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CES 2011 Day 1 Major Highlights
January 6th, 2011 / 2 Comments » / by AF8AB
CES – The Consumer Electronic Show this January is bringing the sexy back.
Here are some major highlights from Day 1 of CES from Las Vegas Convention Center.
The updates are listed from Latest to Old.
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.
History of Apple iPod
January 2nd, 2011 / 1 Comment » / by AF8AB
iPod killed the video star. Here is an infographic on history of Apple’s revolutionary music player which changed the way world listened to music. I still have my old walkman laying around here somewhere though.
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Content Sharing in Facebook Era – infographic
December 17th, 2010 / 1 Comment » / by AF8AB
This interesting Infographic shows how people share content around the web when hundreds of sharing options are available. Surprisingly the classic email is still on top with Facebook in a hot pursuit.
Facebook For Android 1.5 – Chat & Push Notifications
December 15th, 2010 / No Comments » / by Faizan
Facebook has updated their android app with long awaited features like Chat and Push notifications. however notifications for comments, likes and wall posts are still missing. Here is what they said on their Facebook page.
Facebook for Android v1.5 now available in the Android marketplace. New features include Chat featuring background mode (you can receive chat messages while using other applications) and push notifications (get notified sooner).
Push notifications are only supported for devices on Android 2.2+. If you are not seeing push notifications, your device may not be supported.
This update is available in Android Marketplace.
All About Android 2.3 Gingerbread
December 7th, 2010 / No Comments » / by Faizan
Google just released Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) fastest version of android yet, focusing on Gaming, media and brining new forms of communication into android platform.
In gingerbread they’ve introduced Concurrent Garbage Collection which minimizes application pauses, much smoother animations and responsiveness. Developers have direct access to Input and sensors Events, Audio, Open GL ES and Assets, Support for Gyroscope for motion processing in games.
They’ve also added support for VP8 and WebM that are new open video standards, AAC and AMR support is also added, they’ve also added support for audio effects that were missing in Android 2.2 Froyo. Watch following videos to get more idea about Android 2.3 Gingerbread.
HTC Desire 2.29.405.2 OTA Update
December 7th, 2010 / 3 Comments » / by Faizan
HTC Desire 2.29.405.2 OTA Update is available for download.
According to update details it only updates Android Market but it also updates:
New radio – 32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27
If you’ve debranded your phone then remember to apply update with goldcard inserted otherwise it may mess up with Wi-Fi or lock your phone.
As you may know today Google released Android 2.3 Gingerbread, and with this update, I think HTC Desire updates are not dead yet and we can hope for Android 2.3 update for HTC desire in near future.
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