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Sunday, March 14th, 2010 | Author: Taranfx

iphone-silverlight Forget Flash, Silverlight is coming to the iPhone. Even though Flash was self-sufficient, Microsoft developed Silverlight to create it’s own market. But it was  never as portable as Flash, but the horizon seems to be changing. Microsoft already announced Silverlight for Symbian and iPhone seem to be the evident, though from Microsoft’s rival. With Moonlight, Novell’s open source, cross-platform Silverlight implementation, Read further »

Friday, March 12th, 2010 | Author: Taranfx

The current market is flooded with lost of eBook readers. Which one is for you? Kindle 2 has gone international reducing the price. Sony PRS has elegant readers, Asus Dual screen readers. Barnes and Noble helped us a lot: They cleared all confusions  by unveiling a clear winner and making eBook Readers worth buying. With Nook one can access over one million eBooks, eNewspapers, and eMagazines in two different ways: Read further »

Thursday, March 04th, 2010 | Author: Taranfx

motorola-droid-2.1 Google’s novelty Android OS v2.1 did wonders on the Nexus One platform. It’s time to take it to level the Android devices as Android 2.1 for Motorola droid gets leaked to the web. DroidForums have published the leaked version of Android 2.1 Update 1 which will appear as OTA update for Motorola droid over a Read further »

Wednesday, March 03rd, 2010 | Author: Taranfx

android-iphone Yesterday’s Apple’s legal action against HTC patent infringement seems to have wider scope, reaching out to Google Android and possibly all android phones. Apple claims that HTC has infringed 20 of its patents that it had acquired for iPhone. Apple, as always, has not included Google in the suit, many of the named patents but in reality, most are related to operating system processes. Which brings a clear indication that Apple is targeting Android. Before even HTC responds, Google has publically supported HTC in Read further »

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 | Author: Taranfx

powertutor-android How often have you have thought of acquiring the power of monitoring your cellphone’s battery? Well, for most phones it would be just a dream, but thanks to openness of Android, it’s truly transparent. The App is called PowerTutor, it does provide insight as to what’s using the most juice out of the battery – Is it the display, or CPU usage on an App, and even breakdown of power usage by apps. No doubt, it’s far more superior than Read further »

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Thursday, February 18th, 2010 | Author: Taranfx

HTC has recently announced the best android money can buy: HTC Legend with Sense UI. The UI that takes it one step ahead of Nexus One. I knew it was coming, nad here it si, Hack to get HTC Legend’s Sense UI on Nexus One. Paul brien has come up with a solution to get it onto Nexus One. Apart from the UI, there’s more exciting goodies: 800 x 480 video recording, an upgrade from 720 x 480 ( I still have Read further »

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Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 | Author: Taranfx

htc-desire What was left-out in Nexus One, has been filled into HTC’s latest creation, leaving user’s desiring for more.. The HTC desire bring the Polished, shaped and smooth UI to Android, making it the best Android device ever built. Why is it best? Well, hardware is as good a Nexus One and the UI is far more intuitive. HTC had long showcased their Sense UI with HTC Hero, since then they made a new niche of users who loved the Read further »

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Tuesday, February 02nd, 2010 | Author: Taranfx

After the lot of buzz around the hackery of Android to get multitouch on Nexus One, Google finally decides to make those features Official. Google announces that Nexus One users will now be able to receive an over-the-air (OTA) software update on all phones. the current update provides some great new features and bug fixes: Pinch-to-zoom functionality (MultiTouch): devices will now include a new pinch-to-zoom mechanism in the phone’s Browser, Gallery and Read further »

Saturday, January 30th, 2010 | Author: Taranfx

With Microsoft failing to deliver Windows Mobile 7 timely, WinMo users had been looking out for alternates. And who else would they switch to when Android is an option. Until very recently, Android was available on select HTC devices, but now it’s possible to Dual boot them thanks to the latest boot loader Gen.Y DualBoot. How to DualBoot Windows Mobile and Android: Step 1. Get Android OS for your device by finding the Android thread Read further »

Thursday, January 28th, 2010 | Author: Taranfx

Nexus one is Android industry accelerator, giving Google a strong hold into mobile market.  The torch is now in hands of Motorola to come up with Next Google Phone: Nexus Two (name not confirmed). Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha confirmed today that his company is working in partnership with Google on an Android phone to be sold directly to consumers via google.com/phone, On a conference call with Read further »

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