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Sony Ericsson PlayStation Phone Zeus-Z1 [video]
December 4th, 2010 / 2 Comments » / by Faizan
In October it was confirmed that upcoming PlayStation phone by Sony Ericsson is a reality. Now someone has released its spy videos showing it running Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), 4 inch display and a separate PlayStation icon in apps. We still have to wait and see whether it can compete with PlayStation portable in terms of graphics and gameplay.
Google Reader for Android
December 3rd, 2010 / No Comments » / by Faizan
Google has launched its official Android app for Google Reader. In case you don’t know about Google Reader, its a powerful tool to keep track of your favorite websites by subscribing to their RSS feed. you can like, post a comment or share any article with your friends. Today Google has released its native app for Android devices with features like Multiple accounts, Synced preferences, Full subscription features and search.
If you’re regular Google reader user and have an Android phone then this app is a must have app.
You can scan the following QR code with Bar code scanner or search for pub:”Google Inc.” in Android marketplace to download this app.
Angry Birds Seasons for Android
December 3rd, 2010 / No Comments » / by Faizan
Rovio Mobile has released Angry Birds Season for Android. Halloween special edition has awesome themes and background music that you’ll enjoy. It comes as a separate install and takes only 2MB space on your phone internal storage.
YouTube Remote – Lean Back and Watch
November 14th, 2010 / No Comments » / by Faizan
Recently we did a blog post about Google Tv. Now Google has launched a new Android App YouTube Remote to remote control YouTube videos on your PC or Google TV right from your Android Handset over internet.
YouTube Remote looks better than Stock YouTube App present in Android but is currently in beta. You can browse for YouTube videos and play them within the app, if connected to remote device you can control playback on remote device.
Opera Mobile for Android Released – Review and Performance Benchmark
November 9th, 2010 / 2 Comments » / by Faizan
Today, Opera released their popular mobile browser for Android. If you’ve already used Opera Mini for Android you not notice any changes in interface but under the hood Opera Mobile is full featured web browser. Opera mini first sends request to opera servers which then renders and convert webpage in to OBML (opera binary markup language) that OBML is then returned and rendered on Opera Mini’s screen. Unlike Opera Mini, Opera Mobile renders web page locally which enables it to handle dynamic content using JavaScript/Ajax. If you have slow internet connection you can enable Opera Turbo which returns compressed images to reduce page load times.
Facebook For Android V1.4.0 – Groups & Places
November 3rd, 2010 / No Comments » / by Faizan
Facebook just announced that there are more than 200 million people interacting with facebook on mobile devices every month and with this announcement the also released updated their Android App. Groups and Places are introduced in updated App. Unfortunately Places are not yet available in Pakistan and Groups only shows new facebook groups.
Here is announcement from official Facebook For Android Page
Hi folks, an updated Facebook for Android app (1.4.0) is now available for download. New features include:
- Groups: share posts with small groups of friends
- Places: share where you are with friends, see where friends are, discover places nearby
- Improved notifications: view comments and updates within the app
Huawei IDEOS – Review
November 2nd, 2010 / 13 Comments » / by Faizan
Zong recently launched Huawei IDEOS Android handset in Pakistan, it is most affordable (cheapest) Android phone that comes preloaded with Android 2.2 Froyo. It costs 15850 Rs and comes with great specs. If you are not brand conscious and don’t care about resale value, this is best android phone you can buy in this price range. When compared to its HTC’s counterpart HTC Tattoo it offers better specs for half the price.
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