowing users to run multiple applications at once. For instance, one can browse the Internet while playing music or send an instant message in the middle of a telephone conversation. The possible combinations are endless and will completely revolutionize the way people use their cell phones forever.

The fact is that there are already thousands of applications created by both Google and by independent developers available on the market. They range vastly in terms of themes and purposes and serve an endless list of needs. These kinds of options combined with the ability to multitask between programs are two reasons why smart phones running alternate mobile platforms couldn’t begin to compete with the capabilities of Google’s Android.

The sales figures speak for themselves: Google Android is winning over mobile users around the world and is continuing to gain momentum. The most current version of the operating system is still being developed to further meet the needs of every mobile user, regardless of their age, disposition, or expectations.

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Google Android Tablets vs iPads

April 20th, 2010 Admin No Comments »

Apple is a leader in technology and does an excellent job of creating a lot of hype over their new products through clever marketing. The most current device developed by Apple is the iPad tablet, though many people don’t know that there are actually several other similar tablets available which are based on the Google Android platform. These tablets are just as good if not better than the iPad, and are definitely worth considering before making any purchases.

Google’s Android is currently best known for its mobile platform used by several smart phones and has features and capabilities comparable to the Apple iPhone. Android’s state of the art technology has put Android phones in direct competition with iPhones and is expected to be steep competition for the iPad despite Apple’s superior marketing.

For starters, Android based tablets are available in different sizes, whereas the iPad is currently only available in one standard size. Another great feature of Android tablets is that the community of developers is much larger because, unlike iPhone developers, Android allows people to create new applications without requiring user approval. With so many more applications to choose from, Android tablets will offer so much more to users than the iPad currently does.

Android’s versatility with Flash based web sites and applications is another reason why these tablets are far superior to iPads, which are either permanently Flash enabled or not. Android users can purchase an accessory that will run Flash when they want to use their tablets to do things like watch TV or play a game on Hulu. Another feature the iPad lacks is UBS ports. Android tablets allow you to connect all kinds of USB devices to further enhance the uses and capabilities of your tablet, smart phone, or netbook.

The fact that the Android platform is usable on tablets, netbooks, and smart phones alike makes it the most versatile mobile platform ever created. The applications being developed and released are improving daily and are expected to become the most interactive and demanded programs of their kind.

For those who feel they can’t afford a tablet right away, you could benefit from following the progress of the Android tablets as they continue to be upgraded and improved upon over the next year or so. It is only a matter of time before an even more new and improved version is released, which will also reduce the costs of previous versions and accessories, allowing just about anybody to have a chance to own a Google Android product.

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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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