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Official uTorrent Remote App for Android Released
February 5th, 2011 / 2 Comments » / by Faizan
BitTorrent Inc has released their official uTorrent Remote app to manage your Legal downloads directly from your Android device. This app has awesome interface and comes with lots of features. But in order to use it you must be running uTorrent 3.0 Alpha (Get it here) built on your pc, so it may refuse to work with some private legal trackers 
According to uTorrent’s Blog some of key features of this app are:
Check the status of a download directly from your Android Smartphone
Add, pause or remove µTorrent downloads on your computer
µTorrent remote registers as a .torrent handler so you can browse and add torrents just as if you were on your PC at home.
Start, pause or remove µTorrent downloads in progress on your computer
Update and add torrents from RSS subscriptions
Transfer, save and play any completed file from your PC right to your device.
15 Seconds of Motorola Xoom Super Bowl Commercial
February 4th, 2011 / No Comments » / by Faizan
Last month at CES Motorola unveiled their XOOM Tablet running Android 3.0 Honeycomb. Now Motorola has released 15 seconds of its upcoming commercial, you’ve to wait for few days to watch full commercial.
[via AndroidCentral]
Samsung Galaxy S2 Teaser [Video]
February 2nd, 2011 / 1 Comment » / by Faizan
Something big is coming! Samsung is going to announce Galaxy S2 on February 13th, 2011 in Barcelona.
- Samsung Dual-Core Orion ARM A9 1Ghz
- Super AMOLED plus with 480×800 resolution
- 8mp Camera with 1080p video recording
- Android 2.3 Gingerbread
- NFC chip
- Gyroscope
- 9mm or less in thickness!
Checkout the Teaser Video!
Check in with Google Maps & Latitude
February 2nd, 2011 / No Comments » / by Faizan
Google has updated their Google Maps for Android app to version 5.1 with a major addition of location based service Google Latitude. If you already use location based service like Foursquare you should check this out because it offers some major advantages over its rivals like automatic check-ins/checkouts to the locations you want and notifying you about the place where you’re present. If you check-in at one location many times you will get ‘Regular’, ‘Vip’ and then ‘Guru’ status just like when you become mayor of some place in Foursquare.
However you can only share your current location on Google Buzz not on Twitter or Facebook. According to Google there are currently 10Million active latitude users and it may dominate currently popular check-in services in near future. Watch this promo video from Google and update your Google Maps from Android marketplace now to enjoy this awesome service.
LG Optimus 2X – First Dual-Core Smartphone
January 9th, 2011 / 1 Comment » / by Faizan
LG Optimus 2s ix First dual-core smartphone based on Nividia’s Tegra 2 processor running at 1GHz. It is expected to be launched in 1st quarter 2011. It is capable of capturing 1080p HD video with its 8 megapixel primary cam and output 1080p HD video via HDMI port. It has a secondary front facing 1.3 megapixel camera for video calling.
It will be launched with Android 2.2 Froyo with an upgrade to Android 2.3 Gingerbread later. It has 4inch WVGA display with 480 x 800 resolution, 8 GB internal memory and expandable with upto 32GB external microSD. With only 1.5Ah battery it will be interesting to see for how long it will last before you’ve to charge it again.
Motorola XOOM First Android 3.0 Honeycomb Tablet
January 6th, 2011 / No Comments » / by Faizan
Motorola Mobility and Verizon Wireless have unveiled the new innovative tablet Motorola XOOM™. That is the first device running on Google’s Android 3.0 Honeycomb Operating system that is specially built for Tablets. Android 3.0 was unveiled by Google earlier today at CES. Motorola XOOM features 10.1 inch wide screen display and Google’s new services for music, books, apps and videos, and Adobe Flash Player. Unlike current Android tablets like Samsung Galaxy Tab, Motorola XOOM could be the real rival of Apple’s iPad.
Android 3.0 Honeycomb for Tablets [video]
January 6th, 2011 / No Comments » / by Faizan
Few weeks earlier Google released Nexus S with Android 2.3 Gingerbread, now today at the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas they’ve shown Android 3.0 Honeycomb preview video which is built entirely for tablets. With release of honeycomb tablets there will be real Apple iPad’s competitors in market.
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