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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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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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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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New Google Android App – CompareEverywhere

December 21st, 2009 Admin No Comments »

This is an app for your Google Android phone that will no doubt come in handy for those of you who enjoy shopping. The developer of the app, whose name is Jeffrey Sharkey, says that he got the idea for the app when he saw store employees scanning items on the shelves for inventory. With a simple scan, their handsets would bring up all kinds of information – from prices, to how many of the items they had, to what the prices have been for quite some time now. It was then that he asked himself – why can’t Android users have the same power on their mobile phones? So, he went to work and soon CompareEverywhere, also known as AndroidScan, became a reality.

With this app, you simply use the camera on the phone to scan barcodes of pretty much any product that has a barcode. The app will then show you an entire host of facts about the item, including local stores that carry the item, a map of how to get to those stores, and by clicking on the stores, it will show you individual product information as shown by that store. You can also get driving directions, or even the telephone number of the store so that you can make sure that they have it before driving to get it!

CompareEverywhere

CompareEverywhere

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BioWallet Android Apps – The phones of the future

December 15th, 2009 Admin No Comments »

As we move into the future of mobile communication, one thing is for certain – technology is definitely catching up with us! And when  you start to see kids with retinal scanners on their mobile phones, you know that we have surged through the present and are now flying wildly into the future. What kind of future is that? Well, what it seems like right now is a world of jumbles, with the technologically impaired stumbling along, clashing with the tech-savvy, who are bent on a total worldwide “rewire” that will finally connect everyone, and everything, on a perfect, instant network.

Basically, we all want the same thing – mobile phones that are more like computers, offices, communication devices, social networking tools – and even our link to the rest of the world. As the world grows more dependent on mobile phones, the more they continue to evolve.  You read as the subject of this article about a program called Biowallet. What is that app? Well, it is simply a retinal scanner for mobile phones. You can use it to set a password on your phone so secure that only YOU can unlock it – by scanning your eye retina! Is this really so surprising? Not really – after all, people in countries like Korea have been using this type of security in their day-to-day lives for years now. But in the United States, most homes still don’t have alarm systems! A simple dead bolt suffices for many people, which shows that cell phones are perhaps evolving more than we are!

There is no doubt that mobile phones are getting  more sophisticated – but will their boundaries know any limits? Probably not, but we will see.

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Android applications you must have while traveling

December 10th, 2009 Admin 1 Comment »

Android is an operating system or an OS, that is owned by Google, a consumer favorite, and used to operate phones.  It’s every other phone service’s answer to Apple’s operating system and the ever popular iPhone.  Google has an agreement with Verizon to enable new Verizon phones to run on this network but Verizon is not the only phone company to use this operating system.  Sprint also uses Android in conjunction with its Now Network and T-moblie as well as AT&T have phones out that are using this system, too.  Kyocera is coming out with a phone on the Adroid operating system next year.

As with many other operating systems, whether on phones or on computers, one of the must-haves for the system is the ability to play games.  Since Android is the answer to the iPhone, the ability to use applications, or apps, is very important. Apps can be anything from something very useful in a person’s every day life – like the ability to turn the phone into a giant alarm clock to something that is played with just for fun – like the Android application Mahjong Solitare, which is in 3-D and is a calming puzzle game that is a classic computer game.  Due to the great difference in types; there is a very large selection of applications.  Listed below are some of the best according to users of the Android operating system. (more…)

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May the best OS win

December 4th, 2009 Admin No Comments »

Going against what many people believe, there is actually a very vicious battle going on right now among OS designers. On one note, we have Windows, who is releasing a good operating system that sees a lot of action, but that is in a lot of ways, unable to compete with Google Android, which is not only open-ended, but freely sourced -  meaning that Google Android is being offered for free to phone users who want it. Is this hurting Windows?

Well, you know that it has to be, especially since it is being offered for free! It is hard enough to compete with an operating system that costs a considerable amount of money, and in case you haven’t forgotten, Windows is usually the platform that is the most affordable, but when you get a platform like Google Android, that seems to offer what everyone needs on a high-quality level, a company like Windows starts to sweat a little bit. (more…)

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Where Google Androids Future Is Headed

November 24th, 2009 Admin No Comments »

The complete software system, Google Android, is useable on many types of mobiles: phones, PDAs, et cetera.  This is developed by the big names in consumer electronics, such as Google, Motorola, Samsung, Intel, LG, HTC, and several others.  However, Google was the first company in this conglomerate to begin the creation of this system with the goal of bringing one, open standard for every mobile device.  Then, when other businesses joined in, an alliance was born: OHA, or Open Handset Alliance.

The very first Android platform, made with Linux Kernel 2.6, soon came to fruition.  This platform brought the OHA promoters, Sony, Ericsson, Vodafone, and Toshiba Corp, much applause.  As 2008 came to a close, the open source Android was released to the public.  This platform is modified to be used with larger VGA, graphic libraries in 2D and 3D, and MP3s on basic open licenses. (more…)

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Android Application Development: Creating Cutting-Edge Applications For The Marketing Arena

October 28th, 2009 Admin 1 Comment »

The hot new “thing” in the mobile device market—Android Application Development.  Experts are predicting that it will be the most prized asset to world of mobiles.  Android Application Development allows people to create leading and compelling applications for every mobile user.

Today, users desire sharper features out of their mobile phones.  So, mobile phone developers are trying to meet the demands of the user by making strong, quality mobile phone applications; this is why the Android Application is considered the best option.  It is a powerful, automatic platform for creating mobile applications, with the capability of transforming the way the mobile device looks, feels, and functions.

With Android, developers can quickly make some of the best mobile applications with ease.  The open source software program and operating system for mobile phones, Android, is made using the Linux Kernel system.  A system created by Google and Open Handset Alliance.  (more…)

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Android Cupcake

June 1st, 2009 Admin No Comments »

When Google released its preview of the Android 1.5 software development kit (SDK), Android enthusiasts found out some of the features that would be available in the next Android version. Some of those features include better web browsing, graphical improvements, and many other changes that were promised. From checking out the SDK, it was possible to sleuth out some of the updated Android features and how they will appear in “Cupcake,” the Google Android operating system. (more…)

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