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!!

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:

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.

Android on the Samsung Galaxy Beam

May 11th, 2010 Admin No Comments »

As with its predecessors, the Samsung Galaxy Beam is also not all about looks. It definitely has the features to back it up. All the data connectivity options you need is on the device including 3G HSDPA and Wi-Fi. The multimedia features of the Galaxy Beam are also quite commendable – perhaps none more than its amazing 8-Megapixel camera. This camera definitely outclasses the iPhone’s 3-Megapixel snapper any day of the week. You can get hold of the new Beam by comparing phone deals from online retailers.

Aside from the usual features such as an LED flash, autofocus, and geo-tagging, it even packs in face, smile, and blink detection as well. You wouldn’t have to worry about storing your precious photos as this Smartphone holds an internal memory of 16GB which you can triple by using an external microSD memory card. There are lots of great Galaxy Beam contracts online and they are often much better than deals from your high street store.

The Galaxy Beam’s OS of choice is the Google Android mobile operating system (version 2.1 or Eclair). This OS has been deemed by many as the top performer in the industry today and we wouldn’t contest this claim. The Beam’s 720 MHz processor should be able to handle the hardware requirements of the famed OS.

The Samsung Galaxy Beam doesn’t come for cheap. You’ll have to cough up a considerable amount of money to get your hands on this bad boy but once you do, you’d realize in an instant that it was money well spent. All the amazing features of the Galaxy Beam will definitely make you feel that what you spent was all worth it.

If anything, you might even think it was a steal. The device possesses an excellent combination of style and substance which will undoubtedly satisfy any consumer’s Smartphone needs.

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.

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.

Android Phones Have the Best Sport Apps

April 19th, 2010 Admin No Comments »

If you’re the lucky owner of an Android mobile phone, then you probably understand why experts are saying it not only meets but also, in many ways, exceeds the capabilities of the Apple iPhone. In fact, many people are claiming that there is absolutely no competition for Android phones in the mobile marketplace. One of the greatest aspects of owning an Android phone is the Android mobile application marketplace, with literally thousands of apps to choose from. It can be intimidating searching through the extensive lists of applications, not knowing which apps are better than others in the same category. Here are a couple of suggestions to get you started.

Almost everybody enjoys at least one type of sport, which is why there is a plethora of great sports applications available for Google Android phones. One excellent sports app is called SportsTap and the one of its greatest features is that it’s absolutely free to download. The way SportsTap works is you can choose your favorite teams from all the major leagues such as MBL, NBA, NHL, and NFL and save them to your personal profile. A widget is placed on your phone that will keep you informed of all the details of the games played by the teams you selected, including updates during the actual games. SportsTap also gives you access to a great feature called LocalTap, which locates all of the sports events within a maximum two hundred mile radius and reports their current scores. This application is absolutely ideal for sports fanatics that are always looking for game updates.

One of the most popular sports in the world is golf, and therefore, one of the most popular sports applications for Google Android phones is Golf Channel Mobile. This application is also completely free, and provides live up to date coverage of tour scoreboards. Users can choose to follow games by tour or by player and also have the option to create a customized board that include only the players they wish to follow during tours. This is great for big tours as it eliminates having to search through scoreboards to find the golfers you’re interested in. Golf Channel Mobile also provides subscribers with golf blogs, articles, and other useful information absolutely free of charge.

Galaxy Spica I5700

March 18th, 2010 Admin No Comments »

Samsung has done a remake of one of their very popular smartphones, the Galaxy. This one is called the Galaxy Spica I5700. It offers some things its predecessor did not have. The details on the new Spica are here.

The “Galaxy Lite” as some call the Spica is a pint-sized unit. It is just 124 grams in weight. That is just 4.4 ounces if you are in the United States. It is 115 millimeters ( 4.5 inches ) tall. That is about average for today´s smartphones. It´s just over half an inch thick at 13.2 millimeters.

The screen takes up the major part of the front of the Samsung Spica. It is 3.2 inches in size when measured diagonally. It is the older TFT style, but is still bright. The resolution is rated at 320 by 480 pixels. It can do the now-familiar acrobats of changing the screen from a portrait to a landscape position just by turning the Spica on its side. This comes in handy with web pages and texting with the on-screen keyboard. The Samsung Spica does not have a manual keyboard.

The operating system on the Spica is running a nuclear-hot operating system; android. This is being installed on smartphones for nearly every manufacturer. It is open source and the people at google offer it for free to Samsung and other companies. The 2.1 version is now on the Spica. This offers the multitouch ability to pinch and zoom on the screen when using the web browser. The android platform can also track your contacts using GPS. You can track your finances, scan barcodes, download torrents and a host of other things. The ability to wipe your personal data is also included with android.

Samsung Galaxy Spica I5700

Samsung Galaxy Spica I5700

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HTC Desire Review

March 18th, 2010 Admin No Comments »

For those who just like to be the underdog, the good people at HTC have created a smartphone for you. The HTC “Desire” is the surprise for all those who were looking to get a “Google phone”. Take a quick look at the things the Desire, originally called the “Bravo”, can do right here in this short article.

The speed, the looks, the operating system and even the screen size is the same on the Desire as it is on the much-acclaimed Google phone. The Desire is “desirable” for one extra reason, the “Sense” user interface. The optical trackpad is also superior.

The screen on the HTC Desire is 3.7 inches when measured diagonally. That is 9.4 centimeters for the readers who are using the metric system. It has super high resolution at 480 by 800 megapixels. The screen is at the top of its class in color choices. It can show sixteen million different colors. The AMOLED construction is superior to the old LCD style and uses ten per cent less energy from the battery for longer spaces between charges. The screen acrobatics are all there with multitouch, accelerometer and a proximity sensor. You can pinch and zoom and turn the screen all you like and the Desire follows you.

The important news on the HTC Desire is the Sense user “experience”. This is a view of the more pleasing widget interface, rather than a basic Android interface. A few of the advantages of the Sense user interface is a widget displays your total agenda in one screen. The widget for the weather is displayed on your current position and is installed on the home screen. For your emails, you can view a list of all of the mail, instead of just one email at a time. This is similar to viewing SMS messages. In the WebKit browser some features are not readily apparent. Doing a long press on the screen over text will bring a selection bar into view. This will select the word you want to translate or to define and send it to google for crunching.

HTC Desire

HTC Desire

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Motorola Droid Review

March 16th, 2010 Admin No Comments »

Motorola has recreated themselves with the Motorola Droid. With the new life that this new smartphone has pumped into the company, you can expect more new things right around the corner. For now, take a look at the fact and features on this phone here.

The man who created smartphones, Martin Cooper, has the top knowledge on cell phones and he chooses to use a Motorola Droid. Is it just for marketing purposes ? The Droid has both a nice screen and a nice keyboard, backed up by lots of power and a great operating system. It is definitely the “cream of the crop” as far as smartphones go. Martin Cooper was probably dreaming of this twenty years ago.

The screen is luscious and bright. The resolution is way up there at 480 by 854 pixels. It is a very respectable 3.7 inches in size. It also has one of the highest number of colors you can get in a smartphone at 16.7 million colors. It performs all the “tricks” that a smartphone of this stature should be able to do. Multitouch allows you to pinch and zoom ( with android version 2.1 ), an accelerometer allows you to view the screen at vertical or horizontal angles and a proximity sensor shuts it down automatically when you are not using it. There are no negative surprises with the display.

Motorola Droid

Motorola Droid

The inside workings of the Motorola Droid are just as impressive. It has a 600 megahertz processor, 133 megabytes of internal storage and 256 megabytes of RAM. It connects to four different GSM bands and two on HSDPA for voice communication. For data communication there is everything you would need, except infrared, which people hardly use anyway. Wi-Fi is available in the “B” and “G” modes. Bluetooth connections have one protocol, the v2.1, with A2DP. The web browser connects to the web and give a good rendition of web pages. The browser is the WebKit model, which is a high quality browser with a good bit of speed.  Read the rest of this entry »

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